Documentation

Reference these help pages on my website along with any other help pages you locate and find useful:
WordPress Basic Documentation
WordPress Blocks Documentation

Pages & Posts

Each page is two-column so that it can have a custom “sidebar.” Posts are a single column (unless customized) and include the standard sidebar pulled in through a widget with post navigation.

Note: The Posts list contains “All” the posts including those I reset to “draft” in January 2024. To find the active posts, click “Published.” You are welcome to delete those that may never be used again. I took a download of the database in case any of these may want to be revisited after delete, but that type of effort will involve some time.

The page structure (layout of the blocks on a Page or Post) can be seen by expanding the List View, shown by a three-staggered-line icon in the upper left (shown as #5 in my Blocks Documentation). This is a very helpful way to navigate, can help make sure a new block is placed in the right place such as within a parent group or column, and can be used to rearrange by drag and drop just as can be done with the blocks within the page or post.

When adding a new “Page:”

• Add Title, Publish.
• Click the “+” to add a new block, search for “Page Template Convert” and select. Immediately click second icon from right in icon bar to convert to a regular block.
• Then begin to add blocks such as paragraph or image to each column.
• Move each block up or down by dragging or with arrows, and delete dummy text.
• Give it a more meaningful and keyword-rich title down below in the “Theme SEO Settings, Document Title.”

When adding a new “Post:”

• Simply start typing, or paste paragraphs from another source, being careful not to include undesirable formatting (such as from Microsoft Word).
• Add a featured image (in the right sidebar) to be displayed at top (horizontal preferred).
• Add any additional images desired within the content.
• Add a Gallery block if desired. Each image must link to its Media file in order to show the larger version in a lightbox.
• Add to appropriate categories (in the right sidebar).
• Back-date if necessary.
• Post content will be contained in the main column. Primary sidebar created with preset widgets will display at right. Next/previous navigation is included at bottom.

PDFs

When adding a PDF to the Media Gallery, you will likely want to copy the URL if you will insert it into a Page or Post. When adding to a Page or Post, type something meaningful and highlight it to link it to the PDF. (The most efficient steps are to toggle “open in new tab” before entering the link and clicking the “enter” arrow. If you miss doing this, just click within the link again and toggle.)

Images / Gallery / Lightbox

An image pulled from the Media Gallery will come into a page or post with a caption if it has one. A caption can be added to an uploaded image or changed within the page as needed. Ken asked about linking to a larger version of the image and we discussed lightbox overlays as a good way of doing this. I’ve installed a lightbox plugin. Each image must link to its Media file in order to show the larger version in the lightbox.

Embeds vs. iFrames

Use the YouTube Embed block to add a YouTube URL.

Use the Custom HTML block to add an <iframe> such as the Google map below.

We tried to use this to add a Facebook post, but it pulled the video out of it instead, so that is not a proper result and the behavior could change someday. Embedding videos from YouTube is highly preferred.

The FaceBook video that you put into the Forestry page is inside a paragraph block, so just do the same as needed elsewhere, copying and pasting the <iframe>.

Reusable Blocks

The following reusable blocks (now called patterns) are included/repeated within appropriate pages/posts: Retail Hours, Retail Staff, AddressPhone, Service Area, and Forestry. They can be found within the block repository under the second tab “Patterns, My Patterns” if desired to add in other locations. Updating in any one location will update in all locations.

Note: A reminder to expand the List View to confirm if you are editing a regular block or a reusable block so you don’t unintentionally edit in multiple places. Make sure you edit inside the reusable block.

Note: Reusable blocks are not available within the widgets, only regular blocks.

Contacts

Record of contact forms send can be found in Flamingo.

This text is here simply as a placeholder and to force the right column to its full 27% width. The main column is set to 73%.

Sample image: