{"id":10,"date":"2020-10-20T13:24:17","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T17:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/arabic-2204-spring-2021\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2021-03-09T11:56:38","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T16:56:38","slug":"wordpress-tips","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/arabic-2204-spring-2021\/wordpress-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-1015-spring-2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/372\/2020\/04\/wordpress-35-percent.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-57 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-1015-spring-2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/372\/2020\/04\/wordpress-35-percent-300x178.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" \/><\/a>This website publishing tool that you will be using for this class, WordPress, is everywhere. As a matter of fact, it runs about 35% of the internet. \u00a0What that means for you, is that if you can&#8217;t figure something out, a simple Google search will yield tons of resources. \u00a0That said, we are here to help you if you need it. \u00a0Just reach out via email (disrael@bowdoin.edu).<\/p>\n<h2>Some of the basics you will need for this project.<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Any time you finish editing a page click the blue <strong>UPDATE<\/strong> button to save<a href=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-1015-spring-2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/372\/2020\/04\/update.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-1015-spring-2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/372\/2020\/04\/update.png\" alt=\"update\" width=\"166\" height=\"98\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>WordPress will save all the revisions of your work, so it is pretty difficult to lose anything, and easy to go back.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Editing a Post in WordPress is very much like editing a page in Word. You will have lots of formatting options.<\/p>\n<p>This is a <strong>POST<\/strong> that you will <strong>EDIT<\/strong> (via links above or below) for your project.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-1015-spring-2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/372\/2020\/04\/edit-page.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-50\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-1015-spring-2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/372\/2020\/04\/edit-page-300x194.png\" alt=\"Edit Page\" width=\"200\" height=\"129\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>to CREATE a <strong>POST<\/strong> click <strong>+NEW<\/strong> &#8212;&gt; \u00a0<strong>POST<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Be sure to check the correct <strong>CATEGORY<\/strong> post in the right-hand side of the post before saving it by hitting the blue <strong>PUBLISH<\/strong> button<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Images<\/h4>\n<p>To add an image, when you are in the editing interface you <strong>ADD MEDIA<\/strong> and follow the steps to upload.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-1015-spring-2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/372\/2020\/04\/add-media.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-54 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-1015-spring-2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/372\/2020\/04\/add-media-1024x197.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Before you upload, size your image to reasonably fit on the screen (and no more than 600 pixels tall @ 72dpi)<\/li>\n<li>Name the image something <strong>LOGICAL<\/strong> i.e. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">big-polar-bear.jpg<\/span> \u00a0 <strong>NOT<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">IMG_1234.JPG<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Drag or upload<\/li>\n<li>BE SURE TO PUT IN THE &#8220;ALT&#8221; TEXT<\/li>\n<li>Insert it into the page<\/li>\n<li>If you want the image to expand to fill the screen when a user clicks on it, be sure to &#8220;link to media file&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/arabic-2204-spring-2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/505\/2020\/11\/link-to-media-file.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-76\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/arabic-2204-spring-2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/505\/2020\/11\/link-to-media-file.png\" alt=\"link to media file\" width=\"289\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>How to Add Video<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Ensemble<\/strong><br \/>\nClick the ADD ENSEMBLE VIDEO button above (next to ADD MEDIA)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-65\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/arabic-2204-spring-2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/505\/2020\/11\/add-ensemble.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Add the &#8220;Content ID&#8221; form Ensemble<\/p>\n<p><strong>YouTube<\/strong><br \/>\nSimply add the URL to the page and hit the blue UPDATE button<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>How to Add Audio<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>ADD MEDIA button<a href=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-1015-spring-2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/372\/2020\/04\/add-media.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-54 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-1015-spring-2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/372\/2020\/04\/add-media-1024x197.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>UPLOAD your MP3You will get a player that looks like this (user will need to click the arrow to play)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/arabic-2204-spring-2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/505\/2020\/11\/1-5-10007.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/arabic-2204-spring-2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/505\/2020\/11\/1-5-10007.mp3\">https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/arabic-2204-spring-2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/505\/2020\/11\/1-5-10007.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This website publishing tool that you will be using for this class, WordPress, is everywhere. 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