Image – A single image Link – A link to another site Quote – A quotation, most likely contained within a blockquote Status – A short status update, similar to a Twitter status update Video – A single video Reviewing Past Revisions When you’re editing your Post or Page, the number of revisions for that particular Post or Page is shown in the Publish Panel, if you have any. Click the Browse link next to Revisions: in the Publish panel to browse through the various revisions for the current Post or Page. Use the slider at the top of the page or click the Previous and Next buttons to navigate through your various Post or Page revisions. Content that has been deleted will be shaded red and content that has been added will be shaded green. If there is content that is shaded dark red and/or dark green, it’s highlighting specific content that was removed or added. If the paragraph or line is simply light red and/or light green, then the whole paragraph or line was affected by the change. You can also compare two different revisions by clicking the Compare any two revisions checkbox at the top of the page. If you’d like to restore a previous revision, click the Restore This Revision button.
Delete - Used as a way of showing deleted text. How this looks will be dependent on the Theme but is usually done by showing the text with a strikethrough Insert - Used as a way of showing inserted text. How this looks will be dependent on the Theme but is usually done by showing the text with an underline Image – Used to insert an image into the comment. When the button is clicked a pop-up window will appear where you type in the URL of the image that you would like inserted Unordered List – Used to insert an unordered (or un-numbered) list Ordered List – Used to insert an ordered (or numbered) list List Item – Used to insert a list item into your ordered or un-ordered list Code – Used for indicating a piece of code Close Tags – Used to close open tags. If for example, you clicked both the Bold and Italic buttons to insert their opening tags, clicking the close tags button will insert both of the matching closing tags, in the correct order Editing a Comment There are two ways to edit a comment. Once you hover over an individual comment you can click the Quick Edit link or the Edit link. Both perform a similar function except that the Edit option also allows you to mark the comment as either Approved, Pending or Spam as well as change the Date and Time. Quick edit Clicking Quick Edit will replace the comment with an editor that allows you to update the comment, the comment authors name, email address and URL.
For the currently active theme, clicking the Customize button allows you to update various settings whilst also previewing those changes. Until you click the Save & Publish button, only the theme preview window is updated, not the theme on your live site. For all other installed themes that are not currently active, click the Live Preview button to preview the theme, update its settings and activate the theme. Until you click the Save & Activate button, only the theme preview window is updated, not the theme on your live site. Adding a new Theme You’re able to add new themes to your site right within the WordPress Dashboard. At the top of the Themes screen there is an Add New button. Click this button to search and add new themes into your site. After clicking the Add New button, you’ll be shown the Add Themes screen. It should look similar to the screen below. The Add Themes screen allows you to search and install themes directly from the official . By default, the screen will show a list of Featured themes. You can use the links at the top of the page to filter the results to see Featured themes, Popular themes or the Latest themes. Click the Feature Filter link to filter the results based on the Tags you specify. There are Tags for Colors, Layout, Features and Subject. Alternatively, click the Search themes... input field and enter text to search for a specific theme. Hovering your cursor over each theme thumbnail will display extra buttons. To view the details of a theme along with a preview, click the large Details & Preview button or the smaller Preview button. Clicking the Install button will download and install the theme on your site. After the theme is installed, you will be given the choice to view a Live Preview, immediately Activate the theme or return to the Theme Installer. Customizing your Site Using the Customizer, you can modify certain parts of your website. When you click on the Customize menu option you’ll be shown the various theme options that you can change. Depending on the theme that is currently in use, you may see more or less options than those displayed in the following image. Clicking the small arrows will open and close each of the panels, giving you access to each of the various options. You’ll find that some of the options in the Customize screen are also available via other menu options. As an example, you can change the Site Title and Tagline using the General option under the Settings menu.