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[yoz]

Hi

I am very new to xtheme with publishing content, having just written up my first piece which i did through the blog page, drag and drop. I am trying to find out a couple of things.

How do i add a feature picture which shows up on the blog page, as right now when i open the page all i see a full length post?

How do i go about adding a new post now? I am assuming that it’s not just a process of adding in section after section after the last post, as i want to add in cta’s, add in share buttons, widgets to get people to sign up etc, and there needs to be clear seperation

Thankyou

[Rue Nel]

Hello There,

Thanks for writing in! I am assuming that you are just a beginner in using WordPress. To know more about anything, our knowledge base could really help you. Please do check it out here:
https://community.theme.co/kb/
https://community.theme.co/kb/wordpress-creating-a-new-post/
https://community.theme.co/kb/wordpress-adding-photos-and-images/

Hope this helps.

[yoz]

Hi

I have used wordpress before and used this as on the video, however i thought that i had to drag and drop everything which is how i created my first post from the actual panel inside where i see the changes taking place as i go.

Is that not the case then, and what is that part used for then, such as the elements sections etc, as if i go in there after i have done my post such as per the video, i am going to end up messing things up

[Christopher]

Hi there,

You can edit posts in cornerstone as well, the video shows how to create posts with standard editor. Featured image should be added via wordpress page and it couldn’t be done through cornestone.

Thanks.

[yoz]

I have created a post now such as create new post as you mentioned, and now want to go into cornerstone to add elements and make changes, though are getting this attached message. It doesn’t make sense to use create post?

[yoz]

Also if i use this then i can add a feature picture as you mentioned, but once i leave like that message i then lose it. There must be an easier way to do this

[Nabeel A]

Hi again,

Posts created in WordPress editor are not editable in Cornerstone and vice versa. Just create a new post in Cornerstone. Please note that posts created in WP editor will be replaced if edited in Cornerstone.

Hope this helps!

[yoz]

Hi

Yes i understand that, but if i use cornerstone, the following things i can not do.

Set a feature picture
Add tags, meta data, seo etc

I can only do that by going back into the wordpresss editor, plus from what i know so far if i want to add in the next post, the only way i know how to do this is keep adding in more sections, which means where am i supposed to add social sharing buttons, where do the peoples comments go, where do i add subscribe boxes etc at the end of the post?

[yoz]

Actually those last 3 points i am assuming if i am right, is all about adding in sections continously? One for social sharing, one for comments somehow, and another section to sign up to a newsletter?

[Nabeel A]

Hi again,

You can set the featured image and Add tags and meta tags as well after saving the post in Cornerstone and navigating to post editor.

To add share links in each post, try adding the following code in Child theme’s functions.php file:

function share_for_individual_post( $content ) {
  if ( is_singular('post') ) {
   echo do_shortcode( '[share title="Share this Post" facebook="true" twitter="true" google_plus="true" linkedin="true" pinterest="true" reddit="true" email="true"]' );
  }
}

add_action('x_before_the_content_end', 'share_for_individual_post');

Hope this helps!

[yoz]

Hi

I think i am going to use the wordpress editor as i am very familiar with it, and have plugins etc that will be easier to work with.

Can you please help me out with one more thing . I need my set up menu to link up with the categories in wordpress, and right now am not sure to implement them, so the content also goes into these sections correctly.

I have also lost my about section which took me about 3 hours to do in cornertsone. Is there any way of retrieving this?

Thankyou

[yoz]

I found the about section so that part is ok

[Rupok]

Hi there,

Thanks for writing in! You can select categories from Categrories to link them in menus – http://prntscr.com/bfh6qz

If you have other concern then kindly clarify a bit.

Cheers!

[yoz]

Hi

That’s the problem, the menu i have currently doesn’t have my content going there, even when i use categories

Thankyou

[Christopher]

Hi there,

Please provide us with login credentials so we can take a closer look.

Thanks.

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