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Website ConfidenceBy Andrea Bailey and Nedra Rezinas
Today we will cover:1)How to post a video
2)How to change and edit photos
3)How to add a newsletter sign-up form
4)How manage and display events
How to post a video
How to post a video
Add your videos to video Hosting platformsuch as YouTube or Vimeo
How to post a video
Select “Share” on your video and copy the URL
How to post a video
Paste the URL into the Visual tab of your page or post and test the video with the Preview button
How to post a video
YouTube Flickr
Podcasts Instagram
Hulu And many others
How to change and edit photos
How to change and edit photos
Adjust the width and height in pixels. 600 width or less is ideal for a blog post
How to change and edit photos
Adjust the quality of the image. 100K-60K is the Ideal size for a WordpressImage.
How to change and edit photos
Upload photo to the Wordpress Media Library
How to change and edit photos
After uploading thephoto, you can adjust the settings: alignment, link to URL, and the size.
How to change and edit photos
You can drag and drop the image within a post or page around content.
How to change and edit photos
Adjust an image in a post or page by clicking on it. A menu will pop up for alignment as well as additional edits.
How to change and edit photos
Edit settings: alignment, size, and link to URL.
Add padding to an image with simple CSS code.
How to add a newsletter sign-up form
How to add a newsletter sign-up form
Easily add new plugins with the “Add New” button.
How to add a newsletter sign-up form
Search for plugins with keywords or titleand click “Install Now” to install the plugin.
How to add a newsletter sign-up form
It only takes a minute to install and activate a plugin
How to add a newsletter sign-up form
Connect your MailChimp account to the plugin with an API key.
Just click on “Get Your API key here” and you are transported to MailChimp and asked to login.
How to add a newsletter sign-up form
Click the “Create a Key” and instantly connect it to your plugin (simply copy and paste on the previous screen and “Save Changes”.
How to add a newsletter sign-up form
Choose which list you want your newsletter signup to use.
How to add a newsletter sign-up form
Scrolling down, choose which fields to add to your sign up form.
The most basic form asks for the “email newsletter” and the submit button.
How to add a newsletter sign-up form
The generated HTML can be copied to the scrolling white space with the “Add to form” button.
The shortcode at the bottom of the white space allows you to add your signup form in the sidebar, footer, posts, pages, and other places in your website.
How to add a newsletter sign-up form
Drag a widget into your sidebar and copy the signup code, be sure to save it.
How to add a newsletter sign-up form
How manage and display events
Option #1
Very simple way to add events
How manage and display events
Using a text widget, add your events to a sidebar (depending on your theme).
You can alter the text with HTML code.
How manage and display events
Option #2: Use a plugin
Advantages:• Add event once and
it shows up multiple times
• Organize/categorize events
• Events Calendar
How manage and display events
How manage and display events
Add an Event like you would a page or post
How manage and display events
Each event has a title, content (images, videos, etc.), category and more
Contact Info
Andrea [email protected] reviews and Marketing
Nedra [email protected] Training and web design
