Archive for July, 2009
Controlling who can comment on posts
This post written by Sue Waters in Friday,July 31st 2009 Comments Off
In your Administration panel, you have full control over:
Who can and can't leave a comment.
Whether comments are or aren't allowed for the entire blog, or on a per post or page basis
Whether comments are appear immediately or comments are moderated and need to be approved ...read more»
Engaging with readers through comments
This post written by Sue Waters in Friday,July 31st 2009 Comments Off
Blogging is much more than writing posts; comments are important part of blogging.
Comments extend the conversation beyond your blog post allowing your readers to interact with you and each other. It's amazing how even just a few comments can make student realise they are ...read more»
Why you shouldn’t write your posts in MS Word!
This post written by Sue Waters in Thursday,July 30th 2009 Comments Off
When you copy and paste text from MS Word it brings in lots of extra code. Normally this makes your post’s font and formatting look unattractive plus may add extra words you haven’t written. In extreme cases it can prevent your blog loading ...read more»
Making a post appear “stuck” to the top of the blog’s front page
This post written by Sue Waters in Thursday,July 30th 2009 Comments Off
By default, blogs display posts in reverse chronological order on the home page with the latest post at the top. There isn’t a way to display posts in chronological order however you can makes some posts Sticky so the post will be “stuck” to ...read more»
Password Protecting Posts
This post written by Sue Waters in Thursday,July 30th 2009 Comments Off
There are situations where you write a post but only want specific readers to read that post. For example, the post might contain student work or photos that you only want to share with the family, students or other teachers.
One option is to password protect ...read more»
Filed under: Working with posts and pages
Tags: Password Protect, Password protect post, Post visibility
Scheduling A Post For a Later Date
This post written by Sue Waters in Thursday,July 30th 2009 Comments Off
You can schedule posts to be published when you want whether it be a specific time, few days or weeks.
It’s really simple to do — only takes 4 simple steps!
Once you have written your post just:
Click on Edit link next to Publish Immediately in the ...read more»
Editing Posts
This post written by Sue Waters in Thursday,July 30th 2009 Comments Off
There are occasions where you'll want to go back to previous posts to edit aspects such as correct spelling, grammatical errors, add updates, amend tags and categories.
To locate the post you want to edit you use the Edit Post Screen via Post > Edit.
Brief Overview ...read more»
Filed under: Working with posts and pages
Adding Tags and Categories to a Post
This post written by Sue Waters in Wednesday,July 29th 2009 Comments Off
Tags and categories on posts are used to help readers locate information in different ways.
Categories are like chapters of a book; they provide a general overview of the topics you blog about. Whereas tags are more like the index at the back of the book ...read more»
Filed under: Tackling tags and categories, Working with posts and pages
Tags: Categories, Category, Tag, tag cloud, Tags
Managing images, audio, video and other files using your Media Library
This post written by Sue Waters in Wednesday,July 29th 2009 Comments Off
All media files, such as images, video, audio and documents, that you've ever uploaded to posts or pages are listed in your media library.
This is where you can manage all existing media files or upload new files (Media > Add New) directly to your blog ...read more»
Filed under: Working with posts and pages
Tags: add media, Blog Storage Space, Media Library, Spaced Used, Storage space
Inserting Documents, PDF and PowerPoints into Your Posts
This post written by Sue Waters in Wednesday,July 29th 2009 Comments Off
Besides inserting images, video and audio files you can also upload other file formats such as Documents, PDF and PowerPoints directly into your blog posts.
This doesn't embed your file in your post so you can view it directly in the post; it only inserts a ...read more»
