• Click the +New and then Post from the dark gray navigation bar at the top of the screen. This will bring you to the post editor.
• Where it says “Enter title here,” type in a headline for your post.

• Above the top right corner of the body field are two tabs: Visual and HTML. Click Visual.
• Begin typing the text of your post into the body field.
• Above the body field are formatting buttons you can use similar to Microsoft Word.

• You can preview your post without publishing it by clicking the Preview button. This will show you exactly how the post will look on the blog.

 

• Before you publish your post, select a category (or multiple categories) by clicking the appropriate checkboxes in the categories box on the right side:

• REMEMBER: If you don’t categorize the post, it will not show up under the correct heading on the site.
• When you’re done writing and formatting your post and you’ve added all the images and video you want to include, click the blue Publish button.
• To see how your post looks on the site, click the “View Post” link that appears at the top of the page.

To Add Links:

• Highlight the text that you want to turn into a link.
• Click the button that looks like a chain link.  
• To link to an outside website:

• In a separate browser window, go to the page you want to link to and copy the URL.
• Back in the post editor, paste the URL into the URL field (making sure to replace the http:// so that you do not end up with the http:// command twice).

• Click the Add Link button, and the text will change to blue or purple with an underline.
• To link to a page or post on the blog:

• Click the arrow next to “Or link to existing content.”

• If you don’t see the page you want to link to in the menu, search for the page or post title and it will appear.
• Click on the page or post title. It will automatically fill in the URL and Title fields.
• Click the Add Link button, and the text will change to blue or purple with an underline.

• To remove a link, highlight the linked text and click the broken chain link button.

To Insert Images:

• Place your cursor where you want the image to show up.

• Click the gray frame icon next to “Upload/Insert” above the formatting buttons.
• The window that pops up will walk you through the upload process.
• To upload an image from your computer:

• Click the “From Computer” tab at the top of the window.

• Click the Select Files button.
• In the “Select file(s)” window that opens, find the image file that you wish to upload. You can select multiple images by using Ctrl-click on a PC or Command-click on a Mac.
• Click the Open button to upload the image. It may take a few seconds to load.
• Once uploaded, the window will expand to show you a thumbnail of the image and several text fields.

• In the Alternate Text field, type in a very short description of the image.
• If you’d like to include a caption beneath the image, type it into the Caption field.
• Choose the Alignment style you’d like by clicking the button for Left, Center or Right. (Left and Right wrap the text around the image, Center pushes the text below the image.)
• Choose the size that you’d like. Large fills most of the width of the page, Medium fills a little less than half, and Thumbnail makes a small square about 2” by 2”.
• Now click the Insert into Post button and the image will show up, resized and aligned, in the body field.

• To add an image from the web:
  • Click the “From URL” tab at the top of the window.
  • In a separate browser window, find the image you want to use and copy its URL. To do this, right-click (ctrl-click on a Mac) on the image and select Copy Image Location.
  • Back in the post editor, paste the URL you’ve copied into the Image URL field.

• In the Image Title field, give the item a 1-2 word title.
• In the Alternate Text field, type in a very short description of the image
• Enter source information on where exactly you found the image into the Caption field.
• Choose the Alignment style you’d like by clicking the button for Left, Center or Right. (Left and Right wrap the text around the image, Center pushes the text below the image.)
• If you’d like the image to act as a link to another web page, paste the URL into the “Link Image To:” field.
• Now click the Insert into Post button and the image will show up in the body field just as it would if you had uploaded from your computer.

• To add an image that has already been uploaded to the blog:

• If the image was initially uploaded to this post, it will be available in the “Gallery” tab at the top of the window.
• If it was uploaded elsewhere on the blog, it will be available in the “Media Library” tab.
• Click the appropriate tab, find the image on the list and click the Show link to the right of it. This will expand the image properties options.

• If not already filled in, enter alternate text and a caption (if desired), choose the alignment you want and then click the Insert into Post button.

• To edit the alignment, size, alternate text or caption for an image you’ve already inserted into a post, click on the image and then click on the photo icon that appears in the top left corner.

• To delete an image you’ve already imported, click the image and then click the red delete icon in the top left corner.

To Embed a Video:

From YouTube, Vimeo, DailyMotion, blip.tv, Flickr (both videos and images), Viddler, Hulu, Qik, Revision3, Scribd, Photobucket, PollDaddy, Google Video, WordPress.tv, SmugMug, FunnyOrDie.com:

• In a separate browser window, find the video you wish to include in your post.
• Once you’re on the page for that video (the headline at the top of the page should be the video’s title, not “Search results for…”), Copy the url of the video after clicking the “Share” button.
• Paste the URL into the post editor. .. it will embed the video directly in your post
• NOTE: Do not use the embed code for the video, as this will not work.

Adding a Gravatar:

• If you would like your image to show up on your profile page, you’ll need to register for an account at Gravatar.com, using your Baruch Email address.
• At Gravatar.com, simply click on “Get Your Gravatar Today” and follow the instructions on the screen. Be sure you’re affiliating the image you upload with your Baruch email address!
• Once uploaded, your image will automatically appear on your author page.