Gutenberg is WordPress’ new content editor which was rolled out in WordPress 5.0, last December 6, 2018. It replaced the Classic Editor which we were very familiar with. What’s the Difference? Content creation in Gutenberg is done using Blocks. By default, Gutenberg comes with the following content blocks: Common Blocks Paragraph Image Heading Gallery List […]
Category: Blogging
What is blogging
What is a blog A blog is kind of like a news part of your website. And another way of thinking about it is that it’s information which is good to have on your website which you would like search engines to find and people to find but you don’t really want it within the [...]
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Add images to blog posts
Images are a handy way of making your blog posts more interesting to look at. A few well placed photos, graphs, graphics or clipart can improve the readability of otherwise text heavy pages. The steps to inserting an image into a blog post in Wordpress are: Place the cursor where you want the image to [...]
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Creating a blog post
Once you have logged into the dashboard of your WordPress website click the Posts, Add New Type in a title [write a good one] Select a category Enter some keyword tags Add a featured image Type in or paste your blog post into the content area Enhance your post with quotes, images, pdf, presentations, audio and [...]
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The title of a blog post is an ad for content
Make your blog titles interesting in a way that will make people want to read more to find out what the title is referring to. Create intrigue -- be a little cryptic Address a specific pain point for your readers (with the possibility of an intriguing solution) Make sure it is extremely relevant to what [...]
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Embed a YouTube Video
If you want to embed or insert a youtube video into a WordPress page it is super easy. Just grab the link to the video… Paste that into the WordPress page and you’re done. The following screen capture demonstrates the process. There is one common error that you might experience which is if the text [...]
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Posts, Categories and Tags
Usually the posts section of WordPress is for blogging or other bits of content that are sections of a page. This video demonstrates creation of a basic post for the blog/news section of a WordPress website and briefly explains the use of categories and tags.
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Schedule a blog post for future publishing
Use the publishing date to pre-schedule the day and time when a blog post will appear on your website.
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