Transcript blogging bootcamp powerpoint

Blogging Bootcamp
Why I actually may want to know what
you had for lunch
What and why
Web logs or blogs are:
Easy to create and maintain
Make the delivery of information simple and social
A simple way to establish or be part of a community
The nuts and bolts
Starting out
Murdoch uses a wordpress system at : http://blogs.murdoch.edu.au/
Click on Get a new blog to start
Create your blog
You can’t change the URL once you
have chosen
Choose the url
whatihadforbreakfast
You can change the title later
Choose the blog title
Living with diabetes
Set your privacy
You can change the privacy
setting later
Agree to the
terms of service
and create your
blog
Ok, you have blog
You can now log into your blog through the red login button from the front page or
at the bottom of any page by clicking on dashboard
How
your blog
looks
the world
Backstage
with
yourtoblog
Pages versus Posts
A post is an entry to your blog
A page is where posts are stored
The post screen
Add the title to
your post
Add your
content
Killer penguins spotted at the post office
Does anyone know about the penguins?
The ABC reported that some of them were sporting
laser guided heat seeking herrings
:http:abc.com.au/freakingpenguins
Tags and Categories
Category – each post must have one
Tags – entirely optional but used to refine the
information in the post
For example:
Category : Local news
Tags: Killer penguins, laser guided heat
seeking herring, assault on post office
Draft or Publish?
You can’t take back a post, once its on the net it
may stay there forever.
Use the Save Draft feature until you are ready to
publish.
Subscribers getting multiple copies of slightly
altered blogs just makes you look
unprofessional.
Changing the theme
So many themes to choose from.
Over 100 to
choose from
Adding widgets
Choose the widget you want and then click on Add, modify if required and then
Save Changes
Plugins
Add cool stuff to your blog.
Plugins are site wide and sometimes may require
outside registration for activation
Some plugins have customisable settings
For example gdstar rating allows people to rate your posts and comments
The settings
General you can change the title of the blog and the
tagline also
In privacy you can set the level of access there is to your blog,
the top makes your blog visible to the entire world. The
administrators setting will mean effectively only you will be
able to see it.
Discussion lets you decide how you and others comment
on the blog posts, you can choose to moderate the
comments yourself or just have the conversation flow
freely.
hyperlinking
In the post write your hyperlink text, and click on
the hyperlink button
killerpenguinsgonewild.com
The horror, oh god, the horror
Paste the link url, set if
the item should open a
new window and if you
wish set a hover title,
then click insert to
finish
Linking to an image
Locate the image on the internet then click on add
media
Click on From URL, paste your link and add a title, then click insert into post. This
will create a hyperlink to the picture.
Uploading an image
Highlight the file and click open
Locate the image on the internet then click on add
media
Your image will be
Add in the title, caption and
inserted
alignment, then click Insert into post
Click on Select files, then locate the file on your computer
Embedding a youtube video
4. Switch
2.Edit
3.Paste
back
your
the
to visual
post
embed
and
mode
code
switch
and
intofrom
add
thethe full title
as
visual
html
appears
screen
to html
on youtube
, itthe
is also
customary
to
1. it
go
to youtube
and copy
embed
code
hyperlink
to the item.
for the video
Commenting
Approve the comment
Scroll to the bottom of the page and you will see a the comments on a blog or a link
to
addoncomments
Click
the comments button
You can then see the responses
Fill in the comment form
RSS feeds
Really Simple Syndication is a way of letting your subscribers know when you have
created or updated a post.
They can add the rss feed to a rss reader like google reader, netvibes or microsoft
outlook.
Two types of rss are required, one to your original post and another to the comments
to the blog
Further information
Better blogging tips
http://www.chrisbrogan.com/ten-secrets-to-better-blogging/
Using wordpress videos
http://www.wordpresstutorials.com/
How to use trackbacks
http://revver.com/video/477084/how-to-do-a-trackback-inwordpress/
Blogging ettiquete
http://blogs.suite101.com/article.cfm/blogging_etiquette
Creative commons and copyright on the web
http://www.blogher.com/choosing-copyright-or-creative-commonsyour-intellectual-property