// create a new post (NEWS, EVENTS, BLOGS etc.)

On your website admin go to POSTS and Add New

1. Add a title
Write something interesting and short. So you can easily discern what it pertains to.

2. Set the post format
Select Image.

This will display the post with header IMAGE above the headline as seen here

3. Select your category

This determines where the post will show up on the website.

If you are adding a NEWS post to the NEWS page check the NEWS box.

If you are adding a BLOG post to the BLOG page check the BLOG box.

simply check all the places where you want the posting to show up

Adding featured posts to home page

To select a post to be featured on the home page simply check the HOMEPAGE > categories homepage check box.

(Scroll up to category to see how)

There are only 3 slots so by default the 3 latest postings that have HOMEPAGE checked will show up

If you want older ones to show up then just uncheck newer ones that are less important

4. Type your body copy

5. Add an image.
Fist make sure you have the image ready for website use on your computer.
Place the cursor in front of text. See here right in front of the word Write.

Then click the Add Media button

When this window come up you can add the new image in 2 ways

– You can simply drag and drop the image from your computer in finder over this window to load the new image.

– Or Select the Upload Files tab then select the folder your image is in and select the image and then press OPEN

Now the screen will look something like this:
the box of the image you just loaded will be highlighted

Make sure your setting are set to

Alignment: Left
Size: medium

then click Insert into Post

Your page will look something like this
This is to makes sure that you posting will be viewed with a nice layout including an image.

5. Add Header image
We select an image you want to use for the header image

That’s the image above the headline on the news page

Scroll down on the POST page until you see the Image box with the blue plus sign button. Press it. Select your image.

Then click the insert button

it will now look like this:

// Before you publish check list

Make sure you have:

• added your head line
• Set the format
• Select your category
• Type your body copy
• Add Header image

Publish

Now you are ready to publish! you are done

// to preview

On a desktop computer: To see your new post simply right click Preview button on your mouse.

On a laptop: You can hold down the Control key on the keyboard and click the Preview button also to get the popup window to show.

This will open a new tab in your web browser

If you click that tab on top it will take you to a page with the new post

To see what it looks like on your NEWS page click the NEWS button in your website menu

If you like it you are done. If not you can go back to the edit page and edit it more.

// quick edits

you can also make quick changes to the categories right on the POSTS page

to delete a posting
just click TRASH

to change categories

simply click QUICK EDIT

then check the boxes in the category sections

To temporarily hide a post

under status, simply select Draft