1. How do I add images to my blog post?
2. How do I upload a File?
3. How do I create a link?
4. How do I spell check my posts?
5. Important Note about pasting text from MS Word
6. How do I add subheadings?
7. How do I add a new author? (Admins only)
8. How do I change an author’s profile (Admins only)
9. How do I use quotations?

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Uploading Images

1. First - put your cursor in the post area where you would like the image to appear.See the arrow below:

2. Next, Scroll down to the area just below the post area. You will see something that looks like this. (Each of the red numbers in this screenshot corresponds to the next set of instructions below it.)

1. Click Browse. A window will pop up. Find the image that is saved on your comptuer and click it. Choose Open. The window will close and you will see the path to the image on your computer listed in the File box.
2. Type in a description for the image into the Title: box. In this example it would be something like Krispy Kreme Donuts. Description box use the same as the title.
3. Click Upload

3. You will now see options for the image. It will look similar to this screenshot below.

4. Choose Full Size or Thumbnail
5. Under Link to choose None.

6. Click Send to Editor.

7. Now go back to the post writing box and click on the image. It will now have a black outline around it. Click the image button (green tree icon like in the screenshot below.)

8. DO NOT change the Image URL

9. Choose the Alignment. Most of the time it will be Left.

10. Click Update.

11. DONE - the image is uploaded and inserted into the post.

11. Finish post as usual.

Option 2: If the image file is already uploaded to the server

Only use this option to add an image to a post if the image is already on the server, either in the uploads folder or images folder.

1. Click the image button.
2. Input the relative URL of the image. Because this is a relative URL you only need to put the folder and file name, not the entire URL. So start with /images/ then put the file name.
3. Enter a 1-5 word description of the image.

4. Choose the alignment. (Usually left)

5. Click Insert.

Uploading Files

Files such as Word documents, PDFs, etc. can be uploaded to the website the same way following steps 1-3 above. Then to link to that file just

1. Highlight the text that you would like to link to.

2. Click the link icon on the post editor toolbar (looks like a chain.)

3. Type the location of the file - It will always begin with http://www.humanefundraising.com/uploads/

4. Optional - choose for the file to open in the same window or a new window

5. Optional - Alt title (this is the text that will display when the user scrolls over the text)

6. Click Insert

Creating Links

To create a link highlight the text that you would like linked and then click on the icon that looks like a chain:

A new window will pop up. Now just enter the URL of the link. You can choose for the link to open in the same window or a new window, and create a title (Alt tag). Now click Insert.

To remove a link simply highlight the link and click the broken chain icon.

Using Spell Check

1. Click on the ABC check icon. Words that are misspelled will become underlined in red.

2. Right click on misspelled words. You will get a drop down box with some suggestions. Click on the correct word and it will automatically be updated.

Using MS Word

Sometimes you may have text in an MS Word document that you’d like to put into your post. When copying and pasting directly from Word the text will have hidden code that will wreak havoc on WordPress. It will also make it difficult to make changes using the Code tab in WP.

In order to avoid this problem open Notepad or Wordpad. First Copy the text from Word then paste into Notepad or Wordpad. Highlight the text that is now in Notepad or Wordpad, Copy and then Paste into your post.

Add Subheadings

1. Click on the Code tab
2. Type <h2> before the text you’d like as a subheading.
3. Type </h2> at after the last character of the subheading.
4. That’s it. It will automatically be formatted.

Add a New Author

1. Users > Authors & Users
2. Scroll to the bottom or click “Add New User”
3. Enter Username (just use the person’s first name, or first and last name)
4. Enter first name, last name, email
5. Website is optional (beginning with http://)
6. Enter password (any)
7. Set role to author
8. Click Add User button
9. Follow instructions below to change the details on the author’s profile

Change Profile

1. On the top horizontal navigation click “Users”
2. To change your own profile click “your Profile” otherwise leave on “Authors & Users” which is the default
3. Find new user’s name that you wish to edit on list and click Edit
4. Under the “Name” section
   1. change the “display name publicly as” to the first and last name
5. Under the “contact Info” section
   1. Enter the website address beginning with http:// (example http://www.stepbystepfundraising.com)
   2. In the AIM field enter the name of the website. (example: Step by Step Fundraising)
   3. Leave Yahoo and Jabber blank.
6. Under the “About the User” section
   1. Enter the authors bio in the About the User field
7. Click Update User
8. Tip: To publish an article under that author’s name when writing or editing a post, simply change the authors name in the drop down box, located at the bottom of the right column.

How do I use quotes?

To quote text from another website, book or other source…

If it is only a few sentences just use quotation marks.

For one or more paragraphs use the blockquote tool.

1. Highlight the text that you would like to enclose into a blockquote.

2. Then click on the blockquote button as in the screenshot below.