WORDPRESS

USER
CLASS
for Iskandar Investment Berhad
8th July 2019
CONTENT
What is CMS?
What is WordPress
Loggi ng in to WordPress
Dashboard
Posts
Al l Post
Adding a new post
Events
Al l Events
Adding a new event
WWW.ISKANDARI
NVESTMENT.COM
A Content Management Sys tem web si te
WHAT IS
CMS?
A Content Management System, or CMS , i s a pi ece o f
software designed to help u sers create and ed it a
website. It's important to note, howev er, CM S do mu ch
more than hel p manage the t ex t and imag e cont en t
displayed on webpages. T hey have ev olv ed t o h e lp
desi gn the l ook of websi tes, track u ser ses si ons, handl e
searches, collect vi si tor comment s, host foru ms an d
much much more.

A  content management sy stem  (CMS ) manages t h e

creation and modifi cati on of d igi tal cont ent. I t t y picall y
supports mul ti ple users i n a  col lab orative env ironment.
CMS features vary wi dely. They are w idely u sed fo r
either enterprise content manag ement or w eb conten t
management. Most CMSs include  Web -b ased pu bl ishin g,
format management, hist ory editi ng and  v ersi on
control, indexing,  search, and retri eval. By thei r natu r e ,
content management systems s u pport t he s ep arat ion o f
content and presentati on.

Based on market share st atistics, the most pop u l ar

content management system i s   WordP ress, used by
more than 34% of al l webs i tes on the I nt ernet, and by
59% of all websi tes usi ng a known cont ent manageme n t
system, foll owed by Jooml a  and  D rupal.
WORDPRESS
WEBSITE
SHOWCASE
https://wordpress.org/showcas e/
WHAT IS
WORDPRESS
WordPress started in 2003 when Mike Li ttle and M att
Mull enweg created a  fork of b2/caf el og. The need for
an el egant, wel l-architected personal pu bl ishing sy stem
was clear even then. Toda y , WordP ress is b u ilt on P HP
and My SQL, and li censed und er the GPLv2. It i s also t h e
platform of choice for over 3 4 % of al l si tes across th e
web.

The WordPress open source project has ev ol v ed i n

progressive ways over ti me — su pported by skille d,
enthusi astic devel opers, desi gners , sci entists, bl og ge rs,
and more. WordPress pr ov i des the op portu nit y for
anyone to create and share, from hand craf ted person al
anecdotes to world-changing movements. P eople wi th a
li mi ted tech experi ence can u se i t “ou t of t he b ox ”, an d
more tech-savvy fol ks can cu stomize it in remarkable
ways.
LOGGING IN TO
WORDPRESS
http://www.iskandari nvestment.com/wp-ad min

User and password wi l l be provided

DASHBOARD
The mai n idea of the dash board i s to g ive you a place
where you can get an at-a-glance ov erview of wha t’s
happening with your bl og. You can cat ch u p on news,
view your draft posts, see who’s linking to you or h o w
popular your content’s been, qu ickl y pu t out a no-f ril ls
post, or check out and moderat e your lat es t commen ts.
It’s like a bird’s eye vi ew of op erati ons, from which y o u
can swoop down i nto the particu lar d et ail s.

The Dashboard contai ns the f ollow ing modu les :

At a Glance
Qui ck Draft
Acti vi ty
AT A GLANCE
The At a Glance  modul e i s ex actl y what it sound s l ik e !
It offers an “at-a-glance” look at y our b log ’s pos ts,
pages, comments, theme, and s pam. Cli ck on the
li nks and you’l l be taken to the associ at ed screen.

QUICK DRAFT
Quick Draft  i s a mi ni -pos t ed i tor that allows ins tan t
content creati on from the D ashb oard. Y ou can inclu de a
ti tl e and body text in the p os t, and s ave it as a D raft.
For additi onal opti ons su ch as adding categ ori es o r
setti ng a future publ i sh date, you s hou ld use the  Add
New Post  screen.

ACTIVITY
Your recentl y publ ished post wi ll be lis ted here.
POST
A  WordPress post  is what makes up t he b l og as pect of
your site.
These are general l y news or inf ormat ional u pdates
about a certain topic or ta lking poi nt.
Posts are li sted i n reverse chronol ogi cal ord er and
can be tagged, categori z ed and even archi v ed on
your site.
WordPress posts are what make up the RS S content
of your WordPress bl og. So, when s omeone
subscribes to your RSS feed, your pos ts will b e the
content that’s del i vered to them.
Thi nk of the posts at the news porti on of y our s i te.
They’re dynamic and constant ly chang ing t he cont ent
your end users sees.
ALL POST
Listing of al l of posts that are p u blished or stil l i n
draft. From Dashboard go to Pos t > All Pos t.

You can:
Edi t
Qui ck Edit
Trash
View

and you can also Add New p os t.

ADDING A NEW
POST
To add a new post, cl i ck on the A dd New bu tton from
the Posts page. The Add New Pos t page wil l appear.

Posts have a variety of opti ons to choose f rom.

Add Titl e
Content box: A si mple word proces sing apps
Format: Vi deo, Audi o, Quote, Gal lery , Link The
Format opti on al lows the pos t to b e d i spl ay ed i n
di fferent ways depending on t he format sel ected ,
Tags: Add tags to keyword your p os ts (You can
create your own, or use what is already avai lable. )
Categories: Use categori es to s et a pos t i n a s et
category, i e “News”, “Vi deo”, “Lect u res“. (You can
create your own, or use what is already avai lable. )
Set Featured Image: Use an i mag e t o d i spl ay in t he
post.
TITLE AND CONTENT
BOXES
You can switch between v i su al and a tex t ed itor w h i le
writing a post, but we do not recommend s wi tchi ng as
this coul d mess up your post’s format ting .

Visual Edi tor i s a begi nner fri end ly tex t ed i tor wi th

formatting buttons and a ni ce v i su al lay out for th e
content area. On the other hand , t he t ex t edi tor i s a
plain text edi tor where you can act u all y s ee t he HT ML
or write your own.
The first text area on the t op i s where y ou add the
post title. If you are usi ng  SE O Friendly URL structu r e ,
then WordPress wi ll auto generate t he pos t URL base d
on you r titl e. You can edit the URL by cl icking on th e
edi t button.

The content area is where y ou wil l wri t e y our pos t. You

can use the formatti ng options from t he toolbar or use
one of the many  keyboard s hort cu ts  avail able which wil l
speed up your writing proc es s.

In the footer area of the content editor, WordP ress wil l

show you the word count for your pos t. I f you want to
get even more detai l ed word count stats, then check
out our tutorial on how to  g et w ord count stats in
WordPress wi th Word Stats .

As you wri te, WordPress wi ll au tomati cal ly save a d r aft

of your post. Thi s  autosave  is stored i n your WordP ress
database temporari l y.

As soon as you save your draf t or w rit e more cont en t,

WordPress cleans up your a u tos ave t emporary draf t and
repl aces it with a new one. T hi s p roces s ens u res t h at
you do not lose your content du e t o i nternet connection
or hardware fai lure. See ou r gu i de on how t o  u n do
changes in WordPress wi th pos t revi si ons.

The post editor shows you r current draf t and au tos ave
status in the footer next t o word count .
ADD IMAGES AND
MEDIA
Between the ti tl e and content f i el d s, t here is a l ar ge
Add Medi a button. You wi l l need to click on it when you
want to upl oad an i mage or any other medi a t o y ou r
WordPress post. This wi l l l au nch the media u pload er in
a popup wi ndow.

Simpl y click on the select fi les b u tton t o u pl oad image s

or any other medi a to your Word P ress si te. Y ou can also
create  image gal leri es  and   au di o p lay li sts fr o m
uploaded fil es.
PUBLISHING
OPTIONS
1.  Save Draft button stores a draf t of the pos t or page
that you are worki ng on. WordPress al so auto-save s
your posts as you write them.

2.  Previ ew button shows a l i v e p review of y our p ost.

You can use it to see how y our p os t wi ll l ook af ter
publ ishing.
3.  Status al l ows you to set a  statu s  for y our po st.
WordPress automati call y handles pos t statu s for dra fts
and publ ished posts. Unl ess y ou are u si ng a plu gi n to
add custom statuses, you d on’t need to worry abo u t
this opti on.

4.  Cli ck on the Edit l ink next t o visibil ity t o ex pand it.
The fi rst opti on under vi si b i lity wi ll al low you t o ma ke
your post sti cky on fr ont-p age.   S ticky pos ts  in
WordPress are l ike featured content that are display ed
on top of al l other posts.

5.  The next option al lows y ou to  p assw ord protect a

post in WordPress.

6.  The third opti on under vi si bi li ty is label ed priv ate .

Thi s allows you to  pri vatel y p u bl ish a p os t  on y ou r
WordPress site. The pri vat e p os ts w ill be v isi ble to
users who have the editing priv i leg es on y our s i te.

7.  Cli ck on the edi t l ink next t o Pu bl ish, and WordP ress
wi ll di splay the ti me and date options. Y ou can use t h is
opti on to  schedul e posts  or  create b ack d ated pos t  i n
WordPress.

8.  Move to trash al l ows you t o del ete a WordPress p ost.

Del eted posts l ive under t ras h, and y ou can res tore
them if you need to for up to 3 0 day s.

9.  Finally, the publ i sh button makes your Word P ress

post publ ic. Remember if y ou s chedu led a pos t, t hen it
wi ll appear on your si te on t he s chedu led d ate and
ti me.
ADDING
CATEGORIES
AND TAGS
You can sort your posts i n to cat eg ories and tags. The
categories and tags meta b ox es u su al ly appear in t h e
right-hand col umn bel ow p u bli sh met a box .

Categories and tags hel p you org anize your content in a

meani ngful and browsabl e format . Not onl y does it he l p
users easil y fi nd your content , it also b oosts y our s i te ’s
SEO.
FEATURED
IMAGE (POST
THUMBNAILS)
Most WordPress themes s u pport f eat u red images or
post thumbnail s for arti cl es. Us u al ly , it i s the l ast bo x
in the ri ght col umn on your pos t ed it screen.

Simpl y cl ick on set featured imag e li nk, and it w ill br in g

up the medi a uploader popu p. Y ou can s el ect an image
from your previous upl oads or u pl oad a new imag e f r o m
your computer.
EVENTS
The Events Cal endar is a free WordP ress plu gi n
avail abl e on the WordPress.org pl u gi n rep os itory .

You can sel l al l your saved p ast, p resent and upcomi ng

events by goi ng to your Da shb oard > Events > Events

You can:
Edi t
Qui ck Edit
Trash
View

and you can also Add New event.

ADDING A NEW
EVENT
Thi s i s actual ly reall y easy. L et 's start in t he Word P ress
dashboard - you should be able t o f i nd a menu entr y
cal led  Events  and, i f you cli ck on i t, you s hou ld s e e
the Add New  li nk.

Once you've found i t, go ahead and cl ick on it ! T his

should bri ng you to the event ed itor.

The event edi tor hopefull y won't contai n t oo ma n y

surprises: it i s i ntenti onal ly al most i dentical - at le ast
on first gl ance - to the regu l ar p age and pos t ed i to r
used by WordPress i tsel f.

Just as wi th a page or post, you can ad d a titl e an d

descri ption to your event. The ex pect ed controls for
savi ng i t as a draft or publishing i t are present, too:
EVENT TIME
Let's look at each of the setti ng s i n t his area in t u rn.
Fi rst, the date and ti me fiel ds.
The Start/End - thi s is simp ly when t he ev ent start s
and fi ni shes. Cl i cki ng i nto eit her d ate f i el d wi ll pop
up a date picker, where you may sel ect y our d es ired
dates from a cal endar. Event start and end times
may be sel ected from a drop-d own menu , or y ou may
enter your dates and ti mes manu al ly i f y ou prefer. If
you already checked the  All D ay E vent  box y ou wil l
not be able to speci fy a time f or y our event
The All Day Event  checkbox is u sef u l when t he ev ent
is taking pl ace on a particul ar d ate (or dates ) - bu t
you don't reall y know when, or els e f eel that i t i s
good enough to say i t takes place "all d ay " withou t
being more specifi c
EVENT VENUE
If thi s i s your fi rst ti me u si ng T he Events Cal end ar,
you'll see thi s li st of fiel ds for creati ng y our f ir st
event venue. If you've created a venu e f or a previou s
event, you'l l have the opti on of sel ecting an exi sti ng
venue from a drop-down menu (y ou may als o ty pe into
the search box to narrow y our op ti ons). Ent eri ng a n e w
venue name and sel ecti ng the  Create  option from t he
menu opti ons wil l displ ay the new venu e f orm f iel ds
bel ow, allowing you to create a new venu e f or y ou r
event.
ORGANIZERS
Rather like the venue detai ls , y ou can s el ect any pre-
existing organi zer detail s that y ou hav e alread y
entered. Al so - j ust as wi th the venu e d et ails - t his
area is completely optional.
EVENT WEBSITE
The next secti on in the New E vent A dmi n l et s y ou
(again, opti onal ly) provi de an event w eb site.

Thi s is particul arly useful i f y ou are showcasing ev e n ts

organized by external org anizat ions and they hav e a
dedicated event websi te.

EVENT COST
Once agai n you can pass on by and l eav e t hese al one if
you li ke. If you don't provide a cost, then no cost
detail s wil l be shown to visit ors. If the ev ent is actu all y
free then si mply provi de a cost of 0 (zero).
TAXONOMIES
Rather l i ke regul ar WordP ress p os ts you can t ag
events. These tags are in fact the very same tags u sed
by WordPress i tsel f.

Besi des tags, you can al so categ orize events,

It is worth emphasi zi ng, though, that these  are not   th e

same fami l y of categori es as u sed i n p os ts. Th e y
definitel y have a very si milar (in f act, i dentical ) user
interface to regul ar post categ ories - b u t t hey are i n
fact a distinct fami l y of categ ories .

In other words, if you happen to have an ex isti n g

category you use for blog pos ts, you s hou l d not expect
it to appear in the l i st of event categ ori es - and i f i t
does, wel l , i t just happens to s hare t he same name (bu t
isn't actuall y the same).
EVENT OPTIONS
Someti mes you want to be ab l e to link t o an ev ent p o st
(by emai l, or di rectly vi a a menu) b u t woul d prefer i t
isn't i ncluded i n the ma in event views - checki ng
the  Hi de from Event Li s ting s  box accompli shes ju st
that.

You mi ght al so happen to hav e a whole load of ev ents

taki ng place on the same day . .. natu rall y, t hat can
cause some probl ems i n month v iew - and so, at least
by defaul t, no more than 3 ev ents per day are show n i n
that vi ew - selecti ng  Sti ck y in Month View  helps y ou to
ensure that thi s event is o ne of the ones that   do  s how.
The questi on mark's hel p t ex t reads, "When ev ents are
sticky in month vi ew, they'l l displ ay firs t i n t he li st o f
events shown wi thin a gi ven d ay block."

The  Feature Event  option allow s y ou to d es i gnat e you r

most i mportant events f or ex tra emp has i s on y ou r
pages. Featured events w ill be highl ig ht ed i n even t
views, archi ves, and wi dgets, maki ng it a great choice
for speci al engagements that y ou'd li ke to have f ront
and center.
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YOU
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