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If you’ve pitched your idea for a blog post to the editorial team and you’re ready to write, the next step is to add your content to WordPress. In this guide, you’ll learn how to create new posts, add text and images, choose different headings and embed links.
Still getting started? Check out our Contribute page, or get past your writer’s block with our post Blog like a boss: top tips & things to avoid.
Getting access
The first step is to log in with your UTS ID and password. Locate the log in button on the top right of the homepage, click and enter your UTS staff ID and password.
Creating a new post
Once you have logged in, scroll to the bottom of the homepage and click on Add New Post. This will take you to the WordPress editor.
Writing your post in the WordPress editor
In the centre of the screen, you can see the WordPress editor. This is where you add your content, such as text or multimedia. There are a few elements you will need to build your post.
- In the ‘Add title’ block, give your post a title.
- Start adding your body text in the block below.
- Click on the + sign on the left side of the block to see your options to add other types of content.
You can check your word count by using the Content Structure tool, which also shows how many headings, paragraphs and blocks are in your post. Click on the ‘i’ button on the top left of the editor to see this information.
Using headings
Headings are essential to organise the content in your post, break up long paragraphs and make it easier for readers to understand your message. Type in some text, then click on the ¶ sign to select the Heading option.
Headings should follow a hierarchy – select H2 for top level headings, and then follow with H3, H4 and so on in descending order for subheadings. Avoid skipping heading levels – e.g. do not jump from H2 to H4 without a H3 in between.
Submitting your post
While you are writing your post, you can check how it will look at any time by clicking the Preview button. This is useful to see how the finished product will look before submitting the post to be published.
Once you are satisfied with your post, it’s time to submit to the editorial team for review. Click the Submit button on the top right hand side of the screen, and email our editor Chris at Christopher.Girdler@uts.edu.au to let us know that your post is ready to go.
Our editorial process involves a thorough review and editing by one or more members of the editorial team. Our team will edit your post for clarity, spelling, grammar and formatting and then check in with you before publishing so that you can approve any changes. Our editing process is a collaborative one – we work with you to make sure your post is at its best before it goes public.
Advice for editors
Sharing posts with authors
You may want to provide the final version of a post to the author for review and approval before publishing. If the post only has one author, they will be able to view it when you have changed the author name on the post to their profile. The author can log into the LX site, go to their dashboard and click on Preview to see the post.
If there are multiple authors, you can share a PDF with the group. The best way to do this is to open a preview of the post in your browser, and print as a PDF. You can then email the PDF to anyone who needs to see the post before it is published. We recommend using Safari as your browser if you need a PDF of a post, as it produces the cleanest copy. You can use another browser, but we have found that other browsers tend to cut off or distort text.
If there is more than one author of a single post, you should acknowledge all contributors at the top of the page using italics. For example:
This post was authored by Professor A and Associate Professor B.
Additional fields
There are a few elements that each post needs to have: an excerpt, tags and category. You can also make it easier for your post to be found by enhancing SEO.
Excerpt
Every post needs an excerpt. This is a short summary that is displayed beneath the link to the post on the Futures homepage, and alongside post links in newsletters. You’ll find the excerpt field in the document panel on the righthand side of the page.
Tags
Tags make it easier for users to find posts about certain topics. In the document panel, enter your tags in the Tags field.
Categories
Categories can be found in the document panel. Each post is set to News by default, so there is no need to edit the category unless there is a specific category that the post should be published under (e.g. Postgraduate).
SEO
SEO stands for Search Engine Optimisation, and helps to ensure greater visibility for your post in search engines like Google. Scroll to the bottom of the editor to find the SEO editor, and add a focus keyphrase that reflects the topic of the content. The SEO editor will then provide recommendations for different ways to enhance your post’s visibility.