{"id":4311,"date":"2012-01-11T14:18:55","date_gmt":"2012-01-11T19:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/ils\/?page_id=4311"},"modified":"2015-10-26T09:58:42","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T13:58:42","slug":"wordpress-basics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/ils\/wordpress-basics\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress Basics for ILS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>PROCESS: what do I need to do?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>login:<\/strong>\u00a0visit bates.edu\/w<\/li>\n<li><strong>where&#8217;s my content?<\/strong> create or edit content <a href=\"http:\/\/en.support.wordpress.com\/posts\/edit-posts-screen\/\">[how-to]<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>update<\/strong>: press to save\/publish content<\/li>\n<li><strong>review<\/strong>: always review your work, check all versions of content<br \/>\n(if push-as used, always view ils\/technology to check your work)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>CONTENT TYPES: which one does what?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>posts<\/strong>: only for how-to&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/en.support.wordpress.com\/posts\/post-screen\/\">[how-to]<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>pages<\/strong>: static information about us, policies, staff <a href=\"http:\/\/en.support.wordpress.com\/pages\/page-screen\/\">[how-to]<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>news<\/strong>: time-sensitive information<\/li>\n<li><strong>sliders<\/strong>: only on ils home page, be aware they exist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>CONTENT ELEMENTS: how do the parts fit together?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>title<\/strong>: short, clear title<br \/>\n<em>examples<\/em>:<br \/>\n<em>huh?:<\/em> Configuring Thunderbird To Use Your New S\/MIME Certificate<br \/>\n<em>good:<\/em> File Management: Best Practices<\/li>\n<li><strong>permalink<\/strong>: becomes URL, automatically generated from title<br \/>\nedit for clarity, depending on your title<br \/>\n<em>example<\/em>:<br \/>\nconfiguring-thunderbird-to-use-your-new-smime-certificate\/<\/li>\n<li><strong>body<\/strong>: where the content goes<br \/>\n&#8211;please DO NOT cut and paste directly from Word <a href=\"http:\/\/en.support.wordpress.com\/microsoft-word\/\">[why]<\/a><br \/>\n<em>visual vs html<\/em>:<br \/>\n&#8211;visual is a WYSIWYG, easier to see, sometimes less accurate <a href=\"http:\/\/en.support.wordpress.com\/visual-editor\/\">[how-to]<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211;html shows you the code, sometimes useful for tweaking specifics <a href=\"http:\/\/en.support.wordpress.com\/code\/#html-tags\">[allowed tags]<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>excerpts<\/strong>: a brief enticing summary of content (posts only!)<br \/>\n&#8211;required by the theme in certain contexts <a href=\"http:\/\/en.support.wordpress.com\/splitting-content\/excerpts\/#creating-excerpts\">[how-to]<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>upload\/insert<\/strong>:<br \/>\n&#8211;how you add multimedia to your content<br \/>\n&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.support.wordpress.com\/images\/\">image<\/a>, video, audio, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.support.wordpress.com\/uploading-documents\/\">media<\/a>, form, flash<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>TEMPLATES: where is that content coming from?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>List-Children<\/strong>: used for subnavigation, list of child pages as links <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/ils\/staff\/\">[people]<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Child-Content<\/strong>: used for pulling staff in to office pages <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/ils\/staff\/offices\/network-and-infrastructure-services\/\">[network]<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Org-Chart<\/strong>: custom, just to create org chart, pulls office\/staff content <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/ils\/staff\/organization-chart\/\">[org chart]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>TAXONOMY: where will my content show up?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>categories<\/strong>: large buckets for content (try to be mutually exclusive)<br \/>\n<em>think<\/em>: is it plane, train or automobile<\/li>\n<li><strong>tags<\/strong>: cross referencing, with more specific words<br \/>\n<em>think<\/em>: is it webmail, thunderbird or mutt<br \/>\n<em>think<\/em>: is it about, install, tips or user-guide<br \/>\n<em>discussion<\/em>: category: Secure, tag: security, is this an issue?<\/li>\n<li><strong>push-as<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>did-you-know<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<em>purpose<\/em>: to highlight key information for<br \/>\n<em>location<\/em>: how-to page, left under search<br \/>\n&#8211;short clear title (becomes a link to full post)<br \/>\n&#8211;excerpt required: brief enticing summary of content<\/li>\n<li><strong>news<\/strong>: currently not being used<\/li>\n<li><strong>notice<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<em>purpose<\/em>: for urgent news<br \/>\n<em>location<\/em>: creates a red banner at top of how-to page<br \/>\n&#8211;must be very short message, in body (title only seen on news)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>make this post sticky<\/strong>:<br \/>\nwill &#8220;stick&#8221; 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