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Start a Blog:From Hosting to Posting
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Module 6: Pages, Menu• Pages• About• Contact – Contact Form Plugin• Resources
• Menu
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PagesThe two primary locations for content on your site are Posts and Pages. Pages contain static content, meaning content that generally remains the same after it is created.
Standard pages you’ll find on many sites include:
• About Page• Contact Page • Resources Page
To create a page, click on Pages in the Dashboard and Add New.
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PagesAdd a title to the first field on your page.
Add text or other content to the large field below the editing icons.
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PagesAfter you enter a Title, WordPress creates a Permalink for the page. A permalink is the permanent URL for a post or page on your site.
After you enter the content, click the blue Publish button to create your page.
This page content is filled with Lorem Ipsum which is dummy text from the printing and typesetting industry. The point of using Lorem Ipsum is that it has a somewhat normal distribution of letters that fills a page without the distraction of readable text.
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PagesWhen your page is published, click on View Page near the top of the screen to see how your page actually appears.
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PagesTo create the Contact Page, click the Add New button and add a title.
The Ninja Forms plugin adds an option to your Page screen to add a form short code to your page. Clicking the Add Form button above the editing icons will cause a popup to appear. Click the dropdown arrow to select a form. Click the blue Insert button to add the shortcode to your content field.
Click the blue Publish button.
A shortcode is a WordPress-specific code that lets you easily add specific content to a post or page. Shortcodes can embed files or create objects that would normally require lots of complicated code in just one line.
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PagesClick the View Page link to see that a simple contact form appears on the page, which is generated by the shortcode.
Create a Resources Page in the same way you created the About page. You will add content to this page later.
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MenuOnce you have created Pages, you are ready to create a Menu.
Click on Appearance in the Dashboard and then click Menus.
Enter a menu name in the field and click the blue Create Menu button.
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MenuTo add Pages to the Menu, check the boxes in front of the names of the pages.
Click Add to Menu.
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MenuThe menu items will appear in the box on the right. You can drag and drop the items to change the order.
Click the blue Save Menu button.
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MenuWhere and how the menu appears will depend upon your theme.
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MenuIn addition to Pages, you can also add Posts, Custom Links, and Categories to your Menu.
Links to specific posts can be added to the menu. Three tabs, Most Recent, View All, and Search, determines what posts are displayed for selection as a menu item.
A custom link which you define along with a Label can be added.
Categories that you have assigned to your posts can also be added. Use the three tabs, Most Recent, View All, and Search, to see categories to select.
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