Learn how to use your new Sport24 blog
We’ve compiled this blog-wiki for you to use, when learning to drive the new WordPress version of your blog.
For the rest of you, if this guide doesn’t help, try the central wordpress help (top right corner), or contact us: Sport@news24.co.za .
Finding your way around admin screens
The Administration Screen provides access to the control features of your WordPress blog.
You’re going to be spending a lot of time in the admin area adding your posts; editing them; uploading images; adding categories, tags etc. so it’s a good idea to familiarise yourself with it.
Dashboard
Your admin is accessed via the ‘Dashboard’ link in your top navigation bar.
On every admin page, there is a wordpress help link at the top right of the screen… if you get stuck.
On the left side of the screen is the main navigation menu detailing each of the functions you can perform. (Note the nifty collapse button at the bottom!)
The large area in the middle of the screen is known as the work area, showing info relating to your particular navigation choice, such as creating a new post.
The screens accessed via the main navigation menu are presented below. WordPress Screenshots shows examples of all the screens if you need to see them.
Creating a quick post
Clicking on the All Posts tab will list ALL of your posts and allow you to manage them from this single screen. You can edit, delete, unpublish and generally manage your posts from this single page.
Add New
Click on the Add New sub tab to create a new post. You can also access this page from the nav bar along the top of your site (note that your visitors will not be able to access these pages from their nav bars).
Here’s a video tutorial for writing and publishing a post using WordPress:
http://wordpress.tv/2009/01/15/writing-and-publishing-a-post/
Quick step by step to writing a post:
Log in to your WordPress Admin Panel (Dashboard)
Click the ‘Posts’ tab on the left
Click the ‘Add New’ sub-tab
Start filling in the blanks
As needed, select or add categories, add tags, and make other selections from the sections to the right of the post. Each of these sections is explained below.
Fill in the WordPress SEO by Yoast fields to assist with getting better search engine rankings.
When you are ready, click ‘Publish’ on the right
Categories
The Categories box, just below the publish box, allows you to add new categories and choose which categories you want your posts to appear in, so you can organise your content and your readers can see all the posts in one area, should they wish to. You can also manage your categories by going to Posts > Categories.
Video Tutorial: Adding and Managing Categories and Tags in your posts:
http://wordpress.tv/2009/01/14/adding-categories-and-tags-to-your-posts/
Post Tags
By adding tags, you can create “micro-categories”. Add new tags to the post by typing the tag into the box and clicking “Add”… and remembering to click “save”
Adding pics and video to your posts
Media refers to the images, video, recordings, and files you upload and use in your blog. Media is typically uploaded and inserted into the content when writing a Post or Page.
Library
The Media Library Screen allows you edit, delete or view media previously uploaded to your blog. Multiple Media objects can be selected for deletion. Search and filtering ability is also provided to allow you to find the desired media.
Add New Media
The Media Add New Screen allows you to upload new media to use with your posts and pages. A Flash Uploader is also available and a Browser Uploader is supplied if the Flash Uploader does not work for you.
Links
Use the Links feature to add links to your blog roll or link to some of your favourite sites.
Your WordPress Links can be organised by category, have internal references, be automatically associated with images, and can even be rated on a scale from zero to nine.
All Links
The All Links Screen allows you to select the Links to edit or delete. Multiple Links can be selected for deletion. Various search and filtering options allow you to find the Links you want to edit or delete.
Add New Link
Yup. Add to your blog roll.
Link Categories
Links, like Posts, can be categorised. The Link Categories Screen allows you to add, edit, and delete Link Categories. Multiple Link Categories can be selected for deletion. A search option allows you to find the Link Categories you want to edit or delete. Link Categories can also be created when adding or editing Links.
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