Editing Website Content

Tips and help for editing your website content in WordPress.

  • Beginning with the Block Editor

    Beginning with the Block Editor

    Previously published as “Writing with Gutenberg” When you add a new post or page, you will see the Block Editor screen, ready for you to enter content. A “Welcome” help dialogue may be shown, on first using the editor. If you wish to see this again at any time, you can redisplay the Welcome guide.

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  • Embedding Content

    This is cute – just by including the link on a new line in the WordPress editor, I can embed a nice little extract of a post or page from my own site. How to Schedule Posts in the Future And I can embed a similar extract from any other WordPress site. What is “Shop Your

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  • Adding a Photo Gallery in WordPress

    for WordPress Version 3.5 or later. A gallery is a set of images displayed in a post or page as thumbnails, which you can click on to display a larger image.  Including a gallery is a very simple process in WordPress and WordPress 3.5 brings a lot of control and versatility. Here’s my sample gallery Here’s

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  • Updating a WordPress Photo Gallery

    Here’s how to add new photos to a Page or Post which displays an existing Gallery within WordPress. 1. Upload the new images If your post or page already contains a gallery, you’ll see an image like this within the WordPress editing box:- To add a new photo, you can just click on the WordPress

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  • Easily Add Video to a WordPress Post or Page

    for WordPress Version 3.1 or later.     The easiest way to add video to a WordPress post or page is to do it via YouTube.     YouTube takes care of hosting the video files and managing file formats – whatever format your video is in, YouTube will convert it so that it can be viewed over the

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  • Controlling Your WordPress Website Front Page

    Here’s a question from one of my WordPress clients:- How do I control which is the front page of my website? WordPress basically has two options for that front (or home) page:- it can be a specific page that you select it can be the front page of your blog, containing the most recent posts (you can choose

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  • How to Easily Add Video to a WordPress Post or Page

    The easiest way to add video to a WordPress post or page is to do it via YouTube. YouTube takes care of hosting the video files and managing file formats – whatever format your video is in, YouTube will convert it so that it can be viewed over the internet without concern about different video

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  • Help for Adding or Editing a Blog Post

    Log in to WordPress and click on Posts. To write a new post, click on Add New…, to edit an existing one, click on its title in the list. Using the WordPress editor is quite similar to writing an email and most of the buttons will seem quite familiar.  If you need a little extra help,

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  • Introduction to WordPress Basics

    Nice, clear help pages for people who are using WordPress to add and edit blog posts or website content.

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  • Including Pictures in a Post

    There are 4 key steps for including a picture in a post: Save the photo in the right size and format for the web (max 400px wide, 72dpi, 50-100KB). Upload the photo using the File Upload area of the Write/Edit Post page. Send to Editor window. Position your photo correctly in the Editor window and

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