You will find your login within your MS Word “User Guide.” Add wp-admin to the end of your URL. Like this: www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin. Be sure to bookmark this because you will be accessing it a lot!

Important tip: When making changes to your site, work in two browser windows. Open your dashboard in one tab and your site in another tab, and switch back and forth to review your changes. When you modify your site in your dashboard, apply the changes by clicking the blue button. Be sure to click the curly arrow (or press F5) to refresh the browser and view your changes.

• Click APPEARANCE > CUSTOMIZE in left sidebar
• Select HEADER OPTIONS
• Scroll down and choose UPLOAD NEW
• Drag and drop your logo into the dotted box below UPLOAD NEW
• Click blue button at the top of the left sidebar
• Close the sidebar

Important tip: As you should with all site edits, be sure to click on the blue Save & Publish button at the top right of the sidebar AND refresh your site in another tab by clicking the curly arrow near the search bar in your browser.

If you don’t have a logo available, or if it’s not in the right format, or it’s on a background that won’t work, we have a logo quick start service that might fit the bill. Check it out on the Mighty Little Web Shop Services page!

• Click APPEARANCE > CUSTOMIZE in the side bar of your WordPress dashboard
• Select SITE IDENTITY and change all of your taglines here
• Click blue button in the upper right corner

Important tip: Each tagline can be presented in the same color or different colors by clicking SELECT COLOR and adjusting the color to best coordinate with your brand.

• Click SLIDER > ADD NEW in the side bar of the dashboard
• Click FEATURED IMAGE in the lower right hand corner to enter your Media Library
• Hover over the image you wish to use and click to select it (or browse to find an image on your computer)
• Select the blue SELECT FEATURED IMAGE text link in the lower right
• Enter text and adjust styles just as you would for a post
• Click blue button in the upper right corner

Important tip: The standard slide side is 560 wide x 340 high pixels at 72 pixels/inch. If images you enter are too small, they will not fit into your slider and a darker gray color will appear on the right side underneath the photo. If the photo is unnecessarily high in resolution, it will be automatically resized, but may crop differently than you would have expected. Programs like Photoshop and Fireworks can be used to size, crop and resample photos. For a free alternative, try PicMonkey.

• Go to slider in left sidebar
• Hover over the list of slides
• Select QUICK EDIT to modify the date and time to change the order of the slides
• Click blue button in the upper right corner

Important tip: The slide with the most recent date and time shows up in the slider first. In order to change the order, you must adjust the date and time of the slide.

• Click SLIDER > ALL SLIDES
• Select the slide you wish to edit
• Enter link in the SLIDER IMAGE LINKS TO: box under SLIDER OPTIONS in the top right corner
• Click the checkbox under LAUNCH IN LIGHTBOX if you would like the slide to popup in a new window (this is typically done for videos that do not fit neatly into the slider)
• Click blue button in the upper right corner

• Click SETTINGS > READING in the sidebar of your WordPress dashboard
• Adjust the slider speed under SLIDER SETTINGS in the SLIDER SPEED box (it is specified in seconds and the default is 10 seconds)
• Click blue button in the upper right corner

• Click PAGES > ADD NEW
• Enter the appropriate title in the ENTER TITLE HERE box
• Paste or type content into the space below the toolbar
• Format text using bold, italics, bulleted lists, etc.
• Click blue button in the upper right corner

Note: you must first create a new page and then you can add it to your menu

• Click APPEARANCE > MENUS
• At the top of the center column, choose the correct menu and click SELECT
• At the top of the left column within the box titled PAGES, select the page you wish to add to the navigation under the MOST RECENT TAB (or “All Pages” tab)
• Click ADD TO MENU and drag the page into the correct order
• Click blue button in the upper right corner

Reminder: At the top of the EDIT MENUS page on your Dashboard, make sure you have the correct navigation bar selected in the SELECT A MENU TO EDIT dropdown. If you have “Top (Top Navigation)” selected, you are making edits to the top navigation bar of your site. If “footer” is selected, you are editing your footer navigation.

Note: you must first create a page and then you can add it to the menu

• Click APPEARANCE > MENUS
• At the top of the center column, choose the correct menu and click SELECT
• Within the box titled PAGES, select the page you wish to add to the navigation under the MOST RECENT TAB (or “All Pages” tab)
• Click ADD TO MENU and drag the page, which now appears at the bottom on the menu, under the parent page you wish for it to appear below
• Drag the page slightly to the right to indent it under its “parent” page. This makes it a “dropdown” menu item instead of a “main” menu item
• Click blue button in the upper right corner

• Click PAGES > ALL PAGES
• Select page titled “Home”
• Add text to any block or section
• Click blue button in the upper right corner

Important tip: We recommend you include the following within the content of your home page…

• Why you chose to do this work
• Clear description of your services and a clear description of your perfect client
• Unique qualities that set your company apart from your competition
• Challenges prospective clients face and how your service can help them overcome these challenges
• Social proof, such as testimonials
• Professional memberships and certifications

• Go to the page or post you wish to style
• Change the style of your text using the bold and italic icons in the upper left corner of the text styling features
• Add bullets or numbering by “highlighting” your text and selecting the appropriate List icon
• Change the alignment of your text to left, center, or right using the text features
• Style your text element as a paragraph or header 1, header 2, etc.

• Copy the URL to your computer’s clipboard
• Select the text you wish to link
• Click link icon in the text styling features
• Paste the URL into the URL space
• Select OPEN LINK IN A NEW WINDOW/TAB if you are linking outside of your website
• Click ADD LINK
• Click blue button in the upper right corner

Important tip: To remove a link, select the linked text and click the unlink icon. Remember to include http://. in your URL.

• Click APPEARANCE > CUSTOMIZE in the sidebar
• Click NAVIGATION to view dropdown options
• Click SELECT COLOR under NAVIGATION BACKGROUND COLOR to change the background color
• Click SELECT COLOR under NAVIGATION TEXT COLOR to change the text color
• To specify an exact color, you must enter a hex build, such as #33ff33, which is bright green
• Click blue button in the upper right corner

Important Tip: Choose a dark color so that the navigation links are readable

Optional Tip: Install Colorzilla in your browser to determine the colors in your logo or to sample colors from other web pages.

If the PDF is already posted on the internet:

• Copy the URL link of the PDF into your computer’s clipboard (you can find this in your media gallery)
• Highlight the text you wish to link to the PDF
• Click the link icon in text styling features (Insert/Edit Link)
• Paste the copied URL link into the URL box
• Click ADD LINK
• Click blue button in the upper right corner to Update

If you are adding the PDF document from your computer:

• Place your cursor where you’d like to insert the PDF (or select the text you will link to the PDF and copy it into your computer’s clipboard)
• Click ADD MEDIA above the upper left corner of the text styling features
• If the PDF is already in your media library, select the document and click INSERT
• If the PDF is not yet in your media library, click upload files and either “Select File” (browse on your computer) or drag and drop it in
• Paste the text in your computer’s clipboard into “title”
• Click blue insert into page or post button
• Click “update” blue button in the upper right corner

• Click APPEARANCE > CUSTOMIZE in the sidebar
• You can add colors (by their hex build) to your navigation bar (NAVIGATION), your headers 1 – 4 (THEME OPTIONS), and your tagline(s) (HEADER OPTIONS)
• Click blue Save & Close button

Important tip: Changing colors will change colors everywhere across your website. This will ensure consistency throughout your pages. Here are a few color tips and palettes to get you started.

• Click PAGES > ALL PAGES and select the desired page
• Scroll down to the Testimonial box found below the main content area in the center column
• Enter a title for the testimonial (optional)
• Paste or type testimonial content into the section titled TESTIMONIAL CONTENT
• Click blue button in the upper right corner

Important tip: You can put any kind of content here — inspiring quotes, featured services, FAQs, etc. It doesn’t have to be a testimonial.

• Go to the blog post
• Click SET FEATURED IMAGE at the bottom of the right hand column
• Select the image in your Media Library or drag an image your computer
• Click INSERT INTO POST
• Click blue button in the upper right corner

Important tip: Good sources of images include dreamstime.com or shutterstock.com.

When you are ready to insert a link, highlight the content you want to be the link. Click on Insert/Edit Link (the “chain” in the text features, above). The popup window will list the most recent content added, and a search box helps you locate older content. Click on the title of the content you wish to link to, and click the blue “ADD LINK” button. After adding the link, don’t forget to save the page you are working on.

• Click APPEARANCE > EMAIL MARKETING AND SOCIAL MEDIA
• Enter each social media link in the appropriate textbox
• Click blue button in the upper right corner

Important tip: Adding or removing links to your social channels will make those channels available or remove them from your site.

Contact support@mightylittlewebshop.com.

Click APPEARANCE > CUSTOMIZE in the sidebar
Click FOOTER TEXT SITEWIDE
Modify the existing footer text and add a copyright statement, link to privacy policy, your mailing address, for instance
Add in this tag < /br> to break text to a second line as appropriate
OPTION > g (using a MAC) or ALT 0169 (using Windows) will create a copyright symbol (©)

• Click APPEARANCE > CUSTOMIZE in the side bar of your WordPress dashboard
• Click UPLOAD A FAVICON to get a dropdown
• Select either UPLOAD NEW to upload your favicon or drop or select a file within the dotted line box

Important tip: Favicons must be 16 x 16 pixels and they must be named favicon.ico in gif format. A favicon is the image that appears in the tab.

• Proofread all of your pages carefully and check all of your links.
• Call MLWS at (240) 221-3260 or email support@mightylittlewebshop.com

If the PDF is already posted on the internet:

1. Copy the URL link of the PDF into your computer’s clipboard (you can find this in your media gallery)
2. Highlight the text you wish to link to the PDF
3. Click the link icon in text styling features (Insert/Edit Link)
4. Paste the copied URL link into the URL box
5. Click ADD LINK
6. Click blue button in the upper right corner to Update

If you are adding the PDF document from your computer:

1. Place your cursor where you’d like to insert the PDF (or select the text you will link to the PDF and copy it into your computer’s clipboard)
2. Click ADD MEDIA above the upper left corner of the text styling features
3. If the PDF is already in your media library, select the document and click INSERT
4. If the PDF is not yet in your media library, click upload files and either “Select File” (browse on your computer) or drag and drop it in
5. Paste the text in your computer’s clipboard into “title”
6. Click blue insert into page or post button
7. Click “update” blue button in the upper right corner