Meta: Gnuville Moves to WordPress. #2 .. .. .. Messages, HTML, and Keyboard Shortcuts!

I’ve created this diary as a place for members of the Good News Roundups group to discuss the processes of moving to WordPress from Daily Kos Version 5.

(As you may know, anyone who reads, participates in, writes, comments in, or boosts Good News Roundups is a member of our group.)

This diary is for meta comments only.

Please post good-news comments in GNR Wednesday ☀️ Good News Roundup Potluck.

In this diary, I invite comments about:

• The nuts and bolts of moving to the new WordPress platform.
• Questions and answers about moving to the new WordPress platform.
• What’s different, what’s good, what’s bad (briefly), and workarounds regarding the new site.
• How we should revise our new Welcome comment.
• Our temporary beta-site names.

I encourage readers to test the beta site, especially Gnuville authors. Follow this link to view and participate on the new beta WordPress site.

     beta.dailykos.com 

If you’ve already signed in, that link will take you to the beta Front Page. 

Once you get your new temporary pass to the beta site, you can open the following pages:

You can see all recent stories here:
https://beta.dailykos.com/stories/

All recent staff stories here:
https://beta.dailykos.com/stories/staff

All recent community stories here:
https://beta.dailykos.com/stories/community/

For readers who have enjoyed our evocative Welcome comment over the years, I'm sorry, but Daily Kos v.6 on WordPress will not be able to support that comment in its present form. Therefore, we will all need to say goodbye to that comment, and we will welcome in a new Welcoming.

My first impression?  

I love the new messaging system. Our savvy techs have removed the major glitch of kosmail!

In the comments, please tell us:

• Your beta name.
• What’s your first impression of the new site?

Live long and prosper!
2thanks, Admin

What I learned yesterday: 

1. DK6 kosmail works way better than DK5 kosmail!

2. You can paste html-coded text into the draft of a diary. 

3. Keyboard shortcuts:  

• Display these keyboard shortcuts.

Shift+Alt+H

Global shortcuts

• Open the command palette.
  Ctrl+K
• Navigate to the nearest toolbar.
  Alt+F10
• Enable or disable fullscreen mode.
  Ctrl+Shift+Alt+F
• Switch between visual editor and code editor.
  Ctrl+Shift+Alt+M
• Save your changes.
  Ctrl+S
• Undo your last changes.
  Ctrl+Z
• Redo your last undo.
  Ctrl+Shift+ZCtrl+Y
• Show or hide the List View.
  Shift+Alt+O
• Enter or exit distraction free mode.
  Ctrl+Shift+\
• Show or hide the Settings panel.
  Ctrl+Shift+,
• Navigate to the next part of the editor.
  Ctrl+`Shift+Alt+N
• Navigate to the previous part of the editor.
  Ctrl+Shift+`Shift+Alt+PCtrl+Shift+~

Selection shortcuts

• Select all text when typing. Press again to select all elements.
  Ctrl+A
• Clear selection.
  escape
• Select text across multiple elements.
  Shift+Arrow

Element shortcuts

• Copy the selected element(s).
  Ctrl+C
• Cut the selected element(s).
  Ctrl+X
• Paste the selected element(s).
  Ctrl+V
• Duplicate the selected element(s).
  Ctrl+Shift+D
• Remove the selected element(s).
  Shift+Alt+Z
• Paste the copied style to the selected element(s).
  Ctrl+Alt+V
• Insert a new element before the selected element(s).
  Ctrl+Alt+T
• Insert a new element after the selected element(s).
  Ctrl+Alt+Y
• Delete selection.
  delbackspace
• Move the selected element(s) up.
  Ctrl+Shift+Alt+T
• Move the selected element(s) down.
  Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Y
• Create a group element from the selected multiple elements.
  Ctrl+G
• Show or hide the selected element(s).
  Ctrl+Shift+H
• Change the element type after adding a new paragraph.
  /

Text formatting

• Make the selected text bold.
  Ctrl+B
• Make the selected text italic.
  Ctrl+I
• Convert the selected text into a link.
  Ctrl+K
• Remove a link.
  Ctrl+Shift+K
• Insert a link to a post or page.
  [[
• Underline the selected text.
  Ctrl+U
• Strikethrough the selected text.
  Shift+Alt+D
• Make the selected text inline code.
  Shift+Alt+X
• Convert the current heading to a paragraph.
  Shift+Alt+0Shift+Alt+7
• Convert the current paragraph or heading to a heading of level 1 to 6.
  Shift+Alt+1-6
• Add non breaking space.
  Ctrl+Shift+SPACE

List View shortcuts

• Collapse all other items.
  Alt+L

Well, I didn’t learn these shortcuts, but I found them.

Image: Silhouettes of 5 women of different races and ages, all looking to the right, to the future.