WordPress Community of Practice Archives
Enhancements to Your Homepage Featurettes
Hi all, We’ve just finished up some updates to the “featurettes” (the three large colorful panels that can show on…
Announcing WordPress 5.8
Dear Bates WordPress Community, In an ongoing effort to keep our website up to date, safe, and easy to manage,…
New Tutorials and Best Practices for Expandable Areas, Table of Contents, and Page Anchors
Special thanks to Digital Communications Assistant Mei Kane ‘23 for researching and creating these new tutorials and best practices.
Upload Workflow to the Bates College YouTube
Check out the documentation below to learn how we maintain a clear and consistent workflow for all Bates College YouTube…
Embed a Google Slideshow/Presentation into WordPress
Below are two ways to embed a Google Slideshow/Presentation within the Bates.edu WordPress environment. The “Advanced” way is slightly more…
Overhauling the Editor: A New Way to Use WordPress
So what’s the problem? And what’s a block? One of the things you hear a lot about during discussions of…
Updates and Opportunities
I’m pleased to announce that yesterday we upgraded WordPress to its most recent version (5.3). One change you’ll notice immediately is…
How to switch to Block Editor
1. Classic Editor vs. Block Editor If you started using WordPress before December 2018, then you’ll recognize the Classic Editor.…
New Tutorial on Homepage Features
1. What are Featurettes? Featurettes are the three pieces of content that appear horizontally across some website homepages between the…
WordPress For A New Semester
A big thanks to everyone who made it out to our WordPress Community of Practice gathering on August 28th. For…