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New Plugin: Contact Form 7

November 3rd, 2009

The Contact Form 7 plugin has been installed on blog.ecu.edu. This plugin allows you to design a contact form, which can be mailed to you when someone completes it. You can also manage multiple contact forms.

Here’s a quick tutorial on getting started with Contact Form 7

Popularity: 12% [?]

Stephen Corey Uncategorized

Google Analytics added to ECU Blogs

October 21st, 2009

The Google Analytics plugin has been added to ECU Blogs, so you can track visitors to your blog using your Anayltics account. Configure this option under Settings in your dashboard

Popularity: 21% [?]

Stephen Corey Uncategorized ,

Embedding Videos into your posts

September 28th, 2009

Here’s how to embed a video into a blog post:

  1. In the Wordpress dashboard, click Posts on the left-hand menu
  2. Under Posts, select Add New
  3. Add the text of your post as you normally would.
  4. Move the text cursor to the location you’d like your text to appear. Click the “TV icon” embeddedvideo-button in the toolbar (far right corner) to bring up the add video window.
  5. On the upload video tab, browse on your computer for the video, and click the Upload button. This will copy the file from your computer into Wordpress. You will be taken to the Local Video tab automatically, where you can select your newly uploaded video.
  6. Select your video and click Insert to add to your post

Popularity: 61% [?]

Stephen Corey Uncategorized

Embedding a Powerpoint presentation into a blog post

September 23rd, 2009

Here’s a video tutorial of how to embed a Powerpoint presentation into a blogpost, using SlideShare.net.

http://mail.nppsd.org:8080/%7Enhokanson/wordpress_tutorials/wordpress_embed_powerpoint.swf

Popularity: 86% [?]

Stephen Corey Uncategorized

Polldaddy plugin installed

May 20th, 2009

The polldaddy plugin has been installed, allowing you to create polls on your blog. You will need a polldaddy.com account before you can use this plugin, however. Get one here.

Popularity: 100% [?]

Stephen Corey Uncategorized

Wordpress Users Guide

April 23rd, 2009

Here’s a link to the official Wordpress documentation that covers normal activities such as posting, editing, and administration:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Working_with_WordPress

Popularity: 100% [?]

Stephen Corey General Help ,