{"id":40928,"date":"2011-01-11T14:11:26","date_gmt":"2011-01-11T19:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=40928"},"modified":"2025-08-07T16:54:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T20:54:55","slug":"basics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/websites\/www\/wordpress\/faqs\/basics\/","title":{"rendered":"FAQs – Basics"},"content":{"rendered":"

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  1. How can I learn more about using WordPress?<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Can you tell me who maintains my WordPress site?<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Can I edit a page once I’ve published it?<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Can I get more space for my WordPress site if I use up the\u00a0allotted\u00a08GB?<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Are comments available on my WordPress site?<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. How deep can the parent\/child relationship go?<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. If I change a permalink of a page or file, will I need to update all links to that page everywhere in my site?<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. Can I generate an RSS feed with my News Posts in WordPress?<\/a><\/li>\n

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      <\/a>How can I learn more about using WordPress?<\/h3>\n

      IS&T publishes FAQs<\/a> and instructions for common tasks<\/a> online, and we offer WordPress trainings<\/a> every semester. In addition, the WordPress codex<\/a> contains lots of information for new and experienced WordPress users.<\/li>\n

    2. \n

      <\/a>Can you tell me who maintains my WordPress site?<\/h3>\n

      Yes. Contact us<\/a> and we’ll be happy to help find out who administers your WordPress site.<\/li>\n

    3. \n

      <\/a>Can I edit a page once I’ve published it?<\/h3>\n

      Absolutely. Once a page is published, there are a couple of ways you can get back to edit it.<\/p>\n

      1. If you have already logged in to the WordPress Dashboard (add \/wp-admin<\/em> to the end of your site’s URL), you can click the Edit<\/strong> link when viewing a page on your website.<\/p>\n

      2. Click Edit<\/strong> under Pages<\/strong> in your left-hand navigation menu. This will give you a list of all pages on your site. You can either look through the list for the page, or search for it in the upper-right corner.<\/p>\n

      When editing a page, update it by clicking the Update<\/strong> button, which replaces the Publish<\/strong> button seen when creating a new page.<\/li>\n

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      <\/a>Can I get more space for my WordPress site if I use up the allotted 8GB?<\/h3>\n

      Yes. To request more space, click the Get Help<\/strong> link in the\u00a0WordPress Help Menu<\/a> to contact the IT Help Center and request more space.<\/li>\n

    5. \n

      <\/a>Are comments available on my WordPress site?<\/h3>\n

      Comments are available on any Flexi themes<\/a> that support them.<\/li>\n

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      <\/a>How deep can the parent\/child relationship go?<\/h3>\n

      There’s no limit to how deep you can go with page parent\/child relationships. Keep in mind that the deeper the relationship goes, the longer the URL will get. For example: http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/parent\/child\/grandchild\/great-grandchild\/great-great-grandchild\/great-great-great-grandchild <\/em><\/p>\n

      The further you go, the longer (and harder to remember) the URL will become. In addition, side navigation will only show up to 5 levels down the tree.<\/li>\n

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      <\/a>If I change a permalink of a page or file, will I need to update all links to that page everywhere in my site?<\/h3>\n

      If you change the permalink to a file, post, or page; WordPress will automatically redirect from the old permalink to the new one. You don\u2019t need to do anything.<\/li>\n

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      <\/a>Can I generate an RSS feed with my News Posts in WordPress?<\/h3>\n

      News posts created in WordPress automatically generate RSS feeds to allow visitors to stay updated using their favorite RSS feed aggregator.\u00a0 To access your site’s RSS feed, add \/rss<\/em> to the end of your site’s URL.<\/p>\n

      For example: http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/yoursite\/rss<\/em><\/li>\n

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