Northern Rail Trail

1. Login and go to the Write Post panel If you have not done so already, login to the WordPress Admin area (for help with this, go here). After you are logged in, go to the "Write Post" panel by clicking the "Write" tab and then the "Write Post" sub-tab (see example). The text fields displayed in the Write Post panel will be blank unless you are editing an existing post (for help with this, go here).

2. Scroll down to locate the Upload subpanel The "Upload" subpanel is located immediately below the post text field. Scroll down a bit — it is the same width as the post text field and is colored light blue (see example). Initially, the only tab you will see is the "Upload" tab. However, after you upload your first file, two additional tabs will appear: the "Browse" and "Browse All" tabs. As you may have guessed, the "Upload" tab opens the file upload feature, while the "Browse" tabs open a thumbnail gallery of your uploaded files.

3. Upload a file Under the Upload tab, click the "Browse" button. This will open into a folder on your local machine. Navigate to and select the image which you would like to use in your post and click the "Open" button (see example). The path to the image should now appear in the text field next to the Browse button. Next, add a title to your image file in the "Title" text field. Also if you wish, you may add a file description in the "Description" text field, although it is not required.

4. Click Upload With all of the information in place, click on the "Upload" button located in the lower-right corner of the Upload File subpanel (see example). To cancel your order, click the cancel button. After your file is uploaded (this may take some time — be patient!), a thumbnail version of the file is automatically created and should appear under a new tab called "Browse". Additionally, a thumbnail should appear in the other tab, "Browse All".

5. Additional Uploads You may wish to upload more than one file. If so, repeat steps 3 and 4 for each additional file. Notice that there are two different tabs available for viewing thumbnails of uploaded images, "Browse" and "Browse All". To view only thumbnails for images uploaded during the current session, click on the "Browse" tab. To view all uploaded files available, click on the "Browse All" tab. Once you have several files uploaded, you will notice navigational tabs to the right of the Browse tabs (see example). These enable you to navigate through the uploaded files in incremental fashion. Also, note that multimedia files will not display a thumbnail, but rather will display an options link.

6. Setting the Options Each uploaded file is represented under the browse tabs with either a thumbnail (for images) or a text link (for multimedia files). Each item also provides a set of options when it is clicked. Click on a thumbnail, for example, and you will be presented with five overlayed menu options (see example). The first of these options tells WordPress whether you want to work with the original image or its automatically created thumbnail. The next option tells WordPress whether you would like to display the thumbnail or image (depending on your previous choice) as-is, linked to its corresponding image, or linked to a page. After making that decision, use the next menu item to automatically insert the required code into the post-editor text-field (directly above). Once the code has been inserted, you may change anything you wish, but make sure you know what you are doing first. The next option enables you to delete the uploaded file and last option simply closes the menu box.

7. Publish the Post After you have uploaded and inserted your image(s) or file(s), complete the post and publish it to the internet (for help with this, go here). That’s all there is to it! Don’t forget to check your new post to verify everything looks as expected.

1. Go to the Login screen

2. Enter your username and password that you received in the welcoming email  The  screen presents two text fields: one for your username and one for your password. Enter each accordingly (note: make sure that caps lock is off, as the information is case-sensitive)

3. Click the Login button After entering your login information and making a choice concerning the "Remember Me" option, click the "Login »" button to gain access to the User area

4. Success! If you were successful logging in to the User profile area, you will be greeted by the  "Dashboard", which presents a neat summary of the trail information.

1. Locate and click on the Write tab Within the WordPress Admin, there are many menu tabs. Each tab provides access to a different feature of WordPress. To write and publish a post, locate and click on the "Write" tab

  2. Write the title of the post After clicking the Write tab, you should find yourself within the "Write Post" panel. Within this area, you will notice two main text fields, one for the title of your post and one for the post itself. Go ahead and write a title for your post within the "Title" text field.

  3. Write the contents of the post After writing the post title, go to the next text field and write the content of your post. For now, you may wish to simply write a sentence or two about anything just to see how it works. Later, we will explore post writing in greater detail. The point for now is to simply add some text so there will be something to look at after publishing the post.

  4. Select a category for your post To the right of the screen, you will notice several subpanels. Each of these provides you with options for your post. We will explore most of these when we take a closer look at writing posts. For now, we only need to concern ourselves with the "Category" subpanel. The category subpanel toggles open and closed via the plus (" + ") symbol. At this point, if it is not open, click the plus symbol to open the subpanel. Inside, you will see a list of category options. Select the category or categories for your post by putting a check mark in its corresponding box.

  5. Click Publish your post to the internet Now that you have created your post title and post content, and have also selected a category for your post, it is time to click the "Publish" button to publish the post to your blog. After pressing the button, your post will be publicly available on the internet via your blog. If you see it online, congratulations — you just published a post using WordPress!