How to preview your WordPress post or page on BlogPad Pro for iPad
There are two different ways to preview your WordPress post or page. You can either go to Posts > Post Options > Preview
or you can preview from editing a post by tapping the Post Options button (top right) then Preview:
You will then see how your post or page looks in a regular browser. If your WordPress theme supports a different theme for iPad you can view this by tapping ‘iPad Browser’. When you’re finished tap Done.
How to edit a post on your WordPress blog using the BlogPad Pro app for iPad.
To edit a post click on the orange posts icon and you should see a list of your most recent 10 posts.
When you select the post you want to edit you get these options (below): View summary, Edit settings, Edit content, Preview, Delete, Send to Live, Update from Live, Resolve conflict, Refresh Comments, View comments and Add New Comment:
This option allows you to edit your post properties. These include the title, categories, tags, status, visibility, publish date and whether the post allows comments and pingbacks. Once you have updated this information you can either update to save your changes or cancel to close without saving. You can find more information about post settings including categories, tags, status and publish date here.
Once you select ‘Edit Content’ your post opens up in the edit window.
Tap where you want to type and get blogging!
To select a particular word tap and hold on the screen until this menu appears (below) then tap ‘select’.
You can then change the style, cut or copy the text, make it bold, italics, underline, add a link or use ‘Suggest’ to check the spelling. For more information on the edit button and what they do go here.
To create a link select the text you want to add the link to and tap the hyperlink icon (below)
Link Text: the text you are adding the hyperlink to
Link URL: the web address of your link – this should start with http://
Link Title: a description of your link (you don’t need to add this, but it can be good for SEO)
Or you can link to published posts or pages within your blog (again this is great for SEO). Just use the search box to search for the post you want to link to and select it.
When you’re done tap ‘Create Link’ to add your link and go back to editing.
How to change your post settings on your WordPress blog with BlogPad Pro for iPad
Tap on the orange Posts icon on the menu bar.
Then tap on the post you want to edit and you will see the Post Options menu (below).
This option allows you to edit your post properties. These include the title, categories, tags, status, visibility, publish date and whether the post allows comments and pingbacks.
Once you have changed this information you can either Update to save your changes or Cancel to close without saving.
To edit categories tap on Categories to see your menu. This displays a list of categories on your blog.
Tap each category you want to attach to the post or click the + button to add a new category.
To add tags to your post you can either tap to select them from the list of tags or start typing in the box at the top. If the tag already exists just tap in the list to select, or select ‘Add’ to add a new tag.
You can also set the publish date (below)
The status options you have are: Draft, Published, Scheduled or Pending.
Your post visibility options are: Public, Password Protected and Private. The default setting for this is public.
Other post settings include excerpt, featured image, post format, sticky, custom fields, slug and whether you show BlogPad Pro credits.
