HOW TO WORDPRESS
HAVING PROBLEMS EDITING THE PAGE – SET YOUR BROWSER SECURITY TO “MIN” AND THEN CHANGE BACK WHEN YOU ARE DONE OR YOU POSSIBLY WILL NOT GET LINE BREAKS OR SPACING!
If your text is messed up and formated wrong just use the “Remove Formating” button that looks like a piece of chalk.
HERE IS A “HELP” TAB AT TOP RIGHT ON EACH THING YOU ARE WORKING ON THAT PROVIDES HELP
These are the very basics and I will be adding more – PLEASE E-MAIL US ANY QUESTIONS OR PROBLEMS! – click here – close new page when done
WordPress has been around for over 12 years and has 25+ million users. It also has 2800+ plug in modules for everything from polls to forms. UPDATE OR ADD PLUG-INS AT “YOUR” RISK, WE STRONGLY SUGGEST LETTING “US” DO THAT.
IF NOT ALREADY DONE WHEN YOU CLICK ON A PAGE TO EDIT THERE SHOULD BE 3 ROWS OF ICONS AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE – IF NOT CLICK ON THE 2ND ICON TOP ROW FROM THE RIGHT “SHOW KITCHEN SINK”
IF POSTS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED ON YOUR SITE YOU EDIT/ADD THEM BY CLICKING ON POSTS THEY DO NOT SHOW UP IN PAGES UNLESS WE INSTALL A PLUG IN
VERY TOP OF SCREEN IS A “SCREEN OPTIONS” TAB – CLICK IT AND CHANGE TO “ONE” COLUMN IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE
New items have yellow back ground
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LOG IN
go to site /in
OR CLICK ON (C) LOGO AT BOTTOM OF ANY PAGE
click on “wordpress” site manager in the top half – bottom half of the page link is for “how to do”
log in
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LOG OUT:
Starting with update 3.1 – click on the Houdy,login name tab top right drop down arrow
Click on Log Off
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CHANGE ** YOUR ** INFORMATION:
Starting with update 3.1 – click on the Houdy,login name tab top right drop down arrow
Click on “Your Profile”
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PAST PAGES TO RESTORE THAT PAGE NOT SHOWING UP
Click on ”All Pages” select a page
once page is up on the screen click on the “Screen Options” down arrow
check ”Revisions” box
click “update”
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WHO WORKED ON PAGES BEFORE
About 1/2 way down the page should be a list of all the times that page was worked on
and who did it – this is why you do NOT let other people use your log in/password
If this does not show up click here
Scrowl down in the edit page/post scren to “Revisions” if nothing is showing below it just click on the word and everytime the page was changed it will show in the list as who and when.
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ADD / EDIT POST – POSTS are just a small page usually on the home page or a specific page
you can list new items and events etc. in any order that you want also SEO inserts for each post
Click on “posts”
Click on the one your want
Change wording
To change the header above the post – whatever you put in the box (right below “edit post” at the top is the header wording
REARANGE POST ORDER ON PAGE
Click on “posts”
Click on “post mash”
move around as you want and click update
ADD A NEW PAGE
to add a page
left column
click on Pages
Add New
Blank box at top enter exactly what you want to show up in the navigation bar
insert what you want in bottom box
For more detail – click here – close new page when done
NOTE: VERY IMPORTANT AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH PAGE IS A “SEO” SECTION – FILL IT OUT AND IT HELPS WITH SEARCH ENGINES IMMENSELY, PEOPLE PAY $39/MO FOR THIS AND ITS YOUR FREE
Make a page NOT SHOW UP
click on page to edit it
right side 1/2 way down
Page Visibility
click “Hide everywhere”
un-check “Keep in search” unless you want to find it with the search box
LINKS To a page inside the web site
Click on page/post you want to edit
Click where you want the link
Click on the icon above that looks like a piece of chain link
Click on the drop down arrow that says “link list”
Click on the page you want
Click “update”
LINKS
type in text that you want to show up
left click and drag your mouse across it
click on icon above that looks like a piece of chain link
enter the entire address of the link as http://website
if it is OUTSIDE of your site
click on the arrow to the right of the Target
select
Open in new window (_blank)
LINK TO .PDF or PAGE OUTSIDE OF YOUR SITE
When adding links to .pdf files or external links it is best to set to open in “new tab or window” so they don’t get lost and can just close the .pdf to return exactly where they were. Also it is good to “warn” people what to expect and how to do things.
LINK TO PART OF YOUR PAGE “ANCHOR”
click on area you want to “link to” and click on the anchor
insert name and insert
then
Click where you want the link “type words and drag mouse over them”
Click on the icon above that looks like a piece of chain link
Click on the drop down arrow that says “anchor list”
Click on the “anchor” location you want
Click “update”
Our plug in that adds a floating UP ARROW will take you automatically back to the top of the page
EDIT AN EXISTING PAGE
to edit a page
left column
click on Pages
click on the page listed you want to edit and it will load in the box to right
click on update when done
WORKING AREA WINDOW SIZE
resize the working area of the page
you can grab the lower right corner and drag it to what ever size you want
you can click on the button that looks like a TV (top row 3rd from left usually) this will make it full window – click it again to return to normal
COPY PASTE FROM WORD, PUBLISHER – DO NOT DIRECT COPY/PASTE
copy and paste
even keep the links intact
click on icon with folder and W
copy (ctrl c) and paste (ctr v) into pop up box
click on update
BEST way is to copy and paste into “notepad” and then from there to your site page but it will strip the links
INSERT AN IMAGE
easiest to make page view full size (icon like blue tv on top row)
click mouse where you want to put photo
don’t worry if it does not go there you can drag it around
click on other icon that looks like tv but gray 4th from right
pop up window comes up
click on “browse” to find your image on your compuer
NOTE YOU CAN SELECT AND ENTIRE FOLDER OF IMAGES
or “cntr” and click on each image to want and upload them all
Use “browser loader” instead of “flash loader” if having problems
click on open
click on upload
if it does not load up on the window
click on show (right side)
if that does not work – click “from media gallery” at the top
find photo and click show next to it
click on right left center for location on page
click on size – I usually use medium
if it did not locate it self where you wanted it just click on it and drag it to where you do ( you can also cut/paste )
if you want to resize it – click on image and you will see little boxes on each corner of the imate – just click on one and drag image till you get the size you want
to reposition or edit
click on image and a little image will show up in the top left corner
click on this and you can change what you specified above
when done click on “insert in post” button
EDIT AN IMAGE
click on image and do same thing as above – last 5 lines
MAKE SURE YOU CLICK THE RIGHT “LINK TO” BUTTON (click to make full size)
also might be listed as “None” “Post URL” to comment page ”File URL” for light box full size to work
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PAGE ORDER
page order in navigation column
when done with adding pages
left column
click on Pages
click on My Page Order
Place mouse over page and a cross will appear
Left click and drag / drop where you want it
When done
click on tab Click to Order Pages
Do same for “sub pages” just select the “major” page at the top
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TABLES
Tables are used if you want to make more columns on the page or put things side by side etc.
INSERT
click mouse where you want the table
bottom row icon that looks like a table with a pencil on it (next to format)
set up how ever you want
columns – as many as you want
rows – whatever
cell padding – we use 10
cell spacing ( blank space between columns or rows ) we usually use 0
alignment – usually center
border 0 unless you want lines around all columns and rows color under advanced tab
width usually 100% wide
height leave blank – unless you want a certain height
advance tab – play with it and see what you get
EDIT
select table
click on same icon as above
EDIT COLUMNS – ROWS - CELLS
once you have a table – click inside the area you want to set up
their are 8 new icons that activate alowing you to set it up however
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