1. Migrating Sites to Wordpress GRC OCIO Wordpress Workshop 11/17/2014

2. Webcheck webteam.grc.nasa.gov, click on “WebCheck” http://webteam.grc.nasa.gov/webcheck Compare site structure to “Pages Tree View” In WP admin interface, “Pages”  “Tree View” Hover over pages to see options Drag and drop to change order/hierarchy Alternate/more difficult way to do page order/parents When editing a page, “Page Attributes” on right

3. Webcheck Check for: Missing pages Pages with the wrong parent/child(ren) Pages in the incorrect order Page order determines the order of the default menu in the left sidebar of your site – be sure the left sidebar is presentable and usable! Pages you accidentally: Created Published when you didn’t mean to Left marked as “Private”

4. Webcheck Limitations Sometimes has issues with “https” URLs – gets stuck forever on “Web site being analyzed” Is a crawler - will only find pages that are linked to from somewhere in the site If you have “orphan” pages somewhere, you’d need to check the site’s directory

5. Plugins Broken Link Checker Grab & Save Archive Remote Images HTML Import 2 Others

6. Plugin: Broken Link Checker “Plugins”  under “Broken Link Checker”, click “settings” options-general.php?page=link-checker-settings Adds a widget to the dashboard to notify you of broken links Adds “Tools”  “Broken Links” “Run continuously while the Dashboard is open” Emails site owner when a broken link is found

7. Plugin: Grab & Save Allows you to upload images from web sites to the media library When editing a page, “Add Media”, “Grab & Save” Can also change the file name

8. Plugin: Archive Remote Images If an external image is added to a page/post, when you click the “update” button, this plugin will upload that image to your media library Can add image in using html view or copy/paste

9. HTML Import 2 Imports a directory of files as either pages or posts Directory hierarchy is preserved Imports linked media files (images, documents) to the media library Support: User Guide http://stephanieleary.com/downloads/html-import/user-guide.html Plugin Page https://wordpress.org/plugins/import-html-pages/

10. Other Plugins Exclude Pages from Navigation Provides a checkbox on the editing page which you can check to exclude pages from the primary navigation.

11. Site Layout/Wordpress-izing your site Don’t just do a dumb copy/paste Migration time is a good time to re-think the structure and layout of your site Take advantage of Wordpress features! Decide whether to copy entire site using HTML Import 2 then tweak from there, or just start over Columns/tables Go easy on them! If your current/old site was organized using tables, don’t just copy/paste the table into the Wordpress editor Can change the page layout under “Layout Settings” when editing a page

12. Site Layout/Wordpress-izing your site Use posts for content that has regular updates – events, announcements, pictures, etc. Utilize post categorize for multiple types of updates Example To create a link in the site menu to a page that shows those posts, 2 options: Option 1: https://wp-dev.grc.nasa.gov/users/create-category-news-page/https://wp-dev.grc.nasa.gov/users/create-category-news-page/ Option 2: Activate the “Page Links To” plugin Create a new page: Make the page link to [your site]/category/[category slug] Category slug can be found under “Posts”  “Categories” Example: https://ocio.grc.nasa.gov/gvis/category/education-and-outreach/https://ocio.grc.nasa.gov/gvis/category/education-and-outreach/ Post category pages are a good way to keep content organized – excerpts of most recent posts are displayed first

13. Miscellaneous things Affinity Kit footer In the WP admin interface, “Genesis” on the left takes you to “Theme Settings” “NASA Theme Footer Options” is the relevant section Fill out “NASA Responsible Official (NRO)”, “NASA Site Curator” Navigate through the entire site while logged out (or in a private browser window) before launch to be sure everything looks correct Links point to correct location Images are correct, the right size, and in the right place Layout is what you expected

14. Questions?