Step-by-step instruction videos for WordPress
Congratulations on your new WordPress website. These videos will give you a guided tour of the administration (or back-end) section of your website and will show you how to create new pages using posts & pages, as well as inserting & editing media.
We are constantly uploading new videos & updating the current information as updates to WordPress are released. If we haven’t covered something you are trying to do on your site, please contact us at support@guydesigns.com.au so we can provide you with assistance.
These videos are not specific to any site. If you have specialised plugins for your website, we will create custom videos for you & send you a link to that recording.
Welcome Guide, useful websites, software & tips
This video covers;
Guy Designs – Resource videos & support email address (support@guydesigns.com.au)
Is It Down – How to check if there are server issues, maintenance updates – www.isitdown.com.au [time 1:42]
Facebook & Twitter – Other ways we keep you up to date – www.facebook.com/guydesigns & www.twitter.com/guydesigns [time 2:35]
Website Support & maintenance requests [time 3:15]
Software – Snipping tool – how to screen shot part of the screen, highlight & write/circle parts of the screenshot. [time 3:50]
Full screenshot – using Windows [time 5:30]
Skype – sharing your screen via video call [time 6:20]
Software – Windows Photo Gallery – How to bulk re-size images & re-name images [time 7:20]
Sharing links from specific pages on social media [time 12:08]
Visual Composer
Most websites that we develop uses some form of webpage builder. Currently (as the www continues to change & improve) our favourite is Visual Composer due to it’s ease of use & it’s ability to integrate with most WordPress themes & plugins. More importantly, our clients love it!
Have a look at this video to see it in action!
General introduction & posts
This video covers;
Logging to the administration section of WordPress
Switching between the live site & Administration section (grey bar)
The Admin Menu
Creating & editing a post
WYSIWYG editor
Formatting the text
Adding an image to a post
adding & removing a featured image
Publishing Options, including delayed publishing
Creating & using Categories
SEO by Yoast – How to optimise your post for the search engines
Saving & Viewing your post
Creating & updating pages
This video covers;
When you use a page rather than a post
Where to find pages in the Admin menu
The summary list of all pages
Quick edit & trash/restore, viewing the page as it would appear on the live site
SEO summary
how to confirm whether it is a page or post on the live site via the grey bar
WYSIWYG editor
uploading photos via the media library (including drop & drag) or from your PC, multiple image upload & alt text
formatting a photo, re-sizing, alignment, boarders
deleting an image
previewing your page
Global Galleries plugin
This video covers;
Creating a new gallery
Adding, editing & deleting images
Creating a collection of galleries
Adding galleries, sliders & collections to pages & post
Choosing the layout of a gallery
Adding images from social media, ie. Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram