How to Use WordPress!

The links that follow are largely a collection of very short videos (around 1 minute) that walk you through how to perform different tasks on WordPress. I’ve collected them together intuitively in groups of increasing complexity. You’ll want to review the links in “Ready?” as you start writing, move onto “Set.” as you begin to customize and add flavor to your content, and continue on to “Go!” as you further branch out with your eportfolio.

Ready?
Writing and publishing a post
Adding categories and tags to your posts
Saving and returning to draft posts & pages
Embedding photos, video & audio into your posts
Previewing and activating themes

Set.
Creating an image gallery
Choosing a theme for your blog
Adding and deleting categories
Using Quick Edit and Bulk Edit to manage your posts in half the time
Adding an ‘About Me’ (or any other static) page

Go!
Changing your default media settings
Customizing your header image
The Text Widget for WordPress
Import your WordPress blog into Facebook
How to embed a YouTube or other off-site video into a post

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