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What is the correct workflow for publishing an article using WordPress?

Compose

Write your article in Microsoft Word -

While writing your article be sure to compose a list of Tags: Descriptive single words or when using multi word tags include quotes - "for multi word tags". 

Copy to WordPress

  • Access your WordPress dashboard
  • Create a new Post/Page (the process for adding content is the same for Posts & Pages)  
  • Copy your article into the main window (Copy/Paste)
  • Add meta-data for your article (6 keywords - Title and Description)
  • Populate all the fields with the information for your article. Title > Body > Categories > Tags

Format Content

Visual / HTML Editor
You have two choices when formatting your blog. You can use the Visual Editor to format your content... works very much like an early version of Word, or if you feel comfortable with HTML - you can try using the HTML editor. When using the HTML be sure to close all div tags correctly, as incorrect div tags can impact the layout of your active template and sidebar.

  • Bullets
  • Links
  • Add images for article > review insert image panel Review content HTML editor >
  • Copy all the HTML
  • Paste into Excerpt (RSS feed)
  • Confirm that the correct categories is selected
  • Add Tag (separate with a comma)
  • Save as a Draft
  • Preview article Publish > there are several options on how to publish (review) Preview as "Visit Site"
  • Add a "Read More" feature using the MORE tag
  • Update post
  • Visit home page
  • Test article

Other tools

Windows live writer http://download.live.com/writer
Microsoft WORD 

 

Tags: Article, Page, Post, WordPress, Workflow

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Last update: 2009-09-10 03:51
Author: Gary Crossey
Revision: 1.5

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