Getting Comfortable With WordPress€¦ · It’s NOT WordPress installation or development . If...
Transcript of Getting Comfortable With WordPress€¦ · It’s NOT WordPress installation or development . If...
Getting Comfortable With WordPress: a half-day workshop for
beginners
Kerch McConlogue (@kerchmcc) Reed Gustow (@tangofoxtrot)
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It’s NOT WordPress installation or development If you’ve already installed a bunch of plugins, WooCommerce, or messed with a child theme, this session is probably not for you.
This class is about CONTENT manipulation
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• You already HAVE a WordPress site. • You have a laptop with WiFi
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We assume:
We will cover:
• Difference between pages and posts • Difference between categories and
tags • Headings and a small bit of SEO • Adding and manipulating media
(images, videos, pdfs, etc.) • An over view of the rest of the
options in the admin navigation bar
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Whoever wants to understand much
must play much.
Gottfried Benn
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Who are you and why are
you here?
https://unsplash.com/search/photos/man?photo=ew3-7k3sl-g
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Definitions • Host, Web Host, or Hosting Company • Browser • WordPress.org vs WordPress.com • Core • Visual tab/Text tab • Plugins • Widgets
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Ready? Set. Go!
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http://bit.ly/2wXrcVG
Go here
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Copy this information and save it on your computer. Probably as a text file. Or email it to yourself.
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Add yourself as a new user
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Your login name does not have to be email address
Your email address
This doesn’t work in a poopy site
Set to admin
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Working with Posts and Pages
Choose
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Post title
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Permalink
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Add Media. We’ll talk more about this later.. But notice it
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Kitchen Sink Show many more editing options
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Text Tab Visual Tab
Visual Text
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Headings
Make this an H2
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Unordered list (Bullets)
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Ordered list (Numbered)
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Manipulating Images
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Alternative Text (Alt tag)
Caption
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Designating Authors
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Screen Options
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Show Author Options But also view the option for comments, excerpts and a couple other things.
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On to pages
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Choose
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Choose
Same as posts
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Different from Posts
Adding new media And working with the WordPress media editor
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Choose this giant image
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Title
Caption
Alt text
Description
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Attachment Details
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http://glorious-lyrebird.w3.poopy.life/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ Ruined-Piano.jpg
http://glorious-lyrebird.w3.poopy.life/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Ruined-Piano-e1502992297816.jpg
Back to the left-hand admin navigation panel
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Appearance
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Customizer
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Navigation Label: Is based on title Or that includes keywords important to your site.
Menu title: Makes most sense for the menu
Adjusting the words showing on the menu
The story of my life in 20 words
Blog
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