Category Archives: Using Custom Wordpress (class blogs)

How to embed an mp3 file into a blog post

Categories: Using Custom Wordpress (class blogs)

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 create an image slideshow in a blog post

Categories: Using Custom Wordpress (class blogs)

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 find all your comments on the class blog

Categories: Using Custom Wordpress (class blogs)

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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Applying formatting to blog posts

Categories: Using Custom Wordpress (class blogs)

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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How to log into the class blog

Categories: Using Custom Wordpress (class blogs)

After you’ve created an account on the class blog, follow the steps below to log into the account. You will need to be logged in to submit new blog posts, …

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How to create a new blog post

Categories: Using Custom Wordpress (class blogs)

THE BASICS (1) After logging into the class blog, follow the link in the sidebar to the Dashboard. (2) Click on the Posts tab on the left sidebar, and then …

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Edit your account settings

Categories: Using Custom Wordpress (class blogs)

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 make your writing more enticing to readers

Categories: Using Custom Wordpress (class blogs), Web Writing Principles, WRITING FOR THE WEB

RELATED POSTS ON THIS SITE How to make your writing more enticing to readers Write rhetorically aware blog posts Resources to help you write well on the web Writing as …

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How to edit a blog post

Categories: Using Custom Wordpress (class blogs)

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. QUICK EDITING MODE …

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How to embed a video in a blog post

Categories: Using Custom Wordpress (class blogs)

Want to embed your own video? Start here: How to share a video you created with others (for instructions on uploading to YouTube or Vimeo) UPDATE for 2013 Now you …

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How to create a “read more” button for long blog posts

Categories: Using Custom Wordpress (class blogs), Using Wordpress.com

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 insert a hyperlink into a blog post

Categories: Using Custom Wordpress (class blogs), Using Wordpress.com

RATIONALE Knowing how to properly share links on a web page is a basic digital literacy everyone should have, and it requires more than just pasting a URL the way …

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