How to create a TABLE in WordPress.

You must create the table using HTML coding.

To start:

1. Choose the page where your table should appear.
2. Select the “Text” editor rather than the “Visual” editor.

(Inside the text pane, you will see the HTML back-end of what appears on the front end, this means text wrapped in HTML “Tags”.)

NOTE: Each tag must be “closed” with an identical tag preceded by a “forward slash” / .  You’ll see what I’m talking about below.

3. Using the following coding, build your table. The tags have been color coded to help you see the pairing, and the text that will appear on your page is in black. You do not need to change the color of the code you enter into your site’s text editor.

<table>
<tr>
<td>Month</td>
<td>Savings</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>January</td>
<td>$100</td>
</tr>
</table>

Will return:

Month	Savings
January	$100

When you are finished, click “Update” or “Publish” to save your work.  Then View the Page to see your handy work!

Congratulations! You’ve just coded a table.

How to Add a Sidebar

You can create a list of links on your sidebar that navigate to whatever sites you choose. This list was originally called the “blogroll” because it was created as a list of links to other blogs.

1. Log in with your username and password.
2. Go to “Links” on the left section of your dashboard. You will see three options: (1) All Links, (2) Add New, and (3) Link Categories.

All Links: Lists all the links on your website.

Add New: Adds a new link to a page external from your website.

Link Categories: Tags each link with a category. Each link should be listed under a category. For example, the link “AAUW national” could be listed under the category “AAUW Links” or “Related Resources.”

3. To add a new link, go to “Add New” under the Links option. From there, a series of options will come up:

From there, a series of options will come up:

Name: This is the text that will be visible on your website (e.g., AAUW national)

Web address: This is the URL of the webpage you’re linking to. Don’t forget to use the full URL path including http:// (e.g., https://www.aauw.org) whether the link is internal or external.

Categories: Select the category or grouping for the link (e.g., AAUW Links). You can also put the same link into multiple categories. Click “+Add New Category” to add a new category.

Target: Use one of these two options:

• _none: This will open the link in the same window (default setting). This should be used for internal links within your site.
• _blank: This will open the link in a new window. This should be used for external links outside your website.

4. To add the link, click the “Add Link” button under the Save toolbar on the right.

5. Go back to your website. If the category “AAUW Links” has been added to the right-hand sidebar, you will be able to see a newly added link “AAUW national” link underneath it.

If you do not see the green link Category “AAUW Links,” it’s probably because the link widget is not activated in your sidebar. If you are a super editor, follow these guidelines to add a Link Widget to your sidebar (Note: This will be added in the future). If not, contact the AAUW Site Resources manager.

Repeat from step two, above, to add more links under “AAUW Links”.

How to Put a PDF or Word Document in a Post

Need to link to a document from your website? You can add PDFs, Microsoft Word files, or similar word processing documents to your media library and then link to them from any page on your website.

Note that there is a slight difference between PDFs and other documents when it comes to uploading. When you add a PDF file to your WordPress media library, you will be able to view the file first without downloading it. When you add a Word file, however, you will have to download it to your machine first before you open it. If your machine does not have software that supports Word, you might not be able to view it.

If you are uploading a PDF file, make sure to compress it first. To compress your PDF file, please follow these directions.

Suppose you want to add a file called “September-2016-newsletter.pdf ” to your page.

1. Log in to your website with your username and password.

2. Navigate to the page or post where you want to display the content.

3. Select “Edit Page/Post” on the top black navigation bar.

4. In editor mode, you will see a “Visual” tab and a “Text” tab. Select the Visual tab to format your contents; that will show you a view similar to that of a word processor.

5. Select “Add Media”

6. Select “Upload Files” then “Select Files” to select the file from your machine and upload your document to your website’s media library.

Note:
• The maximum file size you can upload is 3MB. Remember to compress your file if it is too big to upload.
• You can upload multiple files at once.

7. The “September-2016-newsletter.pdf” is uploaded to the media library. Click “Insert into page” on the bottom right to insert your PDF file into the page.

8. You’ll know the last step worked when you see a link appear on your page. The link will automatically take the file name. See the next step to change that name.

9. For more link editing options, such as changing the link title or setting the link to open in a new tab in your web browser when clicked, select the link you just created and click the icon in the toolbar above it, “Insert/edit link.”

10. Once you do, you’ll see a new button pop up that looks like a gear. Click the gear icon and select “Link options.”

11. To change the title of the PDF, type new text in the “Link text” box.

Check the option “Open link in a new tab” if you want the link to open in a new tab in your web browser when clicked. (If this option is not checked, the link will open in the same tab as the page it lives on when clicked.)

Click “Update” at the bottom to save the changes.

12. Once you save your changes, you will be directed back to your main editing page. If you’re finished making changes, select the “Publish” button under the Publish toolbar on the right. If you are not ready to post it yet, select “Save Draft.” If you were editing an existing post or page that has already been posted, you will see “Update” instead of “Publish.”

13. Go back to your website and open the page you just edited. You have successfully added a PDF to your page!