Getting Started
Setting up Your Site
Some website onboarding tips and tricks to help get you started managing and editing your WordPress site.
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Adding Content to Your Site
WordPress provides an easy-to-use block editor to manage the content on your pages and posts without having to know how to code. Here, you'll find a couple of resources to learn the difference between pages and posts and how to use the block editor.
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Blocks
Core WordPress Blocks
You will find many blocks available in the page editor including many custom blocks that we have created as part of our CALS v4 theme, or our custom plugins. WordPress provides a range of core blocks that are fundamental to content creation such as the paragraph, columns and heading blocks. This resource provides a full list of the core WordPress blocks provided by WordPress.
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UW Today Events
The UW Today Events block allows you to embed events from today.wisc.edu on your page. You can filter by feed, tag, or specific event id, and easily control which fields are displayed.
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Plugins
Broken Link Checker
One of the most common maintenance tasks for a site is checking for and fixing broken links. The more you link to content outside your site, the higher your chances the links will break over time. The Plugin The Broken Link Checker plugin can: To check if your site is running on your site, login […]
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Blocks
Posts
The posts block displays the latest posts from your blog or another WordPress blog.
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Blocks
Card
The card block is an organized way to display an image and content (usually a header and small paragraph). It can optionally be used to link to pages as well.
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Blocks
Tabs
The tabs block allows you to group content under a heading and hide only the content until the user clicks on the heading to display it. Only one content section can be displayed at a time.
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Advanced Tutorials
Using Animation
Animating content on your site can engage visitors, communicate meaning and context, and enhance the user experience. Using animation appropriately has many benefits, but when misused, animation can actually have harmful effects. It's important that you consider all of these tips before adding animation to your pages.
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Basic Tutorials
Creating Accessible Content
Learn how to make sure your pages and content are accessible for all users.
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