Adding new newsletter
This is how to add the new newsletter to WordPress and have it show up on the home page and in the resources -> newsletter menu.
First you need to upload the newsletter
- Make sure the newsletter file name will be easy to tell the complete date example Newsletter 2016-01 (for January 2016)
- Go to the Media admin menu and select add.
- Drap and drop the newsletter or click select file and upload it from your computer.
- After it has been added to wordpress edit it and update the category to newsletter.
- After it uploads there should be an edit link.
- Click that and change the category and save. It opens in a new window so you can just close that window.
Adding it to the home page.
- Create new blog post (not page)
- Title should be {Month} Newsletter
- Select Add Media
- Filter Category to newsletter to find easily.
- Select the newsletter
- On the left menu at the bottom make sure it is set to link to media file
- Add file. Should now see a link with the newsletter file name.
- If it isn’t highlights and showing a pencil to edit it you might have to click it get that. You want to click the pencil to edit the link.
- Change option to select open in new window. Save the change.
- Publish page.
- The home page is setup to automatically display new post with the newsletter category. So it should show up automatically.
Adding it to the Resource -> Newsletter page
- Go to the Pages admin menu
- Under the Resource page you should see one called Newsletters
- Click that page to edit it.
- Put your cursor at the end of the last latest newsletter and hit enter. It should create a new bullet line.
- Now just add media just like you did on the post page.
- Remember to set it to open in new window.
Home page widget setup