Your theme has an option for a header image, but not all themes have one. You can reach the theme customization menu through the Customize link at the top of the page (next to the paintbrush) and navigate to Header Image on the left menu. You will need to upload an image file, crop if necessary then click Save and Publish. The Save and Publish button will become grayed out when the theme is updated, and you can close the Customize menu by clicking the X at the top left of the screen.
This depends on the platform you’re using. For CUNY Academic Commons, users have to register first, then you can add them under Users > Add New and look for the name of users you want to add. If you are on your own host, or another platform like Futures Initiative, you can also add users with their name and email address. An administrator (or you if you are the administrator) may need to confirm user registrations, and users may also need to confirm their registration and set their passwords.
First, create a menu (under Appearance > Menus) by adding a new menu name and clicking Create Menu. Then, you can add Pages or Posts from your site, Custom Links or Categories by selecting existing content and clicking Add to Menu from the menu on the left side. Custom links will allow you to add a link to an external website.
You can edit the page title in a few ways. If you’re looking at the front end of the page or post, you can click Edit Page or Edit Post at the top of the screen, which will take you to the edit window. You can also navigate to the pages or posts menu in the Dashboard and click edit on one of the pages/posts.
If you are ONLY changing the title and none of the body content, you can click Quick Edit to change the title. You can also change the link (slug), add categories, change the published date, make the page password protected, and changing the parent (which is important for menus).
Pages are individual pieces of content and menus are the navigation items (short names are best) that link to those pieces of content. You can add pages, posts, categories, or custom links to a menu, so the options are very flexible.
The calendar widget available on Academic Commons only shows a calendar with posts, so a link will appear that shows all of the posts published for different days. There are a number of different calendar plugins available on the commons that are worth exploring! If you read the description and decide to try one, click activate and you should see new menu options. For example, I activated “Simple Calendar” on my site, and I now see a Calendar menu on the left side of the dashboard.
If you don’t like the plugin, or want to try another one, don’t forget to deactivate the plugin you’re no longer using. It will keep your interface clean and make your site faster to load.
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Would be great to revisit this at the end of the daY!
You can change your WordPress’ settings by going to Dashboard -> Settings -> Reading.
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How do I swap out the picture in the header?
Your theme has an option for a header image, but not all themes have one. You can reach the theme customization menu through the Customize link at the top of the page (next to the paintbrush) and navigate to Header Image on the left menu. You will need to upload an image file, crop if necessary then click Save and Publish. The Save and Publish button will become grayed out when the theme is updated, and you can close the Customize menu by clicking the X at the top left of the screen.
Can we go over again how to add users?
This depends on the platform you’re using. For CUNY Academic Commons, users have to register first, then you can add them under Users > Add New and look for the name of users you want to add. If you are on your own host, or another platform like Futures Initiative, you can also add users with their name and email address. An administrator (or you if you are the administrator) may need to confirm user registrations, and users may also need to confirm their registration and set their passwords.
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under menu (which will be across the page on my page’s theme) can you create a link to an external website?
First, create a menu (under Appearance > Menus) by adding a new menu name and clicking Create Menu. Then, you can add Pages or Posts from your site, Custom Links or Categories by selecting existing content and clicking Add to Menu from the menu on the left side. Custom links will allow you to add a link to an external website.
How can I change the title of a post or a page?
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You can edit the page title in a few ways. If you’re looking at the front end of the page or post, you can click Edit Page or Edit Post at the top of the screen, which will take you to the edit window. You can also navigate to the pages or posts menu in the Dashboard and click edit on one of the pages/posts.
If you are ONLY changing the title and none of the body content, you can click Quick Edit to change the title. You can also change the link (slug), add categories, change the published date, make the page password protected, and changing the parent (which is important for menus).
accessibility?
Search https://wordpress.org/themes/tags/accessibility-ready/ for themes. You can also check off additional features by clicking the Feature Filter button, choosing more features, then clicking Apply Filter.
What’s the difference between Menus and Pages?
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Pages are individual pieces of content and menus are the navigation items (short names are best) that link to those pieces of content. You can add pages, posts, categories, or custom links to a menu, so the options are very flexible.
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If I add a calendar widget, can I post assignment due dates within that calendar (or somehow make it interactive)?
The calendar widget available on Academic Commons only shows a calendar with posts, so a link will appear that shows all of the posts published for different days. There are a number of different calendar plugins available on the commons that are worth exploring! If you read the description and decide to try one, click activate and you should see new menu options. For example, I activated “Simple Calendar” on my site, and I now see a Calendar menu on the left side of the dashboard.
If you don’t like the plugin, or want to try another one, don’t forget to deactivate the plugin you’re no longer using. It will keep your interface clean and make your site faster to load.