[Resolved] Create new post/page

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[johnH-30]

Hello
I am following the training instructions at Chapter 3 Creating a Custom Post Type
Page https://toolset.com/lesson-placement/lesson-placements-1620889-1620001/

It seems this page is out of date, it has an item in the choice list Toolset which does not seem to exist now.

I tried Posts - Add New - I can add a Title but I cannot see what to do next to create new Post/Page.
Can someone please explain.
I am using local host.
Thank you
John H

[Waqar]

Hi John,

Thank you for contacting us and I'd be happy to assist.

Since, you're working on a locally hosted website, I can't access it.

Can you please share some screenshots or a screen recording of what options/sections do you see on that screen? I'll be in better position to suggest the next steps, accordingly.

regards,
Waqar

[johnH-30]

Thanks Waqar,
I am attaching two images that show the training video and the present wordpress layout.

I was confused when looking at the training video but eventually saw the the new version has a New button which opens a New Post at the top of the page.
I open this /wp-admin/post-new.php
I add a title My Post
Type in a / and see a list starting with Group

Can you please inform me which selections I should make to complete a New Post

[johnH-30]

A bit more which may make this more clear .........
I am trying to create a Custom Post Type in order to create subcategories

This would be a simple list as below
Boats
Power
Sail
Fishing
Work

etc

To do this I created a Post and called this Boats
Please see
Creating a Post.jpg

I then selected Categories in order to create the category "Power" etc to become a sub category of Boats.
Selected Categories and entered Power.
The Parent Category remains at none.
Please see: Creating a Category.jpg

[Waqar]

Thank you for sharing these details.

Looks there is some confusion between 'creating a new post' and 'creating a new custom post type'.

WordPress comes with these post types for content, out-of-the-box:

1. Pages ( WP Admin -> Pages )
2. Posts ( WP Admin -> Posts )

And to organize the built-in post type 'Posts', there are two taxonomies available:

1. Categories ( WP Admin -> Posts -> Categories )
2. Tags ( WP Admin -> Posts -> Tags )

This means that each new information piece, post or article will be added in the Posts list ( WP Admin -> Posts ). And if you'd like to organize, or group them in terms of different topics ( e.g. Boats, Fish, Power etc ), you'll add them as a new category item/terms ( WP Admin -> Posts -> Categories ).

The documentation guide that you referred to earlier ( ref: https://toolset.com/lesson-placement/lesson-placements-1620889-1620001/ ), is about adding a new custom post type. It is for the case when you need to store information pieces or posts under different labels than 'Posts' or 'Pages'.

For example, if someone is creating a directory or listings website, a new custom post type 'Listings' can be registered.

I hope this helps and please let me know if you need further assistance.