The email address used for your account is your unique identifier. It’s used to verify ownership of sites and user accounts, for password resets and for comment moderation/notification emails. It’s important to ensure your email address is current. Change User Email address Each user account requires a unique email address unless your user account is…Continue Reading Update email address
Category: Help
Retrieve password
There might come an occasion when you forget your password or for some reason your password doesn’t work. Here are the steps you need to follow to get a new password. Click on the Lost Your Password link on the login page. Enter your username, or email address, and click Get New Password. Now check your email for a…Continue Reading Retrieve password
Create additional blogs or sites
There are no limits on the number of sites or blogs you can create. Add New Site or Blog To Existing Account You can add more than one site or blog to your Edublogs account which allows you to use a single account login to manage all your sites and blogs. Once you have created…Continue Reading Create additional blogs or sites
Change username
There are two options for changing your username: change your display name or create a new username. If you no longer wish to use your account, simply leave your username account inactive. There are no security risks associated with this policy and your information isn’t visible anywhere. Change Display Name Your display name is what…Continue Reading Change username
Edit Profile
You customize global settings for your username in the your Profile screen. Any changes to these settings apply to all sites associated with that username. Your user profile is accessed in your dashboard via the Users > Profile or Profile > Profile menu option. Click Update Profile after making any changes on your Profile screen….Continue Reading Edit Profile
User Role Overview
When you set up a site you have the ability to assign and control what other users can do depending what you want each user to be able to do. The five roles you can assign users are: Administrator; Editor; Author; Contributor; and Subscriber. Consider carefully what role you assign other users since administrators…Continue Reading User Role Overview
Adding Users using Add New
Users > Add New is designed to add a new or existing user to a blog, one at a time. Existing users must click on the confirmation link in the invitation email before they are added to the blog. Username tips Use only lowercase letters and numbers, with no spaces, in the username The username is what…Continue Reading Adding Users using Add New
Setting up Google Analytics
Google Analytics is used to provide detailed statistics of visits to your blog such as who’s coming to your blog site, how they’re getting there and what interests them. Google Analytics can be enabled in Edublogs Pro, Student blogs (attached to an Edublogs Pro via My Class), and CampusPress blogs. If you are a Super Admin…Continue Reading Setting up Google Analytics
Domain mapping and using your own domain
Your Edublogs.org site comes with a free address like myblog.edublogs.org. You can remove the .edublogs.org part and use your own custom domain like myblog.com or myblog.oursite.com using domain mapping. To set up custom domain mapping you need to: Purchase your own domain name from a domain hosting company. Custom domains start from around $10 per year. Be able…Continue Reading Domain mapping and using your own domain
Activate Plugins
Plugins extend and expand the functionality of your blog. To Activate a Plugin: 1. Go to Plugins > All in your dashboard 2. Click on Activate on the plugin you want to use. 3. Some plugins have an administration page where you can set options specific for that plugin. Most plugins with configuration options add a new…Continue Reading Activate Plugins