http://newtricks.me Beginners to WordPress sometimes miss the valuable role that Posts can play in making a website a Content Management System.

1. ALL ABOUT
POSTS AND
SECRETS OF A
PAGES CONTENT
MANAGEMENT
WEBSITE
Judi Knight New Tricks

2. HI!

3. I’M JUDI

4. I DESIGN WEBSITES
WordPress Web Design
&
Social Media Marketing
“It’s never too late!”

6. I HATED MY OLD STATIC SITE

7. HOW TO MANAGE CONTENT?
New project . . .
My Old Website
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What Happens to
Previous Project?
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8. HOW TO MANAGE CONTENT?
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My Old Website
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9. PAGES AND POSTS ORGANIZE CONTENT
Database
WordPress Site
Blah Blah Blah
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10. CONTENT MANAGEMENT
Pages
or
Posts

11. PAGES VS POSTS
• Pages: Static Content
About, Contact, Services
• Posts: Content that gets new
entries or regularly updated and
that can be Categorized
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12. PAGES
• Pages are for static information. An About
page is a classic example of a static page.
• Pages are not listed by date.
• Pages do not use tags or categories.
• Pages can be hierarchical.
The URL for a page looks like this: http://blogname /page-title/

13. POSTS
• Posts can be assigned to categories.
• Use Posts when you will have multiples of a type of
entry.
• Posts appear on the site in reverse chronological
order.
• Posts can be on the home page in a blog-style site.
• The blog page may be on another page on the site.
• You can make a sticky posts, those will appear before
the other posts.
• Posts can be found in the Category Archives.
• Posts are also displayed in the RSS feed of the blog.
• You can control how many posts are displayed on a
page of posts.
The URL for a post is published like this: http://blogname.com/post-title/

14. BLOG POSTS
Articles on your topics
Tips and Tutorials
Books you recommend
Recipes
Real Estate Listings
Latest News
Events
Workshops
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15. CUSTOM POST TYPES
When you have types of entries with
specific data fields to be collected and
displayed consistently across posts you may
need Custom Post Types.
Example: http://smallhouseguide.com
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16. HOW TO ADD/EDIT PAGES
• Permalinks
• WYSIWYG
• Visual View
• Text View
• Save Draft
• Preview
• Publish
• Screen Options
• Restore
• Page Attributes
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17. HOW TO ADD/EDIT POSTS
• Permalinks
• WYSIWYG
• Visual View
• Text View
• Save Draft
• Preview
• Publish
• Post Formats
• Categories
• Tags
• Featured Image
• Screen Options
• Restore
• Page Attributes
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