Role- A Role defines the tasks a user is allowed to perform. WordPress uses roles to give the ability to control and assign what users can and cannot do in the website.
Editor- An Editor is someone who can publish and manage the posts and pages created by him/herself as well as by others. In other words, Editors have the ability to write, publish, and edit anything on the website. They are in charge of the entire publishing side of WordPress.
Contributor- A Contributor is someone who can write and edit their own posts and pages, but cannot publish them. Contributors submit material to the Editor for review. They do not have access to publish anything on the website.
Page- A Page is one of the two places to edit and publish content. Pages are meant to be a permanent staple in your website, and only one page is displayed at a time.
Post- A Post is one of the two places to edit and publish content. Posts are (often) shorter, time-sensitive chunks of information. Many posts are displayed at once, in a list, for newest down to oldest. However, you may choose to only have one post show at a time.
Sticky Post– A Sticky Post is just like a regular post, only it has been selected to be a “sticky” at the top of the page. No matter when it was posted and how much is posted after it, it remains right at the top. It is also highlighted inside a green box by the AAUW style template.
Plugin– A Plugin is a site addition in WordPress. Plugins provide auxiliary functions to your site, such as spam protection (Askimet), newsletter signup (MailChimp) and online payments/donations (PayPal).
Parent– A Parent is a page or category that stands alone and is not navigated to or organized under another page or category. For example, your homepage is always a parent page.
Child- A Child is a page or category that is navigated to or organized under another page or category. For example, “Summer Events” might be a child category of “Events.”
Links-Links (or hyperlinks) are what facilitate movement from one page or media object to another on the internet. There are links within your website that take visitors to different pages, and there are links that can take visitors to other websites or media from your own. A link can be set to open in a new window, or it can take the place of the webpage in the current window.
Dashboard- The Dashboard is the back-end editing interface for your website and also the first thing you will see when you login to WordPress. All the editing and publishing of a WordPress site is done through the dashboard.
Widgets-Widgets are the objects, usually containing various information, that appear in the right sidebar on your WordPress site. Some examples of widgets are a plain text widget (usually edited to contain “Contact Us” or other pertinent information), the Calendar widget, and the Categories widget (displays the categories of your posts). Widgets are always visible, no matter what page you are on.
Menus-Menus are navigation groupings that allow your WordPress site to be highly customizable. An example of a menu is the horizontal navigation bar running directly under the site banner.
Permalinks-Permalinks are the extension name given to a particular page or post. WordPress automatically gives your page or post a permalink that corresponds to the title. So for example, if I titled my post “New Year’s Eve Benefit for Children with Diabetes,” my permalink might look something like this: http://aauw.net/2011/26/12/new-years-eve-benefit-for-children-with-diabetes/. As you may have noticed with this example, some permalinks can become long and unwieldy, especially with posts, which include the posting date. Fortunately, WordPress allows you to edit the permalink at any time, so I could effectively keep my long post title and shorten my permalink to something like: http://aauw.net/2011/26/12/new-years-eve-benefit/.
Now that you know how to insert links, you may want to edit how link categories appear. Suppose you want to change the “AAUW national” link label on your right-hand sidebar to “AAUW national website.”
1. Log in with your username and password.
2. Go to “Links” on the left-hand section of your dashboard and click “All Links.”
You will see the list of all links. Currently, there is only one link: “AAUW national.”
To edit the link name, hover over “AAUW national” and click “Edit.” To delete the link completely, click “Delete.”
3. Type in the new name, “AAUW national website.”
4. If you want to update a URL to point to a different web address, you’ll need to enter a new address in the “Web Address” box. If you want the URL to point to someone’s e-mail, then enter mailto:email_address in the Web Address box. E.g., “mailto:someone@gmail.com.”
5. To save the changes, click the “Update Link” button under the Save toolbar on the right.
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!
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