Creating a Blog Post - The Basics - Rotary Club of West El Paso

Creating a Post

The common process to create a post is as follows.

Log on to the site.
Click on the + icon at the top of the screen.
Select Post.
The system will display the editor for the post.
Enter a title.
Add content to the main entry area.
Set a Featured Image, if desired, at the bottom of the right column.
Assign categories (right column).
Select other options. Generally needed for most posts.
Click Publish

Editing a Post

To edit a post:

Log on to the site
In the left colum, hover over Posts, and click All Posts
Find the desired post, and click on its title.
Make changes to the post.
Click on Update

Featured Image

Using a featured image is desirable. It makes the post look more interesting to the reader. Also, it is automatically sized to a suitable size for the page. It is placed above the content, but after the title.

Other Images

Add images to your post with the “Add Media” button at the top of the editor.
Images can be added to the post anywhere in the content.
You can control the size of the image and its justification (left, center, right)
Left and right justification will cause text to flow around the image.
“No” justification causes the image to be treated as if it were a character (in line with other text)

Other Media

Other media (text files, pdf files) can be added as well
They will appear as a link when inserted.

Importing Media (Images, PDF files, text files)

Media can be uploaded at any time by hovering over the + at the top of the page and selecting “media”
Media can be uploaded in the middle of adding media.
It is a good idea to have a meaningful name on the file before uploading it. This will help in searching for media at a later time.

Adding Web Links

To add a web link:

Highlight the text you want to be linked
Select the “link” icon in the editor toolbar.
Enter the address of the link.
If you want to link to a page or post on the web site, click on the pencil icon and then the gear icon.
Press enter.

Open Linked Items in Separate Window

One useful selection is that if a link takes you away from the web site and its menu structure, then open it in a separate tab. That way the user can easily find his/her way back to the main site. To have an item open in a separate tab.

Click on the item (during editing)
Click on the pencil icon and then the gear icon.
Check the box that says “Open link in a new tab”
Click Update.

Text Paragraphs vs Headings

All text has a type which can be selected by the drop down box in the editor. These can be:

Paragraph – Paragraphs automatically have space before and after them and wrap on the page. They are all based on the standard font for the site.
Headings – There are 6 possible heading styles, that vary in size. Headings also are put on their own line.
This site uses Heading 2 within the pages and posts for titles

Text Formatting

The editing icons let you format content in several ways:

bold, italic, underscore
bulleted or numbered lists
left or right justification
text and background colors
more or less indention

Creating a Blog Post – The Basics