The WordPress Dashboard is your “home base” when you want to make changes or updates to your WordPress site, or change the settings for your site. This page appears by default when you log into your WordPress site. The Dashboard menu (on the right side of the page) gives you quick access to all of […]
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To create a new page on your WordPress site, first log in using your favorite browser to open the WordPress Dashboard. Once you log in, you can also use the handy WordPress Toolbar You can create new pages for your site with a smaller-screen device, like a tablet or a smart phone, but it’s much easier using a
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To create a new post on your WordPress site, first log in using your favorite browser to open the WordPress Dashboard. Once you log in, you can also use the handy WordPress Toolbar You can create new posts for your site with a smaller-screen device, like a tablet or a smart phone, but it’s much easier using a
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You can use the Code editor to edit HTML directly. The Code editor displays exactly what WordPress saves to the database. You can use this editor if you know HTML. But be careful when using the Code editor: one missing character can mess up your whole page! Plus, the built in Code editor is not
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Well-formatted text is easier to read on screen and also improves the SEO performance of each page and post in your site. Use WordPress’ formatting tools in the Visual Editor’s toolbar to add: You can also use the formatting tool bar to:
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Avoid formatting problems when you update your posts and pages by pasting “clean text” into your pages. If you are pasting text in from a word processor such as Microsoft Word, your word processor may insert hidden HTML codes into your text to format it; for example, if text is bold or italic. Although this would seem to
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Before you can make changes to your WordPress site, you need to log in. Once you’ve logged in, WordPress will display the WordPress Toolbar at the top of your site with links to edit and update your site. You can also use the WordPress Dashboard to add or update content, or to configure your site.
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Managing and updating your WordPress site on your computer or tablet is as easy as sending Gmail message. Essential WordPress Skills If you want to use WordPress to manage your web site, you’ll need to learn a few basic skills. Click on the links below for detailed instructions. It’s also helpful to use WordPress Pages
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After you’ve logged into a WordPress site, the WordPress toolbar appears above the top of all of the pages in the site, including Administration Screens, like the Dashboard. The Toolbar looks a little different on smaller screens, to help mobile device users: You can experiment with this using your favorite desktop browser. Simply shrink the window size
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To update an existing WordPress page on your site, first log in using your favorite browser. You can edit your site’s pages using a smaller screen device, like a tablet or a smart phone, but it’s much easier using a browser on your computer, or on a device with a larger screen, with a keyboard
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