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To create a post, hit "New+" on the black bar at the top of the WordPress screen and hit "Post." | To create a post, hit "New+" on the black bar at the top of the WordPress screen and hit "Post." | ||
You can add the following things to a RedEye post: | You can add the following things to a RedEye post: | ||
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A title: The white bar that says "Enter title here." | A title: The white bar that says "Enter title here." | ||
The post: You can paste text right into the box and WordPress will format font size and spacing. | The post: You can paste text right into the box and WordPress will format font size and spacing. | ||
Revision as of 10:49, 28 March 2014
Wordpress functions can be accessed at manualredeye.com/wp-admin with a WordPress login.
Users
To create a login for a RedEye user, hover over "Users" on the side-bar and click "Add New." Regular staff members should have the role of "Author." Copy editors, video editors, and any breaking news position should be "Editor." The Editorial Board and Webmasters should be the role of "Admin." An e-mail is required for each user, along with First Name and Last Name. This will allow you to change the Display name that is seen on RedEye.
To see all the posts of a certain user, click "Users" to get the full list, then search the User you are looking for. Click the number under "Posts" and it will show you every post under that User's name on RedEye. Administrators can edit other people's accounts by searching the User's name and clicking on it. You can also individually check/uncheck privileges of a User.
Creating a Post
To create a post, hit "New+" on the black bar at the top of the WordPress screen and hit "Post."
You can add the following things to a RedEye post:
A title: The white bar that says "Enter title here."
The post: You can paste text right into the box and WordPress will format font size and spacing.
A category: The "Categories" box on the right.
Tags: Underneath the "Categories" box. Separate each tag with a comma.
Author: Scroll down to the "Authors" box. Multiple authors must be entered one at a time.
An excerpt: Scroll down past the Authors box and you can type in an Excerpt. If you do not have one, the excerpt on the front page will be the first few sentences of the article with an elipsis. (This is bad.)
A featured image: Below the Tags box. Hit "Set Featured Image." You can use a picture already in the media library, or you can upload a new photo to the media library here and use that as the featured image.
An image: Click "Add Media" and upload a new photo or select one from the media library. You can resize or rotate photos by clicking a photo in the media library and clicking "Edit Image."
