Blogging Summer 2009
NEW TUTORIAL!!! How to embed most any video into a Wordpress blog post via Vodpod
Blog users, what's the difference?
What is a Blog?
Wordpress.com Tutorials
Getting started with WordPress.com!
VIDEO: WordPress.com New Dashboard Preview (For Wordpress users prior to December 2008!)
VIDEO: Signing up with WordPress.com
My new WordPress Tutorials
WordPress Dashboard Introduction
Most of the older WordPress version “Screencasts” now take users to various articles on using the new Dashboard; however, some go to older articles and videos/screencasts (links below):
WordPress Created Tutorials
Getting Started/Troubleshooting
What should I do first? [screencast]
How do I change my password? [screencast]
I lost my password – what now? [screencast]
Settings
Discussion Settings [screencast]
Basics
Where’s my dashboard (and what’s it for)? [screencast]
HTML & QuickTags vs. Visual Editor [screencast]
How can I edit the title and permalink of my post? [screencast]
How do I add links to other sites using the HTML or Visual editor? [screencast]
Having a static page at the front of the blog [screencast]
How do I manage (organize, edit, delete) pages after they’ve been published or saved? [screencast]
How do I save and manage draft posts? How does auto-save work? [screencast]
How do I manage (approve, unapprove, mark as spam, delete) comments made to my blog? [screencast]
Adding Media
How do I add video files to my posts? [screencast]
How do I post a Youtube video? [screencast]
How do I upload pictures? [screencast]
How do I add an audio file to my post? [screencast]
How do I add documents or other media to my blog posts? [screencast]
How do I post or embed a PowerPoint in WordPress utilizing Slideshare.net?
How do I post or embed a PowerPoint in WordPress? (Video Tutorial by Neil Hokanson)
How do I create a picture gallery in my blog post? [screencast]
Intermediate
What is a widget? [screencast]
What’s a tag? How do I add tags to my posts? How do I manage tags? [screencast]
What’s a category? How do I add and manage categories? [screencast]
How do I manage (edit, delete, add, arrange) my tags? [screencast]
How do I manage (arrange, add, delete) categories? [screencast]
Which keyboard shortcuts can I use in the WordPress editor? [screencast]
Advanced
How do I add more authors / users to my blog? [screencast]
How do I change the author of a post? [screencast]
How do I stop another author editing a post at the same time as me? [screencast]
How do I use the Press This! bookmarklet [screencast]
Using Windows Live Writer [screencast]
Bringing content into WordPress from Microsoft Word [screencast]
How do I write WordPress blog posts with the ScribeFire Firefox add-on? [screencast]
Other Resources Shared in Class
Summertime Blogs (Our creations!!!)
http://msburkholder.wordpress.com
http://mmisegadis.wordpress.com
http://ncollins4.wordpress.com