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