© 2012 Boise State University

WordPress Training

February 14, 2013

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Agenda

How to Login Tour of the Dashboard New Features How to Add & Edit Pages How to Add Media How to Add Pages to the Left Hand Menu Q & A © 2012 Boise State University 2

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How to Login

To start editing pages, type login at the end of the URL address in a browser: http://coen.boisestate.edu/login http://coen.boisestate.edu/ece/login

(On the new template, the login link is no longer available at the bottom of the page. Also you have to be on the main site URL, not a subpage )

At the login screen, enter your BroncoWeb username and password © 2012 Boise State University 3

Add image or video files by clicking Media link or Add Media button

Dashboard Tour

To view html code click the Text Left-hand side navigation menu is located under

Appearance

Faculty Staff Directory can be edited by clicking COEN Faculty link © 2012 Boise State University Click Publish to save and make the page visible online 4

Slides – Used to create Sliders (rotating photos) © 2012 Boise State University

New Features

Shortcode – An enhanced way to add content, layout, and media elements like slideshows, columns, or videos to posts (beyond default WordPress editing tools) WP-Tables Reloaded – Located under the Tools tab, Tables Reloaded is an easier way to add tables to your webpage without all the html coding WordPress Documentation – Located under the Appearance tab and Theme Options, Documentation provides an overview of the theme functionality, setup, usage, and more 5

Adding a New

Page – Under Pages click on Add New for a blank page, similar to word-processing software editing features

How to Add a Page

Add title of page here © 2012 Boise State University Page content (text and photos) are added here When you are finished adding content click Publish to save 6

Edit Existing Pages – Under Pages click on All Pages to view all site pages. Click the page, highlight text and start typing to edit

Formatting Palette –

Use the formatting palette menu to change fonts, format text, or to add links to content © 2012 Boise State University

How to Edit a Page

Click Preview Changes to review unsaved changes Click Update to save changes 7

Adding New Media – Click Media on the left hand side or Add Media (above the formatting palette) From the Insert Media window, upload images or browse for a file already saved in the library

How to Add Media

To upload an image click

Upload Files

To browse for an image previously uploaded, select “uploaded to this page” from the drop down menu options © 2012 Boise State University 8

How to Add Pages to Left Hand Menu

Adding Pages to Left

Hand Menu– Click

Menus under Appearance

Click on the page

you want to add

© 2012 Boise State University When you are finished adding your page click

Save Menu

To move page to desired location in the menu click

On the name of the page and drag it to where you want it appear

To add it to the menu click

Add to Menu

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© 2012 Boise State University

QUESTIONS? Need an individual consultation? Please contact:

Michele Armstrong, Web Design Specialist Email [email protected]

Web http://coen.boisestate.edu/wds

THANK YOU

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