Basic posting & linking instructions???
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Hi,
I’ve set up a private blog for one of my college classes and made all of the students authors on the blog, but some of the students are having trouble posting. Some have Macs, others pcs, they use a range of browsers, some only use school computers and so can’t save any settings, etc. Is there one basic set of instructions for posting? I’m requiring that they post links and descriptions to articles and research labs related to our class, so they need to be able to add the url, etc. In some browsers, one is faced with only html tags, others are friendlier. I’m totally new to this as well, and though I seem to be doing adequately, I don’t know my way around and haven’t been able to find anything of this basic posting-instructions sort! Thanks very much for any help or suggestions. -
I can only suggest (assuming that they’re all properly registered at WordPress as posting members of the blog) that they seach the FAQ’s for instructions for each system. Saving settings should be totally superfluous, though; all they should have to do is go to: http://blogname.wordpress.com/wp-admin and sign in, then from Dashboard go to Write Post. Then hit Publish and they’re done. Those instructions do not vary.
If someone is complaining they’re having difficulty doing this from their mobile phone, tell them to use a real computer. That’s the only hardware limitation I’ve encountered (even then, there are workarounds, so say other people).
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one is faced with only html tags, others are friendlier
Sounds like some of them have reset their editors. Please let them know that they can choose between the two different editors at Dashboard -> Users -> Your Profile -> The check box near the top of the page. The editor with the icons is known as the “rich Text Editor” or TinyMCE. To get that, check the box and than save changes. The editor with the HTML code is the normal one. To get that one, uncheck the box and then save.
Do note that those using the Mac browser, Safari, will have issues with the TinyMCE editor. That’s an issue with their browser and it’s lack of support of web standards I’m afraid.
There’s a couple of links within the FAQ posted at the head of these forums for new users. You may want to review them.
Hope this helps,
-drmike -
I would suggest to the Mac-using students that they use Firefox instead of Safari as their browser. It works really well for me.
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