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How to link to content within the same page

Organizing content on a page can be hard for longer pages of content. You may be worried about the length of the information on you page, especially since top-loading your most important information is a good practice. A way to help your website’s visitors more easily find the…

How to Build a Page

First create the page by clicking on “Pages” in the Dashboard Navigation Menu, then select the “Add New” option. This will create a new page for you. Next, add blocks to your page to display the information in the format you would like. Some blocks are restricted to certain…

How to Log In to WordPress

To Log in, go to your site’s footer, on the bottom left side of the page, and click on Log in. Use your Gatorlink Username and Password to Log in.

The Editor

Users may noticed the availability of a “Classic Editor” and a “Block Editor”. The Classic editor is the same rich text editor used for the original Apollo theme. The Block editor is the new WordPress editor for Apollo 2 and uses blocks (think widgets) to plug-in elements into the page.

Inspector Panel

The Inspector panel gives you access to specific settings for the document (page or post) and the block. Document Settings You can view the settings for your document by clicking on the “Document” tab at the top of the Inspector panel. Status & Visibility – settings related to the status…

Customizer

The Customizer is used to change settings for your site and what visitors see on the homepage. Settings in the Customizer include: Site Identity – Site title and taglineMenus – create and assign a custom menu as a utility navigation menu or the main navigation menu for the site.Homepage Settings…

Main Navigation (Automagic Menu)

The main navigation for your site is populated with pages and will automatically adjust to a format most appropriate to the hierarchy of the pages on your site. This menu can be created and customized through the Customizer, if desired. You main navigation will format the…

The WordPress Dashboard

The Dashboard and Navigation Menu are your main tools for creating and managing your site content. This is also referred to as the “back end” of the website. The Dashboard The Dashboard (light grey area) is a simple at-a-glance style area that gives you a general overview of your…

Menus

Menus can be built and customized a few different ways on your website. Once you are comfortable building and customizing menus, you will find that you have a number of options when it comes to site navigation.   Creating a Custom Menu Custom menus are a way to…

Block Navigator

The Block Navigator will display the blocks on the page or post in the order they appear, and gives you quick access to edit a particular block. This is particularly helpful on long pages with many blocks of content. Click on the Block Navigation icon and select the block…