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1. Go to business.wisc.edu/wp-admin (bookmark this page for easy access).
2. Click "Sign in with your Net ID" button. Login using Duo.

Add a New Blog Post

• Navigate to your specific blog in the lower part of the left menu.
  • If you don't see the blog, you will need to request access from the web team.

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• Click Add New at the top of the page.

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• Add the title of the article in the first field, where it says "Add Title".
  • Make sure this is spelled correctly because it will become part of the URL for your blog post.

Meta - Center's Post 

These are all optional fields.

• Subtitle
• Author override
  • Author defaults to your name (the person making the post). If you want it to be someone else, say your department or center, put that name here.
• Photography credit
  • Add photographer's name here if you want to provide a photography credit for all images in your post.
• Hide featured image
  • Check if you want to hide the featured image on the actual blog post.
    • If unchecked, the featured image will appear at the top of your blog post and in the listing of blog posts.
    • If checked, the featured image will only be displayed in the listing of blog posts.

Body Content

Text/Copy

Body Content

Headings

• We recommend you break up long blog posts with headings (and subheadings if appropriate)
• You can start typing in the large text box. Or you can copy and paste your text from another document. For pasting text, you should right click and paste as plaintext (Windows) or paste and match styles (Mac) to remove unnecessary formatting code.
• Make sure you are on the visual editor tab. You can add text formatting using the toolbars at the top of the text box.
• Headings are great for scanning and accessibility. 
  • Make Click on the paragraph dropdown to choose a heading size. For accessibility best practices, do not use the Heading 1 size (the title of the blog post will be the only H1 on the page) and make sure to nest your headings in an organized way, like you would for an outline:
    • Heading 1 (blog post title)
      • First Heading 2
        • Heading 3 (subsection of First Heading 2)
        • Heading 3 (another subsection of First Heading 2)
      • Second Heading 2
        • Heading 3 (subsection of Second Heading 2)
          • Heading 4 (subsection of Heading 3)
      Headings are styled to match our website

Text/Copy

• You can ignore the message that says "Type / to choose a block" and click on it to add a cursor and start typing whatever you want. Or you can copy and paste your text from another document.
  • You can also click the button with a plus sign to add a paragraph block or a heading. You may need to type "paragraph" or "heading" in the search bar to find the right block.
• Formatting your copy:
  • Click on or highlight the text you want to format.
  • A small box should appear above the selected copy.
  • In this box, you can edit text alignment (use left or center), bold, underline, hyperlink, etc.
  • You can choose any other text formatting options that make sense for your content, except text color. You should not change the text color because it won't match our brand colors.

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• Images
  • These instructions are for adding images within the content of your blog post. If you only want to add a cover or featured image, please see those instructions below.
  • Click the button with a plus sign and type "image" to search for the image block and select it. Right above the text box, click Add Media
    • Select "Media Library"
    • • If you or a team member already uploaded the image to the WP media library, search for and select the image. 
        • Tip: When searching the media library, be sure to select "All Files" on the left side before you search so that wordpress looks through the entire media library. However, if you know which folder the image is in, you can drilldown through the path of image folders to get to your image.
        • Make sure the image has alt text describing what is in the photo, including any text, to meet accessibility requirements.
      Or upload
      • Otherwise, click the Upload Files tab to add your image to the correct media library folder.
        
      • Click the Upload Media tab.
      • • Under Choose Folder, click on "Uncategorized". In the dropdown, look for "blogs" folder and then select your blog's folder
        right
        • below it.
        • Drag and drop the image from your
        file
        • computer or click "Select Files"
        to find
        • and find your image on your computer.
      • Once the image has loaded, you must add alt text describing what is in the image. This is an accessibility requirement for any image that provides readers important context or has text in it. If the image is purely decorative, you can leave it blank.
      • You can also add a caption if you like.
  • Click on the image in the text box to see alignment options editing options.
    • Above the image you can:
      • choose an alignment option (left, center, right, text wrap)
    and click the pencil icon to edit the image further (size, alt text, caption).
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      • crop the image
      • add a hyperlink to the image
      • move the image to a higher or lower position on the page
    • On the right side of the screen you can:
      • add alt text (remember this is required for every photo)
      • edit the image size (select a predetermined size or reduce the size proportionally)
    • You can also drag the image to a different position inside the box.

• Videos
  • You will need to make sure the video is uploaded to Youtube before following these steps.
    • Right above the text box, click Add Media
    • Click the button with a plus sign
    • Search "Youtube" in the pop-up window and select the Youtube blockOn the far left, click Insert from URL
    • Add the link to the video you want to embed.

Meta - Center's Post 

These are all optional fields.

• Subtitle
  • appears below the post title and above the author and featured image
• Author override
  • Author defaults to your name (the person making the post). If you want it to be someone else, say your department or center, put that name here.
• Photography credit
  • Add photographer's name here if you want to provide a photography credit for all images in your post.
• Hide featured image
  • Check if you want to hide the featured image on the actual blog post.
    • If unchecked, the featured image will appear at the top of your blog post and in the listing of blog posts.
    • If checked, the featured image will only be displayed in the listing of multiple blog posts.

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You can ignore this section.

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• On upper right side, click Publish to make your post public.
• Other options:
  • If you need to leave the page and come back before you publish the post, click Save Draft.
  • To see what your post will look like, click Preview., then Preview in a New Tab
  • If you want to set a later time for the post to publish, click Edit next to publish immediately and set the day and time. You can also backdate posts if needed.

Edit an Existing Blog Post

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