Help Using the FYS Site

In order for blog comments to be visible the author/administrator of the blog must approve them. The FYS blogging system has been setup this way to help fight unwanted spam.

As the author/administrator of a blog you will receive an e-mail notification when comments have been posted and are pending approval.

To approve a comment do the following:

• Login
• When you’re at your “Dashboard” (the first screen you see upon login), look for this on your screen:
  
• When you use your mouse and hover over the comment you’ll be given these options:
  
• You can choose to approve the comment by clicking “Approve”.

The comment will now be visible on the blog.

FYS Wordpress – The Wordpress Dashboard from Elmhurst College Library on Vimeo.

Your go-to place for adding content, tweaking settings, and everything else in-between. The “Dashboard” is your site’s administrative interface that you’ll see first once you’ve logged in.

FYS Wordpress – Using the Links Manager from Elmhurst College Library on Vimeo.

Have a set of links you’d like to share with your readers? Watch this video to find out how to use your site’s link manager tool to add those links.

Once added you can use your widgets to share them with others.

FYS Wordpress – Using Widgets from Elmhurst College Library on Vimeo.

One of the great features about your site is its ability to be customized. Using widgets is one way to customize. Usually, each site has what is called a sidebar. In the sidebar is where you can choose what widgets are shown. Take a look at this quick video to find out how to enable widgets and customize their look.

FYS Wordpress – Changing Themes from Elmhurst College Library on Vimeo.

Using themes is a great to give your site a nice look. Choose a theme and see how it visually changes your site. Your content (pages, posts, links) will stay intact, so there are no worries there. You can change the theme as often as you like.

FYS Wordpress – Organizing with Tags & Categories from Elmhurst College Library on Vimeo.

Once you start to accumulate content on your site you’ll need to find a way to organize it all. Your site has two build in features to do this: Categories and tags. This tutorial will briefly discuss both and how to use each.

FYS Wordpress – Writing & Publishing a Page from Elmhurst College Library on Vimeo.

A page is different from a post in that the content is more static, it doesn’t change often. This video will show where and how to create a page.

FYS Wordpress – Writing & Publishing a Post from Elmhurst College Library on Vimeo.

There are two ways to create content on your site. For this tutorial we’ll look at creating dynamic (changing) content using posts.

FYS Wordpress – Uploading an Image from Elmhurst College Library on Vimeo.

Adding images to your content helps improve your message and add a bit of flare to your text. This tutorial will walk you through the small steps to uploading an image into your site.

FYS Wordpress – Embedding Audio from Elmhurst College Library on Vimeo.

You may want to add audio into your site. This tutorial will show you how to upload an audio clip and link to it within a post or page.