If you are an Editor on your WordPress website, this means you can add, delete and edit your own pages and posts as well as other people’s pages and posts, too. Often, you need to go back in and update pages and posts that were created by others. Be mindful that what you do from this point affects the actual website, if their work is already published.
So, below is the fastest and easiest workflow I’ve found out to updating WordPress pages and posts. This is especially effective if the site had many Categories and Parent pages.
The truth is that there are hundreds, if not thousands, of little tricks you can use to really accelerate your workflow and get things done fast.
Now, all this below this might seem a little involved at first. But go through it four or five times and you will have it down pat. Before you know it, it will be second nature! After a while, you even come up with your own tricks that will help you go through these things very fast. The truth is that there are hundreds, if not thousands, of little tricks you can use to really accelerate your workflow and get things done fast. We suggest printing out this email and keeping it handy so you do not have to keep switching back and forth between web pages while you work. We will keep sending along little tips and tricks as they apply based on the questions we get from our readers and clients, so don’t worry, you’ll all be experts in no time!
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It is important to note that you can use these same steps to modify any Page or Post on the site. When there is a difference between the Pages and Posts, we note that in CAPS. Depending on the size of a particular website section, it could take anywhere from a couple days to a week or so to modify an entire section.
Step 1. Let’s go through an example. Say you want to modify a page on Folate in the Nutrition section. First, log into your account, but be sure to click on Remember Me at the bottom of the Log In dialog. Once you log in, your Dashboard will look more or less the same as before, except now you have a Pages panel in your left sidebar. What you want to do, though, is get to the page you want to modify as quickly and easily as possible. There are several ways to do this, but below is probably the fastest-you’re going to kind of “jump around” the Dashboard to go directly to the page you want.
Step 2. Click on the FDOC Grower link in the upper left corner of your Dashboard. This will take you away from your Dashboard to the actual website. Next, navigate to the Folate page (or whatever page you want to change) in the Nutrition section (or whatever section you are working in) by using the drop down menu. Here’s how you get to the Folate page: Nutrition|Health > Nutrition > Folate. This will take you directly to the that page. As already mentioned, you can use a similar technique to get to whatever page you want to work on.
Step 3. At the bottom of the Folate page, you’ll see a little link that says, “Edit”. Clicking this will take you directly do the Folate editor page inside your Editor account. (NOTE: IF YOU ARE MODIFYING A POST INSTEAD OF A PAGE, THE LITTLE EDIT LINK WILL BE JUST UNDER THE TITLE OF THE POST, JUST AFTER THE DATE.)
Step 4. Edit the Folate (or whatever page/post you are working on) title as needed. One thing to note is that whatever title you put for your page or post, that is the title that will appear in the menu structure. So, try to be as brief as possible. Generally, Page titles should be between 1 and 3 words, while post pages can be longer.
Step 5. Edit the content of the page, modifying links and media as needed.
Step 6. YOU CAN IGNORE THE DATE, PARENT, TEMPLATE AND SIDEBAR OPTIONS OF THE PAGES THAT ALREADY APPEAR ON THE SITE. These have already been configured for you. One thing to note is that before, you saw something called, Category. A Category applies to Posts. Here, you’ll see something analogous called, “Parent”. In any case, you can ignore the Parent option for the time being. Parent is used to determine where the page appears in the navigation.
Step 7. OPTIONAL: Remember that you can adjust the size of your Editor window by pulling down on the corner cross-hatch icon in the lower right hand corner of your Editor window.
Step 8. Scroll down to the bottom of your Editor page to see the Discussion widget. Select “Allow Comments” and “Allow Trackbacks and Pingbacks” as desired.
Step 9. Scroll back up to the top of the windows and click, “Update”. Your changes will now appear on the website!
Step 10. Repeat Steps 2 through 10 for any other pages or posts you want to change.
When you are done, just click “Log Out” in the upper right corner of your Dashboard!
