Digital Writing 101

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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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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 …

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