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This is Amelia with another video in the WordPress Basics For Beginners
in this video we will go through the post format area
the post formats is something that is very specific to the theme you are using
and I am looking at the default WordPress Twenty Eleven Theme
the post formats do not come with every theme
for example it does not come with the Thesis Theme
the post format feature simply styles the post in different ways
I'll explain this by showing you some posts in my blog section
There are more format types than listed here
but these are the ones that come with the Twenty Eleven theme
I'm going to go to my blog posts now to show you
The first post I'll explain is an 'Aside' post where a paragraph of text
it ideally for a snippet of text but it does not have a headline
to click into
the next post type is a link post
in the text I have added a link
it makes sense when you look at the sidebar where we have added a widget
this is the post title of the link post
when I hover over this title
that the post title points to the link I've added rather than the post
the link post format references the first link that has been embedded
the next post format is the 'Status'
the Status post format styles the test and adds the author avatar
there are a couple of image posts at the top
this one is a image post format to add a single image into a post
the image is framed
and adds a caption to the image
the caption is referenced from the image meta that you add when you upload an image
the last format type is the 'Gallery'
you can upload images and add a gallery to a post
with a 'shortcode'
which is something that I will go into in another video
if I click on the link to the post
the post shows the gallery images
when you click on one of the images it shows the image on a fresh page
so those are the post formats
they are theme specific and not available in every theme
but they do with the Twenty Eleven theme so I thought this would be useful
in the next videos we will start adding images and other media
I will see you in the next video
bye :)