WordPress+for+Blogging

Below are directions for creating posts in your blog on Wordpress and adjusting whether replies (comments) to the posts can be seen. Students will have to create a Wordpress account as well and log in to leave replies so that Wordpress recognizes who they are and their email addresses. The order below shows you how to create a Post and then adjust settings. **You may want to adjust the settings in your blog before creating posts.**

Log into [|Wordpress.com]. Click on **New Post** to create a new post within your blog.

Give your post a title, text in the main section, tags at the bottom, and click **Publish Post**.

Click **View post** to see your post as others will see it.

When you view your post, at the top right click on your **email address**. In the drop down menu, click on the **name of the blog**, and in the next menu that appears, click on **Dashboard** to see all your posts, edit your posts, and change settings for your posts.

Once you are in your Dashboard, you can see all your posts by clicking on **Posts** on the left side and choosing **All Posts.**

If you want to make any changes to a post, hover your mouse over the post name and the options will appear for you to click on. Click on Edit to make changes, clidk on Trash to delete the post, and click on View to go to view the post the way the public sees it.

You can adjust whether or not replies (comments/discussion) to your post are visible by going to **Settings** on the left and choosing **Discussion**.

Under Discussion Settings there is an option that reads "An administrator must always approve the comment". Click in the box to turn this option on or off. A check means the option is on, so comments (replies) will not appear on your post until you (the administrator of the blog) approve them.

If you make a change, be sure to scroll to the bottom of the page and click the **Save Changes** button.



Students leave comments in the Leave Reply text area. You can have them check two options underneath the text area if you want them to receive an email when you create a response to their comment or when you create a new post.



As students create comments, you can go to your **Dashboard** and click on **Comments** in the left pane to view all of them. Click on the **check box** beside any comments you want to show up and at the top click on the down arrow beside **Bulk Actions,** and choose **Approve**. Other choices are available in the drop down list. Then click **Apply**. To select all the comments, click on the check box in the header row above all the comments and then when you apply a Bulk Action, all comments will be affected.