Im completely new to WP and would like to know something. I get the idea behind pages and posts but I am still unsure on how deep I go into separating content into editable regions.

 

For example, if I have a homepage that has main paragraph, 2 main images, a news section, an embedded youtube video, and a range of other editable sections with paragraphs etc, so basically multiple section within the one page. How can I get wordpress to allow me to edit these sections individually, as Im sure it wouldnt be a good idea to allow the client to edit all the editable regions as a whole. Or is this the way you do it?

 

Thanks in advance

You can split the page in to Custom fields.

 

Have the main editor for the main content and then have a few custom fields/forms to pull the rest which the theme then places in the appropriate place.

 

For example... If i want the main content at the top of the page and then a video underneath, i'd have the main 'new posts' page text area to add the content and underneath that i'd use a custom field called 'youtube' or whatever where the client would add the url to the video.

 

Then in the theme i'd call the 'Content' and 'youtube' in separate points where i wanted them to display.

 

I've currently done it this way for a haulage firms stock items posts.

At the bottom of the 'new post' page i have a checkbox marked 'This is a stock item'. Once clicked an extra box expands with upload buttons for the stock images and an extra text box for the stock price.

 

Additional reading on 'Custom Fields' here.

Edited December 28, 201114 yr by MikeChipshop

You can split the page in to Custom fields.

 

Have the main editor for the main content and then have a few custom fields/forms to pull the rest which the theme then places in the appropriate place.

 

For example... If i want the main content at the top of the page and then a video underneath, i'd have the main 'new posts' page text area to add the content and underneath that i'd use a custom field called 'youtube' or whatever where the client would add the url to the video.

 

Then in the theme i'd call the 'Content' and 'youtube' in separate points where i wanted them to display.

 

I've currently done it this way for a haulage firms stock items posts.

At the bottom of the 'new post' page i have a checkbox marked 'This is a stock item'. Once clicked an extra box expands with upload buttons for the stock images and an extra text box for the stock price.

 

Additional reading on 'Custom Fields' here.

 

great help, thanks