A ‘Post’ is A Verb and a Noun
ByWhen you use WordPress as your website, you get more than just ‘pages’ of your site. You get the blog ‘post’ feature that not only creates an online web page, but it also gets distributed through your RSS feed. (RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication). That means when you make a blog ‘post’ to your site, other people will see it automatically in either their email, feed reader, or social media site (such as Facebook or Twitter).
Now you could keep things simple, and just create a website with pages only. That would be considered a CMS (Content Management System) site. Fancy words for ‘just a simple straightforward site’. Or you could use the ‘post’ feature, as I am doing here with this blog post.
So, what does the word ‘post’ mean?
Well a post is an action: you can ‘post’ and article to your blog or you can ‘post’ a comment
A ‘post’ is also a noun: when you want to create a blog post, you go inside your admin and ‘add a new post’.
So a person could say: “Where is the post?” (using the word as a noun)
or a person could say: “Did you post a comment?” (using the word as a verb)
So go ahead, and post a comment below and let me know if this explanation was clear to you.
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Good Job! Sometimes we overlook the basics of something common like the word “Post”. It helps to understand the terminology when we jump into this often confusing world of technology!!
Have a Great Day,
Rusty Lee
Rusty,
yes, I’ve been talking to people about a ‘post’ and realizing that sometimes the terminology is not clear
By thinking of it as a verb AND a noun, it makes it easier to understand
Thanks always Christina. You keep giving it all and super appreciated. To me this “post” is very clear to understand. Thanks for never assuming I know it all so keep them coming as someone probably doesn’t know the WEALTH of GOLD you have stored up for us. I believe we never can get too much from your wisdom, use and apply to our own benefit. Thanks for saying it in “baby, simple talk” ways. It helps millions!!
I think of a “post” as a way to tell everyone through a “feed” broadcasting method or someone to read when they come to my site. So, they get it the post information both ways, but firstly and quicker by broadcasting it. Sometimes I don’t always see others posts unless I go to all their blog sites.
carol giambri
Carol,
Yes I think of ‘posting’ as ‘broadcasting’ a message out.
The post sends it out through the RSS, and from there any number of channels can pick it up and re-distribute it!
Glad I’m helping make it easier to understand
Hello from beautiful Montana:
Thanks so much for the “post” It is always a challenge to post a post daily, but I love reading posts from those posters who do a good job.
Judy H. Wright aka Auntie Artichoke, family relationship author and speaker
http://www.AskAuntieArtichoke.com
Yes, I’d love to post to my blog daily, but with my Website Creation Workshop going on right now, I don’t have much time.
I do 3 calls with them a week. But I’ll be posting more once that wraps up for the semester
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Christina:
A good point made. Until a few months ago there were many terms I didn’t know the meaning of. Including ‘blog’. I had to Google that to find out what it was. So it’s better to assume people don’t know what these terms mean that assume they do and leave them trailing way behind you.
Diane
Very clear explanation.