WordPress Getting Started

On this page we will take you through basic steps to get started on your new WordPress site. We build WordPress sites (among other applications) because they have a heap of features and are easy to self manage. Here are some simple directions to get you logging in, editing pages, adding pages to your menu and creating new users for your account. At the bottom of this page you will find a useful video and links we have collected to help guide you through the functions. Don't forget you can always call us for help!

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  ROYAL QLD AERO CLUB: Fly with Us!

  Website for Australia's Oldest Flying School. Features include easy to use plug-ins: banner ads, sliders and online forms.

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  CGBR Blog: What's happening in Cairns

  See what Wordpress can do as a "Blog" site. Homepage dynamically displays latest posts.

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  LIGHTHOUSE: Financial Advisors

  North Queensland based Financial Advisor, features include CMS, MailChimp Enewsletter integration, Email forms.

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Start by logging into WordPress. Note that the log in screen can typically be found at http://www.yoursitenamegoeshere.com/wp-login.php. Of course, change the ‘yoursitenamegoeshere’ with your actual site name.

Dashboard: it all starts here

Your dashboard has a vertical menu down the left hand-side of your screen where you will find an overview of content and comments, an incoming link manager, a plugin station, a quick-posting option, drafts, and WordPress related new feeds. Each of these different sections serves its own unique purpose.

The menu is really more of a control panel that is broken down into two different sections separated by a line. The top section is a detailed control panel for posts, media, links, pages, and comments.

Pages: add and edit content

Follow the Pages link on the left hand menu to add and edit pages to your site. By clicking on an existing page name, you can use the WYSIWYG ('What You See Is What You Get') Online Editor to make text and image changes to the page.

Edit functions on the page section include: image and document uploaders, text edit (including numbering and bullet points, text formatting and spell check).

Posts: adding news stories

Posts are passages of text or images, which can be updated to display dynamically on a page. For example, you can create a Noticeboard or a News Updates section on a page. New updates can then be added to these sections by creating new posts. To add a new post:
1. Press the Add New button
2. Enter your information
3. Don't forget to save your changes. You can always return to edit your posts later.

Video: watch and learn

here is one of many useful video tutorials that you can watch and learn how to master WordPress
Some other useful videos, include:
Writing or Maintaining A Website Page(YouTube,6 mins)
Touring a WordPress CMS site(YouTube,5 mins)
Get WordPress App for iPad - the easy way to update your content.