slides 4 - create first post
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The first post with WordPressTRANSCRIPT
Create the first post Basic commands
July 17, 2012
Web training for Ph.D. Students
@Unicam
Summing up…
• We had an overview of the most imporant features of wordpress
• We are now ready to
6. Start your first post
Start your first post
• The title: this is your post title. Choose a catchy and clear title.
Start your first post
• The frame where you can write your post text (resembles the Microsoft Word interface)
Start your first post
• Checkboxes where you can indicate your posts category
• Choose one or more appropriate categories
• If none available, create a new one
Add a picture to your post
• Upload a picture from your system
• Add a good title (will be used as alt)
Add a picture to your post
• Set pointer in text editor where you want picture
• Link to: choose the way you want your picture to behave (as a link to the file, as a link to a page with only the picture or no link at all)
• Click “Send to editor”
Add a picture to your post
Add a picture to your post
• Postion the picture
• Alignment Left or Right
Add a picture to your post: result
Saving and publishing your post
• Click “Save and continue editing” to stay on post page
• Click “Save” to save and exit post page
• Click “Publish” to publish post on website
Your first post!!
Adding links to your post
• Select the words / picture you want to link
• Click link button
• Add link URL
• Click insert
• To remove link click remove link button
Adding links to your post
Adding a video to your posts
• You can add a YouTube video to your post
• Find video on YouTube and copy URL
Adding a video to your posts
• Find the YouTube button(*) in the Wordpress editor and click it
• Paste YouTube URL in box
(*) Viper’s video quicktags plugin
Using the “more” option
• Possibility to only show introduction on home page followed by “read the rest of this entry” or “read more”
• Click “more” button while pointer at desired position in editor