Settings

The Settings area allows you to change many of the overall options for your blog. For example, you can use the General Settings section to change the blog title, change the time zone, or add a brief description. The various sub-sections allow you to control the comments, reading, and writing options for your blog, among other things.

Settings also allow you to control the privacy settings, or even delete your blog entirely. The Permalinks sub-section is where you establish the convention WordPress will use for naming each new post to your blog, and Media is where you change the settings for media files.

If you are adding plugin functionality, you often control the settings for plugins within the Settings area (the plugin will frequently have an associated sub-section in the Settings section). There are many, many options housed within this tab, and it may be useful to click on each one to explore the possibilities.

Blog Privacy Settings

• On the Dashboard, scroll down to Settings on the left side menu.
• Click Settings to expand the menu, then click Privacy.
• In the Privacy Settings area, you have five options:
  
  • Allow search engines to index this site
    Anyone can visit your blog without needing a password. Search engines will index all pages and posts, meaning your site will show up in search results on Google, Bing and others. Select this option for maximum public visibility.
  • Ask search engines not to index this site
    Visitors do not need a password to see your site if they know the URL or are linked from elsewhere, but Google, Bing and other search engines will not index your posts and pages. Choose this option if you want to be able to show the blog to people who are not registered for Blogs@Baruch, but you don’t want people to stumble upon it via search engines.
  • I would like my blog to be visible only to registered users of Blogs@Baruch
    Users will need to enter a password to see the site, but it is open to all Blogs@Baruch members. Select this option if you’d only like the Baruch community to be able to see the blog.
  • I would like my blog to be visible only to registered users I add to “My Blog”
    Only members of your specific blog will be able to visit the site. Choose this option if you are teaching a class and only want those enrolled to be able to see the blog. (Note: You will need to import your students as members or authors and select this option.)
  • I would like “My Blog” to be visible only to admins.
    Only those registered as admins (meaning they have full access to edit the blog’s design and other components) can visit the blog. Select this option if you’d like a private workspace or are collaborating with other faculty/staff who will need full access to edit the site.
• Once you’ve selected the best option for you, click the blue Save Changes button