1. tips and tricks to streamline your class webpage Katrina Lehman Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 2012

2.  Identify basic webpage components  Learn new tips and tricks for making your website look more creative

3.  insert images/photos into your webpage  insert links to your webpage  change the size and color of your font  password-protect a page or post  upload a document or newsletter onto your webpage

4.  Anyone in the world can see your site  Be aware of online privacy (avoid attaching names to photographs)  When quoting a published source, be sure to cite your sources  Accuracy matters: double check grammar and facts

5.  Pages (tabs at the top of your site with important, generally static info)  Posts (articles, reflections, current updates, timely news: chronological, with most recent post at the top)  Sidebars (other info: categories, archives, and links)  Banner: pictures that users can’t change

7.  Writing: short, sweet, to-the-point  Language/word choice: who’s your audience?  Visual effect: One image that captures attention. Font: If audience is LS students: large, colorful font.  Content: Links to other websites, if appropriate

11.  File management: Create a folder on your desktop. Put all docs, images, videos, photos you will use on your site in the folder so that they’re easy to find  Write content in Word Doc, use spell check, THEN post the final copy.  Avoid large files (the limit is 145 MB): large files are hard to download and take up bandwidth.

16. You can:  Delete posts  Edit posts  Save posts as drafts to be posted later  Set a future publishing time and date

17.  You can create pages, save them, and add them to your website later  You can change and edit the content of your page easily  You can password-protect a page

18. This icon is called the “kitchen sink” Clicking on it will hide/show the second row of icons on your toolbar. Be sure to click on this icon to show all of your toolbar icons.

20. 1. Copy the link address (url) 2. Highlight the text you want link 3. Click on the “hyperlink” icon. 1. Paste the url address into the url field. 2. Click “save”

21.  Place cursor where you’d like the image to be inserted into your post  Click on camera icon above toolbar  Click “select”, and choose your file  Before clicking “insert”, do the following: Choose alignment Choose size  Click “Insert”

22.  Highlight the text you want to change  Click on formatting toggle on your toolbar  Select your desired font size

23.  Click on the toggle arrow to the right of the “A” icon on toolbar  Select desired color

24.  Open page in dashboard.  Click on “password protect”  Create password  Save

25.  In your post/page, name your document  Save document to “Media”  Open document from within media  Highlight and copy the url (at bottom).  In post/page, highlight the title of your document.  Click “link” icon on toolbar  Paste url into url field and save.

26.  Identify basic webpage components  Learn new tips and tricks for making your website look more creative

27.  insert images/photos into your webpage  insert links to your webpage  change the size and color of your font  password-protect a page or post  upload a document or newsletter onto your webpage

28. Thank-you. The End Katrina Lehman Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 2012