{"id":72,"date":"2020-06-03T19:44:50","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T23:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esherwood.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/template\/?page_id=72"},"modified":"2020-06-03T19:52:03","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T23:52:03","slug":"publishing-a-post","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.esherwood.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/template\/publishing-a-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Publishing a Post"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Creating posts in WordPress is very simple.  First, be sure you&#8217;ve logged-in to the course site. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong> Creating a New Post <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>On the black toolbar at the top of the page, click on <strong>+New<\/strong>, this will create a new Post.<\/li><li>Give your post a title in the <strong>Add Title<\/strong> box.<\/li><li>Below the title box, you&#8217;ll see text that says <strong>Start writing or type \/ to choose a block<\/strong>, this is where you&#8217;ll compose your post.<ul><li>Hover over that text and you&#8217;ll see icons appear at the right hand side of the text box (bulletted list, image, and heading). These are the most common elements to add to your post.<\/li><li>You&#8217;ll also see a<strong> +<\/strong> on the left hand side of the text box. If you click that it will give you more options regarding the types of content you can add.<\/li><li>Or you can just start typing and regular paragraph text will show up.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Once you start typing, you&#8217;ll notice a small toolbar will show up at the top of the text block that includes some formatting options. Those options work just like a wordprocessing program.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> <strong>Images <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>You can choose to <strong>Upload <\/strong>an image from your desktop, select one from the <strong>Media Library<\/strong>, or <strong>Insert a Link<\/strong> to a URL.<\/li><li>Once the image has loaded and you&#8217;ve selected it:<ul><li>Resize the image by clicking and dragging the <strong>blue dot<\/strong> to the side or bottom of the image.<\/li><li>Change the alignment of the image by selecting one of the <strong>alignment icons<\/strong> on the <strong>toolbar <\/strong>that appears above the image.<\/li><li>Add a caption or source by typing below the image where it says <strong>Write Caption&#8230;<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>If you want your text to wrap around the image, on the <strong>toolbar above the image<\/strong>, click on the<strong> image icon<\/strong> on the far left and then under <strong>Transform To<\/strong>: select <strong>Media and Text<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Featured Image<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A featured image is the image that shows up on the home page or a post archive page along with the post excerpt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>On the right hand side sidebar of the edit post window, click on <strong>Document<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Under <strong>Featured Image<\/strong>, click on <strong>Set featured image<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Select the image from the <strong>Media Library<\/strong>, or up <strong>Upload <\/strong>an image from your desktop.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Links <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Highlight the text<\/strong> where you want to include a link.<\/li><li> A <strong>formatting toolbar<\/strong> will appear above the text edit box. <\/li><li> Select the <strong>icon <\/strong>that looks like a link. <\/li><li> <strong>Paste <\/strong>in the URL. <\/li><li> Click the <strong>Apply Arrow<\/strong> to the right of the link .<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In order for your post to show-up in the correct place on the course site, you <em>must<\/em> categorize your post. Think of Categories as the overall organization of your site. To add a category to your post: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>On the right hand side sidebar of the edit post window, click on <strong>Document<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Scroll down and click on <strong>Categories<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Select the appropriate <strong>Categories<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tags<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tags work just like Hashtags. They&#8217;re topics or microcontent you raise in your post. Add a few tags to each of your post so that we can see what topics arise from our work this semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>On the right hand side sidebar of the edit post window, click on <strong>Document<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Scroll down and click on <strong>Tags<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Enter at least three tags for your post.<\/li><li>You can also see the most frequently used tags, if you want some ideas of what your classmates are seeing in their work.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Publishing <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When your post is written and you&#8217;ve added your Category, you need to <strong>Publish <\/strong>it. Click on the <strong>Publish<\/strong> button in the top right hand corner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Privacy<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can opt to keep a post private so that only you and your professor can see the post. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>On the right hand side sidebar of the edit post window, click on <strong>Document<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Under <strong>Status &amp; Visibility<\/strong>, click on <strong>Public<\/strong>, then select <strong>Private<\/strong>. <\/li><li>Be sure to click the blue <strong>Update <\/strong>button after to save your changes. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Editing<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p> If you realize that you&#8217;ve made a mistake or want to update your post, don&#8217;t worry, you can always edit your posts. Here are a few ways: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>You can access the posts via the <strong>Dashboard <\/strong>&gt; <strong>Posts<\/strong> &gt; find your post &gt; click <strong>Edit<\/strong>. <\/li><li>You can go to the post on the front end of the website and click on <strong>Edit <\/strong>on the black toolbar at the top of the screen.<\/li><li>You can go to the post on the front end of the website and click on <strong>Edit <\/strong>(it will either be next to the date, or at the bottom of the post).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>After you&#8217;ve made changes to your post, be sure to click on the <strong>Update <\/strong>button in the top right hand corner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Copying from Google or Word Documents <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you copying and pasting work from Word or Google Docs? If so, WordPress can be annoying. It might help to work in <strong>Classic <\/strong>mode. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li> Select a new text block. <\/li><li>Click on the <strong>+ icon<\/strong> on the left side of the text block. <\/li><li>Scroll down to <strong>Formatting<\/strong>&nbsp;and select <strong>Classic<\/strong>. <\/li><li>This changes your edit window to look like the old version of WordPress.<ul><li>You should be able to copy and paste your entire text, format it, etc., with less problems.<\/li><li>You can add images to text in this view by clicking on the camera\/music note icon.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Remember that you still need to <strong>Categorize <\/strong>and <strong>Publish <\/strong>your post when you&#8217;re done.  <\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creating posts in WordPress is very simple. First, be sure you&#8217;ve logged-in to the course site. Creating a New Post On the black toolbar at the top of the page, click on +New, this will create a new Post. Give your post a title in the Add Title box. 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