• This webpage is for help with editing the tribalvoices 2014 WordPress website.
• (For general help about the site see Help )
• Use any browser on a desktop or laptop, or the WordPress app on androids or iphones
• The following people may be able to log on as Editors:
  Gaea, George, Jes, Chrissie
• The following may be able to login as authors and do Posts: Stella, Pok, Clive, Dinky, Emaya, Kate, Pok , Yap, Clive Ruth and more
• Pages are from menus, there should only be a few
• Posts are for each song and video, and  for events and news and snippets – into timeline on the right – there should be thousands of posts !!!
• Beginners should start with Posts
• First login (forget password link)
• then black bar along the top:
  + New … Post
• then paste in a youtube video address
• and a title
• then Save it, View it, Edit ikt, improve it .. more more more …

To Edit the website:

Log on from the bottom of the black left hand column.

After Logging in you should see an extra line at the top of the screen, starting on the left with:

• [W] for the WordPress site
• then [Home] [Tribal Voices] then
• [+New] to add new Posts, media and Pages,  and
• [Howdy] at the right with your logon name.

You can also Log out at the bottom of the left column.

To Change your password:

see Help Changing Password

To create a new Post:

• Click +New Post at the top to start a new post.
• Type in a title and some text
• Select some text and click [B] to make it Bold
• Click [Publish] or [Save Draft]
• Click [View Post] or [Preview] to view it

To change a post between Published and Draft:

Draft Posts cannot be seen by users who aren’t logged in, so theyre good for testing things and getting posts tidied up before publishing them

• Find a post that you want to change status of
• Click [Edit]
• at the white right column,  click the triangle by [Publish] a few times
• Where it says [Status] click [Edit]
• change between [Published] and [Draft]
• Click [OK]
• Click [Update]
• Click [View Page]

 

 

To edit a Post:

• Click [Edit Post] to edit again
• Select some text and click [I] to make it italic.
• At the middle right click between the tabs [Visual] and [Text]
• [Text] shows HTML code, you seldom want this
• Choose the [Visual] tab so bold things look bold, etc.
• Click [Publish] to upload your changes
• Click [View] to check they’re OK
• Click [Edit] to edit again
• Click [Add Media] and add a picture from your PC
• Click [Publish] to upload your changes
• Click [View] to check they’re OK
• Click [Edit] to edit again
• In another browser tab get a Youtube video address.
• Paste it into a new line.
• Click [Publish] to upload your changes
• Click [View] to check they’re OK
• Click [Edit] to edit again
• Tweak it

To add a youtube video in a nice box:

paste its URL (https://xdslkjfweinb ) into a line on its own.

 

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More help at:

• https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/how-to-create-wordpress-blog-posts-and-pages-video-tutorial-562
• For WordPress Lessons search youtube andor visit the Codex at wordpress.org (not .com): http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Lessons
• get your own wordpress blog at wordpress.com
• lots of helpful videos on youtube

 

 

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