First things to do:
Log in to your admin area using the username and password I sent you.
Goto Settings>>General and change the name of the blog and the tagline to whatever you want. Change the email also. Be sure to save.

Next:
Goto Posts>>Categories>> on the right side change the “uncategorized” category to a category name you will use. This one will be the default category. Add any other categories you may want to categorize your posts with. The max you should have for your custom theme is: 8.
Just fill in the category name, dont worry about the other stuff, and press add category.

Thats the mandatory stuff!

Finally, just browse around the admin area becoming familiar with wordpress.

On to your first post:
Click on Posts, notice the post Hello World!, hover over it and the options will show- just delete it
Goto Posts>>Add New. Add the post title. Then the box below is the WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor. This is where you type your post. To add images place the cursor where you would like the image added then above the WYSIWYG editor hover over the little icons next to the Upload/Insert text. Find the one that says Add an Image and click.

Once the image uploader has loaded click Select Files.

Choose the images you want to upload and click upload. Once your images have uploaded you add the title, dont worry about the caption or description. On Link URL select File URL(this makes it so if someone clicks on the image in your post it takes them to the actual image). On Alignment choose whatever you want, if it doesn’t matter then just select none. Choose the preferred size. Then click insert into post.

This closes the image uploader and adds the image. If you have more than one image to upload repeat this process, or if you uploaded more than one image, you’ll notice that it only inserts one at a time. So click the upload image icon and when the image uploader is loaded click the tab at the top that says Gallery,

find your next image click show set the options and click Insert into post.
Once all text and images are in order and ready, you’ll notice other boxes below the WYSIWYG editor. Dont worry about those except for the discussion box and the All in on SEO Pack.
The Discussion box simply just select if you want to allow comments or pings for the post. Comments you know. Pings are if someone else blogs about your specific post, it automatically finds that persons blog post and puts it as a comment under your post.
The All in One SEO Pack is for SEO (Search Engine Optimization). You can leave this blank. If not you fill this box out with the intention of getting organic (unpaid for) traffic from search engines. So for a second you trade places with your prospective viewers. Think, if I was searching the internet for this exact information (ie. wedding photography, child photography, photo journalism, whatever your post may be about) what keywords would I be typing and what titles would catch my attention. Then fill that info into these boxes. If done right this has potential to drive alot of organic traffic to your website.

Now you will notice the boxes on the right side. The Publish, Post Tags and Categories.
Here’s the idea behind categories and tags. They are used for archiving your posts. According to how I built your blog theme the categories display on top next to the home button (remember max of 8). These should be determined by the type of photos you take and clientele you are after. The tags are more specific and can span several categories. For Instance, You post about a wedding you did in Hawaii. The category could be Wedding and/or Travel. The tags could include Hawaii, Beach, the camera you used, Outdoors and/or photoshop techniques or actions-whatever. So tags could include posts in different categories, Maybe while in Hawaii you took pictures of a family too. Follow? Just dont have the same tags as you have categories.
Ok on the publish box these are pretty self explanatory. The thing to note here is the ability to post either in the past or in the future. If in the past it places it chronologically in your posts. If in the future, it dosen’t post until that time. Click Publish and your set.

If you get bored or ambitious you can create pages. There might not be much need for them since we will cover most everything within your website.
Questions?
Call or email.

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Filed under: Tutorial
by: Yewtah
on: August 19th, 2009 Tags: Blog, Tips, Wordpress

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