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Create Pages and Posts in WordPress
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Dialogue box<\/strong> for adding images and text blocks and other items.<\/p><\/div>\n

Now that you have a portfolio site up, what’s next?\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Almost everything you see on a WordPress portfolio site sits on a either a page or a post.\u00a0 These are like the visible islands, and the pictures and text and video embeds and other things sit on top of them like palm trees and beach chairs.<\/p>\n

Log in\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Use the login name and password you just created in WordPress.com.\u00a0 You will also be asked to confirm your email address.\u00a0 Then, on the left hand side, you should see a link<\/p>\n

1.2.1 Create your first post.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

On the Dashboard, click on “Site \/ Post \/ Add Post.”\u00a0 (You may get a set of templates for the post, which you can use, or you can just select a blank template.).<\/p>\n

The first thing you’ll see is a block for a headline that says “Add title.”<\/strong>\u00a0 Write something there, and then below on the right there should be a black box with a white cross. Click there and you’ll see a Dialogue box.\u00a0 If you click on the image icon, it will give you some choices.<\/p>\n

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  1. Upload from your computer. OR<\/li>\n
  2. Media library, to place images already uploaded OR<\/li>\n
  3. URL for inserting pictures from other sites without having to download\u00a0 and upload them.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Make a text block:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

    While still highlighting the picture area, click on the black square again and add a text block, represented in the dialogue box with a paragraph sign. Then, if you click on the picture again, the toolbar will show up, and you can use the text flow button to direct text flow around a picture, and also a link button that lets you\u00a0 link the photo to other web sites or to itself. Linking a photo to the media file, that is, to itself, lets you make the photo small on the page but clickable for enlarging. This is actually very useful.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    1.2.2 Upload an image (jpg or png format) to your portfolio site: \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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    Insert media dialogue box, WordPress Content Management System<\/p><\/div>\n

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    1. In a WordPress system, you have to create a page or a post \u00a0before you can place a photo.\u00a0 (You already did this )\u00a0 So, open or create a\u00a0 page or post\u00a0 in WordPress.<\/li>\n
    2. Look for a the \u00a0“add media” button in the upper left. Sometimes it will be inside a circle or a square with a cross.\u00a0 Once you click on the button \u00a0you will see a dialogue box for “insert media.”<\/li>\n
    3. \u00a0Select one of several ways to add the media:\n
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      1. Add something<\/strong> that is already in your library (Select “Media Library” on the tab)<\/li>\n
      2. Upload something new<\/strong> to your library — This is the usual thing you need to do with a new web site. Click on the “Select Files” button in the middle of the box, which then brings up a browsing box that lets you find the file to upload. \u00a0Then the file is added to your Library and you can use it once or many times.<\/li>\n
      3. \u00a0Link via URL\u00a0<\/strong> reference to a photo already on the web. \u00a0Be careful with Wikimedia URLs<\/em>, by the way. \u00a0Usually you need to click twice on them to get to the Uploadable page ( “https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org” ) \u00a0 NOT this: \u00a0https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Washington#\/media\/File:Gilbert_Stuart_Williamstown_Portrait_of_George_Washington.jpg\"\"<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
      4. Try this<\/strong> with a public domain photo such as the famous\u00a0 “Migrant Mother”\u00a0 photo by Dorothea Lange<\/a>. The photo is at\u00a0 the Library of Congress and is available in a variety of sizes. Select one of the “jpg” formats, which are less than 400k.\u00a0<\/strong> The 58 mb “tiff” version of the photo is too big, and not the right format.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        1.2.3 Design & customize your site\u00a0<\/span>
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        Design Dashboard with labels in red.<\/p><\/div>\n