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Author: Helming, Kelly J.
The (New) WordPress Block Editor
The WordPress Block Editor delivers a rich and flexible editing experience. Though we’ve been using the Block Editor for a while, as of January 2023 Palomar fully adopted the Block Editor as the core WordPress editor and the legacy Classic Editor is no longer supported. Here are some resources you may want to explore:
- The WordPress and Block Editor Training Playlist in PD
- Please see Chapters 3 and 5 for Block Editor-specific information
- How-To Tutorial on WordPress.org
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- WordPress Logo: WordPress.org | All Rights Reserved
Export/Import Layouts from Site to Site: Site Origin Page Builder
The SiteOrigin Page Builder plugin allows you to create complex WordPress pages without ever having to write a line of code. If you’re looking for an intuitive way to make multiple columns, accordion toggles, or other complex interactive features for your website, this page builder might make sense. If you don’t see this plugin in your WordPress dashboard, contact ATRC Support and request to have it activated.
This demonstration illustrates how to use the import/export workflow to move a layout from one site to another. Enjoy!
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- Page Builder Logo: SiteOrigin | All Rights Reserved
Expanding Your WordPress Menu Skills
This is part two of a two-part series on how to expand your WordPress menu skills. In this 8-minute video, Kelly introduces three additional menu types:
- The dropdown expanding menu item
- The custom link type: how to link to a PDF in the media library
- The category link type
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- WordPress Logo: WordPress.org | All Rights Reserved
Menu Editing Basics in WordPress
This is part one of a two-part series on how to create a menu in WordPress. Topics covered in this 3-minute video include:
- 00:07 – The Menu Editing Area
- 00:33 – Getting to the Menu Editing Area From The Dashboard
- 00:47 – Editing the “Main Menu”
- 01:20 – Add a New Page to the Menu
- 02:06 – Always Save the Menu!
- 02:25 – Check the Menu on the Live Site
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- WordPress Logo: WordPress.org | All Rights Reserved
Widget Quick Tour | Add a Navigation Menu to the Sidebar
This 7-minute session includes:
- Overview of widgets in WordPress
- How to add a secondary navigation menu to the sidebar
- How to control the visibility of a widget
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- WordPress Logo: WordPress.org | All Rights Reserved
Locate and Attribute Free Images From the Web
This 2-minute session includes:
- Overview of how to search Google for free and public domain images
- Where to find copyright information for attribution on Wikimedia Commons
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- Wikimedia Commons Logo: Wikimedia Commons | Public Domain Mark 1.0
Worry-Free Image Attribution: the Image Source Control Plugin
Learn how to quickly and accurately add attribution to images in WordPress with the Image Source Control plugin. Topics covered in this 6-minute session include:
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- Add media to the WordPress media library
- Accurately complete the attribution items in the plugin interface
- Illustration includes an image downloaded from Wikimedia Commons
Captions are forthcoming, please check back!
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- Copyright Symbol: By User:Zscout370, User:Boris23, User:Kyle the hacker (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons | Public Domain Mark 1.0
Make a button from a regular link
This 4-minute video illustrates how to change a regular text link into a standard button. Captions are forthcoming.
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Alt Text and More: the WP Accessibility Plugin
This 3-minute session includes:
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- ADA Symbols: Wikimedia Commons | Public Domain Mark 1.0