Posting to the Home Page

Once inside Wordpress, you will go to the “Write” section.

Navigating to the Write Section

Now you should be on the “Write Post” page. This is where you (any guesses?…) write your post. Enter the title and body of your post in the areas provided. Hopefully the basic word-processor style formatting buttons are self-explanitory.

If you want to add a link (to a website or email address), highlight the text you want to use and click the link button.

Adding a Link

In the window that pops up, enter the URL of the link.  If this is an email address prefix the email address with “mailto:”.

Adding a Link

If you’d like to attach a file to your post, use the “Upload” section underneath the post area.  Click “Browse…” to find the file on your machine.

Upload a File

Once you have selected a file, click the Upload button.

Upload a File

Now that the file has been uploaded, you need to link to the file from your post.  To do that, simply click on the filename and drag it into the body of your post.

Attaching a File

You can also add images to your post, but I’ll save that for another topic.  To complete your post and add it to the Home Page, click the “Publish” button.  Note that the “Save” button will save your post as a draft, and it will not be published on the Home Page.

Publishing Your Post

Presto!  Your post has now been published on the Home Page.

Next: Editing Pages (other than the Home Page)