wordpress quickstart
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Section 2: Make some
pages (not posts)
•What’s the difference?• Posts are more suited to blogs• Pages are more suited to websites
(1) Give your page a title
(2) Type some text(3) Publish
(Always remember to click Publish or if you are making changes
then Update – I won’t tell you every time)
(4) See what you have made
(5) Make a few more pages. Call one of them something like HOME then look at your All
Pages section
1) Hover your mouse over Sample Page
and click Quick Edit2) Set status to draft.
This means the sample page is not
published, but is still there for you to look
at.Remember to always click Update (I won’t tell you every time)
3) Go into Quick edit for all your other
pages except for your home page and make
the homepage the parent
4) And you probably want to turn off
comments on them too
1) To add links within a page, select some
text2) Click the link button
2) Click the link button
3) Copy and paste a URL or…
4) Choose one of your own pages
6) Click Add Link
If it is a link within your site, leave
this blank
If it is to another website, tick this
box
Section 3: Now we need to
make your homepage
become the first thing that people
see…… and sort out a few things:Sidebar WidgetsThemes
2) Go to static front page
3) Choose A static page
4) Choose whatever you called your
homepage
1) Go to Appearancethen
Customise
5) Save and Publish
6) Close
At any time you can click here to see
how your site looks.
This is a sidebar. You probably don’t want all of these things.
You can turn them off by going to…
AppearanceThen
Widgets
Then select the widget and delete
Or just choose as theme with no sidebar and
they will all disappear!
Then Add New
To change themes, go to Themes
Install something
you like
Activate, then take a look at
your site!
To add your own images to the theme and tailor your theme to your needs, go to
Appearancethen
Customise