Comments allow visitors to share thoughts on your posts.  They can help drive traffic to a website and create a feeling of community. You can view and manage comments by going to the Comments tab on the Dashboard.  Here you can approve or disapprove comments if your board is moderated – remove comments or mark…

Categories & Tags are two ways to organize content across your WordPress website. In order to understand why and when you should use them – let’s take a quick look at how they work. Categories are hierarchical – tags are not – and are used to organize the information across the website. Posts can only…

Links are one of the essential tools of websites that make them so useful. And fun. Links allow you to create a clickable set of words, image or space on your page that takes the user to another page in your website, another website or a script. How to Add Links Here’s how you add…

Creating a Post The easiest way to add a new post is by clicking the New menu time in the top black menu and then selecting Post. You can also create one by going to Post -> Add New on the left hand side column when in the Dashboard. Once you have created a post,…

Brainstorm what your website will look like and what it will do. Write all this down on paper. Figure out what content/functionality will be on the home page and what will be on supporting pages. Sketch a top level layout of your home page and secondary pages. Review with me before you go forward!

What is a Theme?  In WordPress, a theme organizes and styles your website for you including the following items: Organizes all your WordPress elements into one site. Transforms your basic WordPress site by styling colors, layout font and even determining functionality. Themes contain widget areas such as sidebars, footers, headers and more to organize widgets.…

Before you begin designing, let’s learn about some of the most common elements of a web page. We are going to focus on the Home Page because: In 2016, the number of people who visited web sites via mobile devices exceeded those who access websites via desktops or laptops. This is very important in how…

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Main Menu Options Running down the left hand side, you’ll see a black toolbar.  This is where you access the tools needed to modify, update and create your WordPress site.  Let’s quickly review each of the main functions – we’ll review each one in depth later. Dashboard – this provides a quick glimpse of your…

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