How Do I Add a Post?
Posted on 20. Jun, 2009 by Danielle in How-To's
Once you are logged in to your Dashboard you can start adding posts.
On the left of the page you’ll see a menu with all the options of things you can do. At the very top is block called Posts. Click on the down arrow and you’ll get several more options: Edit, Add New, Post Tags, and Categories. Click on Add New.
Now, a new page should open up that says Add New Post at the top. The first thing you should do is add your title – you can change it later if you want to. Write your post in the big area below.
Before you publish it you should assign it to a Category so that all your posts are not in Uncategorized Category. This will make it easier for people to find things in your Blogs. The Categories section is to your right, and third from the top. You’ll need to click on the +Add New Category link at the bottom of the Categories section if this is your first post. Choose something that will define the topic of your post but is fairly general. You’ll notice that this blog has two categories so far – Life Blogs Network, where I can talk about other blogs that are in the network, and How-To’s, where I can add posts like this one that tell you how to do things. Once you have some categories already added you’ll just have to check off the category that you’re blog is in.
Wait though – not quite done yet. You should add some tags. Tags are little snippets of words that tell the search engines what your post is about. For instance, in this post I might add, add a post, WP how to, categories – because those are things that people are likely to search for if they want to find info that I’ve just talked about here.
There are lots of other things you can do but we’ll get into that more later. Meanwhile, you’ve just added your first post! Now click Publish and you’re done!
Want to see what you’ve done? Click on the Preview Changes button at the top right.
