Web User - UK (2019-12-27)

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As soon asyou’vereceived anemail
containing your WordPresslogin details,
youcanstart work onyour website–see
our Mini Workshop,below.

Content blocks
Beforeversion5.0ofWordPress
came along, the methodfor creatingnew
posts was totypeatitle atthe top,then
enter some bodycopyintheboxbelow.
Touploadoraddaphoto,you hadto
clickthe Add Media button. Version 5.0,
whichlaunchedatthe end of 20 18,
revolutionised the systembyintroducing
anewblock editor.The latestversion, 5.3,
expandsand improvesthis feature,
makingit eveneasier touse.
Blocks arecustomisable building
elements thatcancontainheadings,
body text, images, lists,quotes, audio,
filesand more.Click theAdd Block

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Clickthelink in the email fromyour

hostingcompanytolog into

WordPress, entering the username and

passwordprovided.This opensthe

Dashboard,^1 whereyou can change

your site’sappearanceand add

content.WordPressuses theTwenty

Twenty themebydefault,butyoucan

customise it^2 or pickadifferent one.

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On the customisation page,you

can chooseadifferent theme.^1

Click SiteIdentity^2 toenteranew

title and taglineforyour site,which

appearatthetopofthepage.^3 Yo u

can alsochangeyour themeoptions,

addabackground image and customise

your homepage.^4 ClickPublish^5 for

your changestotakeeffect.

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If youwanttomakechangesto

an item, click the pencil icon next

toit.^1 With the FindUswidget,^2

forexample,you can change the title,

add media^3 and edit thecontact

information thatappears.^4 Select the

Text tab^5 if you’dprefertoedit the

HTMLcode directly.

supports fixed-column widgets inthe

Columns block. Heading blocksnowhave

theirown set ofcontrols for changing the

text and background colours, too.

Theblock-basededitor can takealittle

gettingused to,especiallyif you’reused

tothe oldwayof doing things in

WordPress, but wethinkit’sagreat

improvement andyou’ll soongetthe

hangof it. Weguideyouthroughthe

processinour Mini Workshop on page 61.

TwentyTwenty theme

Thelatestversion ofWordPressincludes

abrand newtheme withthe focus on

“clarity andreadability”. The Twenty

Twenty theme usesanewvariable

typefacecalledInter,which reduces load

times.Likeall previous WordPress

themes, it’shighlycustomisable,soyou

can change ittosuit your needs. It’sa

CloudAccess.netoffers 30 days of free hosting andcomes with
WordPress5.3 asstandard

We used WordPress’snew defaultTwentyTwentythemeto design

thiswebsit ebecauseitlooksclean andworkswell

MINIWORKSHOP|Getstarted onyourWordPresswebsite

button whilewriting aposttoaccessthe

MostUsedblocks,or scroll downto

explorefurtheroptions. You canalso

embed widgets from otherservices, such

as tweets,YouTube videos, Facebook

posts, Spotify content andmore.Select

aYouTubeblock, for example,and it

appearson the pagewithaprompt to

enter the URLofaYouTube video.

Clickingablock reveals alistofoptions

inasidebar onthe right.Thechoices

availabledependon the typeof block

you’veselected, buttheyallowyou to

customise thecontentinanumberof

ways.For example,aParagraph block

providesoptions toadjustthe font size,

addadrop cap,change the colours

and so on.

Thelatestversionof WordPress

includesanewGroupblock,which lets

youdivideapage intosections,and

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