Free Blog Factory WordPress Editors Guide

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TableofContents

Quick Start .................................................................................................................................. 5Login...............................................................................................................................................................5

Profile ............................................................................................................................................................ 6Edit/AddNewPages......................................................................................................................................7Edit/AddNewPosts ..................................................................................................................................... 8

Editors Guide .............................................................................................................................. 9

Login........................................................................................................................................... 9

The Dashboard.......................................................................................................................... 10TheAdminWindowExplained ................................................................................................................... 11

TheHeader ................................................................................................................................................ 11

TheSidebar................................................................................................................................................ 11TheEditor..................................................................................................................................................13 TheFooter .................................................................................................................................................15

DashboardModules .................................................................................................................................... 15RightNow..................................................................................................................................................15 RecentComments.....................................................................................................................................15 IncomingLinks ........................................................................................................................................ 16QuickPress .............................................................................................................................................. 16RecentDrafts ........................................................................................................................................... 16WordPressBlog........................................................................................................................................ 16OtherWordPressNews ........................................................................................................................... 16

Admin Bar................................................................................................................................. 17

Profile....................................................................................................................................... 17PersonalOptions......................................................................................................................................... 18Name ............................................................................................................................................................ 19ContactInfo ................................................................................................................................................. 19

Content..................................................................................................................................... 19PagesVsPosts .............................................................................................................................................. 19

Page ..........................................................................................................................................................20Post...........................................................................................................................................................20

The Editor ................................................................................................................................. 22TheToolbar..................................................................................................................................................22

Insert/EditLink........................................................................................................................................24 TheKitchenSink .........................................................................................................................................27Upload/Insert...............................................................................................................................................32EditImage ....................................................................................................................................................32

Pages ........................................................................................................................................ 35Pages.............................................................................................................................................................35

EditPage...................................................................................................................................................37 TheTitle ...................................................................................................................................................37

ThePermalink..........................................................................................................................................37 TheContent .............................................................................................................................................38WordCount .............................................................................................................................................38




CustomFields...........................................................................................................................................38 Discussion................................................................................................................................................39 PageAuthor .............................................................................................................................................39PageRevisions..........................................................................................................................................39

Publish...................................................................................................................................................... 41TrashAPage ............................................................................................................................................42RestoreOrDeleteAPage ........................................................................................................................42 Attributes ................................................................................................................................................. 42

AddNewPage..............................................................................................................................................43

Posts ......................................................................................................................................... 44Posts ............................................................................................................................................................ 44

EditPost ...................................................................................................................................................45StickyPost............................................................................................................................................... 46Format..................................................................................................................................................... 46Categories ............................................................................................................................................... 46

PostTags..................................................................................................................................................47 QuickEdit ................................................................................................................................................47 TrashAPost............................................................................................................................................ 49RestoreOrDeleteAPost........................................................................................................................ 49View ..........................................................................................................................................................50

AddNewPost ..............................................................................................................................................50PostTags ...................................................................................................................................................... 51

EditPostTags ..........................................................................................................................................52QuickEdit ................................................................................................................................................52

Categories.....................................................................................................................................................52EditCategory ...........................................................................................................................................54

QuickEdit ................................................................................................................................................54

Media .......................................................................................................................................54 AddImage....................................................................................................................................................55

AddImageFromComputer.....................................................................................................................55 AddImageFromURL .............................................................................................................................. 57 AddImageFromMediaLibrary ..............................................................................................................58 AddImageToGallery ............................................................................................................................. 60

FeaturedImage............................................................................................................................................62 AddingOtherMedia ...................................................................................................................................63

EmbedMedia............................................................................................................................................63

AddMediaFromComputer.....................................................................................................................65 AddMediaFromURL ............................................................................Error!Bookmarknotdefined. AddMediaToGallery ............................................................................Error!Bookmarknotdefined. AddMediaFromMediaLibrary ............................................................................................................. 66

Library ..........................................................................................................................................................67Edit .......................................................................................................................................................... 69CroppingOrScalingAnImage .............................................................................................................. 69OtherEditingImageIcons ...................................................................................................................... 71Delete........................................................................................................................................................72 View .......................................................................................................................................................... 72

AddNew.......................................................................................................................................................72

Links ......................................................................................................................................... 73Links ............................................................................................................................................................. 73

Edit ...........................................................................................................................................................74




Delete........................................................................................................................................................78 AddNew.......................................................................................................................................................78LinkCategories............................................................................................................................................79

Edit .......................................................................................................................................................... 80

QuickEdit ............................................................................................................................................... 80Delete........................................................................................................................................................ 81

Comments ................................................................................................................................ 81 Approve/Unapprove....................................................................................................................................82Spam.............................................................................................................................................................82Trash.............................................................................................................................................................83Edit ...............................................................................................................................................................83QuickEdit ................................................................................................................................................... 84Reply............................................................................................................................................................ 84

Tools ......................................................................................................................................... 85

Turbo .........................................................................................................Error!Bookmarknotdefined.PressThis .....................................................................................................................................................85




Quick Start

Login

EnteryourUsernameandPasswordasemailedbyFreeBlogFactorytologintotheadministrationsystem

Onceyou'reinyouwillseetheDashboard:






Nowit'stimetoaddsomecontentoreditsomeexistingcontent.Ifyouareunsurewhether youshouldbeusingPagesorPosts,readPagesvs.PostsintheEditorsGuide.

Edit/Add New Pages

1. Thefirstfieldyouneedtofillinisthepagetitle.

2. Thenusethevisualeditortoenterthecontentforyourpage.

Hint:ClickontheFullScreenbutton:

Thisallowsyoutoedityourpageinfullscreenmode,givingyougreatercontrol

overyourworkarea.

NB: Youcannotsaveyourchangeswheninfullscreenmodesoalwaystoggleback

tonormalscreenmodetoupdateyourcontent.

3. ThefourbuttonsnexttoUpload/Insertallowyoutoaddmediasuchasimages,

audioandvideoandassigntitlesanddescriptionstomediafiles.Formoredetailed

informationaboutthisprocess,readtheMediasectionintheEditorsGuide.

4. Whenyouarehappywithyourpage,clickonthePreviewbuttonfoundatthetop

rightcornerofthePublishmoduleontherighthandsideofthepage.Thiswillgive

areallifepreviewofhowyourpagewilllookonyourwebsite.




5. Onceyou'rehappyforyourpagetogopublic,clickonthePublishbuttonatthe

bottomofthePublishmodule.Ifyouareeditinganexistingpagethisbuttonis

calledUpdatePage.

Edit/Add New Posts

AddingorEditingPostsfunctionsmuchthesameasPages,howevertherearesomeadditionalinformationyouneedtoenter.

1. YoucanchangethepresentationofyourpostsbysettingupFormat.

2. Youwillalsoneedtoassigntheposttoacategorywhichwillaffectwhereandwhenthe

postappearsonthewebsite.

3. OntherighthandsideunderneaththeCategoriesmoduleyoucanaddPostTagstoyour

post.PostTagsarelikekeywordsthatvisitorsmayusetosearchforrelatedarticles.For

example,addingthetag"wedding"toacateringarticleandaphotographyarticlemay

helpyourvisitorsfindrelatedcontentonyourwebsite.

4. ThereisalsoanoptiontoaddaFeaturedImagetoyourpost.

Youcanpreviewpostsjustlikepagesandeditexistingpostssamewithexistingpagesas well.WhenyouwanttogopublicorsaveyourchangesclickonthePublishorUpdatePostbutton.




Editors Guide

Welcometotheadministrationsystemthatmanagesallofthecontentforyourwebsite.You

havebeenmadeanEditorwithinthesystem,whichmeansyouhavebeengrantedaccesstocreatenewcontentandeditexistingcontent.Thisguidewillwalkyouthroughthestepsinvolved.

Thefirsttaskyouhavetodoistologintothesystemsoyoucanmakechangesoraddacontent.

Login

Bynow,youshouldhavebeenautomaticallyemailedausername(default:admin)anda

passwordbyFreeBlogFactory.

Theloginscreenlookslikethis:

Simplytypeyourusernameintotherectangle(orfield)labeled“Username”andthenclick

inthefieldlabeled“Password”andenteryourpassword.

Hint: Youcanalsousethe“tab”keyonthekeyboardtomoveintothe“Password”

fieldandmakeitactive.




Takecaretomakesurethedetailsyouenterintobothofthesefieldsexactlymatchthedetailsyouhavebeensupplied.Theusernameisusuallycase-sensitive(meaningthatuppercaseandlowercaselettersaredifferent)andthepasswordisalwayscase-sensitive.

Youcanplaceatickintheboxlabeled"RememberMe"andthesystemwillattempttorememberyoutosaveyouhavingtoenterthesedetailsnexttime.

Technical:Thesedetailswillbestoredinthesystemmemoryuntilyouempty

yourinternetbrowser'smemoryorclearyourhistory.Itdoesn'tmatterifyoudon't

understandthisall,whatisimportantisthatifyoutickthisboxitcansaveyou

timeinthefuture.

Onceyouenteredthecorrectdetails,clickonthe"LogIn"button,orhitthe"enter"keyon yourkeyboard.

Ifyouhaveforgottenyourpasswordclickonthetextthatreads"Lostyourpassword?"andyouwillbetakentothisscreen:

Typeyourusernameoremailaddressintothefieldandclickonthe"GetNewPassword"button.Anewpasswordwillbeemailedtoyou.

Onceyouhaveyournewpassword,login.

WhenyouhaveloggedinyouwillbetakentoTheDashboard.

The DashboardTheDashboardscreen,alsoconsideredthehomepageoftheadminsystem,lookslikethis:




The Admin Window Explained

TheDashboard,alongwithallofthescreensyouwillcomeacrossintheadminsystem,consistsofthefollowingfourkeyelements:

• TheHeader

• TheSidebar

• TheEditor

• TheFooter

The Header

Theheaderlookslikethis:

Theheaderprovidesyouwith:

• Alinktovisityourwebsiteastherestoftheworldseesit

• Adropdownlistofquicklinksforaddingcontenttoyourwebsite(thesewillbe

coveredlaterinmoredetailintheirownsections)

• Alinktoyourprofile"Howdy,editor"

• AlinktoLogOutofthesystem

Thesefeatureswillbeexplainedinmoredetaillateron.

The SidebarThesidebarlookslikethis:




Thesidebarprovidesyouwithacomprehensivelistoftoolsthatallowustoperformfunctionsintheadminsystem.Eachsetoftoolsisgroupedintowhatwecall"widgets".

Hint:Eachwidget(withtheexceptionofComments)hasadropdownarrowin

thetop-rightcorner,whichallowsyoutoexpandorcollapsethewidget.

Youcanalsoexpandorcollapsetheentiresidebarbyclickingonthehorizontalline withthearrowsinbetweenthewidgetsDashboardandPostsandalsoinbetweenCommentsandProfile

Thisisusefulforsavingspaceonyourscreen.

Whenyoufirstlogin,the"Posts"widgetshouldbeexpandedtorevealthetoolsavailableto you.

Inorderfromtoptobottom,ourwidgetsare:

• TheDashboard

o Dashboard

• Posts

o Post

o AddNew

o Categories

o PostTags




• Media

o Library

o AddNew

• Linkso Links

o AddNew

o LinkCategories

• Pages

o Pages

o AddNew

• Comments

• Profile

o YourProfile

• Tools

o Tools

Eachofthesetoolswillbeexplainedinmoredetaillateron.

The Editor

Theeditorlookslikethis:

Theeditoriswhereyouaddnewcontentorchangeexistingcontentinyourwebsite.Themodulesintheeditorchangeaccordingtowhichtoolyouareusingformthesidebar.

Onthedashboardscreentherearesevenmodules:

Inorderfromtoptobottom,ourmodulesare:






Technical:ThishelpmoduleisdesignedmorefordevelopersandtheIT

departmentsomorethanlikelyyouwillnotneedit.Allthehelpyouneedshould

berighthereinthisuser'sguide.

The Footer

Thefooterlookslikethis:

ThefootercontainsalinktotheWordPresswebsite,documentationandfeedbackforumas

wellasaversionnumbersoyoualwaysknowwhichversionofWordPressyouarerunning.

Thefooteralsoprovidesavisualcueforyouthatyouareattheendofthepage.

Dashboard Modules

Right Now

Thefirstmoduleonthedashboardscreeniscalled"RightNow"andprovidesyouwitha

snapshotofthecontentinyourwebsite.

Intheexamplethereis1Post,1Page,1Category and0Tagsaswellas1Comment.This

onecommenthasbeenapprovedandthereforeshowsas1Approved,0Pendingand0

Spam.

We'llcovereachoftheseinmoredetaillateron.

You'llnoticethattheinformationinthismodulealsolinkstotherelevantsectionsofthe

adminsystem.Forexample:1Pagelinkstothe"EditPages"screen.Thisprovideseasy

navigationbetweenadminsections.

TheRightNowmodulealsotellsyouthenameofthethemeyouareusing,howmany

widgetsarebeingusedinthesidebarofyourwebsiteandtheversionofWordPressyouare

running.

Technical:Themes,widgetsandversionupgradesaretasksassignedto

administrators.Asaneditor,youarenotabletomakethesechanges.

Recent Comments

TheRecentCommentsmoduleshowsthemostrecentcommentsmadebyvisitorstoyour website.Ifyoupositionthemouseoveracomment,amenuappearsunderneathitwiththe

followingoptions:

• Unapprove




• Reply

• Edit

• Spam

• Trash

Thereisalsoa ViewAllbuttonthatlinkstotheCommentsscreenintheadminsystem

whereyoucanviewallthecommentsthathavebeenmade.

We'llcoverCommentsinmoredetaillateron.

Commentsmaynotnecessarilybeenabledonyourwebsite.Iftheyarenotenabledthenjust

ignoretheRecentCommentsmodule.

Incoming Links

TheIncomingLinksmoduledisplayshowmanyotherblogsitesarelinkingtoyoursite.

ThisisprimarilyusedaspartofaSearchEngineVisibilitystrategyandmaynotberelevant

toyou.

Quick Press

TheQuickPressmoduleallowsyoutowriteandpublishapostrightherefromthe

dashboardorsaveitasadraftandreviseitlater.

ThiswillmakesenseonceyouhavereadtheAddNewPostsection.Justknowthatthisisa

handytoolforquicklyjottingdownideaswhiletheyarefreshandbeforeyouloseyourtrain

ofthought.

Recent Drafts

TheRecentDraftsmoduledisplaysanypoststhathavebeenwrittenandsavedasdrafts,

waitingtobepublished.Iftherewereanydraftshere,youcanclickonthetitle,makeany

revisionsandeithersaveitagainorpublishittothewebsite.

WordPress Blog

The WordPressBlogdisplaysrecententriesbyWordPressdevelopersaboutthegeneralongoingevolutionoftheWordPressplatform.Thismayormaynotinterestyou.

Other WordPress News

TheOtherWordPressNewsmoduleshowsothernewsrelatingtotheongoing

developmentoftheWordPressplatform.Asabove,thismayormaynotinterestyou.

Forday-to-dayuse,youcouldsafelyturnoffthe WordPressBlogandOtherWordPress

NewsmodulesbyclickingontheScreenOptionsbuttoninthetop-rightcornerandun-

tickingtheappropriateboxes.




Admin Bar

Ifyouenabletheadminbarinyourprofileyouwillseethe AdminBarasathingreybarthatappearsatthetopofthepage.Theadminbarcanbeswitchedonoroffonthe“live”

websiteandtheadmindashboardinyourprofilesettings.

Startingfromtheleft,theadminbarcontainsasmallpicture(avatar)ofwhoeverisloggedintothesite.Followingtheavataristheusernameofthepersonloggedin.

Theusernameisadropdownlist,whichconsistsof:

• EditMyProfile-alinktoProfilepage.

• Dashboard-alinktoDashboardpage.

• LogOut-aquickwaytologoutyouradmincontrol.

Nextisthe AddNewdropdownlistwhichlinkstoaddanewpageorpost.

NextisthelinktotheCommentspage

TheAdminBar'sleftpanellookslikethis:

OntherightsideoftheadminbarisaSearchform,forquicklysearchingexistingpageorpostonyourwebsite.

ThisSearchformfunctionslikeanyothersearchform.Youjustneedtotypeinthetitleof

thepageorpostthatyouarelookingforandhitthesearchbutton.

TherightsideoftheAdminBarlookslikethis:

Profile

YoucanaccessyourprofilebyclickingontheProfilewidgetinthesidebarorclickingon

yourusernamenexttotheword"Howdy"intheheader.This"Howdy"referenceisawayof

lettingyouknowthatyouareloggedinunderyourusername.Someadminsystemsmay

havemultipleusersloggedinatoncesothisisausefultoolformakingsureyouarelogged

incorrectly.

TheProfilescreenlookslikethis:




IntheProfilescreenyoucanchangeyourpersonaloptions,nameandcontactinformation.

Personal Options

The VisualEditoriswhatyouwillusewhenwritingoreditingpostsandpagesinthe

website.Disablingthevisualeditormeansyouwillonlybeabletowritepostsandpages

usinghtmlandwillhavenovisualrepresentationofthecontentyou'reworkingwith.

Caution:Itisrecommendedthatyoudonottickthisboxunlessyouarean

experiencedhtmlprogrammerandarefamiliarwithWordPress.

The AdminColorSchemeallowsyoutochangethecolorschemeoftheadminsystemto

yourpreference.

KeyboardShortcutsallowyoutonavigateandperformfunctionsinthecommentsscreen.Thisisusefulifyoureceivealargenumberofcommentsfromvisitorstoyoursite.Ifyoudo

nothavecommentsenabledpleaseignorethefollowingparagraph.

Briefly,ifthekeyboardshortcutsboxistickedyoucanmoveupanddownthroughyourlist

ofcommentsbyusingthekeys"k"and"j"respectively.Onceacommentisselected(as

shownbyalightbluebackground)youcanusethefollowingcommandsonthekeyboard:

• a–approvesthecomment

• s–marksthecommentasspam

• d–deletesthecomment

• u–unapprovesthecomment




• r–repliestothecomment,and

• q–allowsforaquickeditofthecomment

MoreinformationisavailableattheofficialdocumentationforWordPress:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Keyboard_Shortcuts

Name

Yourusernameissetwhenyouareestablishedasauserinthesystembytheadministrator

andcannotbechanged.Youcanchangeyourfirstname,lastnameandnicknameaswell

ashowyournamewillbedisplayedonthewebsite.Dependingonhowyourwebsitehas

beendesigned,yournamemaybedisplayedasanauthorofpostsorpagesthatyouhave

contributed.Theoptionlabeled"Displaynamepubliclyas"iswhereyoucandetermine

howyouwantyournamedisplayedtothepublic.

Contact Info

Youremailaddressisrequiredandisenteredwhentheadministratorestablishesyouasa

userinthesystem.Ifyouremailaddressisincorrectorchanges,updateithere.Youcanalso

entermoreoptionalpersonalinformationlikeyourwebsiteaddress,AIM(AOLInstant

Messenger)name,YahooInstantMessengernameandYabber/GoogleTalknameaswellas

abriefbiography.Someofthisinformationmaybeshownpubliclyonyourwebsite

dependingonhowithasbeensetup.

NB:Ifyouareunsureaboutanyofthis,consultwithyourwebdeveloperorITdepartment.

Ifyouhavebeenassignedapasswordthatyoudidnotset,youcanchangeyourpassword

heretoonethatyouwillremember.Measurethestrengthofyourpasswordwiththe

strengthindicator.Maintainingastrongpasswordisimportanttomakesureyouarethe

onlypersonlogginginandmakingchangesunderyourusername.

Caution:Strongpasswordsareatleastsevencharacterslongandcontaina

combinationofupperandlowercaselettersaswellasnumbersandsymbolssuchas!@#”?$%^&*()

Whenyouhavemadeallofyourchanges,clickonthe“UpdateProfile”buttonandallof

yourpersonalprofiledetailswillbeupdatedinthesystem.

Content

Pages Vs Posts

Theadminsystemprovidestwowaysofcreatingcontentforyourwebsite:




• Apage,or

• Apost.

Todeterminewhichisthebestoptionforyourcontent,youneedtofirstunderstandthe

differencebetweenthetwo.

Page

Apageincludesanoverallstructureforpresentinginformationonyourwebsite.For

example:apagewillincludetheheader,(toppartofthepageusuallycontainingalogoand

navigationmenu),asectionforthemaincontentofthepageandafooter(thebottompart

ofthepageusuallycontainingsomelegalinformation,copyrightnoticesandotherlinks).A

pagemayalsoincludeasidebarontheleftorrighthandsidecontaininglinkstoother

sectionsofthesite

Pagesarenotgenerallyupdatedorchangedonaregularbasis,howeversomeofthecontent

onapage,includingposts,maybeupdatedregularly.

Thinkofapageasyouwouldifyouwerereadinganewspaper.Theonepagecanbebroken

upintomanydifferentsectionsforafeaturearticle,relatedstoriesandadvertisements.

Pagesaregenerallyaccessedbythemainnavigationmenuonyourwebsite.

Examplesofpagesonyourwebsitemightinclude AboutUs,ContactDetails,Mission

Statement,ProductsandServicesandLegalInformation.

Post

Consideringthenewspapermodel,apostcanbethoughtofasessentiallyonearticle.Itis

writtenandpublishedatagivenpointintimeaboutaparticularsubjectinaspecific

category andpostedonacertainpage.Thesportspage,forexamplemaycontainseveral

postsfromthesportscategory.

Postsareprimarilywrittenaspartofablog(webbasedlogofevents-orjournal).However

postshavemultiplefunctionsandusingthemcreativelycangiveyougreatercontroloverthemanagementofyourwebsitescontent.

Postsbelongtooneormorecategoriesandcanbesortedanddisplayedinallsortsofways

onyourwebsite.

Examplesofpostsonyourwebsitemightincludepressreleases,productfactsheets,

generalnewsarticlesandblogentries.

Technical:Postscanliveonpages–inthemaincontentarea.Pagescannotliveonposts.




Thefollowingscreenshotsmayhelptoexplainthedifferencebetweenapageandapost.

Apage:

Apost:




Ifyouareupdatingyoursiteoraddingcontentonaregularbasis,itismorethanlikelyyou willbeusingposts.

NB:Ifyouarestillunsureaboutwhetherornottouseapageorapostforyourcontent,

consultyourwebdeveloperorITdepartment.

Nowthatyouhaveanunderstandingofthedifferencebetweenapageandapost,let'slook

athowtoeditexistingcontentoraddnewcontent.

We'regoingtostartoffeasybyeditinganexistingpagetogetyoufamiliarwiththetools

youneedtouse.

The Editor

The Toolbar

AboveTheEditorrectanglethereisatoolbarcontainingcommontoolsforformatting

yourcontent.SimilartosomewordprocessingprogramslikeMicrosoftWord,thestandard

toolsare,fromlefttoright:




Bold–tomaketextbold.

Italic–toputtextinitalics.

Strikethrough–tomarktextasdeleted

BulletList–alsoknownasanunorderedlist:

• Thisisaniteminabulletedlist

• Thisisasecondbulleteditem.

NumberedList–alsoknownasanorderedlist:

1. Thisisaniteminanumberedlist

2. Thisisaseconditeminanumberedlist.

Blockquote–usedforquotingsomebodyinanarticle.

Justifyleft–alignthetextintheparagraphleft.

JustifyCenter–alignthetextinthecenter.

JustifyRight–alignthetextright.

Link–insertalinktoanotherwebpage(alsocalledahyperlink).

Unlink–removethehyperlink.




Insert‘More’Tag–thissplitsthepageintotwoparts.Thismayresultin

yourwebsitedisplayingthecontentbeforethe‘More’tagandplacinga

“readmore”linkforuserstoclickthroughandreadthefullpage

Spellcheck–checkthespellingofthecontent.Usethedropdownarrow

tochoosealanguagefromthelistifrequired.

Fullscreen–thisallowsyoutoedityourpageinfullscreenmode,giving

yougreatercontroloveryourworkarea.

NB: Youcannotsaveyourchangeswheninfullscreenmodesoalways

togglebacktonormalscreenmodetoupdateyourcontent.

Show/HideKitchenSink–thisbuttonturnsonorofftheextrabuttons

availableonthetoolbar.

Insert/Edit LinkToaddalinktoyourpageorpost,highlightthewordthatyouwanttomakethelink.

Thenclickontheinsert/editlinkbutton.




Apopupwindowwillappearallowingyoutoedityourhyperlinkaccordingtowhatpageor

siteyouwanttolinkto,thetitleofthelinkandifyouwantyourlinktoopeninanew

window.




URLiswhereyouentertheaddressofthewebsiteorpagewhereyouwanttolinkto.

Titleisthetitleofthelink.Userswillseethiswhenthehovertheirmouseoverthelink.

Ifyouwanttolinktoanexistingpageorpostinyoursiteyouhavetwooptions.Oneisto

searchforthetitleofthepageorpost,




Orchooseapagefromthelistofrecentpagesorpoststhatisautomaticallydisplayedatthe

bottomofthepopupwindow.

UsingthesearchboxorchoosingoneoftherecentpagesorpostswillgeneratetheURLand

titleforyourlink.

OncesatisfiedwithyourchangesclicktheSaveLinkorAddLinkbutton.

The Kitchen Sink

Withthekitchensinkbuttonturnedonthetoolbarlookslikethis:

Thefollowingtoolsarenowavailabletoyou,fromlefttoright:

Format–thisoptionformatstheselectedtextasaparagraph,address,

preformatted,headingorsub-heading.

Underline–tounderlinetext.

Justified–tojustifytextbothleftandright.

TextColor–tochangethecolorofthetext.

PastePlainText–thisbuttonwillopenapopupdialogboxtoallow

youtopasteplaintextintoyourpage.




NB:Itisadvisabletousethisbuttonifyouarecopyingtextfromatext

editorlikenotepadortexteditasthesystemwillformatthetextinto

correcthtmlforyourwebsite.AvoidpastingtextdirectlyintoThe

Editor.

PasteFromWord–thisbuttonwillopenapopupdialogboxtoallow

youtopastetextfromMicrosoft Wordintoyourpage.




NB:Itisadvisabletousethisbuttonifyouarecopyingtextfrom

Microsoft Wordasthesystemwillformatthetextintocorrecthtml

foryourwebsite.AvoidpastingtextdirectlyintoTheEditor.

RemoveFormatting–removeallformattingfromtheselectedtext.

EmbedMedia–thisbuttonwillopenapopupdialogboxallowing

youtoembedvarioustypesofmediadirectlyintoyourpage.For

example:Flash,QuickTime,Shockwave, WindowsMediaorReal

Media.




Selectthetypeofmediayouwanttoembed,thefileorurlofthe

mediaandsetthedimensions.

Previewthemediaandthenclickoninserttoembedthemediaor

canceltocanceltheprocess.

Therearemoresettingsunderthe Advancedtabthatrelatetoeach

specifictypeofmediabeinginserted.

NB:ConsultyourwebdeveloperorITDepartmentforthecorrect

settingsforyourtypeofmedia.

CustomCharacter–thisbuttonwillopenapopupdialogbox

allowingyoutoinsertcustomcharacterssuchasdiacriticsforwords

likecaféandfaçadeaswellasvariouscurrencyandlegalsymbols.




Simplyclickonthesymboltoinsertintoyourpage.

Outdent–removestheindentfromthestartofalineinaparagraph.

Indent–indentsthestartofalineinaparagraph.

Undo–thisreverses,or“un-does”thelastthingyoudidinThe

Editor.Ifyouhittheundobuttonmorethanonceitwillundoyourpreviousactionsinreverseorder.

NB:YoucannotundoanactiononceyouhaveUpdatedthepageor

Saveditasadraft

Redo–thisreversestheundo,or“re-does”thelastthingyouun-did

inTheEditor.Soifyouhittheundobuttonbymistakeyoucanre-do

withthisbutton.

Help–thisbuttonopenapopupdialogboxwithsomemore

informationonthefunctionsofthe VisualEditor

NB:YourwebdeveloperorITdepartmentmayhaveinstalledadditionalbuttonsonyour

toolbartotheoneslistedabove.Ifthisisthecase,consultthemforexplanations.

Usethetoolsavailabletoyouinthetoolbartodesignyourpagethewayyouwantit.




Upload/Insert

Directlyabovethetoolbartherearefourbuttonsthatallowyoutoaddmediatoyourpage.

ThesefunctionsarecoveredlaterintheMediasection.However,theremaybeanimage

alreadyinyourpagethatyouwanttoedit.

Technical:ThishelpmoduleisdesignedmorefordevelopersandtheIT

departmentsomorethanlikelyyouwillnotneedit.Allthehelpyouneedshould

berighthereinthisuser'sguide.

Othermedialike video,audioandpdf filescannotbeeditedoncetheyareinsertedintoa

page,theymustbedeletedandre-inserted.

Edit Image Youcaneditimagestochangethewaytheyappearonyourpage.

Toeditanimage,clickontheimagetorevealtheEditImageandDeleteImagebuttons:




TheDeleteImagebuttonwilldeletetheimagefromthepageimmediately.TheEdit

Imagebuttonwillopenthefollowingpopupdialogbox:




UsetheSizeslidertoalterthesizeoftheimageonthepageandeditthealignmentby

choosingNone,Left,CenterorRight.YoucanalsochangetheTitle,CaptionandLink

URLoftheimage.

Therearemoredetailedsettingsunderthe AdvancedSettingstabthatmayaffecttheway yourimageisdisplayedonyourwebsite.

NB:YoushouldconsultyourwebdeveloperorITdepartmentaboutwhetherornottouse

thesesettings.

Whenyouarehappywithyoursettings,clicktheUpdatebuttonorchoosetheCancel

buttontocancelyourchanges.




Pages

Pages

YoucanaccessthePagesscreenbychoosingEditfromthePageswidgetinthesidebar

ThePagesscreenlookslikethis:

AtthetopofthePagesscreen,youwillfindtwosub-headingsdirectlyunderneaththepagetitle:

• All(totalnumberofpages)and

• Published(numberofpagesactuallypublishedonthewebsite)

Dependingonthecontentalreadyinyoursystemtheremaybemoresub-headings

including:

• PendingReview(numberofpagespendingreview)

• Draft(numberofdraftpageswaitingtobepublished)and

• Private(numberofpagespublishedbutnotvisibletothepublic)

Thesesub-headingsgiveyouasnapshotofthestatusofthepagesinyoursystemandwill

makemoresenseasyoumovethroughthissection.

Totherightofthesesub-headingsandunderneaththescreenoptionsandhelpbuttons

youwillfindasearchtool.Thisisusefulforsearchingthroughallofyourpagesfora

specificwordorphraseifyouhaveforgottenwhereitis.

Directlybeneaththesub-headingsyouwillfindaBulkActionsdropdownmenu.This

menuallowsyoutoeditormovetotrashmultiplepagesatonce.Theeditfunctionallows




youchangetheparent,template,comments,statusorpingsofmultiplepagesatonce

whilethemovetotrashoptionallowsyoutomovemultiplepagestotrashbinatonce

Theeditoptionswillmakemoresenseasyoumovethroughthissection.

IfyouchoosetomovemultiplepagestothetrashatonceaTrashlinkwillappearnextto

the Alllink.TheTrashlinkiswhereyoucanfindalltheitemsthatyouhavedeletedinthe

past30days.

Toselectapageforabulkactionsimplyplaceatickintheboxtotheleftofthepage'sname.

Placingatickintheboxnexttotheword"Title"atthetopofthelistofpageswillselectall

pagesinthelistatonce.Onceyourpagesareselected,chooseanactionfromtheBulk

Actionsdropdownmenuandclickonthe Apply button.

TotheimmediaterightoftheBulkActionsmenuistheFilterMenuforfilteringthepages

thatyouwishtodisplay,categorizedfromthemonthyourWordPressblogwascreated.By

default,itissettodisplayallpagesfromalldates.

UnderneaththeBulkActionsdropdownyouwillfindatablelistingallthepagesinyour

website.Thecolumnsinthetableare,fromlefttoright:

• Theselecttickbox(toselectordeselectapageforeditingordeleting)

• Title(thetitleofthepage)

• Author(theauthorofthepage)

• Comments(thenumberofcommentsmadebyvisitorstothepage)

• Date(thedatethepagewaspublishedonthewebsite)

ClickingonthetitleofthepagewilltakeyoutoEditPagescreenasdescribedinthenext

section.Clickingontheauthorwillfilterthelistofpagesinthetabletopageswrittenonly

bythatauthor.ClickingonthecommentsiconwilltakeyoutotheEditpageasdescribed

lateron.

AtthebottomofthelistthereisanotherBulkActionsdropdownmenuthatfunctionsexactlyliketheoneatthetop.Thisisusefulifyouhavealargenumberofpagesinthelist

andneedtoscrolldowntoviewthem.

Ifyouplacethemouseoverapagetitle,amenuappearsunderneathitwiththefollowing

options:

• Edit

• QuickEdit

• Trash,and






NB:Ifyouareunsureaboutwhattouseasthepermalinkforthepageconsultyourweb

developerorITdepartment.

The Content

Thenextfieldthatrequiresinformationisthecontentofthepage.Thisistheactual

content(wordsandpictures)thatmakeupthepageonthewebsite.

Toeditthecontentofthepageclickinthelargewhiterectanglethatcontainsthecurrent

content.WecallthisareaTheEditor.

Technical:Atthetoprightcorneryouwillfindtwotabs VisualandHTML.The

VisualEditor,(anoptionwesetearlierunderProfile)providesyouwithavisual

representationofthecontentyou’reworkingwith.TheHTMLEditorallowsyou

tomanipulatethecontentusingHyperTextMarkupLanguage-thelanguage

thatwebsitesarebuilton.

Caution:Itisrecommendedtousethe VisualEditorunlessyouarean

experiencedHTMLprogrammer

Toeditoraddtext,simplytype.

Word Count

UnderneathTheEditoryouwillfindabarthatcontainssomeadditionalinformationabout

yourpage.

Onthelefthandsideisthe WordCount:acountofthewordsinyourpage.

Ontherighthandside,youwillfindsomeinformationaboutwhenthepagewaslastedited

orsavedandbywhom.

Atthebottomrightcornerofthisbarisaresizehandlethatyoucandragdownorupin

ordertoresizeTheEditor,givingyougreatercontroloveryourworkarea.

Hint:Thefollowingsectionsmayalsobevisibleonthescreendependingwhathas

beenhiddenonthescreenoptionsmenu.

Custom Fields

BelowTheEditoristheCustomFieldssection.Thisgivesyoutheopportunitytoadd

customfieldstoyourpagesforgreatercontroloversortinganddisplayinginformationon

yourwebsite.




Forexample:youcouldaddacustomfieldcalled“Hierarchy ”toyourpageandgiveita

valueof“1”.Yourwebdevelopercouldthenusethiscustomfieldinyourthemetore-

arrangetheorderofpagesinasitemap,forinstance.

ToaddacustomfieldtoapagesimplyenterthenameofthecustomfieldintheNamefield

andthevalueforthispageintheValuefieldandthenclickontheAddCustomField

button.

Hint:Onceacustomfieldhasbeenaddedtothesystemyoucanthenchooseto

addthatcustomfieldtoanyotherpagebyselectingitfromthedropdownlistthat

willappearinthenamefield.

NB: YoushouldconsultyourwebdeveloperorITdepartmentaboutwhetherornottouse

CustomFields

Discussion

Thediscussionsectionallowsyoutochoosewhetherornotthepageisopentodiscussion

byvisitorstoyourwebsite.Youhavetwooptions:

1. AllowComments,and

2. AllowPings

Allowingcommentswillallowvisitorstoleaveacommentonyourpage.Allowingpingswill

allowvisitorstolinktoyourpagefromtheirownpageandwillappearinyourcomments

sectionasalink.

CommentsandPingsmayormaynotbeenabledonyoursite,sosettingtheseoptions

heremayhavenoeffectonthewayyoursitelooksandbehaves.

NB:YoushouldconsultyourwebdeveloperorITdepartmentaboutwhetherornottoyour

siteisenabledforCommentsand/orPings.

Page Author

ThePageAuthordropdownlistallowsyoutochoosetheauthorofthepage.Thismaybe

handyifyourwebsiteisdesignedtodisplayarchivesofcontentbyspecificpeopleinyour

organization.

Page Revisions

ThePageRevisionssectionshowsyouwhenthispagehasbeenrevisedandbywhom.

Clickingonarevision'sdatewillshowyouthepage,asitexistedatthatpointintime,using

thebasichtmlviewer,notthevisualviewer.Thisisusefulifyouhavemadesomechangesandupdatedthepagebutdecideyouwanttogobacktowhereyouwereearlieron.




Underneaththepagecontentyounowhavetheoptiontocomparerevisionsbyselecting

thelefthandradiobuttonofoneandtherighthandradiobuttonofanotherinthepage

revisionslistandclickingontheCompareRevisionsbutton.

Theolderrevisionisshownontheleftandthenewerrevisionontheright.Thedifferences

willbehighlightedsoyoucaneasilydecidewhichversionyouwanttouse.

Onceyouhavedecidedwhichversiontouse,identifytherevisionbyitsdateandtimestampandthenchoose"Restore"nexttotherevisioninthePageRevisionslistbelowto




restorethatrevisionasthepage.Thisrevisionthenbecomestheupdatedpagereplacingthe

currentversion,whichthenbecomesthefirstrevisioninthePageRevisionslist,soyou'll

neverloseaversionofthepage.

Publish

Oneofyourbestfriendsintheadminsystemisthe"Preview"button.Thisbuttonallows

youtopreviewchangesbeforeyoupublishthemforthepublictosee.Thepreviewbutton

willshowyouexactlywhatthepagewilllooklikebyopeninganewwindowofyourbrowser

anddisplayingyourchanges.Atthispoint,thepubliccannotseeyourwork.

Youcanpreviewyourchangesandmakemorealterationsforaslongasyoulikewithoutthe

publiceverseeingyourchangesaslongasyoudon'thitthe"UpdatePage"button.Once

youclickthe"UpdatePage"buttonyourchangeswillbepublishedonyourwebsiteforthe

restoftheworldtoenjoy.

UnderneaththePreviewbuttonthereissomeinformationaboutyourpageandwhohas

accesstoitonline.

ClickingontheEditlinknextto"Status:Published"willgiveyouadropdownlistwith

threeoptions:

• Published(fortheworldtosee)

• PendingReview(foracolleaguetoreviewbeforepublishing)

• Draft(foryoutokeepworkingonbeforepublishing)

ClickingontheEditlinknextto“ Visibility:Public”willgiveyouadropdownlistwith

threeoptions:

• Public(fortheworldtosee)

• Passwordprotected(atwhichpointyouwillneedtoenterapasswordandonly

thosewiththepasswordwillbeabletoviewitonthewebsite)

• Private(onlyvisibleintheadminsystem)

Thepublishdateoptionallowsyoutochoosewhenthepageistobepublished.Ifyou

chooseatimeinthefuture,thepagewillnotbevisibleonyoursiteuntilthattime.

Onceyouarehappywithyoursettings,clickonthe"UpdatePage"buttontosaveyour

changes.

Hint:The“UpdatePage”buttonmaychangeto“Publish”dependingonthe

statusofyourpage




Trash A Page

Todeleteapage,clickonthe"MovetoTrash"linktotheleftofthe"Update"button.That

pagewillbemovedtotheTrashlinklocatednexttothe Alllink.

Youcanundothedeletionofthepagebyclickingthelinkthatwillappearaboveafteryou

clicktheMovetoTrashbutton.

Caution:OnceapagehasbeenmovedtoTrash,youcanrecoverit(seeNextlink

below).

Restore Or Delete A Page

IfaTrashlinkexists,locatednexttothe Alllink,youmaywanttoclickonittolocateall

thepagesthatyouhavedeletedforthepast30days.

Hoveryourmouseovertothetitleofthepagethatyouwanttodeleteorrestore,andasub-

menuofoptionswillappearbelow.

ChooseRestoretorecoveryourdeletedpageorchooseDeletePermanently todeletethe

pageforever.

Caution:WordPresswillemptythetrashevery30days.

Attributes

Youcanchangethefollowingadditionalpageattributesinthissection:

• Parent




o Iftherearemultiplepagesinyoursystem,youcanassignapageastheparent

forthispage.Thispagethenbecomesasub-pageorchildoftheparent.For

example:Design,mightbeasub-pageofthepageServices.Inthiscaseyou

wouldmakeServicestheparentforthepageDesign.• Template

o Youcanassignatemplateforeachpagebasedonhowyourwebsitehasbeen

developed.

• Order

o Youcanchangetheorderofthepagesinyourwebsitehierarchywhichmay

affectthewaytheyaredisplayedinyournavigationmenu.

NB:YoushouldconsultyourwebdeveloperorITDepartmentbeforechanginganyofthese

attributes.

Tosaveyourchanges,clickontheUpdatePagebutton.

Add New Page

Youcanaccessthe AddNewPagescreenbychoosing AddNewfromthePageswidgetin

thesidebar.

The AddNewPagescreenlookslikethis:






• Onthefarrightofthefilteroptionstherearetwobuttonsallowingyoutoviewposts

inListView(thedefaultsetting)orExcerptView.ExcerptViewdisplaysanexcerpt

ofeachpostgivingyoumoreinformationaboutyourcontentsoyoucanmakean

accuratedecisionaboutthepostyouwishtoedit.• Inthelistofpoststhatareavailabletoedityouwillalsonoticetwoadditional

columns,CategoriesandTags.Thesewillbeexplainedingreaterdetaillateron.

AsinthePagesscreen,clickingontheposttitlewilltakeyoutothePostscreenas

describedinthenextsection.Clickingontheauthorwillfilterthepostsinthelisttoposts

writtenonlybythatauthor.Clickingonthecategory willfilterthepostsinthetableto

postsbelongingonlytothatcategory .Clickingonatagwillfilterthepostsinthetableto

postsassignedthattag.

Edit Post

TheEditPostscreenlookslikethis:

ThisscreenfunctionsexactlyliketheEditPagescreenwiththefollowingadditions:

• AllreferencestoPagearenowtoPost

• InthePublishsectionunderthe Visibility settingthereisanoptiontostickthe

posttothefrontpageofthewebsite

• Insteadof AttributesyouwillfindFormat,Categories,PostTagsandFeatured

ImageontherighthandsideunderneaththePublishsection.

AsintheEditPagesscreen,clickingontheposttitlewilltakeyoutothePostscreenas

describedinthenextsection.Clickingontheauthorwillfilterthepostsinthelisttoposts




writtenonlybythatauthor.Clickingonthecategory willfilterthepostsinthetableto

postsbelongingonlytothatcategory .Clickingonatagwillfilterthepostsinthetableto

postsassignedthattag.

Sticky Post

InthePublishsection,under Visibility ,thereisanoptiontosticktheposttothefront

pageofthewebsite.Thismeansthatthispostisrankedashighlyimportantandwillalways

showonthefrontpageofthewebsiteregardlessofanyothercontentbeingdisplayed.This

functionalitymayormaynotbeutilizedinthedevelopmentofyoursite.

NB:YoushouldconsultyourwebdeveloperorITDepartmentbeforeusingthestickypost

function.

Format

Format,orsometimescalledPostFormat,allowssettingapostasacertainformat.Some

exampleformatsareaside,gallery,link,andquote.Thiswillallowthemestostylethese

postsaccordingtoformat.

Settingapostformatwillchangethewaypostsarebeingdisplayedintothesite.

Forexampleifyousetyourposttohaveasideformat,whenyouviewthelistofyourpostsonyouractualwebsiteyouwillnoticetitlesaregone.

Onceyousetupyourposttohaveadefiniteformatoption.Youwillnoticeitspostformat

isindicatednexttothetitleofyourpost.

NB:YoushouldconsultyourwebdeveloperorITDepartmentbeforeusingformat.

Categories

Contentonyourwebsiteismorethanlikelydividedupintoseveralcategoriesrelatingto

subjectmatter.Forexample:afinancialplanner’swebsitemaybedividedintothe

categories,"shares","superannuation"and"property".Assigningaposttoacategory willdeterminewhereexactlyonthewebsitethepostwillbedisplayed.




Toassignaposttoacategory ,simplyplaceatickintheboxnexttothecategory name.

Youcanassignaposttomorethanonecategory .Ifyoudonotassignaposttoacategory

itwillbeassignedtothe"Uncategorized"category bydefault.

Toaddanewcategory ,clickonthelinkthatreads"+AddNewCategory"andenterthe

nameofthenewcategory.

Post Tags

Tagsallowyoutoassignoneormoretags,orkeywords,toapost.Ifyourwebsitehasbeen

developedtodisplaytagstheycanhelpyourusersnavigatetootherpostscontaining

similarinformationorkeywords.Forexample:apostaboutcateringforaweddingmay

containthekeywords“catering”and“ wedding”.Clickingonthetag“wedding”maytake

theusertootherpostsassignedthetag“ wedding”likebookingaweddingphotographer,or

findingweddingcars.

Toaddatagtoapost,enterthetaginthe Addnewtagfieldandclickonthe Addbutton.

ThetagwillappearbelowimmediatelywiththeheadingTagsusedonthispost:

Toremoveatagfromapost,clickonthe“x”nexttothetaginthelist.

Tochoosefromalistofthemostwidelyusedtagsinthesite,clickonthelinkthatreads

“Choosefromthemostpopulartags”andalistoftagswillappearforyoutochoosefrom.

Simplyclickonthetag(s)youwanttouseandtheywillautomaticallybelinkedtothispost.

NB:YoushouldconsultyourwebdeveloperorITDepartmentbeforeusingtags.

Quick Edit

Aspreviouslydetailed,placingthemouseoverapageorposttitleintheEditPagesorEdit

PostsscreengivesyoutheoptiontoEdit,QuickEdit,Deleteor Viewthepageorpost.We

havecoveredtheEditoptioninlengthsonowit'stimetolookattheotheroptions

available.

TheQuickEditPagescreenlookslikethis:




Fromthisscreenyoucanmakequickchangestothepagewithouteditingtheactualcontent

ofthepage.

Onthelefthandsideyoucanchangethetitle,theslug,thedateofpublication,theauthor

andthe visibility ,thatiswhetherornotthepageispasswordprotectedorprivate.

Ontherighthandsideyoucaneditthepageparent,theorderofthepageinthemain

menu,thetemplateassignedtothepageaswellasallowingordisallowingcomments

and/orpingsandfinallythepublicationstatusofthepage.

YoucancancelyourchangesatanytimebyclickingontheCancelbuttonoryoucansave

yourchangesbyclickingontheUpdatePagebutton.

TheQuickEditPostscreenlookslikethis:

Fromthisscreenyoucanmakequickchangestothepostwithouteditingtheactualcontent

ofthepost.

Onthelefthandsideyoucanchangethetitle,theslug,thedateofpublication,theauthor

andthe visibility ,thatiswhetherornotthepostispasswordprotectedorprivate.




Ontherighthandsideyoucaneditthecategoriesthepostbelongsto,thetagsassignedto

thepostaswellasallowingordisallowingcommentsand/orpingsandfinallythe

publicationstatusofthepostincludingwhetherornotthepostissticky .

YoucancancelyourchangesatanytimebyclickingontheCancelbuttonoryoucansave

yourchangesbyclickingontheUpdatePagebutton.

Trash A Post

ClickingontheTrashoptionunderanypageorposttitlewillallowyoutomovethat

certainpageorpostinaTrashbinandyoucouldconfirmthisactionsoonasa

confirmationmessageshowsabovesayingthatyourpageorposthasbeenmovedtotrash

withanUndolink.

Hint:OnceapageorposthasbeenmovedtoTrash,youcanrecoveritback(see

Nextlinkbelow).

Restore Or Delete A Post

IfaTrashlinkexists,locatednexttothe Alllink,youmaywanttoclickittolocateallthe

poststhatyouhavedeletedforthepast30days.

Hoveryourmouseovertothetitleofthepostthatyouwanttodeleteorrestore,andasub

menuofoptionswillappearbelow.

ChooseRestoretorecoverbackyourdeletedpostorchooseDeletePermanently todelete

thepostforever.




Caution:WordPresswillemptythetrashevery30days.

View

Clickingonthe Viewoptionunderapageorposttitlewilltakeyoutothepageorposton yourwebsitesoyoucanseehowitappearstotherestoftheworld.

Add New Post

Youcanaccessthe AddNewPostscreenbychoosing AddNewfromthePostswidgetin

thesidebar

The AddNewPostscreenlookslikethis:




ThisscreenfunctionsareexactlyliketheEditPostscreenwiththeexceptionthatthe

"UpdatePost"buttonisnowthe"Publish"buttonbecausetheposthasneverbeen

published.Oncethepostispublishedthisbuttonwillbecomethe"UpdatePost"button.

Thereisnocontentonanewpostsoyouarefreetobecreativeanddesignyourownpost

fromscratch.

Post Tags

YoucanaccessthePostTagsscreenbychoosingPostTagsfromthePostswidgetinthesidebar

ThePostTagsscreenlookslikethis:

AddNewTagsectionisatthetopofthescreen.ToaddanewtagentertheTagnameand

Tagslugandclickonthe AddTagbutton.Thetagnamecanbethefullnameofthetagto

beused,forexample"weddingcatering".Theslugwillbeasearchenginefriendlyversion

ofthetag.Ifyoudonotentertheslugthesystemwillautomaticallycreateoneconsistingof

alllowercasewordsseparatedbyahyphen,forexample"wedding-catering".

Ontherightofthescreenisatablethatlistsallofthetagsinthesystem.Clickingonthe

tagnamewilltakeyoutotheedittagscreenforthattag.ClickingonthenumberunderpostswilltaketoyoutotheEditPostscreenwithalistofpostsassignedwiththistag.




Placingthemouseoverthenameofataginthelistdisplaysamenuofoptionsaspreviously

explained.

TheBulkActionsmenufunctionsaspreviouslyexplained.

Edit Post Tags

TheEditPostTagscreenlookslikethis:

SimplyeditthetagnameandtagslugandclickontheUpdatePostTagbuttontomake

yourchanges.

Quick Edit

QuickEditallowsyoutoeditthenameandslugofthetagonly.

Categories

YoucanaccesstheCategoriesscreenbychoosingCategoriesfromthePostswidgetinthe

sidebar

TheCategoriesscreenlookslikethis:






Placingthemouseoverthenameofacategoryinthelistdisplaysamenuofoptionsas

previouslyexplained.

TheBulkActionsmenufunctionsaspreviouslyexplainedintheEditPagessection

Youdonothaveaccessrightstousethecategory totagconvertersojustignorethis

option.

Edit Category

TheEditCategoryscreenlookslikethis:

Simplyeditthecategoryname,categoryslug,categoryparentanddescriptionandclickon

theUpdateCategory buttontomakeyourchanges.

Quick Edit

QuickEditallowsyoutoeditthenameandslugofthecategoryonly.

Media

Addingmediatoyourwebsitecanbedoneinoneoftwoways:

1. Directlyintoapageorpost

2. Addedtothemedialibrary andthenaddedtoapageorpost

Firstly,let’slookataddingmediadirectlyintoapageorpost.

IntheEditPost,EditPage, AddNewPostand AddNewPagescreenstherearefour

buttonsthatallowyoutoaddmediatoyourpage.






Technical:Bydefault,thesystemwillusetheflashuploadertoallowuploadingof

multiplefilesatonce.Iftheimageuploadfunctioncausesyouproblems,switchto

thebrowseruploaderbyclickingonthelinkthatreadsBrowserUploader.The

browseruploaderwillonlyallowyouuploadonefileatatime.

Afteryouhaveuploadedyourimagesintothesystemyouwillbeabletoaddtitlesand

descriptionsaswellassetthesizeandalignmentoftheimageonyourpage:

Theuploaderwillnowshowyouathumbnail(small,croppedversion)oftheimageyou

uploaded.Enteratitleforyourimageaswellasacaptionandadescription.Depending

onthewayyourwebsitehasbeendeveloped,thecaptionand/ordescriptionmayappear

belowtheimageonyourpage.Enteringatitleandcaptionforeachimagewillhelpyour

webpagebecomemorevisibletosearchengineslikeGoogleandYahoo!

Ifyouwanttheimagetolinktoanotherpage,enteraURLintheLinkURLfield.Youcan

alsousetheFileURLbuttontohaveimagelinktoitself(whichwilldisplaytheimageonits

ownpage)orthePostURLbuttontohavetheimagelinkbacktothesamepageweare




alreadyon.Thismayhelppeoplefindyourwebpagewhoaresearchingtheinternetusingan

imagesearchtoollikeGoogleImagesforexample.

Thealignmentsettingallowsyoutoaligntheimagetotheleftofthetext,inthecenteror

totheright.Anyofthesesettingswillforcethetexttowraparoundtheimage.Asettingof

nonewillplacetheimageonitsownlineandthetextwillappearaboveandbelowitbut

notnexttoit.

Thesizeoftheimagecanalsobesetbychoosingthumbnail,medium,largeorfullsize.

Beawarethatchoosingthumbnailmaycropyourimageanddisplaythecenterofyour

imagesoyoumayloseinformationtowardstheedges.Theimagewillappearonyour

websiteverysimilartothethumbnailthatappearsonthisveryscreen.

Whenyouarehappywithyoursettings,clickontheInsertintoPostbuttontoinserttheimageintoyourpage.

Hint:The AddMediafunctionalityisidenticalforaddingmediatoapageora

post.

Add Image From URL

TheAddImageFromURLscreenlookslikethis:




ToaddanimagefromaURL,enterthefullURLintotheImageURLfield,theimagetitle

intotheImageTitlefieldandacaptionintotheImageCaptionfield.

ThenchoosethealignmentoftheimageasNone,Left,CenterorRightaspreviously

explained.

FinallychoosealinkfortheimageandclickontheInsertintoPostbutton.

Add Image From Media Library

TheAddImageFromMediaLibraryscreenlookslikethis:




Atthetoprightofthisscreen,asearchbarallowsyoutosearchforspecificmedia.Atthe

topleftyourexistingmediaisdisplayedbytype,( All,Image, Video, Audio)togiveyoua

quickreferenceastohowmuchmediayouhaveatyourdisposal.Youcanalsofilterthe

mediaondisplaybychoosingadatefromthedropdownlistandclickingontheFilter

button.

Beneaththesefilterandsearchoptions,yourmediaislisted.ClickingontheShowtextto

therightofanymediaitemwilldisplayalltheoptionsforusingthatmediaiteminthe

followingscreen:




Theseoptionsareidenticaltotheoptionsgivenwhenyou AddMediaFromComputer.

Whenyouarehappywithyoursettings,clickontheInsertintoPostbutton.Ifyouwishto

makechangestothesettingsforthefilesinthemedialibrarywithoutinsertinganymedia

intoyourpageorpost,clickontheSaveallchangesbutton.Thiswillrememberthe

changesyouhavemadeforthenexttimeyouaccessthemedialibrary.

Alternatively,ifyouwishtodeletethefilefromyourmedialibrary,clickontheDelete

permanently link.

Add Image To GalleryTheAddImageToGalleryscreenlookslikethis:




AnymediayouaddtoapageorpostisautomaticallyincludedinaGallery forthatpageor

post.

Youcansorttheorderofmediainthegallerybyclickingonanymediafile,holdingdown

themousebuttonanddraggingittoanewpositioninthelist.Youcanalsomanuallyenter

theorderforeachmediafileintheOrderbox.

ClickingontheShowlinkwillshowyoutheoptionsaspreviouslyexplainedinthemedia

library section.

Thegallerysettingsonthispageallowyoutolinkthethumbnailsofyourmediafilesto

eithertheimagefile(displayedonitsowninthewebbrowser)ortheattachmentpage

whichlooksandfeelslikeanormalpostonyourwebsitebutcontainsonlythemediafile.

Youcanalsochoosetodisplaytheimagesbymenuorder(astheyappearinthelistabove)

bynameordate.Choosingdescendingwillreversetheorderyouhavechosen.Gallery

columnswillorganizethegalleryintothenumberofcolumnsyouspecify.Forexample,if

youspecifythreecolumnsandyouhavefiveimagesonthegallery,thegallerywilldisplaya

rowofthreethumbnailsfollowedbyasecondrowoftwo.




Onceyouarehappywithyoursettings,clickontheInsertgallery buttontoinsertthe

galleryintoyourpageorpost.

Featured Image

FeaturedImagePanellookslikethis:

Tosetafeaturedimageforapostorpage,scrolltothebottomrightoftheeditscreen,and

clickfeaturedimage.

Youcaneither,uploadanimagefromyourcomputer,fromaURL,ifyoualreadyhave

uploadedimagetothispageorpost,thenyoucanchooseonefromtheGallery ,oryoucan

choosefromtheMediaLibrary .

Onceyouhavechosenanimage,youcaneditthetitle,alternativetext,captionand

description.






• Hulu

• Qik

• Revision3

• Scribd• Photobucket

• PollDaddy

• GoogleVideo

• WordPress.tv(onlyVideoPress-typevideosforthetimebeing)

Therearetwosimplewaystodoit.

Firstisbyplacingthecursorofthemousetowhicheverpartofthepostorpageyouwant

theembeddedvideotoappear.Thenclick AddVideoandchoosingFromURLtab.

PasteintheURLofthevideoandputatitleinwhichyouwantedthatURLtobelinkin.

AndclickInsertintoPostbutton,theresultofthiswillbealinkleadingtothevideoURL

youhavejustentered.

TheotheroneisbyusingtheEmbedtag.Itsupportsvideos,images,text,andmore.






Enterthetitleofthelinktheuserwillseeonthewebsite.Thisistheactualtexttheuserwill

clickontoaccessthemediafile.EnteracaptionanddescriptionaswellastheLinkURL

forthemediafile.Bydefault,thesystemwillinserttheFileURLintotheLinkURLfield.

Thiswillallowtheusertoaccessthemediafiledirectlyintheirwebbrowser.Itis

recommendedtousethissettingformostmediafiles.

Technical:Ifyouwanttheusertoclickthroughtoaseparatepostcontainingthe

mediafile,clickonthePostURLbutton.Thiswillcreateanewpostcontaining

onlythelinktothemediafile.

Onceyouarehappywiththechoicesyouhavemade,clickontheInsertintoPostbutton.

Thisfunctionallowsyoutoaddalinktoyourpagetoamediafilethatlivesonanother

website.Simplyenterthewebaddress,orURL,ofthemediainthe VideoURLfieldandthe

titleofthemedia,thatistheactualtexttheuserwillclickontoaccessthemedia,inthe

TitlefieldandclickontheInsertintoPostbutton.

Add Media From Media Library

TheAddMediaFromMediaLibraryscreenlookslikethis:




Thisscreenfunctionsexactlyasoutlinedinthe AddImageFromMediaLibrary section.

Wehavecoveredaddingmediaintoapageorpost;nowlet'slookatbrowsingthroughthe

medialibraryaswellasaddingmediatothelibraryforlateruse.

LibraryTheMediaLibrary canbeaccessedfromtheMediawidget:

TheMediaLibrary screenlookslikethis:




TheMediaLibrary listsallthemediathathavebeenuploadedintothesystem.Whether

youuploadmediadirectlyintopagesorpostsorintothemedialibrary ,onceanymedia

hasbeenuploadedintothesystemitwillbeavailableforyoutouseinthemedialibrary.

Oncethemediaisinthemedialibrary itcanbeusedonanypageorpostthroughoutthe

site.

AtthetopleftoftheMediaLibrary screen,yourmediaissortedintotypeandtalliedto

giveyouaquickreferenceastohowmuchmedia,andwhattypeofmedia,areavailablefor

youtouse.Clickingonanyoftheseheadingswillfilterthelisttomediaofthattypeonly.At

thetoprightofthescreenthereisahandySearchbarallowingyoutosearchtheMedia

Library foranyfilescontainingparticularwords.

Technical:Thissearchfunctionwillsearchthefilenames,titlesand

descriptionsofallfilesinthelibrary.

DirectlybeneaththemediatypeheadingsandsearchbaristheBulkActionsdropdown

menu,whichessentiallyallowsyoutodeletepermanentlymultiplefilesatonce,as

previouslyexplained.NexttotheBulkActionsmenuisadatefilterthatallowsyoutofilter

themedialisttomediauploadedinacertainmonth.SimplychoosethedateyourequirefromthedropdownlistandclickontheFilterbutton.

Belowthebulkactionsandfiltertoolsisthelistofmedia.Thelistdisplaysathumbnailof

themediafile,thefilenameandtype,theauthorwhouploadedthemedia,anypagesor

poststhemediafileiscurrentlyattachedto,anycommentsonthosepagesorposts,and

thedatethemediawereuploaded.Mediathatarenotanimagewillshowageneric

thumbnailforthatmediatype.Forexample,Audiowillshowathumbnailofmusicalnotes,

andVideowillshowathumbnailofaclapperboardwithaplaybutton.

Clickingonthepageorpostinthe"Attachedto"columnwilltakeyoutotheEditscreen

forthatpageorpost.




ClickingonthecommentsiconwilltakeyoutotheEditscreen,whichiscoveredinmore

detaillater.

PlacingthemouseoverthemediafilethumbnailornamewilldisplaytheOptionsmenu,

allowingyoutoEditorDeletePermanently themediafileor Viewthemediafileasits

ownpost.

Edit

ClickingonEdit,orinfactthemediafilenameorthumbnail,willtakeyoutotheEdit

Mediascreen,whichlookslikethis:

AtthetopoftheEditMediascreen,youwillfindalargerthumbnailofthemediafile,the

filename,type,andthedatewhenitwasuploaded.

ClickontheEditImagebutton(buttonshownbelow),anditwillleadyoutoanimage

editor.ThissectionisfurtherexplainedwhenyouclickontheNextlinkbelow.

ThefieldsyoucaneditaretheTitle,CaptionandDescription.

Onceyouarehappywithyourchanges,clickontheUpdateMediabutton.

Cropping Or Scaling An Image

TheEditMediaToolbar






ChangedimensionsaccordingtoyourdesiredsizeandhittheScalebutton.

Whendoneediting,youmayhitSaveandUpdateMedia,tosavethechangesyouhave

made.

Other Editing Image Icons

Othereditingiconsforimagesincluderotatingcounter-clockwiseandclockwise,flipping

verticallyandhorizontally,undoandredo.

Youmayrotateanimage,eithercounter-clockwiseorclockwise,withthehelpofthesecond

andthethirdiconfromtheleftoftheeditingimagetoolbar.

Andyoumayflipanimage,eitherverticallyorhorizontally,withthehelpofthefourthand

fifthiconfromtheleftoftheeditingimagetoolbar.

Whilethetwoothericonsleftwerehelpful,ifyouwishtoundoorredoaneditingaction

thatyouhavejustmade.




ThumbnailSettingsgivesyouanoptiononwheredoyouwanttoapplythechangesyou

madewiththeimage.

Whendoneediting,youmayhitSaveandUpdateMedia,tosavethechangesyouhave

done.

Delete

ClickingontheDeletePermanently optionunderanymediafiletitlewilldeletethemedia

filepermanently.

Caution:Onceamediafilehasbeendeleted,youcannotgetitback.

View

Clickingon Viewwillshowyouthemediafileasitsownpostonyourwebsite.

Add New

Youcanaddnewmediadirectlytothemedialibrarybyclickingon AddNewintheMedia

widget:

TheAddNewMedia,orUploadNewMediascreenlookslikethis:

ToaddnewmediaclickontheSelectFilesbutton.Thisfunctionsexactlythesameas

addingmediadirectlytoapageorpost.

OnceyouhaveuploadedyourfileyouwillbeabletosettheTitle,CaptionandDescription

forthefile:




EntertheTitle,CaptionandDescriptionintotheappropriatefieldsandclickontheSave

allchangesbuttontosaveyourchangesinthemedialibrary.

LinksThelinkssectionisusedtomanagelinksfromyourwebsitetootherwebsitesasdisplayedin

aseparatelinkssectiononyoursite.Thismayornotbepartofyoursitedevelopmentso

thissectionmaynotberelevanttoyou.

Linkscontainedinyourpagesandpostsarenotmanagedinthissection.

NB:Ifyouareunsureaboutwhetherornottousethissection,consultwithyourweb


Links

ToedityourexistinglinksclickonEditinthelinkswidget:

TheEditLinksscreenlookslikethis:

Thisscreenfunctionslikemanyotherscreensintheadminsystem.Alistofyourlinksis

displayedinatablewiththeBulkActions,FilterandSearchtoolsatthetop,thedetails

foreachlinkinthetableandanotherBulkActionstoolatthebottomofthetable.

Thetableoflinksshowsyouthenameofthelink,thatisthetextyourvisitorswillseeon

yourwebsite,theactualwebaddress,orURL,ofthelink,thecategory thelinkbelongsto,




anyrelationshipdata,the visibility statusofthelinkandtheratingwhichistheranking

oftheLink,whichcanbeusedtosortlinkswithinCategories.

Linkcategoriesaredifferenttopostcategoriesandmanagedcompletelyseparate.Link

categoriesmayincludeInternalDepartments,Sub-BranchOfficesorCustomers.

Ifyoupositionthemouseoveralinktitle,amenuofoptionswillappearallowingyouto

EditorDeletethelink.

Edit

ThetophalfoftheEditLinkscreenlookslikethis:

Onthisscreenyoucanchange:

• Thenameofthelink,thatistheactualtextyourvisitorswillseeonyourwebsite

• The webaddressofthelink,besuretoincludethe“http://”

• Thedescriptionofthelink,whichmayappearwhenavisitorhoversoverthelink

• Anycategoriesthelinkbelongsto,youcanalsoaddnewcategoriesherebyclicking

onthe+AddNewCategory link

• Thetargetofthelink,thatisthewindowthelinkwillopenin.

Technical:Bydefault,linksaresettotheoptionof“none”andwillopeninthe

samewindowasthepagetheyaredisplayedon.Itisrecommendednottochange

thisoption.






XFNstandsforXHTMLFriendsNetwork.WordPressallowsforthegenerationofXFN

attributesautomaticallysoyoucanshowhowyouarerelatedtotheauthors/ownersofsite

towhichyouarelinking.XFNtagsareanefforttoaddmeaningtotheconnections(links)

ontheWorldWideWeb,andaregaininginpopularity.

WhenyouaddanewlinkyoumayspecifyinthissectionoftheSubPaneltherelationship

youshareinreallifewiththeauthorofthepagetowhichyou'relinking.Thiswill

automaticallyaddarel="X"attributetotheHTMLcodeforthelink(whereXisthe

relationshipyouspecify).

XFNrelationshipsareoptionalforWordPresslinks.Youcanleaveeverythinginthissection

blankandallyourlinkswillstillwork.

Tospecifyyourrelationship,usethefollowing.

identity

Usethischeckboxifthelinkistoanotherofyourownwebsites.Thisrelationshipis

exclusiveofallothers.

friendship

Theseradiobuttonsallowyoutospecifyoneoffourdifferenttypesoffriendships:

• acquaintance-Someonewithwhomyouhaveexchangedgreetingsandnotmuch(if

any)more--maybeashortconversationortwo.

• contact-Someonewithwhomyouknowhowtogetintouch.

• friend-Someoneyouconsiderafriend.Acompatriot,buddy,home(boy|girl)that

youknow.

• none-Usethisifyouwanttoleavethefriendshipcategoryblank.

physical

Checkthemetcheckboxifthisissomeonewhomyouhaveactuallymetinperson.

professional

Thesetwocheckboxesallowyoutospecifyyourprofessionalrelationshipwiththeauthorof

thelink'ssite.

• co- worker-Someonewithwhomyouworkorsomeonewhoworksatthesame

organizationasyou.

• colleague-Someoneinthesamefieldofstudyoractivity.




geographical

Usethesethreeradiobuttonstospecifyhowyourelategeographicallytotheauthorofthelink'ssite.

• co-resident-Someonewithwhomyoushareastreetaddress.Aroommate.A

Flatmate.Amemberofyourfamilylivinginthesamehome.

• neighbor-Someonewholivesnearby,perhapsonlyatanadjacentstreetaddressor

doorway.

• none-Usethisifyouwanttoleavethegeographicalcategoryblank.

family

Sixradiobuttonstospecifyyourfamilialrelationship.

• child-Yourgeneticoffspring.Orsomeonethatyouhaveadoptedandtakecareof.

• kin-Arelative.Someoneyouconsiderpartofyourextendedfamily.

• parent-Yourprogenitor.Orsomeonewhohasadoptedandtakescare(ortookcare)

ofyou.

• sibling-Someonewithwhomyoushareaparent.

• spouse-Someonetowhomyouaremarried.

• none-Usethisifyouwanttoleavethefamilycategoryblank.

romantic

Usethesefourcheckboxestodefinehowyouare"romantically"relatedtotheauthorofthe

site.

• muse-Someonewhobringsyouinspiration.

• crush-Someoneonwhomyouhaveacrush.

• date-Someoneyouaredating.

• sweetheart-Someonewithwhomyouareintimateandatleastsomewhat

committed,possiblyexclusively.




ThelastsectionontheEditLinkscreeniscalled Advanced.Whetherornotanyofthe

informationyouenterintheadvancedsectionhasanyeffectonyourwebsitewilldependon

howyoursitehasbeendeveloped.

NB:Ifyouareunsureaboutwhetherornottousethissection,consultwithyourweb


TheImageAddressfieldallowsyoutoentertheURLofanimageyouwishtoassociate

withthelink.

TheRSSAddressallowsyoutoentertheaddressofanyRSSfeedsthatmaybepresenton

thesiteyouarelinkingto.

Notesareaplaceforyoutomakesomenotesaboutthelinkforyourownreference.

Ratingisasettingthatallowsyoutoratethelinkfrom0-9.Again,whatyourwebsitedoes

withthisratingdependsonhowyoursitehasbeendeveloped.

Delete

ClickingontheDeleteoptionunderanylinkwillopenapopupdialogboxaskingifyouare

sureyouwanttodeletethelink.ClickingonOKwilldeletethelinkandclickingonCancel

willcancelyouractions.

Caution:Oncealinkhasbeendeleted,youcannotgetitback.

Add New

Toaddnewlinksclickon AddNewinthelinkswidget:

The AddNewLinkscreenlookslikethis:




ThisscreenfunctionsexactlythesameastheEditLinkscreen,withtheexceptionthatitis

emptyofalldata,soyouneedtoentertheinformationforyournewlinkandtheUpdate

Linkbuttonisnowknownasthe AddLinkbutton.

Link Categories

ToaddnewlinkcategoriesoredityourexistinglinkcategoriesclickonLinkCategoriesin

thelinkswidget:

TheLinkCategoriesscreenlookslikethis:




ThisscreenfunctionsexactlythesameastheEditCategoriesscreenunderCategoriesin

thePostswidget,withtheexceptionthatyoucannotassignaparentcategorytoalink

category .

Placingthemouseoverthenameofalinkcategoryinthelistdisplaysamenuofoptions.

Edit

TheEditLinkCategory screenlookslikethis:

ThisscreenfunctionsexactlythesameastheEditCategory screenunderCategoriesinthe

Postswidget,withtheexceptionthatyoucannotassignaparentcategorytoalink

category.

Quick Edit

QuickEditallowsyoutoeditthenameandslugofthelinkcategoryonly:




ThisscreenfunctionsexactlythesameastheEditCategory screenunderCategoriesinthe

Postswidget,withtheexceptionthatyoucannotassignaparentcategorytoalink

category.

Delete

ClickingontheDeleteoptionunderanylinkcategorywillopenapopupdialogboxasking

ifyouaresureyouwanttodeletethelinkcategory.ClickingonOKwilldeletethelink

categoryandclickingonCancelwillcancelyouractions.

Comments Visitorstoyoursitecanmakecommentsonpagesorposts.Commentsareagoodwayto

encourageusercontributionstoyoursiteandhelpfosterasenseofcommunity.Comments

mayormaynotbeenabledonyoursitedependingonhowithasbeendeveloped.

NB:Ifyouareunsureaboutwhetherornotcommentsareenabled,consultwithyourweb


Ifcommentsareenabledthenyoucan view,editandreplytocommentsbyclickingonthe

Commentswidgetinthesidebar.Youcanalsomarkcommentsasspam,approveor

unapprovethemanddeletethem.

TheEditCommentsscreenlookslikethis:




Thisscreendisplaysanycommentsmadebyvisitorsonyourwebsite.Atthetopleftofthe

screenyourcommentsaresortedintostatusandtallied.AtthetoprightistheSearchtool.

UnderneaththetallyheadingsarethefamiliarBulkActionsandFiltertools.Thefiltertool

allowsyoutoviewcomments,pingsorbothinthetablelist.

ThetableofcommentsdisplaystheAuthor,thatistheactualvisitortoyourwebsitewho

madethecomment,thecommentitselfandthepostorpagethecommentwasmadeon.

Placingthemouseoveranycommentinthelistwilldisplayamenuofoptions.The

commentsmenuoptionsare:

• Approve/Unapprove

• Reply

• QuickEdit

• Edit

• Spam,and

• Trash

Approve/Unapprove

Ifacommentisapproveditwillbevisibletothepubliconyourwebsite.Dependingonthe

natureand/orsubjectmatterofthecommentyoumaywanttopreventitfrombeingdisplayedonthewebsiteuntilfurtherconsiderationbyyourselforacolleague.Ifyou

"Unapprove"acommentitwillmarkedaspending.Thismeansthecommentremainsin

thesystembutisnotpublishedonthewebsiteuntilitisapproved.

Spam

Ifacommentisconsideredspamitmayautomaticallyendupinthespamsection,

dependingonhowyoursitehasbeendeveloped.Ifyouthinkacommentisspamandithas

beenapproved,orismarkedas"pending",youcanmarkitas"spam"andthesystemwill

holdthecommentinthespamsectionuntilfurtheraction.Fromthespamsectionyoucanapprovecommentstobepublishedordeletethem.Thisworksinasimilarwaytothespam

filtersinmanypopularemailprograms.




Trash

ClickingontheTrashoptionunderanycommentwillmovethatcommenttotheTrash

linklocatedabove,nexttotheSpamlink.

ClicktheTrashlinktolocatealltheitemsthatyouhavedeletedforthepast30days.

Hoveryourmouseovertothetitleofthecommentthatyouwanttodeleteorrestore,anda

sub-menuofoptionswillappearbelow.

ChooseRestoretorecoverbackyourdeletedcommentorchooseDeletePermanently to

deletethecommentforever.

Edit

TheEditCommentscreenlookslikethis:




Thisscreenallowsyoutoeditthecomment,includingtheauthor'sname,emailandURL,

aswellasthebodyofthecomment.Youcanalsochangethestatusofthecommentby

usingtheradiobuttonsintheright-handsideStatuswidget.

Tosaveyourchanges,clickontheUpdateCommentbuttonorclickontheMovetoTrash

linktomovethecommenttoTrash.

Quick EditTheQuickEditcommentscreenlookslikethis:

Thisscreenallowsyoutoedittheauthor'sname,emailandURLaswellasthebodyofthe

commentfromwithinthecommentslisttable,withoutloadingawholenewpage.

ReplyTheReplyToCommentscreenlookslikethis:





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