After you have decided on the content for your site and selected a theme you will now be ready to add the information onto your website. The information you would like to display can be displayed using two main methods. The method you use will be dependent upon the type of information you are displaying. The following sections will cover what type of content is best displayed in what method and how to add the information to your website.

The two main methods that will be covered on this page is static information (Pages) and News items (Posts).

 

Pages

To display static information or information that does not change on a regular basis you will want to use a Page. Some suggestions on content you can display with a page include Contact Information, Information about your sites purpose, etc.

To create new pages use the following steps.

  1. Log into your Word press Site.
  2. From the Dashboard click Pages in the menu on the left side of the screen
  3. To edit an existing page, move your mouse over the page and then click edit when it appears.
  4. To create add new page click the Add New Button next to the Pages title.

Posts

Information that changes regularly or for a place to be able to keep people informed about your business / hobby you can use Posts. Posts are articles of information that are often replaced by newer items.

New posts are automatically added to the top of the list of existing posts with the previous posts being moved down the list. Usually only a small number of recent posts are displayed to the user when viewing the website.

Older posts are automatically moved into the Archive and can be retrieved at a later time by a user searching for the item or via a direct link.

If you wish to not display news on your website you can ignore this section of the site.

To create new posts use the following steps.

  1. Log into your Word press Site.
  2. From the Dashboard click Posts in the menu on the left side of the screen
  3. To edit an existing post, move your mouse over the post and then click edit when it appears.
  4. To create add new post click the Add New Button next to the Posts title.