Welcome to the manual for updating content and settings for your website. Below you will find instructions relating to each section of your website.
Login
Go to www.chriscollinsinc.com/wp-admin
Enter “Username” and “Password”
Click “Login”
Theme Options
Google Analytics
- Enter your analytics ID only (not the full code they provide). This will link to your entire website with your Google Analytics account.
Facebook Pixel
- Enter your Facebook pixel ID only (not the full code they provide). This will link to your entire website with your Facebook account.
Social Media
- Throughout the site there are links to your social media accounts. You can update the links globally here.
Creating Blog Posts
- Once logged into the dashboard, click “posts” from the menu on the left.
- Select “Add New”
- Enter a title and description
- You can change the permalink (aka slug) below the title. Do not change this once you start promoting your post/article online or links will break.
- On the right side you can “Add New Category” or check a current category box.
- Click “Set featured image” to upload a banner image. This will also be used on the homepage and/or other pages to display post links.
- Click “Publish” or “Update”
Creating Video Content
Videos are used on the homepage to display featured media content. 4 videos are selected from the “Featured” category. If a video is not in the featured category it will not show up on the homepage.
- Select “Videos” from the left side of the dashboard
- Click “Add New”
- Enter a title (this is used for organizational purposes and not shown to users)
- Under “Video Fields” enter the following information
- “Youtube Video” – Enter the Youtube URL from your browser. The video will appear below this field if done correctly.
- “Video Loop” – Click “Add File” to upload a video (This should be in the .mp4 format)
- “Custom Video Thumbnail – Click “Add or Upload File” to upload a custom thumbnail. This is used for mobile devices to help load speed, replacing the Video Loop.
- Check “Featured” from the Video Categories (This is required to display the video on the homepage).
- Click “Publish” or “Update”
How To Podcasts
- Select “Podcasts”
- Click “Add New”
- Enter the podcast title and description
- Copy and paste the podcast iframe embed code from Libsyn to the “Podcast iFrame” field.
- There are currently 2 categories “Chris Collins Unleashed” and “Service Drive Revolution. Check the appropriate category.
- Click “Set featured image” to upload the podcast banner image.
- Click “Publish” or “Update”
Events
Event Options
- Select “Events”
- Click “Event Options”
- Enter the “Events Page Title” and “Events Page Subtitle”. These will be shown on the overview page for all events.
- Click “Add of Upload File” to load a banner image for the events overview page.
- Click “Save Changes”
Creating An Event
- Select “Events”
- Click “Add New”
- Enter the event title and description
- Under “Event Info” enter the following information
- Facebook link. This will be used as the location to RSVP
- Ticketing Platform Link (where users can purchase their ticket to the event)
- Enter the date the event will take place.
- “Set featured image” is not currently setup for events.
- Click “Publish” or “Update”
Products
- Select “Products”
- Click “Add New”
- Enter the product title an description
- Under “Product data” we will go over adding a “Simple product”
- General tab
- Enter the “Regular price”
- Enter the “Sale price” Optional
- Inventory tab
- Enter the “SKU”. This is a unique identifier you create with each product (ex. 101)
- “Stock status” must be set to “In stock”
- Shipping Tab
- Enter the weight and dimensions of the product being shipping. This will allow the user to calculate shipping cost.
- General tab
- Enter a “Product short description”. This is shown at the top of the page below the title.
- Check the product category from the right side.
- Upload a “Product Image”
- “Add product gallery images” (This is optional but will create a rotating gallery with thumbnails below the product image)
- Click “Publish” or “Update”
Services
- Select “Services”
- Click “Add Service”
- Enter the service title an description
- Click “Set featured image” and upload or select an image from the library.
- Click “Publish”