How to create a blog post

Owned by Caitlyn Cassandra Yu
Jan 10, 2023
3 min read

Step 1 – Login to http://wusa.ca using your uwaterloo credentials at wusa.ca/wp-admin. 

  • In the black top bar: Select Dashboard to access the back-end 

  • Navigate to Posts in your WordPress admin sidebar 

 

 

 

Step 2 – Click on the Add New button to create a post. Insert a title, then insert any post content in the editing field. You can use the Avada Builder to create advanced blog post layouts, or you can just add simple text to create a more simple blog post. 

 

Image 1: Simple text article – Can add images and Headings 

 

Image 2: Advanced blog article created in Avada – Can add accents to titles, buttons, columns *Ask for help from web team for these 

Step 3 – Add and assign Categories on the right side of the post. You can add Categories on the fly by clicking the + Add New Category link at the bottom of the Categories section, or you can navigate to Posts < Categories to set up your Categories independently.  

  • To assign Categories, check the box next to the Category name. These Categories are the filters that can show below your blog items when displaying your Blog posts with the Blog Element. They allow you to filter different types of posts. 

 

  • Categories on the homepage and News & Updates page:  

    • Large Features should be tagged as Spotlights as well as the corresponding category 

    • Smaller features should be tagged as Featured as well as the corresponding category 

    • This month in brief are also tagged in the category section (Keep these ~100 words) 

 

 

 

Step 4 – Add Tags on the right side of the post. Type the name of the tag in the field and hit enter or enter multiple tags by separating tags with commas. The Categories, and Tags that are added to the individual posts are also used as a way of filtering content in the Blog Archive pages. Read the Blog Archives Pages doc for more information on that. 

Step 5 – Add a Featured Image. For a single image, click the first Featured Image Box, select an image and click the Set Featured Image button. (Select “edit image” and edit the aspect ratio and crop to 16:9 if the image is not created within those dimensions) 

 

Step 6 – Once you are finished, set the author to WUSA Service Account and click Publish to save the post.