Creating Headings, Lists, and Other Core Content Elements in WordPress

Note: Before adding a heading, ensure that you are familiar with the BCIT public website WordPress standards that apply to headings. The most important things to remember are:

• Only use H2, H3 & H4 heading styles: H1 is reserved for the page title, and headings past level 4 are not within the BCIT standard for content.
• Apply the headings in order: In-page headings and panel elements should follow a logical progression and architecture and must not skip levels within a page. All H3s should be preceded by H2s, all, H4s should be preceded by H3s which are themselves preceded by H2s.
• All in-page headings and panel titles should be capitalized in Sentence case (with only page titles and taglines in Title Case)

To add a heading, in WordPress

1. Highlight the text that you would like to set as a heading.
   
2. Click on the Styling drop down menu in the editing toolbar and choose the heading type you would like to assign to this heading.
   
   • Note: The highest level of heading in a page’s content should be assigned Heading 2. Subheadings underneath that highest level of heading should be assigned Heading 3, then Heading 4. These should be applied in order, paying attention to any panel headings that may be automatic.
3. The heading should now appear larger and darker than it did before.

Note: If you are using panels, some of them include a title field. Anything that you put in that field will be formatted for you, usually as a Heading 2.

Bulleted or numbered lists can make lists or instructions far easier to read and are a good way to break up information. WordPress makes this very easy by including both list buttons in the editing toolbar.

Simple bulleted list

1. In the content editing window, highlight the set of list items.
2. Click on the Bulleted List tool in the toolbar.
   

Your list items will now have a bullet at the beginning of each line and will automatically indent wrapped text.

Simple numbered list

Numbered lists should usually only be used when there is a sequential set of items where the order matters.

1. In the content editing window, highlight the set of list items.
2. Click on the Numbered List tool in the toolbar.
   

Your list items will now have a number at the beginning of each line and will automatically indent wrapped text.

Occasionally, something in a list needs to be broken out into more detail. This is a good time for a nested list.

1. In the content editing window, highlight the set of items that are part of the sub-list.
2. Click on the Increase Indent tool in the toolbar.
   

Your list items will now be indented and work as a separate list inside the first list. You should also be able to make a bulleted list under a numbered list item or vice versa, simply by clicking the appropriate list-type button in the toolbar.