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0 How to Edit This Site

If you edit this page, please save it again as a draft. That will keep it from being found on a site search.

Most pages can be edited directly by signing in, navigating to the page or post, then clicking edit.

The home page, inner sidebar and forms are done differently. In these cases, the content is pulled in from somewhere else — another page, a form generator, or a widget.

The chart below tells you where to edit that kind of site content. If you look at the list of pages under “Pages/All Pages” in the Dashboard, you’ll find this How to Edit page. It’s saved as a “draft” so that it won’t show up on a search.

Note on images: Except for the home page slideshow, images on the site will all be less than 600px wide at 72 dpi. Digital cameras and phones take pictures that are much bigger, with a large file size. Loading images of a reasonable size will save space and processing speed.

Home Page Section Edit Content Here Location Name & Widget
Slideshow Posts with category of Slider
To remove a slide, change its category to Slider Not in Use
To add a new slide:

  • Add a new post, category Slider
  • Add a photo to the page, dimensions 1140 x 430
  • The page title becomes the text on the slide
Home – Slider
Genesis Responsive Slider
Top – Right Side N/A Header Right
Visual Editor
Home Page — Main Text Page: Home Main Text Home Top
Genesis – Featured Page
Home Page — Testimonial Dashboard/Testimonials
(Automatically selected excerpt.)
Home Top
Easy Random Testimonial
Home Page — Expert Workmanship Page: About
The top couple of sentences are pulled from this page into the box on the home page. The image is the “featured image” set on the About page. It’s sized automatically.
Home Middle
Genesis – Featured Page
Home Page — Design Help Page: Services
The top couple of sentences are pulled from this page into the box on the home page. The image is the “featured image” set on the Services page. It’s sized automatically.
Home Middle
Genesis – Featured Page
Home Page — Wide Variety of Projects Page: Project Gallery
The top couple of sentences are pulled from this page into the box on the home page. The image is the “featured image” set on the Project Gallery page. It’s sized automatically.
Home Middle
Genesis – Featured Page
Inner Page Sidebar Page: Primary Sidebar
Only the top is directly editable. The testimonial is pulled in by a different widget.
Primary Sidebar
Top: Featured Page
Bottom: Easy Random Testimonial
Testimonials To work with Testimonials, go to Dashboard/TestimonialsTo Add a Testimonial

  • Title is name of the person (initial, last name)
  • Content goes in Visual Editor
  • Testimonial Information
    • Client Name (initial, last name)
    • Position (usually customer, location)
  • Excerpt — use this field to write in a short version of the testimonial, with the most important sentence or two

The testimonial page is actually blank except for a shortcode – stuff in square brackets. That calls the full list of testimonials.

Documentation for the Pro Version (this site uses the free version, but a lot of the ideas apply)

Gallery Page
Slideshows Slideshows are set up in Dashboard/Slideshows. Images are automatically sized correctly.

  1. Pick the slideshow that you’d like to edit
  2. Go to the “Slides List” in the right-hand column of the editing screen.
  3. Add a slide: Click “Insert/ Image Slide”. You can upload an image or use one in the Media Library. Add a description and “Alternative text” (used by readers for the blind).
  4. Delete a slide: Click “Delete Slide” at the bottom of the slide entry.
  5. Rearrange slides: Drag them into the order that you’d like.
Gallery Thumbnails The Gallery images are edited on the Project Gallery page. Bring it up in the editor.

  1. Click in the top row of the images.
  2. Click on the pencil in the little popup box. The “Edit Gallery” dialog comes up.
  3. Drag & drop the images to rearrange them.
  4. You can also add images (left column), remove images or change the captions.
Forms  Go to Dashboard/Forms to edit a form, or to view the form entries. The form is added to a page using the “Add Form” button at the top of the content editing area. Requires Administrator Login.
Form Documentation

 

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