Web Presence User Guide
Your Wordpress-driven web-presence site consists of static information pages and dynamic news posts.
News posts will arrange themselves chronologically within your news section, and then archive themselves according to parameters you can set in the dashboard. Use the news section to post information that is specific to time, and to create a log of your current and past projects and clients.
Pages contain static information that doesn’t change, for example who you are, what you do and your contact details.
The Dashboard is the back-end of your website. This is a section that only you can see, and you can use it to create and edit posts, pages and alter the functionality and appearance of your site.
First Things First: Enter the Dashboard
Before you can make any changes, first you need to login to your site. The control section of the site that allows you to change things is called the 'Dashboard'. To do this:
Edit a Page
From the Dashboard:
- Go to Manage, then select Pages. This brings up a list of all your static information pages. From this list you can choose to view, edit or delete any of them.
- Click on edit. This opens an application, much like a word-processor such as Microsoft Word that allows you to add, alter and delete text. Underneath this editor is an application for uploading media files to your site. Here you can add image files, videos and slideshows to your pages.
Edit a Post/News Item
From the Dashboard:
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Go to Manage, then select Posts. This opens the same application used for editing pages. You can edit your posts in exactly the same way, and add media files using the upload browser underneath. Remember that posts will be arranged chronologically (Most recent first) within the News section of your site.
Create a New Post/News Item
From the Dashboard:
Go to Write, then select Write Post. This opens the editing application. This time it will be completely blank and ready for you to create a totally new post. - Enter a title in the title box and use the text editor to enter text and add images. You can use the upload browser underneath to add media files such as sound and video clips and slideshows.
Add Media to Your Site
As discussed earlier, you can use the text editor to add pictures, and the upload browser to add images, videos and slideshows. Your site comes with 50 megabytes of storage as standard so you will need to think carefully about how you use this. In addition, we have created you a file storage account at http://www.mediamax.com where you can store an additional 25 gigabytes of media files and link them to your site.
Using the upload browser to add files to your 50mb Wordpress site storage.
Adding Videos
If you want to add one of your own videos:
- First log in to YouTube and upload your video. Once you have a video up on the web that you wish to display from your site
- Log back in to Wordpress
- In the Upload Browser, click on the Videos tab. From here you can link YouTube and Google videos into your site.
- Enter the URL address of the video you want to display in the box above (this looks like 'http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BBwepkVurCI').
Adding a Slideshow
You can also use your site to display image slideshows. You must first create a slideshow with one of these online providers:
Click on the Slideshow tab in the upload browser
25 Gigabyte MediaMax Account
We have also created an account for you at MediaMax
MediaMax gives you an easy way to backup files, and place them on the web so that you can access them anywhere. You can also use this resource to quickly add these files to your site.
Subscribing to Custom CSS Upgrade
To maintain the presentation of your website on the Wordpress servers, once a year you will have to subscribe to their Custom CSS Upgrade. For this you will need to create a Paypal account at:
Paypal.co.uk
Adding Links to Your Blogroll
The Blogroll is a section of your site where you can add links to other website which you like, or ones that are relevant to your own. These links will appear under the title Blogroll in your sidebar or menu box. To add a link:
