a step by step guide on setting up free wordpress blog for newbies part 2

A STEP BY STEP GUIDE ON SETTING UP FREE

WORDPRESS BLOG FOR NEWBIESPART 2

BY NEZEL P. YURONGhttps://purposiveninja.wordpress.com

ADDING A WORDPRESS PAGE

GO TO THE WP NAVIGATION MENU

CLICK ADD

ENTER THE TITLE OF THE PAGE

ADD SOME CONTENT

THE PUBLISH SECTION IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS FOR WRITING POSTS

THE PAGE ATTRIBUTES SECTION APPLIES A PARENT PAGE AND A NEW

TEMPLATE TO YOUR NEW PAGE

THE TEMPLATE SECTION ALLOWS YOU TO APPLY A TEMPLATE TO YOUR NEW

PAGE

THE ORDER BOX ALLOWS YOU TO ORDER YOUR PAGE NUMERICALLY

THEN CLICK PUBLISH

CREATING A WORDPRESS

POST

LOCATE THE BLOG POSTS MENU OF THE SIDEBAR

CLICK ADD

THIS IS THE ADD NEW POST PAGE

ENTER THE TITLE HERE

THIS IS THE POST FORMATTING OR POST EDITOR WHERE YOU’LL TYPE THE CONTENT OF YOUR

POST

THESE ARE THE TWO MODES OF EDITING POSTS VISUAL AND TEXT OR HTML

THIS IS THE VISUAL TAB OR THE “WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET” TAB.

HERE, YOU SEE THE FORMATTING TOOLBAR WITH OPTIONS FOR FORMATTING

IF YOU CLICK THE TEXT OR HTML TAB, THIS WILL REVEAL A PLAIN TEXT HTML VERSION

OF THE POST EDITOR

THIS VERSION OF THE POST EDITOR IS FOR EDITING THE HTML CODE OF YOUR POST.

THIS IS THE PUBLISH BOX

YOU CAN SAVE YOUR POST AS A DRAFT IF YOU’D LIKE TO SAVE IT FOR LATER

CLICK THE PREVIEW BUTTON TO PREVIEW HOW YOUR POST WILL LOOK LIKE ONCE IT’S

PUBLISHED

CLICK HERE TO MARK YOUR POST

CLICK THIS TO EDIT THE VISIBILITY OF YOUR POST

YOU MAY PUBLISH YOUR POST PUBLICLY

OR PRIVATELY

OR PROTECT IT WITH PASSWORD

CLICK HERE IF YOU WANT TO DELETE THE POST

ADDING IMAGES IN

WORDPRESS

DETERMINE WHERE YOU’D LIKE TO INSERT YOUR IMAGE IN YOUR POST.

CLICK THIS ICON

THE MEDIA LIBRARY WILL OPEN

THE MEDIA LIBRARY STORES ALL OF YOUR MEDIA

LIKE IMAGES AND VIDEOS

YOU CAN CHOOSE TO EITHER UPLOAD A NEW FILE

OR USE AN EXISTING FILE

TO UPLOAD AN IMAGE, CLICK ADD NEW

YOUR PC FILES WILL OPEN

SELECT A FILE YOU’D LIKE TO UPLOAD

AND CLICK OPEN

THE IMAGE IS THEN ADDED

CLICK EDIT TO VIEW THE IMAGE’S ATTACHMENT DETAILS

YOU MAY ADD A CAPTION

ADD ALTEXT FOR SEO PURPOSES

ADD A DESCRIPTION

THEN CLICK INSERT

THIS IS THE UPLOADED IMAGE

YOU STILL CAN EDIT THE IMAGE BY CLICKING ON IT

YOU CAN EDIT THE ALIGNMENT

OR REDUCE THE SIZE

OR EDIT THE CAPTION

THE “X” ICON WILL DELETE THE IMAGE OUT OF THE POST

FORMATTING WORDPRESS

POSTS

IN THIS TUTORIAL, WE’LL BE COVERING SOME OF THE BASICS OF FORMATTING

YOUR WORDPRESS POSTS

WITH THE BUILT-IN WORDPRESS POST EDITOR FORMATTING OPTIONS

FROM THE SIDEBAR CLICK BLOG POSTS > ADD

THE FORMATTING OPTIONS CAN BE FOUND IN THE POST EDITOR TOOLBAR

IN THE FIRST ROW, WE HAVE OPTIONS TO ADD MEDIA

CLICK THIS ARROW TO SELECT PARAGRAPH HEADINGS

LET US CLICK HEADING 2

THIS IS HOW THE PHARAGRAPH TITLE LOOKS LIKE

WE HAVE OPTIONS TO BOLD

TO BOLD TEXT JUST HIGHLIGHT THE TEXT YOU’D LIKE TO FORMAT

THEN CLICK THE BOLD BUTTON

WE HAVE OPTION TO ITALIZE

THE NEXT TWO ICONS ARE BULLETED AND NUMBERED LISTS

FOR ADDING LISTS JUST SELECT THE TEXT AND CLICK THE ICON

THIS ICON IS USED FOR ADDING LINK

FROM YOUR POST SELECT THE TEXT THAT YOU WANT TO BE HYPERLINKED

CLICK THE HYPERLINK BUTTON

THIS PAGE WILL OPEN

COPY THE URL YOU’D LIKE TO LINK

PASTE THE URL HERE

CLICK THE CHECKBOX TO OPEN THE LINK IN A NEW TAB

THEN CLICK ADD LINK

THE QUOTATION MARK ICON IS THE BLOCK QUOTE FEATURE

THAT WILL ADD AN IDENTATION AND STYLE TO YOUR SELECTED TEXT

HIGHLIGHT THE SELECTED TEXT

CLICK THE BLOCKQUOTE

BY DEFAULT THIS WILL ADD AN IDENTATION STYLE TO YOUR SELECTED TEXT

THESE ARE THE ALIGNMENT OPTIONS

YOU MAY ALIGN YOUR TEXT TO THE RIGHT

CENTER

OR ALIGN LEFT

CLICK THIS ICON TO PROOFREAD YOUR TEXT

CLICK THE INSERT MORE TAG ICON TO ADD MORE TAGS

CLICK THIS ICON TO ADD A CONTACT FORM

CLICK TOOGLE ADVANCED TO REVEAL

OR HIDE ANOTHER LINE OF FORMATTING OPTIONS

USE THIS ICON TO STRIKETROUGH TEXT

UNDERLINE TEXT

CLICK THIS ICON TO ADD A HORIZONTAL LINE

OR SET A FULL ALIGNMENT

THIS ICON WILL CHANGE THE COLOR OF THE TEXT

CLICK THIS ICON TO PASTE AS TEXT

CLICK THIS ICON TO CLEAR FORMATTING

CLICK THIS ICON FOR SPECIAL CHARACTERS

CLICK THIS ICONS TO DECREASE OR INCREASE INDENT

CLICK THESE ICONS TO UNDO OR REDO

AND CLICK THIS ICON FOR KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

MORE ON PART 3