Plant Chemical Ecology - WordPress

Your Assignment

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Getting Started

Getting Started with WordPress - What is WordPress and how is it being used at Evergreen?
Login to the Plant Profiles in Chemical Ecology site

Driving in WordPress

Dashboard Overview - get comfortable navigating the Dashboard and moving between Admin and Public view
Change your profile info: Name and Bio

Add a new plant profile

See the Example plant profile for details on what is to be included in each section of your post.

Create a new Plant Profile Post using the New > Post button at the top of the Admin Bar or from the Dashboard > Posts > Add New menu
Title your post
Publish your Plant Profile and then View Post to see how it looks

Edit an existing post

From the public view of your post, click the Edit Post button in the top Admin bar
You can also navigate from your Dashboard to Posts > All Posts and hover over the post title to Edit

Create an opening abstract

At the top of your post add an opening 1-2 sentences. This text will appear on the thumbnail view of your post n the home page and category pages.
Click the Toolbar Toggle icon to expand a second row of editing tools
Insert the Read More break

Add a Plant Classification Table

Beneath the top content area we will be putting the rest of our content into sections using WordPress Custom Fields. The process is very similar to filling out an online form.

Look for the Input fungus data block and fill out the fields
The first time you save fungus data you will click the Add Entry button at the bottom of the fields
To save this fungus data with your fungus post you need to next Update the post
Click 'Edit in the Fungus Data block to add/edit content to these fields
to save your changes click Save Changes in the Fungus Data block AND Update in the publish block to update the entire post.

Things to note about adding Fungus Data:

Important: Every time you make a change to your fungus data you will need to save your changes in two places: 1) the Fungus Data block 2) the Publish block
The Photo for Microscopic or Chemical Characteristics will need to be sized prior to upload as it resides outside of the WordPress Media Library and does not give you the option to resize it after it's been uploaded.

Categorize your post

Categorize your post by Plant Family and/or Chemical Class. See the Category panel to the right when editing your post.

You will be adding images to your fungus post. Original images taken by you are preferable, but if you don't have a high quality photo (or want to add additional photos), you can use images that are not your own if they do not violate copyright laws and are properly attributed. See note about Creative Commons images below.

Adding Images