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 [...]

So now you’re going to talk to me about Pages, err what are Pages and how are they different from Posts? Well check out this article explaining posts and pages. Essentially posts are articles on a specific topic that move down your blog as newer posts are written. Pages are used for general information relating to [...]

OR = Post Page Confused How are Pages different from Posts? Well, Posts are articles or news items that get added to your front page. As you create Posts they appear at the top of your front page and so are displayed in chronological (date) order, with older posts at the bottom. Pages are not [...]

So, you’ve written a few posts and your blog is starting to take shape, but maybe there is one post that is now out of date and you want to edit or delete it. Or perhaps you’re administering a blog with several authors (such as students) and you need to read and approve their posts [...]

Writing a post or administering your blog is done through the Admin Interface or Dashboard. By default you’ll be presented with the Easy Admin Interface, which is a simplified version of the main interface which allows you to carry out most of the day to day things with your blog, such as write and manage [...]

To help you set up your blog quickly and easily you can use the Easy Admin Quickstart Wizard. It’s a step by step wizard that goes through choosing the theme for your blog (the look and feel) and writing your first post. Choose either Advanced or Easy Admin. The first time you log into your [...]