WordPress Basics

August 23, 2017 by bejenkins

Getting Started With WordPress

Here are some helpful hints.

Login

Go to the login page for your site. Here are the login links for the sites.

• http://ces.lcsd2.org/wp-login.php
• http://chs.lcsd2.org/wp-login.php
• http://afton.lcsd2.org/wp-login.php
• http://osmond.lcsd2.org/wp-login.php
• http://thayne.lcsd2.org/wp-login.php
• http://etna.lcsd2.org/wp-login.php
• http://svms.lcsd2.org/wp-login.php
• http://schs.lcsd2.org/wp-login.php
• http://svhs.lcsd2.org/wp-login.php
• http://lcsd2.org/wp-login.php

Enter your credentials on the login page.

1. Username: Your school email.
2. Password: The crazy password we gave you.

Note: In the login video it says go to /wp-admin/ use wp-login.php instead. See below for full example.

Dashboard Overview

Create a new page

1. Click page and add new.
2. Give it a title .
3. Make some content.
4. Check announcement or not.
5. Important! Select your should template.
6. Add an expiration if needed.

Add a pdf to a page.

1. Create a new page or edit an existing page.
2. In edit, select the add pdf button.
3. Select and existing pdf or upload a new one.
4. With the document selected click insert.
5. Now update the page and view the page and see the result.

Add a link to the information page

1. Navigate to the information page.
2. Click Edit Page.
3. Type the name of link to be somewhere on the page.
4. Click the chain link button.
5. Search for a page by name that is created.
6. Click apply.
7. Click view page to see the results.

Adding Calendar Items

1. Go to the calendar I shared with you.
2. Add events to the calendar and watch them appear on the website.