The first post with WordPress

1. Create the first post
Basic commands
July 17, 2012
Web training for Ph.D. Students
@Unicam

2. Summing up…
• We had an overview of the most imporant
features of wordpress
• We are now ready to

3. 6. Start your first post

4. Start your first post
• The title: this is your post title. Choose a
catchy and clear title.

5. Start your first post
• The frame where you can write your post text
(resembles the Microsoft Word interface)

6. Start your first post
• Checkboxes where you can indicate your posts
category
• Choose one or more
appropriate categories
• If none available,
create a new one

7. Add a picture to your post
• Upload a picture from your system
• Add a good title (will be used as alt)

8. Add a picture to your post
• Set pointer in
text editor
where you want
picture
• Link to: choose the way you want your picture to
behave (as a link to the file, as a link to a page
with only the picture or no link at all)
• Click “Send to editor”

9. Add a picture to your post

10. Add a picture to your post
• Postion the
picture
• Alignment
Left or Right

11. Add a picture to your post: result

12. Saving and publishing your post
• Click “Save and continue editing” to stay on
post page
• Click “Save” to save and exit post page
• Click “Publish” to publish post on website

13. Your first post!!

14. Adding links to your post
• Select the words / picture you want to link
• Click link button
• Add link URL
• Click insert
• To remove link click remove link button

15. Adding links to your post

16. Adding a video to your posts
• You can add a YouTube video to your post
• Find video on YouTube and copy URL

17. Adding a video to your posts
• Find the YouTube button in the Wordpress
(*)
editor and click it
• Paste YouTube URL in box
(*) Viper’s video quicktags plugin

18. Using the “more” option
• Possibility to only show introduction on home
page followed by “read the rest of this entry”
or “read more”
• Click “more” button while pointer at desired
position in editor