This document discusses content creation in WordPress. It describes the different content types in WordPress including posts, pages, media, comments, and custom post types. For posts and pages, it outlines their purposes and features. For both, it covers how to add content like scheduling posts, adding images and media, and styling text. It also discusses how to work with categories, tags, and comments. Resources for additional help with WordPress are provided at the end.

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Getting Started
Creating Content With WordPress
Steven Alig
www.soflaweb.com

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Creating Content With WordPress

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Basic WordPress Dashboard

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Content Types
• Posts!
• Pages!
• Media
• Comments
• Custom Post types

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Posts

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Posts
• Content entries listed in reverse chronological order
• Timely
• Organized by Categories and Tags
• Encourage conversation through comment feature
• Generally share the same template and layout.
• Social and meant to be shared

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Pages

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Pages
• Basic static type pages
• Hierarchical not chronological
• Custom templates can be created for different
types of pages
• Not social

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Adding Content
• Post Formats
• Post Title vs. Slug
• Post Visibility - Public, Private and Password
Protected
• Post Status - Published, Draft, Pending Review

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Adding Content

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Adding Content
• Scheduling posts
• Styling text
• Adding images/media

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Adding Content

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Adding Media
• Images
• Featured Images
• Photo Gallery
• Video
• Audio

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Categories vs. Tags
• When to use Categories
• When to use tags
• How many should I use?
• How to create and edit
Categories and Tags

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Comments
• Enable / Disable
• Global & per page/post
• Moderation

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Resources
• codex.wordpress.org
• wordpress.org/support/
• www.wpbeginner.com
• www.google.com
• www.memegenerator.net

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