All these custom fields are used by the same widget: Learning Commons Custom Fields, to store information on the author, license and administrator of a page. These custom fields store information for each page: what is the page author, the page license and the page administrator that can be contacted if something is wrong with […]

All pages on the Learning Commons website have parent pages with the exception of the homepage. Each page is either a Landing Page or a Child Page, depending on the structure of all of its parents.  This structure is important to pay attention to when you are adding new content in order to retain the […]

Each WordPress blog has a Media Library that stores all the additional files (audio, video, images, etc.) included in the website content. To access the WP Media Library, after logging in, click on the “Media” tab, on the left-hand side of the page. To add new media to the library, simply click the ‘Add New […]

When a post or page is in progress and you wish to continue at a later time, click on ‘Save Draft’ under “Publish” on the right-hand side. To view a draft page, click on the ‘Preview’ button.’ Saving it as a Draft ensures that all content and related information is preserved if you choose to […]

On the Learning Commons website, Posts represent the pieces of content that appear on the front page of the website in the carousel. They can be modified just like Pages, except that instead of accessing the ‘Pages’ tab, you need to click the ‘Posts’ tab to create, publish, edit or delete posts. Archived posts are […]

Posts are only used to post Features on the Learning Commons homepage. 1) Write Post Title. 2) Write Post Content: including pictures, etc. 3) Categorize the Post under ‘Features.’ 4) Add a Feature Image: located on the right-hand side. (more on how to create the image) 5) Write Post Excerpt: the post excerpt is the […]

Most of the content on the Learning Commons site is created as Pages rather than Posts. Posts are primarily reserved for Features. Pages are typically used for more static content that won’t be updated daily or weekly. Posts are reserved for content that is more dynamic. We chose posts for Features, since they are updated […]

Pages are used to create/edit all content on the Learning Commons, except for the home page (uses posts). 1) Write Page Title. 2) Write Page Content. 3) Select Page Parent: all pages that do not appear in the main navigation bar should have parents. 4) Tag the Page. 5) Create Related Links custom field: the […]

Widgets are any pieces of content that can be included on the sides or on the footer of any page. On the Learning Commons, widgets are primarily on the right side of the page, resembling boxes with a title (e.g. ‘Share,’ ‘Links,’ ‘About,’ ‘My Learning Plan,’ and ‘Search’) and related tabs. Sidebars (widget areas) are […]

There are two types of custom field widgets: 1)    Learning Commons Custom Fields Regularly used for any information that should be extracted from the custom fields on each page. This widget directly displays the value of the custom field found on any page (in HTML format). 2)    Learning Commons Delicious Links Used to display the […]