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WordPress: Adding Users to Your Blog
Note: if you encounter difficulties adding users, please contact Web Services via help@brynmawr.edu   Include the following information: The address of your blog The name and email address of the person you would like to add Ad...
WordPress: Basics
WordPress  is a blogging tool that allows you to share thoughts, reflections, and other communications over the Internet.   WordPress blogs can be customized to look and feel the way you want and content can easily be added, removed, ar...
WordPress: Changing the author name displayed on your WordPress posts
Your WordPress username cannot be changed, but the name displayed publicly on posts can be change.  You can change your profile so that it uses only part of your name, or you can choose a different nickname (your personal nickname, or a pseu...
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...
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...
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...
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....
WordPress: Moderating Comments (and spam) in WordPress
If your WordPress blog has comments turned on, you’ll need to know a few things about how to manage them: Approving comments, getting rid of spam comments, and adjusting your comments settings. Approving Comments As a blog administrator,...
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. ...
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 ho...
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 ...
WordPress: Working with WordPress themes
To see which theme your blog uses: Log into your blog. From the Dashboard, go to "Appearance". You will automatically be in the "Themes" menu screen. This is a visual list of all the themes available, starting with your c...