Learning How to Use UH WordPress

Getting Started with WordPress

• Login Access
• Dashboard
• Updating General Settings
• Block Editor

Login Access

To access the login screen, in your browser, append the /wp-admin/ or /wp-login/ to the end of your site’s URL. For example,

UH System multisite

https://www.hawaii.edu/sitename/wp-admin

UH Manoa multisite

https://manoa.hawaii.edu/sitename/wp-admin

You will need to log in using your UH Username and UH password (the same login information used to access your UH personal email.

 

Dashboard

Your website's Dashboard is where you can customize its appearance, manage users, posts, pages, and access various tools to maintain your site.

In the left navigation pane, you can access the various tools to manage the different aspects of your site. In the main area of the window you are given some information about your site, and some suggestions on getting started with customizing your site.

Note that the tools you see may vary based on your user role.

 

Updating General Settings

Administrators have the option of updating the website name, tagline, and administrator email should there be any discrepancy during the initial site setup.

To access your site's settings:

1. Log into the Dashboard.
2. In the left navigation pane, click the 'Settings' tab.

Site Title

Reflects the department or unit name in the University of Hawaii.

Tagline

This is an optional field. It could be used to display the department or unit's mission statement.

Administration Email Address

Site contact for this department or unit website.

 

Block Editor

WordPress now utilizes a block editor called Gutenberg. Gutenberg is a codename for a whole new paradigm in WordPress site building and publishing, that aims to revolutionize the entire publishing experience as much as Gutenberg did the printed word.

Using a system of Blocks to compose and format content, the new block-based editor is designed to create rich, flexible layouts for websites and digital products. Content is created in the unit of blocks instead of freeform text with inserted media, embeds and Shortcodes (there’s a Shortcode block though).

Blocks treat Paragraphs, Headings, Media, and Embeds all as components that, when strung together, make up the content stored in the WordPress database, replacing the traditional concept of freeform text with embedded media and shortcodes. The new editor is designed with progressive enhancement, meaning that it is back-compatible with all legacy content, and it also offers a process to try to convert and split a Classic block into equivalent blocks using client-side parsing. Finally, the blocks offer enhanced editing and format controls.

The Editor offers rich new value to users with visual, drag-and-drop creation tools and powerful developer enhancements with modern vendor packages, reusable components, rich APIs and hooks to modify and extend the editor through Custom Blocks and Custom Block Styles. A list of block types are available at: https://wordpress.org/support/article/blocks, along with the various embed types allowed.

Please note that due to compatibility issues with the UH WordPress developed themes and the advancement of WordPress features, the Classic Editor will no longer available under our multisite service. But your current content should look the same as it did before. If you edit an existing post or page in the new editor, all the content will be placed in a Classic Block, which will treat it the same way that the Classic editor did.