Basic Wordpress - User Guide

Basic Wordpress - User Guide

Permalink is short for “permanent link.” Permalinks are permanent URL structures used to help organise the content of your website (pages, posts, products, etc.) so it can be efficiently navigated, shared, and referenced by users and bots.

Permalink settings for WooCommerce can be found at WordPress > Settings > Permalinks.

From here you can configure the URL structure for your shop and product pages.

For best practice, permalink structures should contain keywords relating to the content they help categorize.

There are three settings at WordPress > Settings > Permalinks > Optional that control the base of your categories, terms, and attributes on WooCommerce:

  • Product category base – The default product category base is product-category. An example would be yourdomain.com/product-category/category-name.

  • Product tag base – The default product tag base is product-tag. An example would be yourdomain.com/product-tag/tag-name.

  • Product attribute base – The default product attribute base will optionally use a custom base before /attribute-name/attribute/.
    Example without custom base:

    • yourdomain.com/size/medium

    • yourdomain.com/color/blue
      With custom base set:

    • yourdomain.com/attribute/size/medium

There are four settings under WordPress > Settings > Permalinks > Product Permalinks to select from as your permalink base for products:

  • Default – If you are not using pretty permalinks, Default will be the only option available and will use ID-based URLs.
    Example:

    • yourdomain.com/?product=111
      If using pretty permalinks, the product base will be:

    • yourdomain.com/product/product-name

  • Shop base – This uses the shop page name.
    Example:

    • yourdomain.com/shop/product-name

  • Shop base with category – Uses the shop page name first, then adds the product category.
    Example:

    • yourdomain.com/shop/product-category-name/product-name

  • Custom base – Lets you set custom text before the product name.
    Example:

    • yourdomain.com/custom-text/product-name

Note:
The product Custom base setting should NOT conflict with the Taxonomy permalink settings.
For example, if you set the product base to shop, you should NOT set the product category base to shop too, as this will not be unique and will cause a conflict. WordPress requires unique identifiers to distinguish categories from products.

How to Add a User

  1. From your Admin's Dashboard, go to Users > Add New

  2. Fill up the form with required fields: username, email, password, and role.

Info: If you are creating an admin account, select Shop Manager.

  1. Once all set, click the "Add New User" button.

Tip: If the user cannot be created, it might be because the username or email address is already taken. Best to search for the user using their email to verify.

How to Delete a User

  1. To delete a user, click on the Delete link that appears beneath the user name when hovering your cursor over each row.

  2. The Delete link won't appear for the user that is currently logged in.

Along with deleting the user, you will be given the choice of what to do with all the content currently assigned to that User. The available choices are:

  • Delete all content – This will delete all the content that this user created.

  • Attribute all content to – This will assign all the content currently linked to this User to another User of your choosing. Simply select the User from the dropdown list.

After making your selection, click the Confirm Deletion button to remove the User.

Add Images to Blog Posts

Images are a handy way of making your blog posts more interesting to look at. A few well-placed photos, graphs, graphics, or clipart can improve the readability of otherwise text-heavy pages. The steps to inserting an image into a blog post in WordPress are:

  1. Place the cursor where you want the image to appear

  2. Click Add media

  3. Click Upload then Upload Files and upload the image from your computer

  4. Enter a title text with keywords

  5. Choose the size, alignment, and link settings

  6. Click Insert

If the image is already in the media library, you can skip the upload part.

1. Place the cursor in the text where you want

If you are going to have the text above and below the image without wrapping around the sides of the image, then create a blank paragraph by pressing enter below or between the paragraphs where you want to insert the image.
If you're inserting an image aligned left or right with text flowing around it, place the cursor at the start of the line where you want the top of the image to sit.

2. Add Media

The Add Media button can be used for inserting images, PDFs, and Word documents into a page.
If you use it to insert a PDF or Word document, it will appear as a link rather than an image.

3. Upload Your Image

Once you click Add Media, you’ll be on the Media Library screen.
If the image is already uploaded to your website, select it from the library.
To upload a new image, click the Upload tab and use the upload button in the centre of the screen.

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