Adding a New Post / Article

Difficulty

How long will it take?

5 Minutes

Step 1

From the control panel portal, click on ‘Posts’ located on the navigation bar down the right side of the screen.

Step 2

Click on add new post.

Step 3

Type in the post or article title.

Step 4

Add the post content (Please see our other articles for help with adding page content).

Step 5

On the right hand side of the page there will be a box named ‘Categories’. Click on the check-box for the category you want the post to be under.

Step 6

Right below the ‘Category’ box there is another box named ‘Tags’. Use the box to enter any tags for the post.

Step 7

Below the tags box there is another box named ‘Featured Image’. Click on the link ‘Set featured image’.

Step 8

Select the image you want to use, or upload a new image.

Step 9

Publish the page by clicking on ‘Publish’ in the top right.

Step 10

Navigate to your News page (or appropriate category page) on your website to see the news post. It should look similar to this screenshot.

Additional Information – Changing the Publish Date

If you don’t want the post to be visible at the same time as you create the post (for example if you are creating an announcement – but don’t want the announcement to go out until a later date) you can modify the publish date. by clicking edit next to the publish date located a little bit above the main ‘Publish’ / ‘Update’ buttons.

After amending the date you must click on ‘ok’ right below the date, and after that, update or publish the post.