To log into your Wordpress administration section you will need to type the administration section address into your browser. This would be www.mydomain.com/wp-admin

Once you have typed it into the address bar of your browser and pressed enter you will see the login screen for your Wordpress website. You should type in the User ID and Password as given to you by Cognite. If you haven’t received your login details then please contact us to request them.

Once you have typed in you login details you can click on the Login button.

If your login details are correct then you will now see the Dashboard of your Wordpress website.

There are basically two different types of ‘pages’ that can be added into a Wordpress website:

A Page
This is a page of content that stays consistent in your menu structure. The Pages are permanent items that refer to core informational pages for your business such as Home, Services, Products, About Us and Contact Us.

A Post
A Post is a type of page that falls into a predefined category such as News, Upcoming Events, Case Studies etc. A Post is used when the information on that page has more to do with a specific date or event. So you could have a news item for November 2009 or a case study for a specific client. You can have multiple posts under a category. The posts will automatically be archived by Wordpress by month. Posts are nice to use when updating your site with the latest information or tips regarding your industry.

A Category
A Category is a way to group related posts together. So you could create a category for news, case studies etc and then add posts into them.

Adding a Post
In this tutorial we will focus on creating a text-only post. We will cover adding an image and links in another tutorial.

Click on the Add New button under the Posts sidebar menu or select New Post from the quick launch drop down menu at the top right of the admin screen. This will now open the page where you can supply the information for the new Post.

Subject Line (Pages and Posts)
Type in a subject into the top Subject Line. The subject should be short and descriptive. Entering important keywords that relate to the post will help search engines index it properly.

The Content (Pages and Posts)
In the main content area you should type in your content. You may also choose to paste content from a MSWord document. You can use the Paste As Plain Text button. Paste the copied text into the window that popped up and click the Insert button. This will strip the MSWord formatting from the copied information and only paste pure text. MSWord formatting may create editing difficulties so we suggest pasting as pure text and formatting the content using the built-in editor.

Your content should be split into two logical parts. The first paragraph should be a hook/introduction piece. When the viewer reads this introduction then they should feel the urge to click on the Read More button to see the rest of the article. After the introduction text has been entered then press the Enter button to go to the next line. Click on the Insert More Tag and the Wordpress editor will add a light horizontal line in the editor. Once the article has been published then this More Tag will be replaced by a Read More link. The other purpose of the More Tag is to create summarized search results since only the introductions of a page or post will be shown in the search results. Now you may type the rest of the content after the More Tag.

Tags (Posts only)
You may enter Tags into the Post. Pages do not currently require tags. Tags are short keywords that are comma separated. These are associated with the post and can add additional searchable keywords to the post without appearing in the body of the post.

Categories (Posts only)
You may choose into which categories the new post will be placed into. You can check more than one category if you wish. So this post will then appear if that specific category has been clicked on at the main website.

Parent (Page only)
This dropdown box will allow you to stipulate that this new page will fall under another page. This is especially helpful if you have a multi-level menu system that can display all the menu options with dropdowns.

Order (Pages only)
The order is a numerical field that describes the order in which pages will appear in menus. These numbers may be 1, 2, 3 etc., but we suggest that you create them as 10,20,30 initially. This allows for some space in between the pages for new pages to be inserted. This will remove the need to renumber all the pages coming after this one. The Pages Widget control (not covered here) can be told to sort A-Z or by this order number that you have supplied.

Once these fields have been filled in then you may press on the Publish button to publish the Post or Page.

To edit a Post or Page is as easy as selecting to view the current Posts or Pages and then clicking on the name of that item. The same interface will allow you to edit the information.

Inserting an Image
We will create a left-aligned image that allows the text to flow around the image. Open up a Page or Post and place the blinking text cursor to the left of the line that you want to add the image to. We suggest having the image inserted before the first letter of a new paragraph. You may insert the image before the More Tag (as described in Adding a Post Or Page), but it then appear in search results and might make these results quite long.

With the blinking cursor insert to the left of the first letter in a new paragraph, click on the Add An Image button on the toolbar. This button is square and just to the right of the words ‘Upload/Insert’. These buttons allow for the insertion of all kinds of media. A window will pop up. It may display the Flash Uploader or the standard Browser Uploader. Make sure you have the latest Flash Player installed to see the Flash Uploader.

Assuming you are viewing the Flash Uploader, click on the Select Files button on the screen. Locate and select the file (you may select multiple files by using ctrl-left mouse button) from your PC and click on the Open button. This will upload the image and then present a list of image adjustment options. Click on the Show button to the right of an image if you do not see the options.

Title
Type in a Title for the image. It should be anything descriptive.

Caption
This optional parameter will add a caption to the bottom of the image once inserted into the page or post.

Description
The description can be a short explanation of the image, similar to the caption.

Alignment
Click on the Left radio button to make sure the image will sit to the left of the text and the text will wrap around the right side of the image.

Size
Choose Medium from the size selection area. This should insert the image into the post/page at a workable size.

Click on the Insert Into Post button and the window will close, inserting the image into the content area.
You may now click on the bottom-right corner of the image and scale the image with a dragging motion.

Adding whitespace around the image
Once you have the size that you like, click once on the image itself. You will see an Edit Image button and a Delete Image button appear on the image. Click on the Edit Image button and a new window will pop up.
Click on the Advanced Settings tab on top and then enter 0 into border, 5 into Vertical space and 5 into Horizontal space. A border will now not show if you add an optional link to the image. The 5 Vertical and Horizontal numbers will add 5 pixels’ worth of white space around the image.

Click on the Update button and your image insertion is complete.

Adding a Text Hyperlink
Open up a Page or Post and highlight the text that you would like to convert into a hyperlink. Once selected, click on the Insert/Edit link button on the editor toolbar. A window will pop up that will ask for the parameters of the hyperlink. At the Link Url text box, type in the actual website address that should be navigated to. You may choose to add the URL (web link) of a internal web page, an external web page or any type of file (pdf, zip, mp3,etc) on the internet. Make sure to add the http:// before the www.

If the hyperlink points to another page on your own website then select the Open In This Window option from the Target dropdown. That will keep the current window open and navigate to the correct web page. If the hyperlink points to an external source then use the Open In New Window target option. This will open a new window so that your website is still open.

You can provide a text title for the hyperlink. This will give a brief description of the link while hovering your mouse pointer over that link. It will also make indexing by Google better. Click on the Insert button and your hyperlink is now active.

Adding a Hyperlink to an image
Click on the image that you want to convert into a hyperlink and click on the Insert/Edit Link button on the toolbar. Follow the same process as the Text Link process.

The link that we will insert will be a descriptive hyperlink.

Place your blinking cursor at the location in your Post or Page where you want to insert the link. Click on the Add Media button. This is the star-shaped button the right of the Upload/Insert text above the editor toolbar. A window will pop up. Assuming you are using the Flash Uploader, click on the Select Files button. Locate and select the file that you would like to upload from your PC and click on the Open button. Wordpress will now upload the file.

Once uploaded you will see a couple of parameters that you need to supply.

Title
This title text will be the displayed text for the hyperlink. So type in something link ‘Download our latest brochure…’ if you want that to be link text.

Caption (Optional)
Provide a basic description of the file

Description (Optional)
Here you can expand slightly on the description of the file.

Link URL
Below the Link URL text box, click on the File URL button. This will automatically insert the location of the file. This is a very important step otherwise the link will not work.

Click on the Insert Into Post button and the Title text will be inserted and automatically converted into a hyperlink that points to the file on the website.

Popping up a new window
We do not want the file to take over the current page when opened up in the browser. Now click once on the text link and click on the Insert/Edit Link button on the toolbar. Select Open In New Window from the Target dropdown and click on the Update button.

Now you have a link to a file hosted on your website. The file will now pop up in a new window, leaving the visitor the option to go back to the page he is busy reading.

You may also take a look at the Support Forums for answers to general queries. Visit http://wordpress.org/support/