If you’ve read Calypso, the new system in automated for managing WordPress sites, you might wonder how it works differently from the familiar WordPress management screen. Calypso is not familiar. Written entirely in JavaScript, word press. Com rest API (different from the WordPress rest API of your own hosting site). To use, you must install and activate the jetpack plug-in, WordPress. Com account. Then WordPress. A standalone Calypso application can be ed from the com website or used on a desktop computer (MAC or windows) to access Calypso. The
Calypso is an interesting development. My inspiration came from thinking about how to use WordPress rest API to build a custom WordPress management system. But there are some shortcomings. Install jetpack on your own hosting site instead of using rest API, WordPress. WordPress needs to set up com to connect to the site. Com rest API. Accounts (the teams behind the two APIs are working together to integrate them and may change them in the future). If you are satisfied with this, it is a good way to manage all word press sites in one place, and the user interface is also good. The
This post provides a guide to the Calypso interface, showing how to create and edit content, and how to use it to manage your site. Let’s go. Install and activate the jetpack plug-in before installing jetpack and Calypso access. Ensure that the management module is active. Access WordPress. Make sure the correct site is displayed. If the displayed site is invalid, click the switch site link at the top of the administrator menu. The first screen displayed when opening a website is website statistics. I just activated the jetpack, so I haven’t made statistics yet. This statistic will accumulate as traffic flows from your site. The
Note: to replace the desktop application (with the exact same interface), you can it from the Calypso website. Let’s look at how to create content from the content creation and editing Calypso screens. First, add a new post. You can view post items from the administration menu on the left side of create post. To add a new post, simply click the Add button next to it and the new post screen will be displayed. Male enter the post title and content in the title and content area in a similar way to using the word press management screen. The available formatting options are the same as for word press administrators. Click the toggle icon to the right of the format bar to turn advanced formatting options (also known as kitchen sink) on and off. The
Here are some formatted new posts: To add a media file, click the media icon to the left of the format bar. This gives you access to a media upload loader that looks very familiar. To upload an image, click the Add button. This is just an example, showing that the text used in Calypso’s input and prompts is slightly different from the standard word press management screen. Because it is more intuitive for users, terms such as new addition are used instead of uploading. As in word press manager, you can drag media files onto the screen. The
The media library separates attachments into images, documents, video, and audio and can be accessed through links at the top of the screen. This makes it easier to find specific types of media files. If you want to create a gallery, there is no corresponding button. Instead, put the image in
Select multiple and click the Continue button. Navigate to the screen where you can edit the library layout. You can choose to display a full-size image, thumbnail grid, or slide show. Male then click the insert button to insert the gallery into the page. The following is a draft post to be posted. The
When the post is ready, you will want to know where the published metabox is. Calypso works a little differently. Use the Publish button on the left instead of the metabox on the right. You can also view the categories and labels, recommended images, sharing, post format and other tabs here. Here, you can usually find everything you can find in the metabox on the home screen. Calypso will automatically draft the post in the background, so there is no corresponding button. Before posting, let’s take a look at the corresponding tabs. First, category and label:
Click the categories and labels tab, and its contents will slide down. Review and select categories and labels to apply to posts. To set up recommended images, click the recommended images tab. Male click the recommended picture setting button to redisplay the media upload reader. You can add the recommended picture here. This will display the recommended image at the top of the post editing area. To edit your blog, create an excerpt, or change your discussion settings, click the additional Options tab. The last step before posting is to preview the post. You can do this through the preview button at the top of the management tab. To schedule a post instead of posting it now, click the calendar icon to the right of the Publish button. The
In this way, like the normal word press management screen, the text of the Publish button will be changed to the calendar. When the post is last published (or retained), it will be published to the main site. A notification is displayed that: Male click the \
To add a new page, click the Add button in the page menu item to view the page editing screen. The title and content of the added page are the same as those of the post and will not be involved. Instead, look at the administration tab on the left. The first tab applies to recommended images that work the same way as the post. The topic appears on the page only if it is supported. The following are the page options tabs: Here, you can select the parent page of the page and specify the menu order. If the topic has more than one page template, you can select the template to apply to the page here. The
Finally, there is the additional Options tab. Here, you can specify other specific page setups added through slugs, discussion settings, and topics. Finally, click publish to publish the page in the same way as publishing. The notification message is displayed again. To edit a post and a post on a page edit page, you must first access the post or page list screen. In the main administration menu on the left, click the blog post or page tab. The post list screen is as follows: You can click the options at the top of the list to filter options to display posts that have been published, drafted, retained, or deleted, or click the search icon to search for specific posts. To modify a post, click the modify link below the post. Or, click the view link to view on the site, or click the statistics link to view the visitor’s statistics on the post, or click the recycle bin link to navigate to the recycle bin. website
Managing Calypso allows you not only to create and edit content, but also to manage the site and its settings. There are two menu sections. Personalization, including custom buttons and themes and menu tabs. Activate plug-in settings, including sharing tabs for configuration, installation and other site settings, connect to social media through jet packaging, and move the refresh program for WP administrator to the administrator screen of the main site to manage site users. Let’s start with custom options. Site personalization Calypso allows you to view themes and connect to the primary site administrator, customize themes or install new themes. You can also manage and create menus. Click the topics tab to view topics. Unfortunately, when testing Calypso, the installed theme was not displayed on my site except for the active theme. To install a new theme, click the Add button. Navigate to the primary site administrator. On the themes screen, click the Customize button next to the name or click the Customize button on the themes tab to customize one of the current themes. This loads the customization program in the primary site administrator. Fortunately, Calypso has all the functions related to the menu. Click the menus tab to access the menu management screen. This will display the default menu, showing the number of menu areas above the topic and the number of menus set. To specify which menu to use in which menu area, click the menu area, and then click menus. In the above, I selected the social link menu area in my topic and assigned the test menu menu. You can also click add new menu option to create a new menu. It is difficult to edit a menu that is not assigned to a menu area. The only way to do this is to select the menu from the right (assigned to the currently selected menu area from the left), edit and save the menu, and then reselect the menu that must be assigned to the menu area. If you want to assign the correct menu to the correct menu area, do not forget the last step. Calypso does not save changes to the menu until you click the Save button, but you must do so if you want to save a menu that was not assigned before switching the correct menu back to the menu area. Displayed on the live site. Therefore, please be careful not to use this function at the site. To view unassigned menus, switch to the main management screen. Note: if you can use other methods to perform this task, please tell me your opinion. It cannot be solved, but it is not impossible! To add a new item to the menu, click the + icon to the left of the menu item. This displays a menu that allows you to select from various items of content type and content. Select an item and click the add item button to add it. Click the small pencil icon to the right of each item to edit the menu item. Don’t forget to save the menu later! Site configuration the last set of options is used to configure site settings. The menu items available here depend on the activated jetpack module (shared: – if more modules are activated, you can view more). The sharing menu item allows you to configure a social media account to connect to the site. Log in to each social media account and save the details with the male button. You can then use jetpack to add social sharing artifacts to the site. The following are the personnel menu items: It uses several concepts different from the standard word press management screen. Divide users into teams, followers, and email followers. The team includes everyone who has an account on your site. Focus on WordPress. Wordp choose to follow your site from COM
Ress For people with com accounts, e-mail followers are those who subscribe to e-mail newsletters but do not have to create users. Account for your web site. You can add a new user by clicking the Add button on the left side of people in the main menu. This is just going from the word press administration screen outside Calypso to the add new user screen. Using the plug-ins menu item, you can view the plug-ins installed on the site in a beautiful visual interface. If the plug-in update is available, a notification will be displayed under the plug-in name (you can see it in the jetpack in the screenshot). Click the appropriate notification to go to the update plug ins screen. Then click the update button, and the plug-in will be updated. You can also use a similar interface that you think is clearer than the standard interface, and use Calypso to install the plug-in. To do this, click the Add button next to the plug-in in the main menu. Here you can search for plug-ins and install them in the same way as on the word press management screen, still using the enhanced user interface. Therefore, to install WP Smush, search for and display the following installation screen: As long as you click the Install button, you will not return to the word press management screen, but install the plug-in. The last option is to manage site settings. Its structure is slightly different from the normal word press administrator screen. Clicking settings on the administrator menu displays the General Settings tab, which contains most of the settings that can be viewed on the standard general settings screen, but does not have options for subscription, date, or language, and adds jetpack options.: There are also written labels. In other words, it contains some, but not all, of the settings for the word press administration screen. Category settings can be modified, but posts cannot be set via email. The discussion tag contains settings for activating comments and tracking packages, but has no parent. Finally, the safety label is different from any screen on the standard management screen. Instead, it contains the security settings that come with jetpack. This means that some settings need to be returned to the main site for management, such as reading, media and permanent links. These are all the screens and options that come with Calypso. If more jetpack modules are enabled or other plug-ins are installed that work with Calypso, more screens may be displayed. Flat knot – Calypso is an interesting start. Working through all Calypso screens and interfaces, I think this is a very promising new system. Demonstrates how to create a completely new version of word press manager without changing the kernel. The two goals of the Calypso project are to improve the UI and make it easier to push updates. Both goals have been met and will continue. Compared with the standard screen, the plug-in management screen is specially improved. It has a very clear and intuitive user interface. However, Calypso is not yet complete. There are several menu options that allow you to return to the primary site. The custom program is not integrated here (importantly, for all those who use word press as CMS), you cannot use the custom post type. Jetpack and word press are also installed. This depends on whether the com account is set. Even if the UI is improved, it will not be used at the client site at present. But that will change. I asked nicoly bachiyski, a key member of the Calypso project, about the future of Calypso. He was sure that more functions would be added over time. But ca
Lypso is just the first of many alternative WordPress management systems that show what can be done. You can also pay attention to other WordPress websites hosted by yourself, manage multiple websites in one place, conduct more social activities, and provide closer services for WordPress users. It is hoped that developers can get inspiration from it and create an alternative management system that interacts with the WordPress rest API of their hosting site. That is WordPress. A com account is not required. Interesting times have come! Have you ever used calixo? What are you thinking? You want to see how Calypso evolved? WordPress About the application of COM, please tell us the following comments. Labels: automatic text imprint screen
