To create a blog post follow these instructions;
1. Log-in and enter the wordpress dashboard
2. Click on ‘Posts’ then on ‘Add New’ from the menu on the left.
3. You will then have a blank ‘post’ to add content to. Please note that while editing - DO NOT click on publish (all posts automatically send out content to lots of social media sites - you don’t want to publicise a half written post!) So click on ‘Save Draft’ under ‘Publish’;
4. Once you have added your content you will need to select the category from the category list. (If you don’t do this the post will not appear);
5. You then need to add tags in the tag area. Click on ‘choose from most used tags’ to show existing tags, or add new ones into the the text box;
6. You are then ready to send to the webmaster to get them to tidy up and publish. If they are not in the loop there are two more steps required;
7. Switch to ‘text’ view (if you are in visual view - top right hand side) and add this text to the bottom of the post; ‘feather_share’ - with a square bracket around it [ ] It will show as this;
This will add social media sharing to the bottom of your post.
8. Then it’s time to ‘Schedule’ the post. So look in the Publish box and you will see ‘Publish Immediately’ then ‘Edit’ written next to it. Click on ‘Edit’, then add a time in the future (for example the next morning, then click on ‘Schedule’ and the post will be set-up and ready to go!