Understanding the WordPress admin dashboard Setting up User accounts Managing Pages, Posts, Categories & Tags Managing Media & digital content

1. WordPress Administration
ACE #CT01756 Intro to WordPress
By Adrian Mikeliunas
http://learnwp.us/week2/
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2.  Understanding the Dashboard
 Setting up User accounts
 Managing Pages
 Managing Posts, Categories & Tags
 Managing Media & digital content
Week 2 Agenda
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Content Management Systems
(CMS)
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User…Visitor View
http://learnwp.us/
Admin…Author View
http://learnwp.us/wp-admin

4. WordPress Admin Dashboard
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5. User Dashboard Details
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6. Admin General Settings
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7.  WordPress Server Management = Administrator
 Web Server Management
 Database Management
 Backup Management
 User Management
 WordPress Content Management!
 Authors
 Editors
 Graphics Artists!
 Contributors
 Subscriber
WordPress Management
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http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities

8.  User Roles:
 Administrator
 Editor
 Author
 …
 Custom *
 Contributor
 Subscriber
User Management
* Custom fields added via extensions…
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9.  Each role is allowed to perform a set of tasks (Capabilities)
 Super Admin – ALL capabilities [Multisites only]
 Administrator – single site capabilities
 Editor -- publish & manage posts
 Author -- publish & manage their own posts
 Contributor -- only write & manage their own posts
 Subscriber -- reader
 Other Roles
 Members plugin - allows you to edit, create, & delete roles
Pre-defined roles
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/members
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http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities

10. Admin – General Settings
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11.  From Dashboard
 Users
 Add New
Admin – Create Accounts
http://codex.wordpress.org/Users_Add_New_Screen
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12.  Front Page Options
[landing page]
 Latest Posts, or
 One page [or post]
Admin – Reading Settings
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13. WordPress Pages & Posts
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14.  PAGES
 Pages are static and are not listed by date
 Pages do not use tags or categories
 An About page is the classic example
 https://wordpress.org/about/
 POSTS
 Listed in Archives, Categories, Recent Posts, and other
widgets, in reverse chronological order
 https://wordpress.org/news/2015/07/wordcamps-update/
Pages & Posts
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15. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tearsandrain/3526002850
Pages
The heart of your site

16.  Pages are for STATIC content such as About, Contact…
 Pages live outside of the normal blog chronology,
 Present timeless information about yourself or your site --
information that is always applicable
 You can use Pages to organize & manage any content
 Like Sections of a Newspaper
 Most Themes use Menus linked to Pages
Why Pages
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17. Pages for Static Content
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18. Posts
The content of your site
https://flic.kr/p/5XXFwd

19.  Posts are author entries that display in reverse order on
your home page
 Posts can have comments from other subscribers and
are included in your site's RSS feed
 Posts can be ALL text, ALL media or Combinations
https://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_Posts
Posts
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20.  Options are configured
1. when entering a new post [just for that post only!]
2. Settings, Writing
 Some Options are:
 Author
 Categories
 Tags
 Publishing status (Draft, Pending Review, Published)
Post Options
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21. Writing Settings
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22.  Categories allow you to classify similar posts. You create
a fixed number of categories from the Edit Post
 Tags allow you to “filter on the fly” and display posts that
have related tag words
 WordPress includes a nice feature called word cloud which
displays your site’s tag words
 These tag words could be re-used to submit to Search
Engines so people can find your blog posts
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Categories & Tags

23.  Each post in WordPress is filed under one or more
Categories
 This aids in navigation and allows posts to be grouped
with others of similar content
 Example: Football related posts under the SPORTS
section of your site…
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Post Categories

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Category Management

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Post Management

26. Post Options – Add new
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PICPICKSHAPE

27. Screen Options
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28.  Also know as PERMALINK [or permanent link]
 A slug is used to help create a valid URL to the listing of a
category, post, tags, etc.
 So while a category might be named “I Like Mom's Cooking” the
corresponding slug would be i-like-moms-cooking
 If you don't make one for yourself, WP will make one for you!
 It’s convenient to remember & to submit to search engines!
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SLUG

29.  The Anatomy of a Good Blog Post:
 Start with a good headline
 Main image [near the top!]
 Introductory paragraph
 Quote or short story
 The meat or content
 Conclusion, or Call To Action
www.artofblog.com/the-anatomy-of-a-good-blog-post
Blogging Tips
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30.  Audio
 Video
 Create playlists!
 Pictures
 gallery of images!
 Documents
 PDFs, Zip Files…
Managing Media
http://www.photodropper.com
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31. Add Media Button
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32. Add Media Button
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33.  Image galleries are a great way to share groups of
pictures on your WordPress site
 The Create Gallery feature of the WordPress media
uploader allows you to add a simple image gallery to
pages or posts on your site
 You can enhance the picture navigation also with lots
of plugins [try the simple LIGHT BOX plugin]
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Media Gallery
https://codex.wordpress.org/The_WordPress_Gallery

34.  Understanding the Dashboard
 Setting up User accounts
 Managing Pages
 Managing Posts, Categories & Tags
 Managing Media & digital content
Week 2 Agenda
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