Here is an outline of items covered under DS training topics for level 1 (users). Training sessions on these topics took place Jan 27 (topics 1-3) and Feb 3 (topics 4-6); for the password to video recordings of these sessions, please email [email protected].
- Login
- ds.lclark.edu login history
- Jetpack WP.com Single Sign On authentication; advantages of WP.com login
- ds.lclark.edu & WP.com user & site relationship
- Login errors: Local login window; -10520 error. Solution? Generally, clear cache or restart browser
- Profile
- Where/what part of profile displayed
- ds.lclark.edu: Display name & bio important
- Avatar (via Gravatar.com); site default if no avatar
- Other profile information
- Posts
- Posts vs. pages vs. custom post types
- Screen Options tab to simplify post window (& WP Admin UI plugin to simplify on group sites)
- Title and permalink
- Post body: Visual vs. Text views (& shortcode)
- Taxonomies: Categories, tags, global tags
- Featured images & media [more detail under Images below]
- Links/feeds/embeds [more detail under Embeds below]
- Math, charts, & tables
- Plugin-specific metaboxes (e.g., MapPress, ZotPress)
- Check spelling/grammar
- Save/publish options (including autosave)
- Quick posting online resources via Press This
- Images
- Site media library, alternative storage (e.g., Flickr), & management via Media Library Assistant
- Image copyright & optimal image size
- Uploading images to media library
- Image thumbnails: Thumbnail/Medium/Large & others; management via Simple Image Sizes
- Featured images (also Display Featured Image for Genesis plugin) and images in posts/pages
- Displaying image slideshows via Royal Slider (+ image galleries via Jetpack)
- Embeds
- = display content from another site on your site
- Google Doc embedder (not for Google Docs!)
- How to use the iframe plugin
- Javascript and Flash embeds: Problems and workarounds
- Mobile
- WP mobile apps
- Mobile app & Jetpack+WP.com login
- Posts, categories, images, geotagging
- Readily switch sites (if connected to WP.com)