Your School website is built on the WordPress platform, the most popular Content Management System (CMS) in the world and is used by nearly 75 million websites. Because it is so widely used there are tons of resources out there to help you master the platform. One great resource is Lynda.com but since each installation can work and look a little differently here on the DES site you’ll find quick tips and how-tos specific to our district sites.
Login
To access your sites Admin Dashboard use the black admin bar at the top of the screen. If you are new to editing a site, your @aesd.org email address will need to be added to each site you wish to have editing rights to. Contact the district Web Developer for assistance. After you are logged […]
Getting Started
Login to your school website and navigate the admin dashboard.
Home Page
Here you’ll learn where and how you can make changes to items on the Home Page of your site including: Image Sliders School Site Navigation Menu The “A Word From Our Principal” section School News Section Image Slider To add/remove images from the large image slider on the home page follow these steps. From the […]
News Articles
News articles aka “Posts” appear on the home page under the “Message from our Principal” Creating a Post From the Dashboard of your site under the Post menu options click Add New Add Content Blocks As of January 2019, WordPress 5.0 brings along one major update – the new Gutenberg editor. Gutenberg helps you create […]