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WordPress How-To’s

admin — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:56:21 +0000

The steps to create a post in WordPress are as follows:

How to Login to WordPress Admin Console

admin — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:03:59 +0000

Open blog URL – http://michael.irving.0guys.com

Login to the Admin console by adding “/wp-admin” to end of URL http://michael.irving.0guys.com/wp-admin

New screen requiring Username and Password appears

Insert the needed UN/PW

How to create a Page

admin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:12:06 +0000

On left hand side of dashboard click on “Pages” to expand the options

Click “Add New”

Give your new page a title and insert any applicable content

How to create a new Post

admin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:13:31 +0000

In Dashboard, On left hand side click on “Post” to expand the options

Click “Add New”

Give your new post a title and insert any applicable content

To add a photo to your new Page/Post

admin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:17:27 +0000

Click “Add Media” located between the Title and Content area (Photo2.jpg)

New window will pop up to upload your photo (Photo3.jpg)

Click “Select Files” and search for the image

Add Title, Caption, Description,resize and allocate the image

Click “Save all Changes” - Click “X” in top right of window to re-enter “Edit Page” screen

Click the “Add Media” icon on the “Edit Page” page

Click the “Gallery (1)” tab to open the recently added image and click “Show” to open its options (Photo4.jpg)

Bottom of screen find and click “Link URL”

A URL for your Image will appear in the bar above the “Link URL” button – Copy this URL (See screenshot above)

Click “X” at top right corner of pop-up screen

“Edit Page” screen, locate the “HTML” tab (Photo5.jpg)

Locate the seventh button from left “img” in the horizontal button list (Photo6.jpg)

In pop-up paste the image URL – Click OK - In new pop-up insert a brief description of the image and click OK

Locate and click “Update Page” (Photo7.jpg)

Click “Preview” to confirm your image Is showing on your new Page

How to add Numbered list

admin — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:21:36 +0000

Enter your Admin console and expand the “Posts” tab on the far left

Click Edit and select the Post to include the numbered list

You may want to offer a brief description of what you will be listing, i.e. “Top 5 reasons to plant flowers”

Click enter to move to next line – Above the content pane is the text editor - Select the 5th icon for numbered bullets

Numbers will show in sequential order – Pressing enter will move to the next line down and offer the next number in your order

How to add Bulleted list

admin — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:26:07 +0000

Enter your Admin console and expand the “Posts” tab on the far left

Click Edit and select the Post to add the bulleted list

You may want to offer a brief description of what you will be listing, i.e. “List of my favorite flowers”

Click Enter to move to next line – Above the content pane is the text editor - Select the 4th icon for bullet option

Black circled bullets will show and you can add content – Pressing enter will move to the next line down and offer the next bullet

How to Edit Text in Content Pane

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:27:55 +0000

Enter your Admin console and expand the “Posts” tab on the far left

Click Edit and select the Post to edit

To make content BOLD, Highlight the applicable content - Above the content pane is the Text Editor

First button reads “B” – This is the BOLD selection - click this “B” button and the highlighted content will show as BOLD

In order to Italicize content, highlight the applicable content - Above the content pane is the Text Editor

Second button reads “I” – This is the Italicize selection - click this “I” button and the highlighted content will show as Italicized

In order to Underline content, highlight the applicable content - Above the content pane is Text Editor

If there is no “U” showing within the text editor, click the last button to expand the text editor options

You will now see the “U” - Click this button with your descriptions highlighted and they will become underlined

How to create a Hyperlink

admin — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:29:42 +0000

Enter the Admin console and to right side click POSTS to expand options

Click EDIT and select applicable POST

To insert a hyperlink anywhere into the contents pane simply hightlight applicable content - In Text editor the 10th button (Link image) will turn on

Click this icon - Pop-up window appears to enter the Link URL, Select applicable Target and Give a title

Click INSERT to complete - Your highlighted text will turn blue and when clicked will send to needed URL

How to change the Blog Name

admin — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:30:55 +0000

Enter ADMIN console and to right side, bottom click SETTINGS to expand options

Click GENERAL - At top look for BLOG TITLE and update as needed