POsty

We have got some text…

This is a dummy post

Heading 2

this is a paragraph

 

Adding an Image

Once you have navigated to the ‘Write a Post‘ page, you should see a toolbar just above the Post area - if you have ever used Microsoft Word, a lot of these icons should look reasonably familiar, things like B for Bold, I for Italic’s etc. There is also a ‘Add Media‘ section, if you roll your mouse over each of the little icons - you will see a pop up which explains what each of the buttons do. For this example, we will be focusing on the ‘Add an Image‘ function.

Once you have clicked the ‘Add an Image‘ button you will be presented with what is called the File Uploader. This transports the image from your computer to the website.

Firstly, choose the file you would like to upload.

Once the file is successfully uploaded you will be presented with some options for how you would like to insert the image into your post.

If you have already scaled your image to an appropriate web size (ie. roughly 450 pixels wide) then choose ‘Full Size‘. If you are uploading a large image, choose ‘Medium‘ - with this option when a user clicks the image they will see the original larger version.

Once you have selected the options, choose 'Insert into Post'

Writing a post

To write a post click the ‘Write a New Post’ button from the Dashboard:

Once in the ‘Write Post’ screen, add a title in the ‘Post’ area.

Followed by some text in the content area.

Then click ‘Publish’

Congratulations, you have just written your first post on your Blog.

The Dashboard

this is the control centre for your website. It shows you a host of information about your website, such as: Incoming Links (other websites which link to yours), Recent Comments (by visitors to your site), general statistics about the number and type of visitors coming to your site and then all of specific functionality for creating new content for website.

From WordPress’s perspective there are two types of content.  A post and a page.

A Post

A post is like an entry in your diary, it requires a title then some content - which can contain text, images, video’s and audio.  WordPress also automatically adds the Date and the author (your name) to your post - this way it can archive all of your posts by month / year and if your blog is being used by more than one person, it automatically archives all the content by author as well.

A Page

Writing a page is very similar to writing a post, infact the interface is almost identical for both.  A page also requires a title and some content.  The important difference between a post and a page is that a page is static, meaning it sits outside the rest of the content.  Pages are useful for static content which you would like people to access relatively easily, the classic example being the ‘About’ page

Countdown

This blog will remain here for 1 month after the workshop - so as you can refer back to it for help etc…