Once again we find changes to the Dashboard of WordPress with the new WordPress 2.7. The following tutorials are to help new users get started and old users get acclimated to the new Dashboard look.
There are several tutorials that are appearing on the web, and I hope to narrow those down that are most helpful without reinventing the wheel. The WordPress site does have links to articles that provide text and images that may be helpful to new and old users (I have also listed links to some of these below) and the following link is to an article on recent changes: December 2008 Dashboard Changes. Enjoy!
My new WordPress Tutorials
WordPress Dashboard Introduction
Most of the older WordPress version “Screencasts” now take users to various articles on using the new Dashboard; however, some go to older articles and videos/screencasts (links below):
WordPress Created Tutorials
Getting Started/Troubleshooting
What should I do first? [screencast]
How do I change my password? [screencast]
I lost my password – what now? [screencast]
Settings
Discussion Settings [screencast]
Basics
Where’s my dashboard (and what’s it for)? [screencast]
HTML & QuickTags vs. Visual Editor [screencast]
How can I edit the title and permalink of my post? [screencast]
How do I add links to other sites using the HTML or Visual editor? [screencast]
Having a static page at the front of the blog [screencast]
How do I manage (organize, edit, delete) pages after they’ve been published or saved? [screencast]
How do I save and manage draft posts? How does auto-save work? [screencast]
How do I manage (approve, unapprove, mark as spam, delete) comments made to my blog? [screencast]
Adding Media
How do I add video files to my posts? [screencast]
How do I post a Youtube video? [screencast]
How do I upload pictures? [screencast]
How do I add an audio file to my post? [screencast]
How do I add documents or other media to my blog posts? [screencast]
How do I post or embed a PowerPoint in WordPress? (Video Tutorial by Neil Hokanson)
How do I create a picture gallery in my blog post? [screencast]
Intermediate
What is a widget? [screencast]
What’s a tag? How do I add tags to my posts? How do I manage tags? [screencast]
What’s a category? How do I add and manage categories? [screencast]
How do I manage (edit, delete, add, arrange) my tags? [screencast]
How do I manage (arrange, add, delete) categories? [screencast]
Which keyboard shortcuts can I use in the WordPress editor? [screencast]
Advanced
How do I add more authors / users to my blog? [screencast]
How do I change the author of a post? [screencast]
How do I stop another author editing a post at the same time as me? [screencast]
How do I use the Press This! bookmarklet [screencast]
Using Windows Live Writer [screencast]
Bringing content into WordPress from Microsoft Word [screencast]
How do I write WordPress blog posts with the ScribeFire Firefox add-on? [screencast]
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These are great! Thank you for sharing!
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