Comments allow your readers to add feedback to your posts and pages. Comments extend the conversation 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 writing for a global audience — for many is incredibly motivating. Comments are an important…Continue Reading Comments Overview
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Stick a Post to the Front Page using Sticky Posts
By default, blogs display posts in reverse chronological order on the home page with the latest post at the top. You can make some posts sticky so the post will be “stuck” to the top of the blog’s front page. Examples of where teachers might use a sticky post are for notifying students of important…Continue Reading Stick a Post to the Front Page using Sticky Posts
Password protecting posts and pages
There are situations where you write a post or page but only want specific readers to read that post or page. 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 the post or page; any…Continue Reading Password protecting posts and pages
Scheduling a post to publish on a later date
You can schedule posts to be published when you want whether it be a specific time, few days or weeks later. How you schedule a post depends on if you are using the classic editor or the block editor. Block Editor The following section explains how to schedule post using the block editor. If you are using…Continue Reading Scheduling a post to publish on a later date
Edit published post
There are occasions where you’ll want to go back to a previously published 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 Posts Screen by going to Posts > All Posts. Overview of Your Posts Screen This…Continue Reading Edit published post
Adding categories to a post
Categories and tags 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 and explode the topic into a million bits. On…Continue Reading Adding categories to a post
Managing files in your Media Library
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 site without having to start a new post or page….Continue Reading Managing files in your Media Library
Add Documents, PDF and PowerPoints
Besides inserting images, video and audio files you can also add other file formats such as documents, PDF and PowerPoints directly into your posts and pages. This inserts as link to the file. When readers click on the link it either opens up in another web browser or downloads the file onto their computer. To…Continue Reading Add Documents, PDF and PowerPoints
Embed Video from Video Sharing Websites
Videos from video sharing websites can be embedded into posts or pages using their video URL or their embed code. Using the URL You can quickly embed videos, images and other content such as Tweets and Scribd into a post or page using their URL. Video hosting services that you can embed using a URL…Continue Reading Embed Video from Video Sharing Websites
Add Image Gallery
An Image Gallery is used when you want to display a series of photos in a gallery on a post or page. Here’s an example of an image gallery: How you add an image gallery depends on if you are using the block editor or the classic editor. Block Editor You add an image gallery…Continue Reading Add Image Gallery