WordPress with JAWS for Windows
By
CathyAnne Murtha
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Add and manage Pages and Posts in the WordPress Dashboard.
The “All Pages” and “All Posts” Dashboard pages include controls to
filter, search, edit, delete, and take bulk actions on your content.
Add links to WordPress pages, media, outside websites, or email
addresses using the “Insert Link” dialog.
These fundamental skills form the foundation of your website.
Contents
WordPress Pages and Posts are edited the same way. They’re
located in different Dashboard pages but share the same layout and controls.
The Settings Sidebar has contextual panes based on the open document.
Fully edit a document by opening it, or use the
Dashboard “Quick Edit” controls.
Quick Edit allows you to modify basic details like title,
status, tags, and categories without opening the full editor.
Review all Pages or Posts in the WordPress Dashboard.
To open the “All Pages” or “All Posts” Dashboard page:
The “All Pages” or “All Posts” page opens. Manage documents in the
Content Area.
To access the Content Area, activate the “Skip to Main Content” skip
link in the JAWS Links List.
The page is divided into two sections:
Navigate the form controls and review Pages or Posts in the table.
Manage pages or posts on the “Pages” or “Posts” webpage. Delete, revise,
unpublish, enable comments, and more in the Pages or Posts webpage.
There are two actions you can take after opening the webpage:
Activate the “Main Content” skip link to access the Content Area. The
first link is “Add Page” or “Add Post.”
Activate the link in the Links List to open a new page or post, or Move
To the link to explore the Content Area
There may be plugin alerts between the “Add Page” or “Add Post” button
and the remaining document controls.
A list of links filters the documents table at the bottom of the page.
Move focus to the list with JAWS list navigation:
There are two links available. More links are added as you create drafts
and develop your site. Drafts are unpublished items stored in the “Drafts”
folder.
The page filter links are:
Search for a page or post with the Search edit box:
Combo boxes above the pages table further filter the page table:
The Posts page has a “Categories” combo box that filters the pages by
category.
Activate a link, execute a search, or select a date range and apply the
filter. Related pages or posts are listed in a table at the bottom of the
window. Navigate the table using table navigation.
WordPress documents are in a table at the bottom of the page.
Post columns may include:
Page columns may include:
Pages or Posts are in rows beneath the column headers.
Some column headers sort the table in ascending or descending order.
Activate a link to sort the documents.
Links are beneath the title:
Edit and view overwrite the
focused tab. I recommend opening them in a new tab.
Let’s discuss Quick Edit.
Quick Edit expands the table to show document properties.
Navigate the controls to configure Quick Edit options.
This page introduces “Slugs.” Slugs are custom text that can be used in
a URL to open the page.
A page named: an-immersion-into-windows-11 becomes “windows11” with a
slug. The page is accessed by adding the slug to your domain: www.yourdomain.com/windows11.
WordPress automatically creates a slug. Fine-tune it in Quick Edit.
Slugs are recognized by search engines and make web pages easier to remember
and share.
Parent pages are a top-level hierarchical structure. Like folders and
subfolders, parent pages become part of child page URLs. Hierarchical
structures can have unlimited levels.
The Pages webpage shows child pages under parent pages in the table.
This keeps related pages together.
Page order determines the order child pages are displayed in menus when
automatic sorting is enabled. Custom configurations overwrite this setting.
By default, each page order value is zero. 0 is
displayed first. Assign order values in the sequence you want pages listed in
menus and the Dashboard: 0, 1, 2, 3, etc.
Activate a Page “Quick Edit” link to edit page properties and status in
the table.
The Quick Edit controls are:
Activate “Update” to save the page with the Quick Edit changes and exits
Quick Edit mode.
Activate “Cancel” abandons the changes and exits Quick Edit mode.
Quick Edit expands the table to show document properties.
Navigate the controls to configure Quick Edit options.
Activate a post “Quick Edit” link to edit post properties and status in
the table.
The Quick Edit controls are:
Activate “Update” to save the changes and exit Quick Edit mode.
Activate “Cancel” to abandon changes and exit Quick Edit mode.
Take an action on all or multiple documents with “Bulk Actions”
controls.
The “Bulk Action” combo box and related controls are just above the
document table.
Each Page or Post is preceded by a checkbox. Use JAWS Navigation Quick
Keys to navigate checkboxes.
The first checkbox selects all documents.
JAWS echoes each document name. To select a document for a bulk action,
check its checkbox.
The controls are:
The Bulk Edit option configures document properties for all checked
pages or posts.
To Bulk Edit pages or posts:
The “Bulk Edit” controls open at the top of the Pages or Posts table.
Page Bulk Edit controls are:
Post Bulk Edit controls are:
Activate “Update” to apply the changes. Focus returns to the Pages or
Posts table.
Activate “Cancel” to exit the dialog and close the controls.
Navigate to Internet resources, download files, and visit web pages with
links.
Links are specially formatted passages of text. When text is formatted
as a link, it becomes a “Hyperlink.”
Search for a page on your website or insert a link to another Internet
location.
In WordPress, you can link to:
We’ll discuss the “Media Library” shortly.
Create links with the Link button. Add links to Pages or Posts using the
Link Settings Toolbar.
The Link Settings Toolbar includes a search interface that locates
WordPress documents.
Let’s add a link.
Links are activated with ENTER in Browse Mode or in the JAWS Links List.
They are a fundamental web page element that moves focus from one web resource
to another.
To add a link:
Insert the link with the “Insert Link” toolbar: Open the Insert Link
toolbar in the Block Toolbar or with a WordPress keyboard accelerator.
The Block Toolbar:
Use the WordPress keyboard accelerator:
The Link Settings Toolbar opens. Focus is on the edit-combo box.
Input a URL or select a WordPress page.
To input a URL:
The link is inserted. The selected text is hyperlinked. Remove
selection.
To link to a WordPress page:
WordPress processes the search.
The Link Toolbar closes:
To link to an email address, input the email syntax:
Mailto: followed by the email address, with no spaces
mailto:cathy@blindtraining.com
Etc.
These email links work for desktop mail applications. If a visitor uses
Gmail, Outlook.com, or other online email service, these links won’t work.
A checkbox is at the bottom of the Link Toolbar:
The “Open in New Tab” checkbox:
Activate “Apply.” The Link Toolbar closes, and the link is inserted.
The selected text is hyperlinked. Remove selection.
Tap ESCAPE to cancel the link.
Edit a link in the “Link Settings” Toolbar:
Press ENTER to update the link. The link is updated.
The “Link Settings” Toolbar closes.
Remove a link from a hyperlink with a WordPress keyboard accelerator:
You can also use the block toolbar but this is
easy to remember and execute.
The link is removed. Focus returns to the text.
To delete
linked text, select the text and press DELETE. The text and hyperlink are
deleted.
Thoroughly explore and get to know the “All Pages” and “All Posts”
WordPress Dashboard pages.
These pages are the central hub for managing, reviewing, and editing
WordPress documents. Every major change to your content begins here.
Practice adding links to external websites and other WordPress pages.
Links are the most-used element on the web, and one of the most powerful. They
connect your readers to resources, support, and deeper content. Mastering links
is a critical skill.
Use the skills you’ve learned to:
Pages and posts bring your website to life. Links guide your visitors
forward, one breadcrumb at a time, into the world you’ve
built in WordPress.
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