Instructions for new post. This row is hidden and will not appear on the front end. You could leave it here or you could delete it when ready to publish. To delete, click on the left column top tab that has 3 horizontal lines. Click on the top “Row Layout” and then the 3 dots on the right side of the Row Layout and select ‘delete’.
To Do Checklist:
1 – CHANGE THE TITLE
2 – CHANGE THE PERMALINK (right column–> post tab–> click on the URL and change it. Use only lowercase letters, numbers, dashes or underscores. No spaces or characters such as apostrophes, quotes, questions marks, etc.. It might already be changed for you, but if not then change it.
3 – ADD CATEGORIES – make selections. This will route the post to the correct archive page(s) and tab in The Stories We Unearth blog. If you don’t see the categories section, save the draft and refresh the page.
4 – ADD TAGS – This is optional. If you do add tags, either select from the tags that are already there, or type a few letters in the text box and WAIT a few moments, the tag might appear and then you can select it. If you don’t wait and you just type it in and hit enter, you might possibly create a second tag with the same or similar name. Example is keyword “Research Plan”, if you type “Research” and wait a moment, the keyword “Research Plan” will appear. But if you don’t wait, and you type “Research” and hit enter, you will create a tag called “Research” and now you have “Research” and “Research Plan” as keywords. This could make things confusing, inconsistent or disorganized, depending on the keyword or how you are grouping things. And just like the Category issue, if you don’t see the Tag section, save the draft and refresh the page.
5 – CHANGE THE FEATURED IMAGE (this will appear on the main blog and archive page(s))
6 – ADD POST RESTRICTIONS – On the right-side of the page, in the settings, “Require Membership” –> Make selections of which memberships can see the post.
7 – ADD CONTENT – Click on the toolbar in the top left corner of the screen. Click on the icon that has 3 lines, this opens the List View. It shows 5 Row Layouts for this page, see below for further instructions.
Row Layout – Instructions – This contains the instructions that you are reading now, with a blue background. Delete this row when you are finished creating the post. Click on the row labeled “Row Layout – Instructions”, then click on the 3 dots, select “Delete”. Do this for any rows you will not be using.
Row Layout – Text Content – Click on the text in the block to re-type your content.
Row Layout – Worksheet – If this post is for a worksheet, click on the image (shown below in the 1st column of the row), a menu pops up, select “Replace” and then either ‘Open Media Library’ or ‘Upload’ to add your new worksheet image. Most likely this will be the same as the featured image. Then click on the worksheet (the PDF in the 2nd column of the row), a menu pops up, select “Replace” and go thru the steps to change add the new worksheet. ONE LAST STEP after changing the worksheet PDF.. in the settings on the right side of the screen, where it says “Height in Pixels”, change it to 750. This height is about equal with the image on the left. You could go higher to maybe 1000, this way there would be a sneak peak into the second page.
Row Layout – Video (uploaded) – If this post is for a video you are uploading to the website, click on the sample video shown below, a toolbar pops up, chose to “Replace” the video and go through the steps to replace it.
Row Layout – Video (YouTube) – If this post is for a video that is hosted on YouTube, click inside the block below and add the YouTube URL and click on “embed”.
Don’t worry about setting restrictions for the individual blocks. The entire post will be restricted based on the setting in the lower right column of the page under “Post Restrictions”. If you want to create a post that is viewable by everyone but only want to block a portion, you would use these individual block settings.
Remember to delete the rows you do not need.
8 – Publish – If you don’t want to post immediately, click on “immediately” to schedule a future date/time or you can back-date it and it will still post immediately but it will show further back in the blog/archive pages.
