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How to Add A Page
2 min
Page Editing
Imagine a dynamic webpage for your youth sports team that’s as easy to build as playing with building blocks. With...
How to Add Media to the Media Library
3 min
Media Library
WordPress offers a convenient solution with its Media Library if you’re managing a youth sports website and need to handle...
How to Create a Post
3 min
Posts
A WordPress post is like a bulletin board announcement for your youth sports team. It’s a single piece of content...
How to Manage Your WordPress Navigation Menus (Add, Move, and Link to External Pages)
5 min
Content Management, Design, Page Editing
Learn how to manage your site’s navigation menus, add new pages, create dropdowns, and link to external sites using WordPress...
Curated Topics and Tutorials, All in One Place
Explore our curated collection of concise guides covering Best Practices, Dashboard, Media Library, Page Editing, Plugins, Posts, SEO, and Users. Each section includes clear, step-by-step tutorials and expert tips to help you work more efficiently in WordPress and Beaver Builder.
Recent Tutorials
Managing Your Events List
5 min
Events & Schedules
How to keep your events list organized — publishing, archiving, and knowing when to ask for help.
What Is WordPress?
3 min
Website Basics
A plain-English explanation of WordPress, how it powers your site, and what a CMS is.
How Your Site Is Set Up
3 min
Website Basics
Overview of how the site is structured: pages, templates, plugins, and BeaverBuilder’s role.
What You Can (and Can’t) Safely Edit
3 min
Best Practices, Website Basics
Clear boundaries: what’s safe for editors to change vs. what should only be touched by a web administrator.
Pages vs. Posts: What’s the Difference?
3 min
Page Editing, Website Basics
Explains static pages (Home, About, Schedule) vs. dynamic posts (news, blogs) and when each is used.
Navigating to Your Pages
3 min
Page Editing
How to find any page through Pages > All Pages, using search and filters.
Draft, Published, and Scheduled
3 min
Page Editing
Understanding page statuses and what happens when you click Publish vs. Update vs. Save Draft.
Previewing a Page Before Publishing
min
Page Editing
How to use Preview to see your changes without making them live.
Understanding Your Site’s Structure
1 min
Website Basics
How menus, page templates, and parent/child pages relate to each other.
What Is BeaverBuilder?
3 min
Page Editing, Website Basics
How BeaverBuilder works as a visual drag-and-drop page builder and how it differs from the default WordPress editor.
Editing Text Content
3 min
Content Management, Page Editing
How to click into a Text Editor or Heading module and update copy without changing the layout.
Swapping Out an Image
3 min
Content Management, Page Editing
How to click an existing image module, replace the image, and adjust alt text.
Saving, Discarding, and Publishing
3 min
Page Editing
The difference between Save Draft, Publish, and Discard in BeaverBuilder.
What NOT to Change in BeaverBuilder
3 min
Best Practices, Page Editing
Row settings, column widths, global templates, and anything tagged with a layout class — off-limits for editors.
What Makes a Good Web Image
3 min
Best Practices, Media Library
File formats (JPG vs. PNG vs. WebP), ideal dimensions, and why file size matters for page speed.
Inserting or Replacing an Image on a Page
3 min
Content Management, Media Library, Page Editing
How to replace an existing image on a BeaverBuilder page using the Media Library.
Always Preview Before You Publish
3 min
Best Practices
Making it a habit to use Preview before hitting Publish on any change.
How to Undo Changes in BeaverBuilder
3 min
Page Editing
Using BeaverBuilder’s built-in history and the Discard option to revert mistakes.
When to Contact Your Web Admin
1 min
Best Practices, Website Basics
A clear list of scenarios that should always be escalated to the web admin rather than self-solved.
Course Wrap-Up & Quick Reference
3 min
Best Practices, Getting Started
Summary of everything covered in the course, plus a quick-reference cheat sheet for day-to-day edits.
Adding and Editing Links in Text
4 min
Links & Buttons
Learn how to add hyperlinks to text in BeaverBuilder and how to edit or remove links that already exist.
How to Edit a Button Module
2 min
Links & Buttons
Buttons are pre-styled clickable elements. Learn how to change the button text, URL, and style.
Opening Links in a New Tab
3 min
Links & Buttons
By default, links open in the same tab. Learn how to make links open in a new browser tab instead.
Linking to a File in the Media Library
4 min
Links & Buttons
Instead of linking to a web page, you can link directly to files like PDFs, Word docs, or images stored...