Click on the Settings Menu in your dashboard to configure your blog. The Settings Menu is available through the Advanced Admin Interface. Clicking on ‘Settings’ will take you to the General settings page and also expand the menu so that you can access the other settings on your blog. During this article we will just [...]

What is a Widget? A Widget is just a fancy word for tools or content that you can add to the sidebar of your blog. They are an easy way to add functionality and information to the front end of your blog. Widgets can typically be placed on the Sidebar, the section to the left [...]

Once you have chosen your theme (which can be a tricky task in itself!) it is possible to customise the look and feel of your blog further. Some themes have extra options, which allow you to configure the colours and graphics for the theme. This depends on the particular theme that you’re using and some [...]

We all know that doing anything fancy involving IT is not always the easiest thing in the world. Also if you’re encouraging younger students to use technology in the classroom you want to keep things as simple as possible. That’s why by default when you create a new blog you’ll be presented with the Easy Admin Interface, which is a simplified version of the full [...]

One of the fantastic things about blogs is the ability to allow readers to comment on blog posts. However blog administrators need a way of managing and moderating the comments to make sure that they are approriate. How readers comment depends on your privacy and discussion settings (explained later), but the managing of individual comments remain the same [...]