{"id":15,"date":"2024-02-19T14:35:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T19:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/project-resources\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2025-09-02T08:37:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T12:37:20","slug":"wordpress-admin-starter-pack","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/project-resources\/wordpress-admin-starter-pack\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress Admin Starter Pack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-border-color has-custom-smith-blue-border-color has-custom-sky-background-color has-background\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">WordPress is Smith\u2019s platform for creating blogs and websites. WordPress sites can be built to manage and organize content in many different ways.&nbsp; You can build a traditional chronological blog, or manage interrelated types of content.&nbsp; You can also use it to host and display multimedia materials and pages of static information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As a site administrator, you can customize your site to reflect the look and feel best suited to your content and audience. This page gives you some information to get started. Each section is linked below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-custom-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Managing your WordPress Site<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"accessibility\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/project-resources\/wordpress-accessibility\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"29\">\u21e8&nbsp; Accessibility&nbsp;<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Learn how to make your site more accessible<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/project-resources\/organizing-wordpress-content\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"31\">\u21e8&nbsp; Organizing your content<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Understand the difference between posts and pages and learn how to use categories and tags to organize your site. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-container-content-69bc4bdf\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/project-resources\/customizing-a-wordpress-site\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"33\">\u21e8&nbsp; Customizing your WordPress Site<\/a> (Classic Themes)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Change the look and feel of your site with themes and colors<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:#fab6a4\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Using a classic theme? Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/project-resources\/creating-and-managing-wordpress-menus\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"343\">Creating Menus with Classic Themes<\/a><\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u21e8 Customizing Your WordPress Site (Block Themes)*<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:#fff9ae\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Coming soon!<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Block themes are a newer way to customize WordPress and use a site editor instead of the customizer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/project-resources\/wordpress-settings\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"36\">\u21e8&nbsp;Managing Settings<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Adjust who can comment on your posts, how visible your site is, and other general settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignwide is-light\" style=\"box-shadow:6px 6px 9px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2)\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-custom-mint-background-color has-background-dim-80 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4000\" height=\"2500\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-2309\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/project-resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1047\/2025\/08\/Learning-and-Design-Pattern-BG-3.png\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/project-resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1047\/2025\/08\/Learning-and-Design-Pattern-BG-3.png 4000w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/project-resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1047\/2025\/08\/Learning-and-Design-Pattern-BG-3-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/project-resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1047\/2025\/08\/Learning-and-Design-Pattern-BG-3-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/project-resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1047\/2025\/08\/Learning-and-Design-Pattern-BG-3-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/project-resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1047\/2025\/08\/Learning-and-Design-Pattern-BG-3-1536x960.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/project-resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1047\/2025\/08\/Learning-and-Design-Pattern-BG-3-2048x1280.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4000px) 100vw, 4000px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-text-color is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"color:#000000\">\n<div style=\"height:64px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">Still stuck? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"schedule-a-visit\" style=\"font-size:clamp(32.969px, 2.061rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 2.958), 59px);px;line-height:1.15\"><strong>Reach out for help<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-03627597 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-25\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-custom-smith-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/smith.teamdynamix.com\/TDClient\/1887\/Portal\/Requests\/TicketRequests\/NewForm?ID=wGyFW9fTEG4_&amp;RequestorType=Service&amp;ShowNav=0&amp;ShowFoot=0\" style=\"border-radius:50px;color:#ffffff;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Contact us<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:64px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress is Smith\u2019s platform for creating blogs and websites. 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