Adding and Editing Content Flashcards
Posts
- you can think of posts as blog posts or news items
- posts generally have listing pages where you all of the posts are listed with links to read the full post
Pages
- Pages are referred to as static content, meaning they do not update as often and normally have links to the content from the main navigation, rather than from listing pages like posts
Custom Post Types
- when your content doesn’t fit exactly into either of posts or pages formats, you can setup custom post types
- good examples of custom post types include ecommerce items or images for a slideshow
Before building a site you should create a _____ that outlines what pages and general content the site will have.
site map
What is the default type of content in WordPress for writing blog articles?
posts
In WordPress, a “page” is referred to as what type of content?
static
T/F: When our content doesn’t fit into the Post or Page content type, WordPress let’s us create our own custom post types with our own custom fields.
True
Categories and Tags
- categories are a very general way of grouping content
- a site will not usually have more than a dozen categories
- content may have a lot of different tags assigned to it
Widgets
- widgets are custom pieces of content that often appear in sidebars and footers
- they can do anything from list pages and categories to show recent tweets or blog posts
- without access to widgets you will likely be limited to only editing the main body copy on your site.
_____ are a high level, general way of grouping content in WordPress.
categories
_____ are specific ways of grouping content in WordPress. It is common to have many of these if used.
tags
T/F: By default, WordPress will add new pages to the main menu automatically.
True
T/F: Widgets are custom post types that you can easily edit from the admin area.
False
T/F: If you are working with custom menus in WordPress, you will need to manually add new pages to a menu on your site.
True
