WordPress Essentials

Creating Your First Page In The WordPress.com Dashboard 

What is a WordPress page?

WordPress Pages are similar to posts in that they have a title and body text, but they are different because:

WordPress Pages are static and are not listed by date. Instead, pages appear in the menu bar of your site or can be placed in the sidebar depending on the theme.  Examples of pages are:

• Home
• About Us
• Contact us
• Products
• Services

Creating Your First Page

Click on Create a Page

You will be directed to the WordPress.com Admin Page.

Creating a page is the same as writing a post. Follow the steps below to create your Page. 

1 – Title: Give your page a title

2 – Page description/details: Add the page details; use the visual editor to format your text

3 – Add Media: Click on Add Media to add photos or video to your page

4 – Preview: Click preview to see what your page will look like to your visitors

5 – Save Draft: If you are not ready to publish your post save it as a draft;  when your post is to your satisfaction….

Click on Publish to publish your page to the world.

Editing the contents of a page is the same as editing the contents of a post. Please refer to the previous lesson “Editing and Formatting Your Content” for instructions.

Please complete the brief survey and press submit, then click on next lesson to learn how to view your website live…..

Preview Your Website

To view your website and to see what your site looks like to your visitors

Go to the top left-hand corner of the admin page and click My Sites.

WordPress Dashboard

Next 

Click on View Site

Your website will be displayed

Return To Admin Page.

To return to the admin page after viewing your site.

Step 13: Click on My Sites in the top left-hand corner

WordPress Dashboard

Next

Click on WP Admin to return to the admin page

This brings us to the end of this lesson. 

Please click on next lesson to continue…..