Post on 15-May-2015
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Introducing the Dashboard(admin access to WordPress.com)
Ann Treacy
atreacy@treacyinfo.com
www.byteoftheweek.com
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Understand the Dashboard
• Store – buy and manage upgrades• Posts – like article, organized by
categories• Media – upload images, video, audio,
docs, pdfs…• Links – organize links to outside pages• Pages – for more static information, can
have hierarchy (parent-child pages)
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Understand the Dashboard - 2
• Comments – manage comments from outsiders
• Appearance– Themes – select a layout for blog– Widgets – manage sidebar features– Menus – create custom menus (for navigation)– Header / Custom – Change look– Mobile – change look, download apps
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Understand the Dashboard - 3
• Users – for multiple authors/contributors• Tools – limited added functionality
(import/export valuable for moving blogs)• Settings
– General – title & tag line– Reading – helps manage length of pages– Discussion – manage comments
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Do you see something different?
• Toggle from Visual to Text• Open second row of menu buttons
toggle
Open
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Remember
• Posts are good for news• Pages are good for more static information• Remember to publish
– Auto-save is good with WP
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Widgets
• Text for contact info• RSS feeds from other
sites– Facebook– Twitter
• Third Party Tools• Search
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Questions
Thank you!
Ann Treacyatreacy@treacyinfo.com