{"id":1572,"date":"2025-02-05T20:25:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T20:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-ecuad.ca\/support\/?p=1572"},"modified":"2026-10-20T21:30:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T21:30:14","slug":"making-a-new-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/support\/making-a-new-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Making a new post"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"guide-summary wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In short:<\/strong> Log in to your site and click <strong>+ New<\/strong> in the black bar at the top of the screen. Add a title and your content, then click <strong>Publish<\/strong>. Your site uses either the Classic Editor or the block editor; both are covered below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Before you start<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Log in to your site: add <code>\/wp-login.php<\/code> to the end of your site address and click <strong>Sign in with Microsoft<\/strong>, or use the login link from your instructor. See <a href=\"\/support\/finding-your-way-around\/\">Finding your way around<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Not sure which editor you have? See <a href=\"\/support\/switching-editors-classic-vs-block\/\">Editors: Classic vs block<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Classic Editor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click <strong>+ New<\/strong> in the black bar at the top of the screen.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Type your title in the <strong>Add title<\/strong> field.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Write or paste your content in the large box below. Use <strong>Add Media<\/strong> to add images.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the <strong>Categories<\/strong> box on the right, tick the category your post belongs in.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Publish<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"656\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 656;\" width=\"1280\" autoplay loop muted src=\"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/10\/classic-editor-new-post-v2.mp4\" playsinline><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Classic Editor: title, content, category, Publish.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Block editor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click <strong>+ New<\/strong> in the black bar.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Add title<\/strong> and type your title.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click below the title and start typing. Each paragraph is its own block: press Enter for a new one, or click <strong>+<\/strong> to add images, headings and more.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the <strong>Settings<\/strong> icon (top right) to open the sidebar, choose the <strong>Post<\/strong> tab, and tick a category under <strong>Categories<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Publish<\/strong>, check the summary, then click <strong>Publish<\/strong> again.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"656\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 656;\" width=\"1280\" autoplay loop muted src=\"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/10\/block-editor-new-post-v2.mp4\" playsinline><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Block editor: title, content, category, Publish.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tip:<\/strong> not ready yet? Click <strong>Save Draft<\/strong> and come back later. <strong>Preview<\/strong> shows how the post will look before anyone else can see it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Good to know<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Shrink photos before you add them. See <a href=\"\/support\/compressing-images-for-web\/\">Compressing images for web<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Video and audio files are too large to upload. <a href=\"\/support\/embedding-video-iframes\/\">Embed them<\/a> from Kaltura or YouTube instead.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No black bar at the top of the screen? You are not logged in.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related guides<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/editing-a-post\/\">Editing a post<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/adding-images-to-a-post\/\">Adding images to a post<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In short: Log in to your site and click + New in the black bar at the top of the screen. Add a title and your content, then click Publish. Your site uses either the Classic Editor or the block editor; both are covered below. Before you start Classic Editor Block editor Tip: not ready [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-content"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1572"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2318,"href":"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1572\/revisions\/2318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/palette.ecuad.ca\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}