Building+your+own+blog

To use your blog's dashboard to build your blog.

By the end of this workshop, you should be able to use the basic functions of your blog. You should be able to:
 * 1) Write, publish, and manage your own posts
 * 2) Change the appearance of your blog
 * 3) Back up your blog

If you are a little more skilled, you should also be able to:
 * 1) Add a video, slideshow, poll or other 'embeddable object'
 * 2) Manage comments and users
 * 3) Create links to other websites
 * 4) Change your privacy settings

1. Basic functions 2. Advanced functions 3. Reflection 4. Evaluation 5. Useful links
 * Add, write, and publish a post: adding text, links, images, video, tags
 * Add, write, and publish pages
 * Manage posts and pages
 * Set appearance, themes and widgets
 * Back up your blog under 'Tools > Export'
 * Manage comments
 * Manage users
 * Create links in the sidebar to other websites
 * Set privacy options

Visit the dashboard of your blog and explore the basic functions of your blog, as outlined above. For example,
 * Write a new post, add tags and publish your work. Then view your site to see how your post looks. (Hint: open a new tab to view the 'public face' of your site -- just don't forget to 'Refresh' the view! Switch between your dashboard and the 'public view' by moving between tabs.)
 * Write another post, this time adding a link and an image. View your site to see how your post looks.
 * Visit the 'Widgets' area (under 'Appearance') and drag and drop some widgets into the sidebar. View your site to see how your widgets look.

Visit the dashboard of your blog and explore the advanced functions of your blog, as outlined above.

What do you think or know now? What is still confusing? What do you need to follow up on?

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