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WordPress might seem daunting, but it is very easy to use once you know the basics.

First of all you will need an account on our website. To get this click on the Register Tab at the top of the site

You will then be asked to create a username and give your email address to which details on how to complete your registration will be sent.

Once your account has been created you will be automatically assigned as a "Subscriber" which basically means you can only comment on posts. If you want to create your own content then your account will need to be changed by an Administrator or Editor to Author. But most FW Members will be changed to Author as soon as an Admin sees your registration.

Once registered, and an Author, you will be able to post your own Ride Reports, News Items etc. Please note though that the WordPress main page is only for News, Ride Reports, Galleries etc. Anything else needs to be posted in this forum, details on how to use this forum are available on this link.

So First Log In....

Once logged in you will be taken to your "Dashboard" with options on the left hand menu.

The only ones you really need to worry about are posts, comments and Profile.

Under Posts you will be able to see all posts. As an Author you can only edit your own posts.
Comments, you can see all comments, and edit or delete your own.
In Profile you can change your profile options like your name and password.

To write a post, eg a ride report, click on "+New" at the top of the page. Doing so will bring you to This Page

From here it should be quite easy to create your post.
Just one or two things to mention though. All posts are automatically designated the as being a Ride Report. To change this click the check box you wish to use under Categories

If adding a picture, please scroll to the bottom of the page and click Set Featured Image. This will make the image feature on the main page with the excerpt of the text of the post.

Then to add your image either drag the file from your computer into the page, or manually navigate to where the image is saved on your computer to upload it.

If you want more than one image in your post you can insert these inline in the post by just dragging from your file explorer into the WordPress post.
The format box near the top right allows you to change the format of the post. The most used, therefor default is Standard. If you are uploading lots of images into a gallery then use gallery etc.
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Finally all that is left to do is post your content. To do this at the top right is the Publish box.

Here you can either save it as a draft, which obviously doesn't publish it to the main page, change its privacy (not needed) or publish immediately or by clicking edit choose to publish in the future. Once happy with your post click publish and it will upload it to the site!

Cheers. Chris

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