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Creating Ordered and Unordered Lists on your Page or Posts

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Lists are used to outline and organize information.  Bloggers use them to make their content easier to read.

Creating a lists is as simple as:

  1. Pressing either the ordered or unordered list button in the WordPress editor
  2. Typing in the individual list items
  3. Pressing the respective ordered or unordered list button once again
  4. Previewing the changes to be sure the lists look how you want them to

Using the Media Library to Upload images and video

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Adding a new media file using the Media Library allows you to easily use that media file in posts and pages.

Adding a media file is as simple as:

  1. Navigating to the Media module and clicking Add New
  2. Clicking on the Select Files button and selecting the file you wish to upload
  3. Editing the information about the file after it’s uploaded, then pressing the Save Changes button

Editing Image size and information within a Page or Post

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Editing an image in a post or page from your computer is as simple as:

1. Hovering your mouse over the image you’d like to edit.

2. Clicking on Edit icon that shows over the image.

 

3.  Editing the information you’d like to change such as Image alignment, changing image size, Title, Alternate Text and Caption.

4.  Clicking the Update button.

Deleting a Page or Post from your site

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When you delete a post, page, comment, or upload from your blog, it’s moved to the Trash folder.

You have separate trash folders for posts, pages, comments, and uploads.

This feature is designed to make it hard to delete a post, page, or upload from your site by accident.  Items within your trash folders are permanently deleted within 30 days of being sent to Trash.

You can send a post to trash in the Posts > Edit page by clicking on the Trash action link menu under the post title.

 

How to Add a New Post to your Site

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Writing a new post is a simple as:

1.  Go to Posts > Add New
2.  Give your post a title

 

3,  Add your content

  • The Write post area works similar to any Word processing software. Simply write your post, highlight any text you want to format and then click the appropriate icon in the toolbar to add formating such as bold, italics, number list.
  • If you hover over an icon it’ll tell you what each feature is used for.
  • Click on the Show/Hide sink icon to access the Advanced formatting toolbar for features like bold, italics, number lists, bullet points etc

 

4.  Add your tags and categories
5.  Click Save Draft then click Preview.

  • This will open up your post in a new browser tab so you can view what it looks like on your blog before it is published.
  • You do this to review what you have written so you can go back to your post to make any necessary changes.
  • It’s important to check visually how your post looks on your blog and make changes so that it is easier to read online.

 

6.  When finished writing click Publish.

How to Add a New Page to your Site

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Sites are composed of two main areas where you publish your content: Posts and Pages.

Pages on sites are normally used for information that you want to share with your readers but don’t expect to update frequently.

Here’s the key differences between pages and posts:

All you need to do to write a new page is:

  1. Go to Pages > Add New in your dashboad
  2. Give your page a Title
  3. Add your content
  4. When finished writing click Publish.