Blogs User Manual
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1. e Add a description and appropriate tags separated by commas Select an alignment option left center or right if you want your image to be placed in reference to your text Check Display image in entry if you want to see the image within a blog entry Check Use thumbnail if you want to reduce the width of an image Check Link image to full size version if you want users to be able to click on an image and see the original size Click Finish to complete the image insertion process e Include a Podcast Audio File e You can create a podcast feed by uploading an audio file into your Web space and linking to it The feed will be available in iTunes Create a Podcast Audio or Video File The Digital Commons Tutorials page http digitalcommons psu edu tutorials includes tutorials for software such as Garage Band or QuickTimePro that allow you to create MP3 audio and other podcast format files Upload the Audio File 1 Click Insert File in the formatting toolbar 2 In the Insert Asset window click Upload New File link Insert Asset Upload New File 3 In the upload window click Browse and navigate to your image file on your local drive Upload File Select File to Upload E blogsintro mp3 Upload Destination Site Root gt 2008 01 09 vii You can upload the file to a subdirectory in the selected path The subdirectory will be created if t does not exist Getting Started with2. Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 42 1 From the Create menu select Upload File MQVABLE TYPE AED 303 Ed Write Entry A Bs Manage Designit Preferences Tools 4 E Entry Page Upload File INeICEGA YENE Entries Bema C ETE The Upload File dialog box will appear 2 Click Browse to search your computer for the graphic that you want to use for your banner 3 Double click on the graphic file and the Upload File window will return 4 Click Upload to add the file to the assets in your blog Upload File Select File to Upload Upload Destination lt Site Root gt wj Choose Folder Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 43 5 Inthe File Options box make sure that the Create a new entry using this uploaded file box is unchecked File Options Name aed303header jpg Description Tags Create a new entry using this uploaded file 6 Select Manage Assets MQVABLE TYPE AED 303 K Write Entry HW Create MLELITDIES MM Designit Preferences Tools Entries A ED 303 Comments Assets BLOG STATS Pages TrackBacks Categories Folders Tags Users Address Book The Manage Assets screen will open 7 Select the check box next to the graphic that you want to use as the banner 8 Select Add tags from the More actions drop down menu 9 Click Go Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 44 Manage Assets Created By Created On 905 x 170px mth
3. Mode Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State Description Use the Paragraph Alignment tools to select left aligned center or right aligned text The Insert Image tool allows you to insert images into your document The Insert File tool allows you to upload files including audio and video files into your blog To view the HTML code click the A HTML mode button To return to formatted text click the blue A WYSIWYG Mode button 53 Technology Training Resources To look for more sessions on today s training topic and to view all available sessions visit http its psu edu training catalog To browse additional technology training options visit http its psu edu training To learn about Training On Demand sessions upon request for groups of 5 or more visit http its psu edu training ondemand To browse or join in online discussions about technology topics at Penn State visit http technologytraining psu edu To join the Training News List and receive monthly e mail notification of all upcoming technology training opportunities send a blank e mail to L TRAINING NEWS SUBSCRIBE REQUEST LISTS PSU EDU To find free online books on a variety of popular technology topics visit http proquest safaribooksonline com To explore hundreds of free video tutorials that are available for self paced learning visit http lynda psu edu Follow us on Twitter at http twitter com psulTStraining Become a Facebook
4. You can adjust blog settings to display by category by month by week or by day 1 Select Preferences gt General A set of blog settings will be opened Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 35 2 Tochange the blog name and subtitle change the information in the Name and Description fields then click Save Changes Click Publish 3 To add a Creative Commons license click Select a license at the bottom 4 Click Publish The Entry preferences control how many entries are displayed on the home page The Comment and TrackBack preferences are used to control spam See the Control Spam Comments and Trackbacks to Blog section for details Other preferences are used to control spam and how blogs are publicized to the outside world Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 36 VIEW BLOG POST AND URL To view the public version of the blog click the View button page icon in the top set of tool links Blog Name K l i AzLu Create v Manage Design Preferences v J View Blog What is Blog URL The blog URL you share with your friends and colleagues is different from the one used to create your blog http blogs psu edu If your blog is open to the public the URL will be structured as follows http www personal psu edu Userid blogs Site URL name gt For instance if user xyz123 had a blog with the Site URL name worknotes the URL would be http www personal psu edu xyz123 blogs worknotes EDIT OLDE
5. Blogs at Penn State 19 4 Click Browse to find your audio file then click Upload to copy the file into the blog For Upload Destination you can select the option for the current date in the drop down menu This will allow you to find images more easily at a later date 5 Click Upload to upload the file A new window will open with additional options Add a description and appropriate tags separated by commas Click Finish to complete the image insertion process A link to the file will be included in the blog entry Manage Entries My First Entry Body Format Rich Text AA BZ US an a PA lt blogsintro mp3 re Te Try first hog entry x9 Note If you know HTML coding you can toggle to the HTML mode and edit the name of the file For example this MP3 file may be re titled Blogs at Penn State An Audio Introduction Blogs at Penn State An Audio Introduction This is my first blog entry Viewing Podcast in iTunes To view the podcast in iTunes do the following 1 Navigate to your published blog e g http www personal psu edu xyz123 blogs 2 Find the link for Subscribe to this blog s feed in the sidebar Right click and select the option for copying the link URL 3 Open the iTunes application 4 Goto Advanced menu then Subscribe to Podcasts then paste the URL into the pop up window 5 You will see a list of available files in that podcast You will not see any text written in the
6. Create Entry My First Entry Body Format Rich Text M ABIJUS stus A qo Add Tags a list of terms separated by commas Keywords or Categories as needed Tags are descriptive words for this particular entry such as training or observation You can use as many tags as necessary to describe this entry Tags are used to search for related entries pages and assets in this blog Keywords work in a similar fashion for all of the blogs in the Penn State blogs system Categories are general containers for similar entries For example you might use the tag training and also have a category called training where all training related entries are grouped Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 9 Keywords To add tags enter them in the tags box separated by commas Consider using lower case for your tags unless they are proper nouns or acronyms Do the same for keywords To add a category click the Add new link A separate Categories dialog box will open Any categories that have previously been added will appear in the Categories box Categories Add new To add a new category click Add New In the entry box add the name of the category and click the plus button The category is added to the list Categories training To remove a category from this entry click on the Omm to the right of the category Please refer to the section on Categories and Tags page 14 for more detailed information To set the status
7. Go 1 1 of 1 Title Category Author Created View 9 my First Entry training mthi30 1ihourago Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 14 1 From the entries list click on the entry that you wish to modify This will open the edit entry window where you can edit the entry and edit modify any of the other data 2 Youcan also check the box next to the entry that you want to add tags to then select Add Tags from the dropdown menu More actions 3 Click the Go button A pop up window will appear for you to add a tag to the selected entry entries All Entries Publish Entries ish ntries The page at https blogtest aset psu edu sa 9 Tags to add to selected entries Likewise you can also remove tags or publish unpublish entries from this same menu 1 Inthe Tags field add a series of words separated by commas e g blogs social computing Web 2 0 Note For best sorting be sure to use the same version of a word e g blogs but not blog across entries 2 Repeated tags will appear at the bottom of the page as you type Click on a tag to insert it Manage Tags You can use this page to edit typos in tags or remove unused tags 1 Select Manage gt Tags The Manage Tags page opens Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 15 Manage Tags Showing only Tags with entries Delete Tag Name Entries first 1 Entries new 1 Entries training 1 Entries 2 To
8. Started with Blogs at Penn State 5 ADD A CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE You can determine how the content of your blog is used by others To do so you will need to create and assign a Creative Commons license 1 Next to license click Select a license A new dialog box will open coereative commons CHOOSE A LICENSE provided by Creative Commons You ve made a work you re proud of Now it s time to get creative with how you make it available Creative Commons licenses help you share your work while keeping your copyright Other people can copy and distribute your work provided they give you credit and only on the conditions you specify here This page helps you choose those conditions If you want to offer your work with no conditions choose the public domain Allow commercial uses of your work more info P Q ves O No Allow modifications of your work more info ry 9 Yes O Yes as long as others share alike more info j O No Jurisdiction of your license more info j United States v Select a License Note To license a work you must be its copyright holder or have express authorization from its copyright holder to do so Creative Commons does not provide legal advice or services We provide form legal documents the rest is up to you For more detailed information about the license you can select the more info links in the dialog box 2 When you have decided on the license that you want to apply to you
9. edit a tag click the name of the tag to open a textbox Edit the textbox then click Rename ae first 3 To delete a tag place a check by the appropriate tag then click the Delete button at the top Manage Categories 1 Select Manage gt Categories The Manage Categories window opens Manage Categories O Create ton level categor Delete Categories Actions Entries TrackBacks training OCreate 0 Move 1 entry workshops O Create o Move 1 entry 2 Click the name of a category to make edits to the name 3 Click Save Changes to exit 4 Click the Publish link given Your category changes have been made Publish your site to see these changes take effect 5 Tocreate a new top level category click the Create top level category link at the top 6 Enter the name of the new category in the text box then click the Save button Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 16 7 Click Save Changes to exit 8 Click the Publish link given 9 To change a top level category to a subcategory click the Move link by the name of the category 10 Select the name of the top level category 11 Click the Publish link given to finalize changes Delete Categories Entries TrackBacks O Top Level O training 1 entry workshops 1 entry 12 Check the option button next to training to make the category workshops a subcategory under training 13 To make a subcategory a top level category cl
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11. of this entry select Published Unpublished or Scheduled from the status dropdown Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 10 PUBLISHING Status Unpublished Publish Date LAUSEN Scheduled Basename To keep the entry but not publish it at this time set the status to Unpublished To have the entry publish at a specific date and time select Scheduled then enter the time and date in the Publish date box Publish Date 2008 01 09 07 00 21 Your first entry may look something like this with some tags and categories added to the metadata Title Publishing My First Entry Status Published D BODY EXTENDED Format Rich Text EH Publish Date 2008 09 12 14 22 54 At S PE IE AFR lt A gt YA BI US os IR oli ala FA A Basename my first entry a This is my first blog entry Categories O Add new Add category name M training M workshops Tags new first training training Keywords workshops You may choose to preview your entry before posting it Click Preview This will open the entry with the design that you have selected in the browser window You have the option of either saving the entry at this time or returning to the edit mode to re edit the entry In either case you will be returned to the Edit Entry screen save this Entry Re Edit this Entry Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 11 If you do not preview the entry click Save at the bottom of the screen You will see a m
12. to stop the list e Click Numbered List to create an ordered list Click the button again to stop the list e Click Tab to indent a list item in one level e Click Shift Tab to out dent a list item out one level Upload Image and Files Click Insert Image to upload an image See the Insert Image section for details Click Insert File to upload a file See the Insert Files section for details Toggle to HTML View To view the HTML code click the lt A gt HTML mode button To return to formatted text click the blue A WYSIWYG Mode button A A Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 13 ADD BLOG CATEGORIES AND TAGS Categories vs Tags Categories are a fixed list configured by the blog creator while free tags are a set of words manually added to each entry The differences are e Links for Categories are displayed in the side bar You can create nested subcategories e All Tags are displayed in the side bar in the Tag Cloud area Pages for individual tags include an RSS feed by default Both categories and free tags can be used in the same blog but you should be sure to use words consistently Adding Modifying Tags to Existing Entries e Enter your blog and select Manage gt Entries Manage Y Design Comments Assets Pages TrackBacks Categories Folders Tags Users Address Book This will display all of the entries in your blog Manage Entries All Entries Republish Delete More actions v
13. 130 1 day ago 45 5 KB 10 A small dialog box will open to add the tag Enter the tag banner to assign this tag to the image 11 Click OK The tag has now been assigned to the image MQVABLE TYPE AED 303 M Write Entry Am Create Manage Design Preferences Tools Manage Assets Delete Add Tags v Go The page at https blogs psu edu says aed303 Jpg Pe Tags to add to selected assets banner To complete the process republish the indexes View the blog The top graphic should be updated to the image that was just added and tagged Before Home Blog Graphics Videos Bob Contact PENNSTATE Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 45 After Home Blog Graphics Videos Bob Adding Pages to the Top Navigation Bar By default the Blogs at Penn State tool creates four pages Home Blog the front page to your blog About and Contact In addition you can create static information pages inside your site and have them linked to the top navigation bar directly beneath the banner graphic Home Blog About Contact To add a new page to the navigation create the page and its content We will assume that the page to be added to the navigation has already been created Next we need to add a tag to the page Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 46 1 From the Manage menu select Pages MQVABLE TYPE AED 303 El Write Entry AW Create WIELE MO Design Preferences To
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16. Lite Widget Creator Create a widget from a feed Feed or Site URL 3 Copy and paste the newsfeed URL into the Feed or Site URL textbox 4 Click Continue The name of the newsfeed will be displayed Note The http prefix must be included not the feed prefix found in Safari 5 On the next screen edit the Title of the feed as needed 6 Select the number of entries you wish to display 7 Click Save 8 To add another entry click Create Another otherwise click Finish to exit Displaying the Feed Link 1 Select Design gt Widgets 2 Select the sidebar where you want to place the widget 3 Drag the feed widget named after the feed from the right hand Available Widgets column to the left Installed Widgets column Edit Widget Set Set Name 2column layout Sidebar IE A ve ENT CEN widgets you want into the Installed Search edit Penn State Live column About This Page e dit Technorati Search 4 Click Save Changes to exit 5 Click Publish View Site to check your blog sidebar Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 27 CONTROL SPAM COMMENTS AND TRACKBACKS TO BLOGS By default blogs are set to allow anyone from inside and possibly outside of Penn State to post comments Unfortunately some operations create spam comments which are really advertisements or something else related to your topics You can reduce spam but still allow comments by adjusting these settings Comment Set
17. PENNSTATE gc 7 Getting Started with ec hnolo ws Blogs at Penn State Faculty Staff amp Students Delivered by ITS Training Services for Penn State ITS Training Services 23 Willard Building University Park PA 16802 814 863 9522 itstraining psu edu http its psu edu training Version 10 04 2011 Alternative Format Statement This publication is available in alternative media upon request Statement of Non Discrimination The Pennsylvania State University is committed to the policy that all persons shall have equal access to programs facilities admission and employment without regard to personal characteristics not related to ability performance or qualifications as determined by University policy or by state or federal authorities It is the policy of the University to maintain an academic and work environment free of discrimination including harassment The Pennsylvania State University prohibits discrimination and harassment against any person because of age ancestry color disability or handicap national origin race religious creed sex sexual orientation or veteran status Discrimination or harassment against faculty staff or students will not be tolerated at The Pennsylvania State University Direct all inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policy to the Affirmative Action Director The Pennsylvania State University 328 Boucke Building University Park PA 16802 5901 Tel 814 865 4700 V 814 86
18. R ENTRIES Editing an Entry 1 Select Manage gt Entries a Ifthe Entries link is not active then click the white System Overview tab then the name of your blog 2 Click the link for the entry you wish to edit 3 Edit the entry and click Save Hiding an Entry If you want to hide an entry follow the steps above but set the Status menu to Unpublished The Unpublished option is a good way to write a draft for a long blog entry without the public seeing it until it is ready Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 37 IMPORT CONTENT FROM ANOTHER BLOG You may be able to import content from another blog depending on the platform of the original blog First make sure you have exported your original blog Please see the export instructions of your blogging system for details The file will likely be either a txt text file or an RSS file 1 Log in to http blogs psu edu 2 Create anew blog following the instructions in the Create Blog section of this document 3 Click the Blog Dashboard icon in the top menu first option You should see a dashboard for your blog listing Blog Stats 4 Inthe Handy Shortcuts section to the right click Import Content Handy Shortcuts Plugins Q Search amp Replace ap Trackbacks i8 Activity Log s oon MU AP EPY ARE ae a Import Content iw Blog Preferences amp Manage Users H QuickPostto From here 5 Select a platform in the Importing fr
19. TrackBacks for approval before they re published Apply nofollow to If enabled all URLs in comments and TrackBacks will be assigned a nofollow link relation URLs AThis preference affects both comments and TrackBacks E mail Notification On C Only when attention is required Off 6 To disable TrackBacks completely turn Accept TrackBacks off 7 Click Save Changes before exiting the page Approve Comments and Trackbacks If the approve options are set to No One or Trusted commenters then you must approve submissions from new submitters For each new comment you will receive an e mail message including the e mail address and the content of the comment along with three links Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 30 Click on Edit link to go to that comment or trackback If the link does not work log in and enter your blog then click the Manage in the upper toolbar Select Comments or Trackbacks then you can choose from the list given You have the following options available in the Comments window o To publish a comment change the Status to Approved then click Save Changes at the bottom o Tounpublish a comment change the Status to Unapproved then click Save Changes at the bottom To delete a comment click Delete at the bottom of the page To set a comment as junk change the Status to Reported as Spam o To ban a commenter go to the More Actions menu at the lower right and select Ban commenter Sta
20. age appear in the top navigation bar make the first tag topnav Add other tags separated by commas as needed Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 21 If you are ready for the page to be viewable by the public in the Publishing section set Status to Published Note Pages which are set to Unpublished are not viewable to the public A filename will be assigned based on the title of your page You can change the name of the page in the field on the right in the publishing box Filename resume html 5 Note All filenames should avoid all punctuation except for _ underscore or dash To create a directory folder click the Change folder link then the plus sign the process is similar to that for creating new Categories Click OK to close the Add Folders box The folder that the page will be created in appears next to Folder Click Save at the bottom of the screen You will see a message on top that your entry has been saved After you save your entry click View Published Page in the upper right to see how your entry has been published You will see the contents of your page plus the blog header and some parts of the sidebar 5 Note If you do not see this link make sure the Status is set to Published Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 22 Edit and Delete Pages Select Manage Pages The functionality here is essentially the same as that for editing entries Hide Pages To hide a pa
21. ails Blog Name Template Set Professional Website amp v Site URL http www personal psu edu mth130 blogs BLOG NAME Site Root pass users m U mth130 www blogs BLOG NAME Timezone UTC 5 Eastern Time Create Blog 3 Enter a Blog Name in the Settings window e g A Test Blog This will be the name on the top of the blog page 4 You can change the directory name in the Site URL as needed You can only change the portion of the name after blogs and you can only use letters numbers dashes and underscores 5 Select Professional Website from the Template Set field 6 Click Create Blog These settings will create a blog entitled A Test Blog at the address http www personal psu edu xyz123 blogs a test blog By default the Eastern time zone is selected for you so no further adjustments are required ADD A SUBTITLE TO YOUR BLOG HEADER The Blogs system allows you to add a subtitle to your header in the Blogs Preferences Immediately after you click Create Blog the blog s general settings page will open To add a subtitle to your blog enter the desired text in the Description box immediately under the Name text entry box Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 4 Blog Settings Name Description Timezone UTC 5 Eastern Time License Your blog does not have an explicit Creative Commons license save Changes Click Save Changes to finalize the process Getting
22. ant to reorder the tabs in 2 Select Manage Pages 3 Select the page you want to reorder by clicking on the page name To move the page to the left in the tab order set the publish date to a date earlier than the page to the left of current pages position e To move the page to the right in the tab order set the publish date to a date later than the page to the right of current pages position 4 Click Save The blog portfolio will republish and the page is now reordered Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 48 3 Note These changes must be done one page at a time To move the tab more than one place to the left or right the published date must be earlier than left or later than right the page you want to precede or succeed To change the order of the About and or Contact page 1 Select Manage gt Pages Click on the title of the About or Contact page In the Tags box in the Edit Page view replace the about or contact tag with topnav Click Save The blog portfolio will republish and the page is now in most cases next to the Home tab p Note To move the page to another location in the navigation order use the process above EMBEDDING OTHER TYPES OF CONTENT You can embed many media objects within your blog site including YouTube Videos your personal Flickr Photos and other objects by including the HTML Embed code within your blog entry P Note In order for the embed codes to work you
23. blog entry Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 20 P Note The most recent file will be downloaded unless you select click the X l cancel icon at top Other Podcast Viewing Options Users can click on the link within the entry to listen to the file within an MP3 plug in such as Quicktime Windows Media Player or iTunes Users can subscribe to the feed using a news reader such as Feed Reader Windows and NetNewsWire Lite Mac then click on links for audio Podcast Through iTunes U If you wish to use the iTunes podcasting service please review information at http podcasts psu edu This service allows you to lock down podcast viewing rights by course or other Penn State unit and to navigate to the podcast directly within iTunes however it is accessible only through iTunes Include a Link to Other Files To upload another type of file such as a PowerPoint Word document or PDF follow the same process that was used for uploading a podcast audio file A link will be created within the blog entry CREATE STATIC PAGES The Blogs at Penn State tool allows you to create static content pages which are part of your blog Create a Page Click Create Page A form similar to that for a blog entry will appear TICE Manage Entry Page Upload File Fill in a title for your entry and enter text in the textbox below You can use the formatting buttons as needed See the HTML Toolbar Appendix tor details To have the p
24. e MyMaps Instructions 2 Click Link to this Map in the upper right then click Customize and preview embedded map 3 Setthe zoom and location in the preview window to the appropriate settings 4 Write and format the text for the body of your entry 5 Click the lt A gt HTML Mode button You will see the HTML tags for your entry 6 Close the window then cut and post the HTML code into your blog entry The code looks something like iframe width 425 height 350 frameborder 0 scrolling no marginheight 0 marginwidth 0 src http maps google com maps f q amp hl en amp geocode amp g 16805 amp ie UTF8 amp 0m 1 amp S AARTSJpP 8HuZtt zsTmaO5qSXfC JN95p2w amp 11 40 822043 77 844315 amp spn 20 181863 0 291824 amp z 11 amp iwloc addr amp output embed lt iframe gt lt br lt small gt lt a href http maps google com maps f q amp hl en amp geocode amp q 16805 amp ie UTF8 amp 0m 1 amp 11 240 8220643 77 844315 amp spn 0 181863 0 291824 amp z 11 amp iwloc addr amp source embed style color 0000FF text align left gt View Larger Map lt a gt lt small gt See Google Maps for instructions with screen captures Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 50 http maps google com help maps share embed html utm_source en mapshpp na us google gm Other Content The capability of embedding content from other sites depends on whether they release an embed code or not Some sites may only allow you to embed your o
25. essage on top that your entry has been saved After you save your entry click View Entry in the green box to see how your entry has been published eo This entry has been saved View Entry Note If you do not see the green box click the Save button at the bottom of the screen Entry Formatting Tools Format Text The first two buttons change text size Click Decrease Text Size button A with down arrow to make text smaller Click Increase Text A with up arrow button size to make text larger AY AT The next four buttons change the style of the text They are in order Bold Italic Underline and Strikethrough B 2 UI S Use the alignment buttons to make text left aligned centered aligned or right aligned Insert Links To include a link in your text highlight the text you want to be a link e g Penn State Home Page then click the Link chain icon and fill in the URL in the pop up window Ss Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 12 To include an e mail link highlight the text you want to be a link e g Contact the Webmaster then click the E mail Link envelope icon and fill in the e mail address in the pop up window Indent Lists and Create Lists To indent an entire paragraph as a quote highlight the text and click Begin Blockquote Click End Blockquote to end the indent For bulleted unordered and numbered ordered lists e Click Bulleted List to create a bulleted list Click the button again
26. g entry 6 Click Send at the bottom to send the e mail Send a Notification Your blog s name this entry s title and a link to view it will be sent in the notification Additionally you can add a message include an excerpt of the entry and or send the entire entry Recipients All addresses from Address Book Enter email addresses on separate lines or comma separated Optional Message Optional Content Entry Excerpt Entry Body Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 34 MANAGE MULTIPLE BLOGS The Blogs system allows you create multiple blogs for multiple topics For instance you can create one blog for a course another as a portfolio and a third for a hobby or personal news Creating Another Blog 1 Click on the white system overview tab to see a list of your current blogs Depending on your location the tab may list the name of your first blog or say oystem Overview System Overview M NTCA Music 40 ePortfolio COIN Training Training Demo 1 Training Demo Test blog 5 My Blog A Test Blog Create a new blog 2 Click Create a new blog to start a new blog You will see the form to enter your blog title Switch Between Blogs Once you have created an additional blog you can switch between blogs by clicking the white System Overview tab and then selecting the blog you want to work with ADJUST BLOG SETTINGS By default the blog will archive your postings by the month and by category
27. ge select Manage Pages From the Manage Pages screen enter the page for editing set the status to Unpublished You can also select the page by clicking its check box selecting Unpublish Pages from the More actions menu and clicking Go All Pages More actions Title Publish Pages Folder Unpublish Pages Add Tags Remove Tags Batch Edit Pages You will be able to edit and preview pages but no one will be able to view them Change the status to Published when you are ready for the public to view the pages Hiding the Blogs Tab If you choose not to include a blog as part of the site portfolio you can hide the blogs tab in the top navigation bar To hide the tab so that you can use the blogs portion of the site at a later date 1 In the blog select Manage gt Entries 2 Select all entries by checking the selection box next to the entry title 3 Click Delete If you do not create any blog entries the blog tab will stay hidden If you create and publish a blog entry the blog tab will reappear in the top navigation bar next to the Home tab Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 23 MANAGE AND DISPLAY SIDEBAR WIDGETS Widgets are snippets of code which allow you to add different types of content to the sidebar of your blog Add and Remove Sidebar Widgets Additional built in widgets include Technorati Search Calendars and the Creative Commons license statement To make these active or rem
28. h Blogs at Penn State 32 Address Book O Create Contact G No contacts could be found 3 Enter an e mail address and website URL if available Each blog you create has its own address book Address Book Email xyz123 psu edu Website URL Ihttp www personal psu Cancel 4 Click Add Contact The address will be added to a new list of contacts 5 To delete a contact click the Delete button at the top of the list Send Out E Mail for a Single Entry 1 Write and publish an entry in a blog or select Manage gt Entries and open an entry for editing 2 Click Share in the upper right If you do not see this option make sure you have saved your entry and set the Status to Published Published 0 comments 4 O trackbacks You will see an e mail message window If you want to e mail your Address Book Contacts leave the option for All addresses from Address Book checked You can enter additional e mail addresses in the Recipients field Addresses can either be separated by commas or listed with one address per line Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 33 3 Enter text into Optional Message if you want to add explanatory text to your message a If no message is written the e mail will just include the entry title date and a link to the blog entry 4 Click Entry Excerpt option to include part of your blog entry text in the message 5 Click Entry Body if you want to forward your entire blo
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30. ick the Move link 14 Click the Top Level option 15 Click the Publish link given to finalize changes 16 Click the Publish link or the Publish circle arrow button before leaving this page to make sure all changes take effect UPLOAD IMAGES AND FILES Upload Image Click Insert Image in the formatting toolbar Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 17 1 In the Insert Image window click the Upload New Image link in the top Insert Image Upload New Image D No assets could be found 2 In the upload window click Browse and navigate to your image file on your local drive Upload File Select File to Upload CADocuments and Setti Browse Upload Destination Site Root wd I be created if t does not exist You can upload the file to a subdirectory in the selected path The subdirectory will be For Upload Destination you can select the option for the current date in the drop down menu This will allow you to find images more easily at a later date 3 Click Upload to upload the image A new window will open with additional options File Options Name blogs logo jpg Description Blogs logo for the training module Display image in entry Use thumbnail width 200 pixels Link image to full size version in a popup window Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State Alignment Ol Let amp Center O E Right Remember these settings 18 Additional options include
31. master Can manage pages and publish blog templates Delete an Editor 1 Login 2 Enter your blog 3 Click Manage in the top links then select Users You will see a list of users with different access permissions 4 Place a check for any user you wish to remove then click the Remove button above the list Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 41 All Users change Remove Username Name xyz123 Xavier Y Zelig amp 3 c c G2 co Change Permissions for an Editor At this time you must delete a user then add the individual again with the updated permissions DELETING A BLOG To delete an existing blog 1 Goto the System Overview screen 2 Select Manage Blogs 3 Select the blog s you want to delete by checking the box next to the blog name 4 Click Delete ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR PROFESSIONAL WEBSITES Customizing the Banner Graphic When using the professional website templates you may want to change the default banner graphic that appears at the top of the index home page To do so you will need to create a new graphic using your graphics program Your new graphic should be no larger than 900 x 170 to properly fit into the space at the top of the page Larger graphics will be cropped and only a portion of the image will appear on the page Once you have the graphic created you will first need to import it into the blog space and make it an asset To do so follow this process
32. must switch your entry format from Rich Text to HTML YouTube 1 Write and format the text for the body of your entry 2 Click the lt A gt HTML Mode button You will see the HTML tags for your entry 3 Opena new browser window and search for a video on YouTube 4 Look for the Embed code on the YouTube page and cut and paste it into the text body The embed code begins as lt object width 5 Save and publish the entry The video stream will be displayed in your blog If the entry shows the code instead of the video make sure your Format is not Rich Text Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 49 Flickr Photos These instructions only work for your own Flickr photos 1 Upload any image files you wish to post on to your blog into your Flickr account 2 Write and format the text for the body of your entry The easiest approach is to describe the photos first then insert them 3 Click the lt A gt HTML Mode button You will see the HTML tags for your entry 4 Opena new browser window and search for the uploaded Flickr photo 5 Select All Sizes in the Flickr Toolbar and select the appropriate size 6 Save and publish the entry Your Flickr photo will be displayed in your blog If the entry shows the code instead of the video make sure your Format is NOT Rich Text Google Maps These instructions only work for your own Google Maps and Google Maps released to the public 1 Create a custom Google Map following the Googl
33. nabled the nofollow link relation will not be applied to any comments left by trusted commenters trusted commenters E mail Notification On Only when attention is required O off 4 To disable comments completely turn Accept Comments off 5 Click Save Changes before exiting the page These changes will not take effect until the blog is published TrackBack Settings TrackBack is a feature in which a blog system sends an electronic message to any blog you have linked to These messages are published on another blog much as your comments are To accept trackbacks means your blog will listen for these electronic messages and publish links to blogs who have linked to you it is a way to find out if anyone is reading your blog Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 29 Like comments though trackbacks can be used to send spam messages so moderated trackbacks are suggested 1 In the Settings windows select TrackBack from the left hand menu 2 To have moderated TrackBacks these are not published until approved by you enable the following settings With these settings you will receive an e mail for all TrackBacks posted to the Web for you to approve 3 Make sure Accept TrackBacks is checked 4 Make sure the Moderation option is checked 5 Set E mail Notification to On TrackBack Settings Accept TrackBacks If enabled TrackBacks will be accepted from any source TrackBack Policy Moderation Hold all
34. nal Black PSU fessional Professional Pink retesvier Gun CERNE E Author Jim Ramsey with header image from PSU CSS File Layout 2 Columns Wide Medium Apply Design e Selecta style from the Professional Website styles e When you select a style it will appear in the Selected Design column so that you can have an idea of its look It will also contain any authoring information as well as a link to the CSS Cascading Style Sheet file if you choose to modify the CSS for that particular design e Inthe Layout drop down you can select the layout of your blog Layout 2 Columns Wide Medium 2 Columns Wide Medium Apply Design e After you have selected the design and chosen a layout for your blog click Apply Design e You must publish your blog to view it after you have applied the design In the information box at the top of the screen click on the Publish link e The selected theme has been applied but as you have changed the layout you will need to republish your blog to apply the new layout Publish your site to see these changes take effect Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 8 WRITE YOUR FIRST POST Once you enter the blog click Write Entry A Test Bloo M BRAS mM Create Manage Design Preferences v J Insert a title for your entry and enter text in the text box below You can use the formatting buttons as needed See the HTML Toolbar Appendix for more details
35. nt Entries 6 Drag widgets to right column to hide Drag widgets to left column to show them in the blog 7 Click Publish 8 Click View Site Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 25 Add a Headline Feed from Another Blog This widget tool allows you to add headlines from another blog or news service to your sidebar Finding the Feed Link Blog headlines are stored in an RSS ATOM or other XML file To find a newsfeed link 1 Navigate to a blog or news service like http live psu edu 2 Look for the feed link button It can be in several locations Many sites include orange or blue colored boxes like the ones below XML ATOM In Firefox or Internet Explorer 7 an orange feed icon may be seen to the right of the URL http live psu edu v gt In Safari a blue RSS icon may be may be seen to the right of the URL Click the feed icon button to determine the URL of the feed XML file In many cases the file will end with the xml the rss extension Some example feed URL s include e PSU Live http live psu edu wirerss 30 e ITS News https mac its psu edu news news rss Adding the Feed Link 1 Select Design gt Templates 2 Click Create a Feed Widget in the right column under Actions Actions 9 Refresh Blog Templates Use Publishing Profile 4 Create a Feed Widget Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 26 The Feeds App Lite Widget Creator will open Feeds App
36. ols E Entries A ED 303 Comments Assets BLOG STATS Pages TrackBacks Categories Folders am Feb 04 Emm Today Users Thur March 05 Address Book A list of pages that currently exist in the blog will appear Manage Pages Publish Delete i v 1 5 0f 5 More actions Unpublish Pages Folder Author Last Modified View Title Videos root mth130 1 hour ago C emove Tags Vita Batch Edit Pages About mth130 1 hour ago Graphics root mth130 1 hour ago Welcome to our new website root mth130 1 day ago Contact Contact mth130 1 day ago 2 Select the checkbox for the page 3 Select More actions Add tags 4 Click Go The Tags to add to selected pages window appears Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 47 r The page at https blogs psu edu says ey Tags to add to selected pages topnav 5 Add the tag topnav 6 Click OK Refresh your blog site and the new page will appear in the top navigation menu Home Blog Videos Vita Contact REORDERING BLOG TABS There may be occasion when you want to change the order of the tabs as they appear in the navigation bar To change the appearance order you need to change the publication date of the page Note The Home tab cannot be moved from its location at the left end of the navigation bar The Blog tab cannot be moved from its location next to the Home tab but can be hidden 1 Select the blog portfolio you w
37. om menu Your options are Movable Type the option for importing Penn State blogs e Word Press extended RSS WXR e Another System Use this option if your system is not Movable Type but has created a Movable Type File 6 Use the Browse button to select the external file to import on your local system It will likely be either a txt text file or an RSS file 7 Click More options if you need to select options for text breaks encoding or default categories Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 38 8 Click Import Entries at the bottom to begin the import You will see a new window listing imported entries Import Transfer weblog entries into Movable Type from other Movable Type installations or even other blogging tools or export your entries to create a backup or copy Blog to Import No es facil 79 Importing from Movable Type ha You will be assigned the user of all imported entries If you wish the original user to keep ownership you must contact your MT system administrator to perform the import so that new users can be created if necessary Users ejp10 Desktop blue Browse optional Mi 9 Click Publish Site in the top bar to post the entries to your blog Web site 10 Click the View Site button in the top bar to see if the entries have been imported correctly e Ifyou do not see the entries make sure you have clicked the Publish Site button If problems persist contact blogsep
38. ove sidebar elements complete these steps 1 Select Design gt Widgets 2 Click the link for any of the widget sets Widget Sets e Create Widget Set Delete C Name Installed Widgets Blog Activity Search Generic Widget System Recent Comments Recent Assets Tag Claud OpenID Accepted C Blog Archives Category Archives Monthly 4rchives Syndication Manage This Blog Main Sidebar Search Generic Widget System Recent Entries Expanded Outcomes Widget Manage This Blog All available able widgets will be displayed 3 Click hold and drag widgets you do not need to the right hand Available Widgets column 4 Leave widgets you want to be displayed to the left Installed Widgets column You can change the order in which the widgets will appear in the sidebar by dragging them to anew position in the hierarchy 5 Click Save Changes to exit the Widget Manager Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 24 Edit Widget Set SetName 2 column layout Sidebar Drag and drop the Installed Widgets widgets you want into the Installed column Search About This Page Home Page Widgets Group Archive Widgets Group Page Listing Syndication OpenlD Accepted Powered By edit edit e dit e dit edit e dit e dit e dit Date Based Author Archives Technorati Search Sign In Recent Assets Tag Cloud Recent Comments Creative Commons Monthly Archives Dropdown Rece
39. r These files can be downloaded and saved The files can be uploaded into another Web space but you will not be able to edit them via the Blogs at Penn State ADD EDITORS AND COMMENTERS This version of the blogging tool allows you to add users with Penn State Access Account user IDs as editors or commenters to your blog Potential Editors Must Login In order for you to add a Penn State person as an editor to your blog you must ask that person to log in to http blogs psu edu at least once It is not necessary for that person to create a blog Add an Editor 1 Login 2 Enter your blog Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 40 3 Click Manage in the top links then select Users 4 Click the link Add a user to this blog 5 Type the person s last name into the Search Users box and click the magnifying glass It will take a moment to load 6 Check the entry for the appropriate user then click Continue 7 Check the appropriate role name then click Confirm Names and descriptions of selected roles follow e Author Can create entries edit their own upload files and publish e Blog Administrator Can administer the blog e Commenter Can comment e Contributor Can create entries edit their own and comment e Designer Can edit manage and publish blog templates e Editor Can upload files edit all entries categories tags on a blog and publish the blog e Moderator Can comment and manage feedback e Web
40. r blog click Select a License to create the license and add it to your blog The dialog box will confirm the type of license that you have selected and indicate the permanent location of the license 3 Click Proceed to return to the general settings screen License Your blog is currently licensed under Change license Remove lic The general settings will now indicate that a license is present You can always change or remove the license later if you choose to do so Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State To access the blog general settings page at any time select Preferences General on the toolbar y Create Manage Design v E Note if the Entries link is not active then click the white System Overview tab then the name of your blog SELECT STYLES COLORS FONTS You can use the Styles options to make basic changes in overall appearance of your blog y Note if the Design link is not visible then click the white System Overview tab then the name of your blog To select a style for your blog select Design Styles Aru TE Preferences Templates Widgets Styles Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 7 You should see a list of available preformatted styles Categories Professional Website Selected Design sih PSU Classic Blog stes iot Styles e in aS Website Professional Black Professional Black PSU Professional Blue Welcome to our new website Professio
41. s 42 Customizing Me panner raphi Casni a diude dite d s ot ah teu cente de Dane bd Mc oue n dede ut 42 Adding Pages to the Top Navigation Bal ccccccccssecccceeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeseeeeesseeeeesaeesesaeeeeseaeeessaeeeeeas 46 FICOFGGlinG IBIOG M E o mte a a a a a i 48 Embedding Other Types of Content ccccccesseeesseesseeeecenseeesceaseeeeeeaseeeeeenseeesennseeseoenseessoonseees 49 Appendix Entry Formatting TFOOlS oi ees ioni ye Sees ep ee Sk reru eso eon IL co ese Sun RE sai e sa aeneo Odin cesa cer 52 Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State OBJECTIVES Participants will be able to e Create a basic blog using professional Web site styling e Create edit and post a blog entry e Edit and use blog widgets BLOG BASICS Activate Personal Web Space You must activate your Penn State Personal Web space in order to use the Penn State blog service To activate your personal Web space go to http www work psu edu and click Apply for Web space on www personal psu edu Create Blog 1 Log on to http blogs psu edu The first time you log in you will see the System Overview page 2 Inthe Create menu on the top select Blog System Overview Bg TIGE Manage v y Note If you do not see the Blogs option in the Create menu go to the top white location tab in the upper left and select System Overview The Create Blog dialog will open Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 3 Create Blog Blog Det
42. su edu Notes on Import Options e The Text Formatting option refers to the line break options of your import file Refer to your blog system instructions if the initial import does not work e The Import File Encoding option refers to Unicode options Leave it set to Auto Detect unless you encounter difficulties e The Default Category menu lets you select default categories you have already created If you need a Default Category you must create one before you import a file EXPORT BLOG ENTRIES Export Entries 1 Log in to http blogs psu edu and enter your blog 2 Click Blog Dashboard Al in the top menu first option You should see a dashboard for your blog listing Blog Stats Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 39 3 In the Handy Shortcuts section to the right click the link for Import Content This takes you to both import and export 4 Click Export in the left Activity Log menu of the import window Import Activity Log Transfer weblog Export backup or copy 5 Click Export Blog in the next window A txt file will be downloaded onto your computer Save Static Blog Files You can use SFTP or the Penn State Pass Explorer to save all the published files including uploaded images raw HTML code and custom style sheets Use SFTP or the Penn State Portal Pass Explorer http www psu edu portalproject passexplorer to navigate to the blogs folder in your Personal Web space www folde
43. tings Select Preferences General Preferences K General Publishing Entry Comment TrackBack Registration Spam Web Services Custom Fields The general blog settings window opens Click Comment in the left hand menu to access those settings General Publishing Entry Comment TrackBack Registration Spam Web Services Custom Fields Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 28 To have moderated comments comments are not published until approved by you enable the following settings With these settings you will receive an e mail for all comments posted to the Website for you to approve 1 Make sure Accept Comments is checked 2 Setthe option for Immediately approve comments to Trusted Commenters Only or No One 3 Set E mail Notification to On Comment Settings Accept Comments If enabled comments will be accepted Commenting Policy Immediately approve No one comments from Trusted commenters only Any authenticated commenters Anyone Allow HTML If enabled users will be able to enter a limited set of HTML in their comments If not all HTML will be stripped out Limit HTML Tags Use defaults a href bjbr p strong em ul ol ji blockquote pre Use my settings Apply nofollow to If enabled all URLs in comments and TrackBacks will be assigned a nofollow link relation URLs A This preference affects both comments and TrackBacks Disable nofollow for ivi lf e
44. tus Commenter Elizabeth Pyatt 9 Trust Email URL Entry First Entry a Date Oct24 20074 P 128 118 8 314 Comment Text Thus will innaugurate commeting More actions Reply to a Comment 1 Click Manage in the upper toolbar and select Comments You will see a list of submitted comments 2 Click Reply beneath the appropriate comment Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 31 Showing only Non spam Comments Publish Delete Spam More actions v Go Comment Commenter Entry Page Back at you baby Edit Reply 5 Elizabeth Pyatta First Entry moments ago Thus will innaugurate commeting 1 reply Edit Reply 5 Elizabeth Pyatt9 First Entry 41 minutes ago 3 Enter your text in the Your reply field then click the Submit button The reply will be published as another comment E MAIL NOTIFICATIONS WITH ADDRESS BOOK The Blogs at Penn State allows you to send an e mail message to selected users when an entry is published You can send e mail to a group of contacts within your Address Book list or to a custom set of addresses for each entry This can be useful within a course blog to notify students or a project blog to notify users of updates Add Contacts to Address Book 1 Select Manage gt Address Book Manage KJ Entries Comments Assets Pages TrackBacks Categories Folders Tags Users Address Book 2 Click Create Contact at the top Getting Started wit
45. wn items Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State 51 APPENDIX ENTRY FORMATTING TOOLS Setting Icon Font Size AY At Font B Z U Formatting Link t E mail Link Begin End cm Blockquote a Ss Bulleted List Numbered List Getting Started with Blogs at Penn State Description Click Decrease Text Size to make text smaller Click Increase Text size to make text larger Use the Font formatting tools to add bold italic underline or strikethrough formatting to selected text The Link tool allows you to create hyperlinks within your document Highlight text which will become a link click the Link tool then enter the URL in the pop up window Use this tool to create links to e mail addresses Highlight text which will become a link click the Email Link tool then enter the e mail address in the pop up window Use the Begin Blockquote to indent a paragraph Use the End Blockquote to remove an indent Click the Bulleted List option to create a bulleted list Click the button again to stop the list Click Tab to indent a list item in one level Click Shift Tab out dent a list item out one level Click the Numbered List option to create a bulleted list Click the button again to stop the list Click Tab to indent a list item in one level Click Shift Tab out dent a list item out one level 52 Setting Icon Paragraph Alignment b Insert Image Insert File 4 WYSWYG and HTML A A
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