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Getting StartedCreating Content With WordPress

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Creating Content With WordPress

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Basic WordPress Dashboard

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Content Types• Posts!

• Pages!

• Media

• Comments

• Custom Post types

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Posts

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Posts• Content entries listed in reverse chronological order

• Timely

• Organized by Categories and Tags

• Encourage conversation through comment feature

• Generally share the same template and layout.

• Social and meant to be shared

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Pages

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Pages

• Basic static type pages

• Hierarchical not chronological

• Custom templates can be created for different types of pages

• Not social

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Adding Content

• Post Formats

• Post Title vs. Slug

• Post Visibility - Public, Private and Password Protected

• Post Status - Published, Draft, Pending Review

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Adding Content

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Adding Content

• Scheduling posts

• Styling text

• Adding images/media

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Adding Content

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Adding Media• Images

• Featured Images

• Photo Gallery

• Video

• Audio

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Categories vs. Tags

• When to use Categories

• When to use tags

• How many should I use?

• How to create and edit Categories and Tags

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Comments

• Enable / Disable

• Global & per page/post

• Moderation

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Resources

• codex.wordpress.org

• wordpress.org/support/

• www.wpbeginner.com

• www.google.com

• www.memegenerator.net

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THANK YOU