Recorded training: Introduction to WordPress CMS

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Overview
01: Training Introduction
02: Dornsife Website: Main vs Minisites
03: Heads Up About Early Access
04: Intro to WordPress Admin Interface
05: Anatomy of a Dornsife Minisite
06: Demo: Adding A New Page
07: Demo: Adding Text to A Page
08: Demo: Adding Components (aka Content Blocks)
09: Demo: Preview and Publish
10: Demo: Another Way to Preview
11: Demo: Overview of Home Sample Page
12: Demo: Editing the Home Sample Page
13: Setting a Homepage and a Featured Image
14: Tips: Copying Content and Un-doing Deletion
15: Demo: Intro to Minisite Menu
16: Demo: Editing the Minisite Menu

Overview

The recorded clips below are each 2–3 minutes long, and provide a guided overview of WordPress CMS. Where relevant, written guides are also linked.

01: Training Introduction

02: Dornsife Website: Main vs Minisites

03: Heads Up About Early Access

04: Intro to WordPress Admin Interface

05: Anatomy of a Dornsife Minisite

06: Demo: Adding a New Page

07: Demo: Adding Text to a Page

See also

Using the WordPress editor to add and edit content: Adding content (written guide)

08: Demo: Adding Components (aka Content Blocks)

09: Demo: Preview and Publish

See also

Using WordPress editor to add and edit content: Previewing content (written guide)
Using WordPress editor to add and edit content: Saving, versioning, and publishing (written guide)

10: Demo: Another Way to Preview

11: Demo: Overview of Home Sample Page

See also

Quickstart: Using Dornsife Sample Pages in WordPress (written guide)

12: Demo: Editing the Home Sample Page

13: Setting a Homepage and a Featured Image

See also

Managing minisite Pages in WordPress: Setting a homepage (written guide)
Using the WordPress editor to add and edit content: Adding a featured image (written guide)

14: Tips: Copying Content and Un-doing Deletion

15: Demo: Introduction to Minisite Menu

16: Demo: Editing the Minisite Menu

See also

Editing the minisite menu in WordPress (written guide)