Category Archives: HOW TO: Use the Class Blog (Wordpress)

HOW TO – Create a Hyperlink (Turn a Word into a Link)

SLIDE VERSION ARTICLE VERSION WRONG WAY Pasting a plain URL is the wrong way. WordPress will not automatically turn URLs into clickable links, the way Facebook and G+ does, so …

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HOW TO – Create a New Post on the Class Blog

NOTE: I wrote these instructions for students who were using a class blog I set up on my own domain name, using the full self-hosted version of WordPress. But the …

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HOW TO – Edit Your Blog Post

If you spot a problem with your blog post or simply want to add more material to it, you can easily open it again and edit it. FRONT END ACCESS …

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HOW TO – Embed a Video in a Blog Post

EMBEDDING VIDEOS FROM YOUTUBE OR VIMEO Embedding a video from YouTube or Vimeo is super easy, as these are by far the most popular video hosting sites. For details on …

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HOW TO – Insert an Image or PDF File into a Blog Post

IMAGES: Must be in a web-ready format: jpg, png, or gif Please also resize the images for the web, as described on: HOW TO – Make an Image Web-Ready PDFs: …

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HOW TO – Find All Your Comments on the Class Blog

Wondering if you’ve posted all the required comments for earlier calendar entries? See the steps below the screen shot. (1) Go to the blog dashboard and click on the Comments …

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HOW TO – Apply Formatting to Your Blog Posts

Composing Long and/or Formatted Posts If you’re planning to write the kind of blog post you’re putting so much work into that you’d be devastated to lose it, I HIGHLY …

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GUIDE – Make Your Blog Posts Reader-Friendly

WHAT IS READER-FRIENDLY WRITING? While you’re in school, most of your writing is directed towards a teacher who is obligated to read it. But after college, most of your writing …

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HOW TO – Embed a Playable MP3 Audio File into a Blog Post

These instructions show you how to create an embedded audio player that plays your audio file. FIRST follow these steps: Make sure your audio file was correctly exported to mp3 …

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HOW TO – Embed a Playable MP3 Audio File into a Blog Post

These instructions show you how to create an embedded audio player that plays your audio file. FIRST follow these steps: Make sure your audio file was correctly exported to mp3 …

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GUIDE – Troubleshooting Missing Posts on Your Class Blog

Draft vs. Published The most common reason why you might have trouble viewing a post you submitted to the class blog when you try to find it from the front …

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HOW TO – Apply Block Quote Format in a Blog Post

If you want to include a quotation in a post that will span more than two or three lines, or if you want to use special formatting to call attention …

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GUIDE – Overview of WordPress Blog Post Editing Tools

VISUAL MODE TOOLBARS When you first open a post editing window, you’ll most likely only see one row of tools in the formatting toolbar, which will look like this if …

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GUIDE – File Types Allowed on the Blog

On the class blog for WRTG 3020, you can upload and attach files as long as they’re under 10mb and saved in one of the following formats, with the appropriate …

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HOW TO – Copy and Paste Text into a Blog Post

I strongly recommend that you compose your discussion posts in Word or another word processing program and save them on your computer, so that you always have a copy available …

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HOW TO – Embed a presentation from SlideShare

Finding the Right Code on SlideShare (1) After you upload a PDF or presentation to SlideShare, view it as it appears on the “front end.” (2) Click the Embed link …

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HOW TO – Create an Image Slideshow in a Blog Post

These instructions show you how to create a click-through slideshow that features images you uploaded to the blog. Our class blog has two options for slideshow layout, standard and carousel, …

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HOW TO – Edit your account settings

After you register for an account on the class domain, you’ll be able to log into the class web site and edit your WordPress account settings, which will allow you …

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HOW TO – Edit an image after you've embedded it in a blog post

Short guide to editing an image after you’ve uploaded it to a blog post. Editing Image after uploading

HOW TO – Create a "read more" button for long blog posts

For long blog posts as well as drafts and final versions of projects, put the content of the post behind a “read more” tag. That way the long content won’t …

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HOW TO – Locate All Your Class Blog Posts

If you want to edit one of your blog posts but are having a hard time finding it on the Posts page on the Dashboard try sorting the list to …

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HOW TO – Use Scribd to embed content

An easy way to embed PDFs and presentations into blog posts and other web pages is to use a free hosting site like Scribd.com (1) Sign up for an account …

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GUIDE – Troubleshooting the Disappearance of the Visual Editor

Wondering what happened to the Visual editor tab on your post editing page? Try checking your Profile to see if you have the box shown below checked. If you do, …

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HOW TO – Format comments on a blog post

FORMATTING TEXT IN COMMENT BOXES When you comment on a blog post, you’ll notice that you don’t have a formatting toolbar like you do when you create a new blog …

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HOW TO – Password protect a blog post

If you want to restrict a blog post to only those who have a password, follow these steps: (1) On the post editing page, look in the Publish box in …

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GUIDE – Composing a Blog Header for the Rhetoric of Gender & Sexuality

NOTE TO WRTG 3020 STUDENTS: Follow the steps below first, to learn about appropriate content for your header. Then follow the instructions on: HOW TO – Create a Header Image …

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BLOG EDITORS – How to add, edit, and re-order pages

NOTE: I wrote this page for my WRTG 3020 students, who have the option to customize a blog as part of one of their projects. The layout of the study …

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BLOG EDITORS – How to manage links in the sidebar

This screencast provides a short overview of how to manage links in the sidebar of a WordPress blog. FOR STUDY GUIDES As I noted in the first Study Guide Blog …

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BLOG EDITORS – How to customize the sidebar

You’ll need to decide what elements to include on your study guide sidebar and how to customize them, if needed. At a minimum, you should probably use the following widgets, …

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BLOG EDITORS – How to create and modify categories

As you already know, blog posts should be assigned to categories, typically only one category per post (although you might see a reason for using more than one category in …

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How to create a post that "sticks" to the front page of the blog

To make a post “stick” to the top of your most recent blog entries page, even after you’ve posted newer entries, make it “sticky.” (This option is only available on …

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BLOG EDITORS – How to upload a new header for your blog

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BLOG EDITORS – How to customize the sidebar of a blog

This screencast gives you a brief overview of how to customize the sidebar on your study guide blog (applicable only to WRTG 3020 students). WRTG 3020: Study Guide Blog: Sidebars …

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BLOG EDITORS – How to choose a new theme for a blog

Short overview of choosing a theme for your study guide blog. (Mainly for WRTG 3020 students.) Study Guide: Choosing Themes

GUIDE – Strategies for study guide layout

NOTE: I wrote this page for my WRTG 3020 students, who have the option to customize a blog as part of one of their projects. The layout of the study …

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