Customizing Your Blog 1

Jamshid HashimiTrainer, Cresco Solution

http://www.jamshidhashimi.com jamshid@netlinks.af @jamshidhashimi ajamshidhashimi

Agenda

• Writing and managing pages• Creating and managing links• Working with link lists (Blog rolls)• Creating categories• Managing users

Writing and managing pages

• Pages• Similar to posts

• Title• Content

• Timeless information• About us, Contact us, etc

• Organize and manage any content

Writing and managing pages

• Pages Are:• Less time-dependent than Posts• Can be organized into pages and subpages• Non-blog content

Writing and managing pages

• Pages are Not:• Pages are not Posts, not excerpted. No cycle on main page• Not associated with Categories and no Tags• Pages are not files. Stored in database like Posts• Pages are not included in site feed• Pages (or a specific post) can be set as a static front

Writing and managing pages

• Creating pages• Organizing pages

• Create subpage• Changing URL of a page

Creating and managing links

• Set of links• External links, blogroll or resources• Categories

Creating and managing links

Creating and managing links

• Name • The name of the link (in bold) and its description.

• URL • The URL (location) of the link.

• Categories • The categories that the link is in.

• Relationship • The XFN relationship for this link. (XHTML Friends Network)

• Visible • Whether or not the link is visible to visitors on your site.

• Rating • A ranking of the Link, which can be used to sort links within Categories.

Creating and managing links

Working with link lists (Blogrolls)

Working with link lists (Blogrolls)

Creating categories

• Each post in WordPress is filed under one or more Categories.• Category parent

• Add Category• Category Name• Category Slug• Category Parent• Description

• Edit Category

Creating categories

Creating categories

Creating categories

Creating categories

Managing users

Managing users

• Four roles can be assigned • Administrator

• Has full and complete ownership of a blog, and can do absolutely everything. • Editor

• Can view, edit, publish, and delete any posts/pages, moderate comments, manage categories, manage tags, manage links and upload files/images.

• Author • Can edit, publish and delete their posts, as well as upload files/images. Authors do not have

access to modify, add, delete, or publish pages.• Contributor

• Can edit their posts but cannot publish them. • When a contributor creates a post, it will need to be submitted to an administrator for review.

Once a contributor’s post is approved by an administrator and published, Contributor cannot edit• Contributor does not have the ability to upload files/images.

Managing users

Resources

• http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/wp-beyond-basics/links/• http://en.support.wordpress.com• http://codex.wordpress.org