TO UPLOAD AND MAKE AVAILABLE MEDIA FILES LIKE IMAGES, DOWNLOADABLE FILES, AUDIO, AND VIDEO
Media files should be first loaded into the media library (which is just a place where such is stored within the structure of your website) before they are referenced. Then it can later be selected from the library by clicking on the “Library” button and then selecting the desired item.
To upload items: Media > Library
Note that the items in the media library are categorized by type (audio, video, file for download, image, etc). This allows the system to find the desired item more easily.
TO SETUP THE WEBSITE’S PICTURE/LOGO, ICON, AND NAME
To set the picture and/or logo to appear on the top of all pages: Appearance > Customize > Logo and Header Settings
To setup site name and icon: Appearance > Customize > Site Identity
TO INITIALLY SETUP A NEW PAGE
Pages > Add New Page
Give the page a title. Note that a “page name” will be created based on this title. And when saved, the page will be added to the menu. Use mixed case. The actual title will be in upper case but the page name will remain in mixed case.
If the right-hand column does not appear, click the gear symbol. To define the characteristics of the entire page, highlight the word “Page” at the top of the right-hand column (rather than “Block” which sets up the detailed blocks of text, images, etc. that are to appear on the page).
Under “Discussion”, click the “Allow Comments” check box, unless you don’t want users to be able to comment on this page. If this is ch3cked, they can add their comments at the bottom of the page, below your detailed content.
If you want an image for this page, select it under “Featured Image”. The image should already have been uploaded to the media library (see above). The website image will appear on the top of the page, then the page title, then the page image (if set here), then the blocks of your detailed content, then comments (if enabled).
Note that your work is not saved until you explicitly save it. See “HOW TO SAVE CHANGES MADE TO YOUR PAGE” below.
Next, you may click on “Block” at the top of the right-hand column to add content to your page (which is organized as blocks).
The new page will be added to the bottom of the menu. To rearrange the menu items:
Appearance > Menus
You can rearrange by dragging. You can also create a multi-level menu by indenting some menu items. (Be careful not to do this inadvertently.)
You must click the “Save”: button in the lower right corner or your menu changes will be discarded!
HOW TO SAVE CHANGES MADE TO YOUR PAGE
Your page is NOT saved until you explicitly save it. If you leave the page without saving it, you will lose your work and will have to reenter it. It may warn you.
A page is saved either as a draft or as published. Published means that anyone that looks at your website will see it To initially publish your page (to make it visible to the public for the first time), click the “Publish” button in the upper right corner. This will automatically add the page to the menu, at the bottom. (You will usually want to move it.) Once a page has been published, you will see an “Update” button instead. Click the “Update” button to update the published page to become what your page looks like when your click that button.
If you click “Save to Draft” before publishing it, it will be saved so you won’t lose your work. But the page will not yet be “published”; it will not yet appear to users.
Once the page has been published, the “Save to Draft” button will not appear. “Switch to Draft” will appear instead. This would rarely be useful.
Between those two buttons is a “Preview” button. Click on it and typically click on the “Preview in New Tab” button. It will show, in a new tab, your complete page including the site logo, page title, page logo (if defined), all detail, Comments section (if turned on), as well as the menu in the right-hand column. It is exactly like it will appear to the users.
TO ADD/EDIT DETAILED CONTENT ON THE PAGE (SUCH AS TEXT/IMAGES/ETC.)
Click “Block” on the upper right side. Everything is entered as “blocks”. There are paragraph blocks (the default), image blocks, audio blocks, etc.
To add a block, put the focus where you want it and press the “/” key. It will show you a list of possible blocks. Click on the desired one. The default is paragraph (meaning a text block). You just start entering text, without a leading slash, and it will create a paragraph block. You organize your text into paragraphs by creating a separate block for each.
There is an obsolete method of entering text called “classic”. It is not compatible. Do not use it.
As a shortcut, you may follow the slash key by the first few letters of the block type desired. For example: /image
Alternatively, you can click on a black box that contains a white plus sign, located on the right-hand side of
the editing area. Or a plus sign between two blocks. It will give you a pick list of types of blocks.
A floating set of options for that type of block will appear. For example, to create a text link to another page or a download, highlight the text and click on the “(–)” symbol. Likewise, highlight text and press B to make the text bold or I to make the text italic. You can change text alignment as well. If three dots and/or a down arrow appear as an option, click on those for more options.
To insert an image, chose type “Image”. Choose “Media Library” as the source of the image. Click on the desired image. On the right side, it will show you information about the image. Click “Select” button in the lower right.
The dividing line just below this text is simply an image called “LineDividerBlackGrey.jpg”. You can insert it just like any other (typically larger) image. Use it to separate major sections of your page if your page is lengthy.
TO CREATE A TEXT LINK TO A FILE TO BE DOWNLOADED OR TO OPEN ANOTHER PAGE
To create a text link to a file to be downloaded:
- The file should already have been uploaded to the media library.
- Key in text like “Download: Guide to Safe Ceremonies”
- Highlight only the description of the download, not the word
“Download: “ - Click the symbol to create a link: (–)
- In the “search URL” window, enter a word from the file name.
- Click the desired filename which appeared because it matched your search word..
The process is similar if you want to set up a link to another page. In the search box, put a portion of the page name and click on the one that you want. You will be given the option to either have the user replace this page or to load it into a new tab.
TO ALLOW USER TO PLAY AN AUDIO OR VIDEO FILE
- The file should already have been uploaded to the media library.
- Select Audio or Video block type. The fastest way is to enter “/audio” or “/video” as desired.
- Search by using a word in the name of the audio or video file.
- Click the desired file. Note that this will set up everything, including the usual user control for that media.
TO EDIT AN EXISTING PAGE
Pages > All Pages
All pages are shown. They are in alphabetical order by page name. Remember, pages appear in your desired sequence in the menu, but in alphabetical order here.
If you place the mouse pointer over a page name, you will see four options that you may choose by clicking your mouse of the desire operation.
Edit – Click this to edit the page. Editing is no different than initially entering the content. So see above for details. This is the default if you simply double click the page name. This is the only one of these four options that you will normally need. So, normally just double click the page title to edit it.
Quick Edit – Click this to edit the page title. You may also edit the “slug” which corresponds to the title when first created, but all lowercase and spaces turned into minus signs. The slug is the unique address of this page where the information about this page is stored on the disk. You must clock the “Save” button or your changes will be discarded. If making any changes using Quick Edit, it is wise to make sure that the menu looks correct after you have saved your changes.
Trash – permanently delete this page.
View – display the page, formatted as it will appear to the user. Note that there are other ways to do this as well.
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