{"id":22,"date":"2019-02-25T09:33:45","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T14:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/edc340-sp20\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2020-02-24T15:19:41","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T20:19:41","slug":"wordpress-help","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/edc340-sp20\/wordpress-help\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Need help getting started?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Find basic WordPress instructions on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smith.edu\/edtech\/documentation\">LRT documentation site<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/\">WordPress Codex<\/a>\u00a0has even more instructions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Edit Your Post Excerpt<\/h2>\n<p>Instead of having the entirety of your post displaying on the blog, use the excerpt function to give readers a preview of your post.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Option 1: Insert the Read More Tag into Your Post\n<ul>\n<li>While editing your post, place your cursor where you would like a break in your text, then click the\u00a0<strong>Insert Read More tag<\/strong> button in the formatting toolbar.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/edc340-sp20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/493\/2019\/03\/Read-More.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-196 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/edc340-sp20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/493\/2019\/03\/Read-More-300x110.png\" alt=\"Insert read more tag button on wordpress toolbar\" width=\"300\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/edc340-sp20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/493\/2019\/03\/Read-More-300x110.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/edc340-sp20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/493\/2019\/03\/Read-More.png 638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The button will add a dashed line to show where the break in your text will be. Everything above the line will appear as your post excerpt. When done, click\u00a0<strong>Publish\/Update<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Option 2: Enter Text in the &#8220;Excerpt&#8221; field\n<ul>\n<li>Below the main content area of your post is the &#8220;Excerpt&#8221; field. Any text you enter into this field will appear as the excerpt on the main page of the blog.\u00a0 Once you&#8217;ve edited this field, click\u00a0<strong>Publish\/Update\u00a0<\/strong>to save.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Adding Footnotes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Footnotes<sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-22-1' id='fnref-22-1' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(22)'>1<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0<\/span>are added by using a &#8220;short-code&#8221; that you type in-line in your text.<\/li>\n<li>Start the short-code with the open square bracket: &#8220;[&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>Next type the number for your note: &#8220;1.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Type the text of your note: &#8220;For more information see NAEYC&#8217;s Position Statement on Technology and Interactive Media.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Type the close square bracket: &#8220;]&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"Embedding-Videos\">Embedding Videos<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smith.edu\/edtech\/documentation\/embed-a-google-drive-video-in-a-wordpress-page-or-post\/\"><strong>Embed a Google Drive Video in a WordPress Page or Post<\/strong><\/a>:<br \/>\nIf you\u2019d like to embed your own video in a page on this blog, first upload it Google Drive, then refer to the embed instructions linked above.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Embeds\"><strong>Embed a streaming video hosted on YouTube or Vimeo<\/strong><\/a>:<br \/>\nYou can automatically embed videos from YouTube, Vimeo, and many other sources just by pasting the url link into your post.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Changing Your Preferred Name on Posts<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>In the upper left corner on the WordPress menu bar, hover over your name, then click\u00a0<strong>Edit My Profile<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-145 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/edc340-sp20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/493\/2019\/02\/Edit-Profile-e1551189932276-300x246.png\" alt=\"Edit my profile link\" width=\"199\" height=\"157\" \/><\/li>\n<li>On your profile page, scroll down then enter your preferred name in the &#8220;Display name publicly as&#8221; field.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/edc340-sp20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/493\/2019\/02\/Display-Name.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-146 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/edc340-sp20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/493\/2019\/02\/Display-Name-1024x107.png\" alt=\"Display name publicly as\" width=\"525\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/edc340-sp20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/493\/2019\/02\/Display-Name-1024x107.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/edc340-sp20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/493\/2019\/02\/Display-Name-300x31.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/edc340-sp20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/493\/2019\/02\/Display-Name-768x81.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/edc340-sp20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/493\/2019\/02\/Display-Name.png 1220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Scroll to the bottom of the page and click\u00a0<strong>Update Profile<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Stuck on something strange?<\/h2>\n<p>Google it! 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