Copy / Paste
The most common way WordPress users make a mess of their post is by using the wrong option for pasting text. There are three option:
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Paste (or ctrl_v) makes no change to your text. Use it if you are pasting plain text (from a .txt file) or pasting from one part of your post to another. |
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This can be used to paste from a Microsoft Word document. When you click on this a window with two options pops up. You should normally tick both options (“Ignore Font Face definitions” and “Remove Style definition”). |
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This removes all formatting. It is intended for pasting from html (web pages or emails) but can also be used for MS Word and other formatted documents. |
| New lines | When you are typing a post, pressing the Enter key starts a new paragraph. The system automatically inserts a space between paragraphs
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Styling
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Bold, italic and underline work just like in a word processor. You should use them sparingly – if you want a large block of text to stand out, use blockquotes: |
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The “Format” drop-down menu allows you to select from a set of text formats predefined in the blog’s template. Use this for headings and sub-headings within your post. |
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The “Style” drop-down menu allows you to select from set of text formats predefined for special purposes. For wxample, use “Cited Work” the name or author of a source document. |
Inserting Links
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To insert a link from some text in your post, highlight the text and click the :”Link” button. Then just insert the URL of the link in the box in the pop-up window,
If you want to display the URL in your post, rather than link from some text, simply don’t highlight any text and the URL will be inserted for you. If the link is to an email address,. choose “E-mail” from the drop-down menu in the pop-up window. You can include a standard heading for the emails.
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Inserting Images
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To insert and image into your post, click the image button; an “Image Properties” box will pop up.
Normally, you will want to upload an image from your computer – so, click the “Upload” tab at the top of the pop-up window, browse to the image that you want and click on “Send to server” (Not the OK at the bottom of the window – that just takes you back to the previous screen.) This will upload your image and return you to the “Image Properties” screen with the details of the image filled in. If the image is small, you can choose to align your image to the left or right if your text. |
“Read more” Links
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To break your post so that only the first part is displayed with a “read more” link to the rest, simply position your curson where you want the break and click the “WordPress Read More” button. |
Categories
| Uncategorized | By default, all posts are initially assigned to the “uncateorized” category – as such, they will not be visible on the web site. The post must be assigned to its category (by clicking the appropriate box) to be seen on the web site.. |
| News Archive | A special “News Archive” category has been created on the Glebe Society web site. Posts assigned to this category will not normally be visble but can be found using the search facility. The purpose of this category is to allow postings which are no longer newsworthy to be retained for historical purposes. |
Inserting Maps
| MapPress | If this feature is installed, there will be a MapPress section just below the editing window.
All that you need to do is insert the address in the “Add locations” box and click the “Add location” button. The program will put the location on a map. You can do this for any number of locations and you can edit or delete locations using the links that appear in the marker’s “speech bubble” on the map. When you have mapped all of your locations, position your cursor where you want the map and click the “Insert map shortcode in post” button. The tag saying “mappress” in square brackets should appear in your post. (If you like, you can simply type “mappress” in square brackets where you want it.) |
Inserting Event Dates
| Event Editor | If this feature is installed, there will be an Event Editor section at the botton of the posting page..
Click on the + sign to add a new event date and time. Two boxes for entering the Start and End time for the event will appear. You can either type these in, or click on the icons next to each to use a pop-up calendar. If you don’t know the end time of the event, leave it the same as as the start time (the default) and it will not be displayed. If you tick the “All day” box, neither the start nor end time will be displayed. |
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The “Custom Field” section, half way down the page, allows special purpose field to be defined.
In the case of the Glebe Society, this can be used to indicate whether an event is public or organised by the Glebe Society. Simply answer the “Glebe Society Event?” question in the drop=down list appropriately. |
Tables
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To insert a table into your post, click on the Table icon and choose the number of rows and columns (You can always add or delete more.) and the width. Glebe Society posts are 540 pixels wide, so anything wider than looks odd!
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| Changing Tables |
If you right-click anywhere within a table, a small menu pops up. The last two options on this menu allow you to delete the table or to change its properties, such as width, height, cell spacing (the distance between cells) and cell padding (the amount of white space between the border of the cell and its contents). |
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If you right-click on a cell within a table, a small menu pops up. This includes sub-menus for Cells, Rows and Columns. These allow you to insert or delete cells, rows or columns of the table. The Cell sub-menu also allows you to split cells horizontally or vertically and to change the properties of the cell such as horizontal and vertical alignment. |
Sticky Posts
| Announcement | If this feature is installed, there will be a box in the right side column for assigning “Post Sticky Status”.
Ticking “Announcement” will keep that post as the first item in its category. Ticking “Sticky” will keep that post as the first item for its day of posting. Leaving “Normal” ticked will display the posting in date order (with the most recent first). |
Uploading Bulletins
The way to upload Bulletins so that they will be correctly located for the search is:
To link the dropdown menu to a new Current Bulletin:
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Inserting a Menu in a Post
This is done using the PostList facility (on the left menu under Posts)::
In the Post, wherever you want the menu to appear, simply type the word that you made up (e.g. ExamplePostList). |
Inserting a Menu in a Post
This is done using the PostList facility (on the left menu under Posts)::
In the Post, wherever you want the menu to appear, simply type the word that you made up (e.g. ExamplePostList). |
Photo Galleries
| Our photo galleries are stored on Picasa Web. To log into Picasa Web, go to picasaweb.google.com and use the Glebe Society’s Gmail username and password.
To display the entire photo gallery on a page, type KPICASA_GALLERY on a line by itself *. To display a specific album from the gallery, type KPICASA_GALLERY(NameOfTheAlbum) on a line by itself*. For example, to show the Fish Market Upgrade album, type KPICASA_GALLERY(FishMarketUpgrade). To find the Picasa Web name for the album, go to the album on Picasa Web and the name will be the last part of the album’s URL. * Placing these “shortcodes” on a line by themself is critical. You may find that the text editor encloses them in paragraph markers (“<p> … </p>”). If this happens, you will see the shortcode, rather than the gallery when you preview the page. To fix it, click Source in the menu bar to access the html. delete the offending <p> and </p> and update without returning to the wysiwyg view. To display a single picture from the gallery:
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