Login to your WordPress site and Click on "Add New" on the Pages Tab (this can be found on the left-hand column of your dashboard).

1. Enter a title for the test page (I always put my Test Pages in ALL CAPS, so I can find them more easily later on).
2. Click "Edit" beside the "Visibility" option. Choose "Private" (you can leave it public, but if your theme automatically adds new pages to the Navigation bar, it can be seen by website visitors).
3. In order to see your changes right away for testing, leave the "Publish" option set to "immediately".
4. Click "Publish".

1. This is the step where you place your content on your page. You can add images, audio, video, words, or whatever you desire.
2. After you have your content in place, click the "Update" button.

Click the "View Page" link or button to see what your test page looks like. (You can also right click either one and choose for the page to load in a new tab or window).

Once you have all your page changes how you want them to appear, you are ready to copy the HTML code and paste it into the live page.

1. Click the HTML Tab on your WordPress Editor.
2. Select all the text that is in the window and copy it.
3. Paste the code into a text document (Like: Notepad) to save for later OR Go to the live page on your site, click the HTML tab and paste the code where you want it. [***Don't forget to click the PUBLISH button when you are ready for your changes to go live.***]

Login to WordPress and look on your left hand column for either “All Posts” or “All Pages.” I will be using “All Posts” for this tutorial, but the directions here will also work for editing images on a page in WordPress.

You will see a listing of either all the pages or all the posts on your site (depending on which you chose). Choose the one you wish to work with by:

1. Hover over the title.
2. Click “Edit” when it appears.

Place your cursor where you would like your image to be inserted. Then, click the “Add an Image” Icon above your post options bar.

You will have the option to add an image “From Computer,” “From URL” or from “Media Library.” We will be using the “From Computer” option for this tutorial. Make sure the “From Computer” Tab is selected. Then click “Select Files.”

Choose the image you wish to use (from your computer) and click Open or Select (this may vary depending on browser and operating system). Your image will upload.

There are a variety of settings to choose, but the basic ones you need to use are:

• Alignment
• Size

Make your alignment choices (Left, Right, Center, or No Justification) and your size choices (Thumbnail, Medium, Large, or Full). then click “Insert into Post“.

Oops. I chose Left Alignment and Large size, but my image is still way too big. So, I need to edit it. First, I click on my image and two options appear: Edit and Delete. In this instance, I still want the picture I chose, so I will choose Edit.

With the options that pop up, I am going to shrink my image to 60% of its current size. I encourage you to play around with the different options here. WordPress will show you a preview of what your changes will look like before you press “Update.” Choose the settings you desire, then click “Update.”

If your image is still too large, you can repeat this process. You can also move the image to the right, or center it, or remove alignment formatting from it.

To save your image changes to the page or post, click the blue “Update” button on the right-hand column of your screen. That’s it! You did it.

Under the “Pages” Tab, click “Add New”

Fill in the (1) Title of the Page, (2) The information you would like on the page. Depending on your theme, you may have some (3) Template Options you can set as well. Some themes also have the (4) Featured Image Section – If your theme has those, then you can do that part too.

Look at the top box in the right corner or your screen. This is usually where the Publish Settings can be found for your page. Here is an explanation of the basic Publishing Features you can customize:

• “Save Draft” – Use this option is you are not ready for this page to be seen on your website yet. This is good to use while you are working on it and do not want to lose your changes. Save the draft often.
• “Preview” – Once you have saved the draft at least once, the PREVIEW button becomes available. This lets you see how the page will appear on your site, without publishing it and making it live where others can see it too.
• “Status” – You have three options in this part. (1) Draft – saved, but not published, (2) Pending – this lets the website owner or other authors know that this page is finished and is waiting on approval before it can be posted (Once the page is is published, you will see a third option in that drop-down box, “Published,” which means the page is “live” and can be seen by site visitors). ** When you have selected the Status Option you desire, click the OK button.
• “Visibility” – You have three options here. (1) Public (can be seen by all website visitors), (2) Password Protected (can only be seen by those with a WordPress login & password for your site), or (3) Private (can only be seen by the author of the page). Choose the option you desire, then click OK.
• “Scheduling” – Scheduling options are found beside the Calender Icon. The default option is to publish the page immediately after pressing the “Publish” button. You can change the date and time of page publication with this setting. Set it to the date and time you desire and click OK.
• “Publish” – After clicking the Publish button, your page is now “Live” and can be seen using the options you specified. If you set this page to become active at a future date, you can view it in its draft form, but will not be “Live” until the specified date and time. **IMPORTANT: When scheduling pages to appear in the future, you must click the Publish button or they will not appear at the date and time you requested.

Once you have published, then your page creation is done.

Login to your Dashboard and find the Media Tab, then click “Library.” This will take you to a page that shows all the media (including images) you have in use on your site.

Hover over an image’s title, then click “Edit” when it appears.

You will see a page showing the details of your image. Look at the image above to see where the URL is for your image. Right click on the URL and choose SAVE. Right click again and choose COPY. You are now able to paste this URL where you need it.

Go to your website’s location followed by /wp-admin.

When the page loads, type in the login and password that you were given (or that you created).

If you see that, then you are ready to move on…

You should see a list of options for WordPress, divided into tabs.

At the top of the column, there is a tab that says DASHBOARD, with two links below: Home and Updates. Home is the main page of your Dashboard (we saw this in step 1 of this tutorial). Updates will show you if there are any themes, plugins, or WordPress software to be updated. For now, do not update anything. That will be covered in a future tutorial. Go ahead and click on each link ("Home" and "Updates") and see what they do.

On the POSTS tab, you will see links similar to the ones pictured above. Here is a description of each link:
–> "All Posts" takes you to a list of all your posts (not pages – we will discuss those later on).
–> "Add New" – Click this if you want to create a new post.
–> "Categories" takes you to a list of categories that are featured on your blog. You can add, edit, and delete your categories on this page.
–> "Post Tags" take you to a list of tags that are featured in your blog posts. You can add, edit, and delete your categories on this page.

Click each one to see where they take you.

The MEDIA tab is where you can access all of your videos, images, and documents that are uploaded to your blog/site.
"Library" takes you to a list of all of your media files.
"Add New" allows you to upload new files to your Media tab.

Click each one to see where it takes you.

When you click "All Links" under the LINKS tab, you will see a listing of all the links to other websites that have been manually added to your site. These links are used if you want to have a Blogroll (list of sites you like and think others should visit) on the sidebar of your site. You can add, delete, or edit links on this tab.

By clicking "Link Categories," you can organize your links into groups, such as: My friends, My other sites, Sites I recommend.

On the PAGES tab, you can see a listing of "All Pages" that exist on your site. You can also add a new page by clicking "Add New."

When you click on the COMMENTS tab, a listing of all the recent comments that have been posted on your site will be visible. By hovering over a comment, you can choose to APPROVE, REPLY, QUICK EDIT, EDIT, mark as SPAM, or TRASH the post.

If you click: APPROVE —> The comment will appear on your site.
If you click: REPLY —> You will respond to the comment on your blog post or page.
If you click QUICK EDIT —> You can edit the comment on the COMMENTS page (Good for short comments).
If you click EDIT —> WordPress will load a fresh page where you can edit just one comment (Good for longer comments).
If you click SPAM —> The comment is flagged as spam and will block any future commenting attempts from that specific author.
If you click TRASH —> The comment will be removed from the COMMENTS page and will be sent to the Trash.

The links beneath this tab may change depending on which theme you have selected. If HDS or Vaagogo customized your WordPress site, then you will not need to worry about these options, unless you choose to re-design your site with a new theme. But, here is a quick description of each link just in case you are curious.

Themes —> Will show you all the themes you can choose for your site. Only one theme may be active at a time.
Widgets —> This is the link you will need if you decide to change anything on the sidebar (left or right column) of your site.
Menus —> Click this to create a custom menu in WordPress.
Theme Options —> Allows you to edit options that are specific to your theme.
Background —> You can change your site’s background here.
Header —> You can change your site’s header image here.
Editor —> This is where you (or your web developer) can edit the code of your website to make permanent changes to how your website works. As a friendly suggestion, you should not edit anything here unless you know exactly what you are doing. Mistakes made here may be difficult to correct if they break your site.

Plugins are small little sets of code that are installed on your website to make it do something you specifically need. The two plugins that come with your WordPress software are called Akismet and Hello Dolly. Akismet helps protect your site from spam (but requires an API Key from WordPress online). Hello Dolly will show quotes from the movie ‘Hello Dolly" on your Dashboard.

If HDS or Vaagogo customized your site, you may have more plugins listed on this tab. You can Activate, Edit, or Delete plugins from this tab as well.

Installed Plugins lists all the available plugins on your site.
Add New allows you to add a new plugin to your site (there is a large collection of free ones that you can search through your dashboard).
Editor – This is similar to the Editor on the Appearance Tab, except this is where you can edit the code of your plugins to make them permanently behave differently. Again, do not edit anything unless you know what you are doing. Mistakes here may be difficult to correct and can break your site.

On the USERS Tab, you can:
List all the users of your site by clicking on "All Users."
"Add New" allows you to create a new user.
"Your Profile" is where you can edit information about you.

You can set permissions for each of your website users based on how much access you want them to have to your site. This is helpful if you have writers other than yourself posting on your blog.

The Tools Tab has a couple features built in. Press this is used for blogging when you find something interesting online and want to share it on your blog. Categories and Tags Converter can convert all your Categories to Tags or All Your Tags to Categories.

Of special importance…
There is an EXPORT and IMPORT feature on the Tools Tab. Export is a way to back up all the information on your site. Import is a good way to restore all your information to your site if your site needs to be repaired and data is lost. It is suggested that you use the EXPORT feature regularly as part of your backing up your website before you upgrade the WordPress Software (this will be covered in a later tutorial).

On the SETTINGS Tab, there are a variety of settings that control the way your website operates. Each link controls a different set of features. You may want to click each link to see what information is there while reviewing this step of the tutorial.

General —> You can edit such features as your Site Title, Tagline, URL, Email Address, Membership, New User Default Role, Time Zone, and Date, Time, and Week Start Settings.
Writing —> Allows you to adjust settings that affect you as you are writing and publishing posts.
Reading —> This feature allows you to select what the front page of your site shows, the number of blog posts that will appear on the main blog page, as well as Syndication and Feed Settings.
Discussion —> By clicking this, you can change the settings for the Comment system within WordPress.
Media —> Click here to edit the dimensions of your image settings, embed settings, as well as your default folder for uploading media.
Privacy —> You can choose one of two choices by clicking this:
1. I would like my site to be visible to everyone, including search engines (like Google, Bing, Technorati) and archivers; OR
2. I would like to block search engines, but allow normal visitors.
Permalinks —> This link allows you to change the way your web pages and posts appear on browser windows.

Go to: http://www.calendar.google.com and login with your login and password.

On the "Calendar Settings" Page, Click the "Calendars" Tab.

Click "Create New Calendar"

Enter in the Calendar Name, Description, and Location (optional). Choose the Country and Time Zone. Make the Calendar Public. Click "Create Calendar". You will get a warning message regarding making the calendar Public. If it is a calendar that you are placing on your website, click OK/YES.

Go to Options (the gear icon), then "Calendar settings." Then, click on the "Calendars" Tab. You will see your calendar listed. Click the link for your calendar.

Find the section that says ‘Embed This Calendar." Click the link that says "Customize the color, size, and other options." You can customize what shows, the size, the colors, etc…

After you have the settings the way you want them, Click "Update HTML" so your changes will be reflected in the code. Then, Copy the HTML Code in the box and paste it into a text document, like "Notepad." (This step is important so you don’t lose the code while navigating to your WordPress site. It is so easy to accidentally copy a link or something and then your code is gone.)

In your WordPress Dashboard, Find the Appearance Tab. Then, Click "Widgets."

Find the widget in which you want the calendar to appear. Go back to your text document and copy your HTML code again. Paste it in the box. Click Save. When you check your website, it should reflect the new code you added for the calendar.

Under the "Posts" Tab, click "Add New"

Fill in the (1) Title of the Post, (2) The information you would like on the post, (3) an Excerpt (OPTIONAL), the (4) Categories (OPTONAL), (5) Tags (OPTIONAL). Some themes also have the (6) Featured Image Section – If your theme has that feature, then you can do that part too. Your theme may also have other features that need to be completed with your post. If so, they will be below the area you can see in the screenshot. Many are optional, but help your blog to function the way you desire, as well as improve your search engine ranking.

Look at the top box in the right corner or your screen. This is usually where the Publish Settings can be found for your post. Here is an explanation of the basic Publishing Features you can customize:

• "Save Draft" – Use this option is you are not ready for this post to be seen on your website yet. This is good to use while you are working on it and do not want to lose your changes. Save the draft often.
• "Preview" – Once you have saved the draft at least once, the PREVIEW button becomes available. This lets you see how the post will appear on your site, without publishing it and making it live where others can see it too.
• "Status" – You have three options in this part. (1) Draft – saved, but not published, (2) Pending – this lets the website owner or other authors know that this post is finished and is waiting on approval before it can be posted (Once the page is is published, you will see a third option in that drop-down box, "Published," which means the post is "live" and can be seen by site visitors). ** When you have selected the Status Option you desire, click the OK button.
• "Visibility" – You have three options here. (1) Public (can be seen by all website visitors), (2) Password Protected (can only be seen by those with a WordPress login & password for your site), or (3) Private (can only be seen by the author of the post). Choose the option you desire, then click OK.
• "Scheduling" – Scheduling options are found beside the Calender Icon. The default option is to publish the post immediately after pressing the "Publish" button. You can change the date and time of page publication with this setting. Set it to the date and time you desire and click OK.
• "Publish" – After clicking the Publish button, your post is now "Live" and can be seen using the options you specified. If you set this post to become active at a future date, you can view it in its draft form, but will not be "Live" until the specified date and time. **IMPORTANT: When scheduling pages to appear in the future, you must click the Publish button or they will not appear at the date and time you requested.

Once you have published, then your post creation is done.