Updated Articles

  1. WordPress: User Roles for Blogs

    Users can be added by blog administrators- the creator of a blog is the administrator, and they can designate other users they ads to be administrators as well. Add Users Users are added by going to the "Users" link in the dashboard and clicki...
  2. WordPress: Updating Your Alumnae Club Blog

    Log in to your club blog .  If you are having trouble logging in, please contact help@brynmawr.edu or call the Help Desk at 610-526-7440 If you just need to update your Welcome post, click on Posts in the left sidebar: And hover y...
  3. WordPress: Privacy settings for your blog

    Blogs in blogs.brynmawr.edu are public by default, but there are options to make your blog less visible while your work is in progress, or to make a blog with restricted access. To change your blog’s privacy settings, go to the Dashboard. Go to ...
  4. Make sure your documents show up correctly in search results

    Have an important PDF or Office document you’re posting to the website or a blog? Want to make sure people can find it? Many aspects of Google’s search algorithm are a trade secret, but we do know some things it definitely looks for, and we need ...
  5. WordPress: Logging in & Creating a New Blog

    There are different ways to access and post to a blog, depending on whether you are creating a new blog or joining an existing one. If you are creating a new blog: Log-in : If you have a Bryn Mawr College email address, logging in is easy....
  6. Data Clean-Up: Email Inbox

    This article reviews general tips and guidelines to cleaning up your College email inbox! See also: Data Storage Handling Guidelines Data Handling Policy Data Clean-Up: Storage Drives (C:, H:, S:, Q:, and more!) Know where ...
  7. WordPress: FontAwesome for WordPress

    FontAwesome for WordPress allows you to insert FontAwsome icons into your page or post either by using shortcode or HTML. Choose the icon you want from the FontAwesome icon gallery . All free icons are supported. Please note that pro icons are...
  8. File Names for Web Pages and Blogs: Best Practices

    This article overviews file naming best practices for web pages and blogs. Need to clean up old files? Contact Web Services at help@brynmawr.edu for assistance deleting old files in Drupal, or in making sense of and cleaning up large number...
  9. WordPress: Embedding videos and other media content in blogs

    Note: WordPress limits what content may be embedded and where for security reasons (e.g. to prevent malicious code from being inserted into a blog). If code is removed or changed when you attempt to embed it, please contact Web Services help@bry...
  10. WordPress: Close Comments on Old Posts to Reduce Comment Spam

    Are your old blog posts getting nonsensical or oddly generic comments? Do these comments link to websites that have nothing to do with your post, and everything to do with selling random and perhaps questionable products? Our WordPress antispam p...