Change your Profile to Create a Display Name.
When you first login your display name will be your Net ID. In the top right corner you will see “Howdy, [NetID]“. Move your cursor over that and select “Edit Profile”. Add your first name and last name in the text boxes then choose that from the “Display Name Publicly As” drop down. As you create posts your name will appear on the right menu of the blog. If you click on your name, all the posts you create will be aggregated.
Working in WordPress
As an author on the blog, you can edit your own posts and comments. Navigate to your post, click on the title and if it’s yours, you will see an edit post link on the admin bar or a small edit button on the post itself.
Creating Posts
- If you are logged in you will see a black admin bar across the top. If you don’t see the bar click Login under User Tools on the right hand menu.
- On the top admin menu hover over “+New” and select “Post”
- Title your Blog
- Add content in the main content area (including images, links, audio and video – see below for specific media upload information).
- Before you publish your post, select the assignment category appropriate for the post. The category box is to the right of the main content box. This way you can click the category on the right menu of the blog and it will aggregate all posts associated with that particular assignment.
- Click Publish on the upper right.
Commenting on the course blog
- Click on the title of the post
- Enter your comment in the “Leave a reply” text box
- Click Submit
Getting Help
- WordPress has built in context aware help pages.
- Click on the help tab in the upper right – if you are adding a post, it will show you post editing help.
- Email askpoorvucenter@yale.edu with any questions.
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Adding Media
The Media Library holds all uploaded images, audio or video you upload using the Add Media button in the Post editor.
Uploading an Image
- Locate an image you would like to use online.
- Right click on the image and choose “Save Image as”
- If appropriate rename the image and save to a location on your computer.
- On the course blog Post Editor window click the Add Media button and drag and drop the image into the Media Library.
- On the right, change the alignment if you want
- Be sure to cite the source for your image within the post content.
Adding images from Google Images
- Open Google images, find the image you would like to add to the blog. Click View Image.
- Copy the URL and click add media.
- Choose Add media from URL.
- Link to image URL, or to a custom URL.
Adding YouTube
- YouTube videos will be displayed as a video player on the blog within the post
- Find the video you’d like to feature
- Copy the URL
- In the Post editor, paste the URL on it’s own line (return before and after the URL).
- If you only see the URL and not a video player, it is usually because the URL is not on a line by itself.
- You can add videos from other sites such as Vimeo.
If you need help, email askpoorvucenter@yale.edu