Category: WordPress Tips

It is easy to make a link to something in our blog or to something outside of it.  Here’s how:

1.highlight text to link and then click the link symbol in the bar above the post

2. a box will open  and you can insert a URL  there OR you can click on the settings wheel to the right of the box and it will show you a list of all posts and pages on the blog !

I think linking really helps us all to navigate the blog well, so when it makes sense, link!

Every time you create a post on the blog, you need to select two categories: one is your name, and the second is the type of post you are adding.  Is it a post to share before class? That is a prep note.  Is it a reflection post after you have had a community based learning experience?  That is “Experiential Reflection.” You can post a WordPress tip if you have one! You can also post  something you think the whole class needs to know as Announcement.

But always always categorize it by your name too.

When you go back into the blog, you might notice that you can’t find that handy tool bar at the top of the blog that has the “+New” link.

Where is the admin toolbar?

If you don’t see it, that means you have gone into the blog from the front face and you haven’t logged into the WP system.  To log in, you need to be at the dashboard. GO TO: blog.richmond.edu

Then in the upper right corner you can click to login. Once you are logged in, the bar appears.

As I was doing a bit in class, it can be helpful while you are getting used to the blog to have one tab open to the dashboard view and one tab open to the blog view.