Audio

This is an example of an audio post format, which is a great way to liven up your company blog. Read more about them here and start using them with your Corporate site today.

Sharing your audio files with WordPress.com can be done in a number of ways. Third-party embeds from websites like SoundCloud are supported, and you can also upload mp3 files and other supported formats directly into your site.

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Gallery

This is an example of a gallery post format, which is a great way to liven up your company blog. Read more about them here and start using them with your Corporate site today.

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Galleries and slideshows are a wonderful way to share company photos with your visitors. When this post format is used, the featured image will be hidden and the first gallery found in the post will be shown as a gallery in blog, archive, and search views.

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Chat

This is an example of a chat post format, which is a great way to liven up your company blog. Read more about them here and start using them with your Corporate site today.

The only difference between chat posts and standard posts are the fonts. You’ll notice that in blog, search, and archive views the font used to display these posts is Source Sans Pro, as opposed to the more commonly used Playfair Display throughout this theme.


George: (To Jane) You know, when I was a kid, I once found a dollar and fifty cents in change on the bottom of the pool.

Jane: (No feeling in her voice) You must’ve been excited.

George: Yeah. Hey, you know, I gotta go get these tomatoes. You wanna go for a ride?

Jane: I don’t think so.

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Aside

This is an example of an aside post format, which is a great way to liven up your company blog. Read more about them here and start using them with your Corporate site today.

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Asides are similar to Facebook note updates, and they generally appear throughout your blog, search, and archive pages without a title displayed.

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Standard

This is an example of a sticky post, which appears above all other posts in your blog. It’s also a standard post. Corporate supports all post formats; if no special format is chosen then standard posts will be used.

When writing posts with WordPress, you have the option of inserting text, images, and other content like videos, audio, and PDF files into your content. The sky is the limit, and it’s completely up to you to determine which kind of content you plan on writing for your site visitors and future customers.

If you need ideas, hop over to the Daily Post. If you’ve never used WordPress.com and need to learn more, then visit Learn WordPress. Finally, if you’d like to learn more about Corporate then visit the Documentation section of the site to get up to speed with your new theme.


Choosing Post Formats

Here’s a quick video demonstration that shows you how to pick post formats for each of your WordPress posts:

Status

This is an example of an status post format, which is a great way to liven up your company blog. Read more about them here and start using them with your Corporate site today.

Statuses are similar to Twitter updates, and they generally appear throughout your blog, search, and archive pages without a title displayed.

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Quote

This is an example of a quote post format, which is a great way to liven up your company blog. Read more about them here and start using them with your Corporate site today.

The only difference between quote posts and standard posts are the fonts. You’ll notice that in blog, search, and archive views the font used to display these posts is Source Sans Pro, as opposed to the more commonly used Playfair Display throughout this theme.


Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart. —Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Image

This is an example of an image post format, which is a great way to liven up your company blog. Read more about them here and start using them with your Corporate site today.

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Image posts are useful for quick snaps, like you would find on Instagram or similar.

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When this post format is chosen, no post content will show up in blog, search, and archive views; however, you can override this with custom CSS:

[css]
.blog .format-image .entry-content,
.archive .format-image .entry-content,
.search .format-image .entry-content {
display: block;
}
[/css]

Choosing Post Formats

Here’s a quick video demonstration that shows you how to pick post formats for each of your WordPress posts:

Link

This is an example of a link post format, which is a great way to liven up your company blog. Read more about them here and start using them with your Corporate site today.

link-post-formatThe title of Link posts may direct visitors to one of the following locations:

  1. (On the updates page) If no URL has been found in the post content, then when a user clicks on the title of a Link post he will be taken to the single page view of the post (example).
  2. If a URL has been found in the post content then when a user clicks on the title of a Link post he will be taken to the location of the first URL that was found in the Link post content.

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