04-01-2013, 01:54 PM
WordPress
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CREATING AN ACCOUNT
To begin, open your web browser and type http://blogs.bgsu.edu in the url bar
When creating an account in WordPress for the purpose of a BGSU Blog, you use your BG I.D. and password. Just click on the „Get your BGSU blog‟ blog link
TOOLBAR
There is one common toolbar that is used when writing posts and pages, the formatting toolbar.
This initial toolbar contains icons for common formatting actions such as bold, italic, strikeout, numbered list, bulleted list, alignment, spell check, tag addition and full screen mode.
WRITING YOUR FIRST POST
To create your first post, click on the „Visit Site‟ link button at the top of the Dashboard to view your current page and you will notice that WordPress has automatically created your first blog entitled “Hello World!”
WRITING FOLLOWING BLOGS
After posting your first blog, you can write following blogs by clicking on the „Write‟ tab in the Dashboard and follow the instructions that were given when creating your first post, including giving your post a title and a body.
CREATING CATEGORIES
Categories allow the broad grouping of posts topics when you want to describe a post. But when you want to describe a post in more specific terms, you would have to use or add more categories, or you can start adding tags.
To add categories that pertains to your post, scroll down on the „Write Post‟ page and click the „Add New Category‟ link under the „Categories‟ section which will then introduce a type and drop down box, along with an „Add‟ button. From there, start introducing categories for your post. For example, if you were writing a post entitled “Our Thanksgiving Dinner,” you may file it under the „Dinner‟ category.