WordPress Editing

1) Posts vs. Pages
In WordPress, a “post” is a normal entry, such as a blog entry or an article. Posts are always timestamped, and are sorted on the homepage in reverse chronological order. A “page” is very similar to a post, but does not have a timestamp and is not listed in any chronology on the site. Instead, a page is used for “static” or “evergreen” content such as your “About” or “Contact Us” page. You will be working with posts.

2) Creating a Post

3) Post Titles:
- Use title capitalization, all words in a title are capitalized, with the exception of “a”, “the”, “in”, “for”, “by”
- Always capitalize the first and last word

Examples:
Look Out for Identity Thieves
Sexploitation in the Hip-Hop Industry

4) Text WSIWYG “What You See is What You Get” editor

View the WordPress tutorial on its Visual Editor or view the PDF version.

Cheat sheet:

5) Inserting an image

Click to view the WordPress Tutorial on images.

Upload your image using the “upload/insert” command in the upper left hand corner.

You will be given four choices: from URL, from the gallery, from the media library or from a local file on your desktop. To upload a new image, choose the last one.

If the file has already been uploaded, you can find it by looking in the media library. If you want to use an image that is not on LehmannMMJ, select URL and input that address.

You will be given several formating and labeling options.

- Alignment

Left: The image is aligned to the left and content flows around it
Center: The image is centered and content flows around it
Right: The image is aligned to the right and content flows around it

- Image size

If the image has been sized to the dimensions you want it, select “full size”. If it is larger image and you would like to display a smaller one, linking to the larger one, select medium, large, or thumbnail. (note: there may be some image distortion with the latter.)

- Image details

Title text is displayed as a tooltip (when a mouse is hovered over the image)

Caption is displayed directly underneath the image (will also serve as the alternate text.)

Link URL

This is what the image is linked to and what will show up in the window if someone clicks on it. Click the File URL button to link the image to its original, full-size version. Click the Post URL button to have the image linked to its attachment page. If you want it to link to a story, use that URL. If it is purely for the story layout with no link, click on “None.”

When finished choosing your image settings, click on the Insert into Post button.

6) Inserting YouTube video

Insert your intro text into the post.

Click on the following button in the second row of the visual editor.

Insert the “URL” code from YouTube.

Example:

Percussionist Bobby Sanabria on The Bronx Journal with Professor Miguel Perez.

7) Adding audio
Upload the mp3 file using the Upload/Insert audio command. Take the full URL of the audio file, and inserted into a bracketed audio code.

[audio:http://thebronxjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/drseuss.mp3]

You can also use the same [audio] command using an mp3 that is posted elsewhere on the web. This feature is only for mp3s.

8) Saving and previewing a post
In the right hand column of the site, there is a “Publish” section at top. At this stage, you will not be publishing, but should always — frequently — “Save Draft.” Once saved, you can “Preview” your site by clicking “Preview.”

9) Adding categories and tags for for the post

For each class, there will be a category, Lecture 1 materials, etc. Select the appropriate week.

Please add a “tag” that is your first initial, followed by your last name.