customizing your blog 1
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This presentation includes writing and managing pages, creating and managing links, working with link lists (Blog rolls), creating categories and managing users in WordPressTRANSCRIPT
Customizing Your Blog 1
Jamshid HashimiTrainer, Cresco Solution
http://www.jamshidhashimi.com [email protected] @jamshidhashimi ajamshidhashimi
Agenda
• Writing and managing pages• Creating and managing links• Working with link lists (Blog rolls)• Creating categories• Managing users
Writing and managing pages
• Pages• Similar to posts
• Title• Content
• Timeless information• About us, Contact us, etc
• Organize and manage any content
Writing and managing pages
• Pages Are:• Less time-dependent than Posts• Can be organized into pages and subpages• Non-blog content
Writing and managing pages
• Pages are Not:• Pages are not Posts, not excerpted. No cycle on main page• Not associated with Categories and no Tags• Pages are not files. Stored in database like Posts• Pages are not included in site feed• Pages (or a specific post) can be set as a static front
Writing and managing pages
• Creating pages• Organizing pages
• Create subpage• Changing URL of a page
Creating and managing links
• Set of links• External links, blogroll or resources• Categories
Creating and managing links
Creating and managing links
• Name • The name of the link (in bold) and its description.
• URL • The URL (location) of the link.
• Categories • The categories that the link is in.
• Relationship • The XFN relationship for this link. (XHTML Friends Network)
• Visible • Whether or not the link is visible to visitors on your site.
• Rating • A ranking of the Link, which can be used to sort links within Categories.
Creating and managing links
Working with link lists (Blogrolls)
Working with link lists (Blogrolls)
Creating categories
• Each post in WordPress is filed under one or more Categories.• Category parent
• Add Category• Category Name• Category Slug• Category Parent• Description
• Edit Category
Creating categories
Creating categories
Creating categories
Creating categories
Managing users
Managing users
• Four roles can be assigned • Administrator
• Has full and complete ownership of a blog, and can do absolutely everything. • Editor
• Can view, edit, publish, and delete any posts/pages, moderate comments, manage categories, manage tags, manage links and upload files/images.
• Author • Can edit, publish and delete their posts, as well as upload files/images. Authors do not have
access to modify, add, delete, or publish pages.• Contributor
• Can edit their posts but cannot publish them. • When a contributor creates a post, it will need to be submitted to an administrator for review.
Once a contributor’s post is approved by an administrator and published, Contributor cannot edit• Contributor does not have the ability to upload files/images.
Managing users
Resources
• http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/wp-beyond-basics/links/• http://en.support.wordpress.com• http://codex.wordpress.org
