{"id":102,"date":"2020-09-15T08:42:29","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T08:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coventry.domains\/support\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=102"},"modified":"2020-10-12T15:10:25","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T15:10:25","password":"","slug":"adding-posts-and-pages","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/coventry.domains\/support\/docs\/adding-posts-and-pages\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding Posts and Pages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019ll now take a look at how you add posts and pages to your WordPress website. In WordPress, you\u2019re able to add different types of content to your site as either a post or a page, depending on what goal you have in mind.<br><br><strong>Posts<\/strong>&nbsp;are periodical pieces of content such as blog posts, news articles, reviews, opinion pieces, etc. Posts typically have an author name, date of publication and have the option to allow for comments\/discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pages&nbsp;<\/strong>are for static content on your site which doesn\u2019t necessarily change very often. Examples of pages include your home page, about page or contact page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following video explains how to add posts and pages to your WordPress site. You can also read through the post for a written version of this tutorial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Posts and Pages\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gi620FrSHrw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Note: Coventry.Domains is now a service of the Coventry University Group, with the Domains of One&#8217;s Own (DoOO) service being overseen by the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/dmll.org.uk\">DMLL<\/a><\/em>. Domains using the WordPress service are structured this way: wp.coventry.domains\/example <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adding Posts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In your WordPress dashboard (which you can always access via the \u201cMy Applications\u201d section in your cPanel account at Coventry.Domains, you\u2019ll see several options on the left-hand menu including \u201cPosts\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To add a new post, hover of \u201cPosts\u201d and click&nbsp;<strong>Add New<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/coventry.domains\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screenshot-2019-08-27-at-16.19.01-1024x887.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-239\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You\u2019ll now be taken to the post\/page editor (known as the <a href=\"https:\/\/coventry.domains\/support\/home\/editing-with-gutenberg\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"96\">Gutenberg editor<\/a>), where you can write your posts and add images, videos, audio and more. We\u2019ll have a full tutorial on the editor in a later post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can compose your entire post here in the editor, but you might find that it\u2019s better to use a word processor and then cut and paste directly into the editor. This will help with spelling, grammar, saving your work, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/coventry.domains\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screenshot-2019-08-27-at-16.19.43-1024x352.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-240\"\/><figcaption>The editor when creating a new page or post in WordPress<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Feel free to click&nbsp;<strong>Save Draft&nbsp;<\/strong>to save your work as you go along. You can also select&nbsp;<strong>Preview&nbsp;<\/strong>to see what your post will look like once it\u2019s live on the web.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/coventry.domains\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screenshot-2019-08-27-at-16.21.59.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-241\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before your post is published live, WordPress will ask you if you\u2019re ready to publish. Here in this menu, you can change things like the visibility of your posts, post date (which can be set to a past, present or future date), and whether you want to add any tags to your post to help keep in organised on your site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you\u2019re ready to publish it live on the web, click&nbsp;<strong>Publish&nbsp;<\/strong>on the top right of the page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/coventry.domains\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screenshot-2019-08-27-at-16.22.41.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-242\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once your post is live on the web, you\u2019ll see this success message:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/coventry.domains\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screenshot-2019-08-27-at-16.24.24-1024x351.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-245\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adding Pages<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The process for adding pages is almost exactly the same. From your WordPress dashboard, hover over the&nbsp;<strong>Pages&nbsp;<\/strong>item in the menu and click&nbsp;<strong>Add New<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/coventry.domains\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screenshot-2019-08-27-at-16.39.52-1024x527.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-246\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You\u2019ll then be taken to the editor, and just like before with our posts, you can edit the title and add text, images and other media to your page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">just like before, you can&nbsp;<strong>Preview&nbsp;<\/strong>your page, and when you\u2019re ready to publish your page, you click&nbsp;<strong>Publish<\/strong>&nbsp;on the top right of the page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/coventry.domains\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screenshot-2019-08-27-at-16.42.43-1024x421.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-247\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/coventry.domains\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screenshot-2019-08-27-at-16.44.19-1024x310.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-248\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your page is now live on the web. If you look in the URL of your browser, you can see the link visitors will use to access your page. This is based on your page title and can be left as is or you can edit it by selecting&nbsp;<strong>Permalinks&nbsp;<\/strong>on the menu on right side of the page and entering a new value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/coventry.domains\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screenshot-2019-08-27-at-16.44.55.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-249\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019d like to make your new page the homepage of your website (rather than a list of your most recent blog posts), you can change this in the\u00a0WordPress settings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ll now take a look at how you add posts and pages to your WordPress website. 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