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ALL ABOUT POSTS AND PAGES SECRETS OF A
CONTENT MANAGEMENT
WEBSITE
Judi Knight New Tricks
HI!
I’M JUDI
I DESIGN WEBSITES
WordPress Web Design & Social Media Marketing
“It’s never too late!”
I HATED MY OLD STATIC SITE
HOW TO MANAGE CONTENT?
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My Old Website
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New project . . .
What Happens toPrevious Project?
HOW TO MANAGE CONTENT?
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My Old Website
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Previous project trashed
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PAGES AND POSTS ORGANIZE CONTENT
WordPress Site
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Database
CONTENT MANAGEMENT
Pages or Posts
PAGES VS POSTS
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• Pages: Static Content About, Contact, Services • Posts: Content that gets new entries or regularly updated and that can be Categorized
PAGES
• Pages are for static information. An About page is a classic example of a static page.
• Pages are not listed by date.
• Pages do not use tags or categories.
• Pages can be hierarchical.
The URL for a page looks like this: http://blogname /page-title/
POSTS• Posts can be assigned to categories. • Use Posts when you will have multiples of a type of
entry. • Posts appear on the site in reverse chronological
order. • Posts can be on the home page in a blog-style site.• The blog page may be on another page on the site. • You can make a sticky posts, those will appear before
the other posts.• Posts can be found in the Category Archives.• Posts are also displayed in the RSS feed of the blog. • You can control how many posts are displayed on a
page of posts.
The URL for a post is published like this: http://blogname.com/post-title/
BLOG POSTS
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Articles on your topicsTips and TutorialsBooks you recommendRecipesReal Estate ListingsLatest NewsEventsWorkshops
CUSTOM POST TYPES
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When you have types of entries with specific data fields to be collected and displayed consistently across posts you may need Custom Post Types.
Example: http://smallhouseguide.com
HOW TO ADD/EDIT PAGES
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• Permalinks• WYSIWYG• Visual View• Text View• Save Draft• Preview• Publish• Screen Options• Restore• Page Attributes
HOW TO ADD/EDIT POSTS
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• Permalinks• WYSIWYG• Visual View• Text View• Save Draft• Preview• Publish• Post Formats• Categories• Tags• Featured Image• Screen Options• Restore• Page Attributes