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USING PARENTCLICKBLOGS.com
Welcome to ParentClickBlogs.com… a blogging community for parents, teachers, grandparents, coaches and more. Start your own blog or just having fun reading the many blogs that vary in themes and content. There is something for everyone.
Sign-Up: Anyone can read our blogs but you must be a registered to comment on any blog. This helps cut down on spamming and inappropriate content. Registering only takes a minute and just requires a username, email and password. Your email will only be used for periodic newsletter updates. We promise not to spam you because none of us have time for extra emails and spam.
- Go to Getting Started to set up a user account or a blog >>
Report Spam: If you find inappropriate content on the site, you will see a drop down menu at the top of every blog, you can click on it to send us a report.
Left Navigation Bar: The left hand navigation bar is there to help you search blogs, bloggers, categories and articles. This bar can be hidden as you read blogs as well.
- You will find that if you use one of our resource sites in your city, that you can quickly find all blogs associated with that website.
- You can also find bloggers in your city.
We will continue to add more features and updates for our readers so be sure to check back.
Fun stuff we plan to add in the future…
- Favorites – ability for readers to click on blogs they enjoy so they can easily access them again.
- Groups – connect to other groups and blog/chat on various topics.
BUILD A BLOG
Build your blogs for personal, business, groups, classrooms, etc. Bring together your social networking, photos, journaling and more.You get to pick your own domain name (ie: yourblog.ParentClickblogs.com).
Choose your design (theme, layout and plugins). Use widgets to incorporate facebook, twitter, RSS feeds from other sites and blogs. Keep your blog private for family and friends or share it with the world.
ARE YOU NEW TO WORDPRESS?
- What is a blog >>
- Getting Started >>
- WordPress Features >>
- Screenshots of pages >>
- WordPress Lessons >>
- Working with WordPress >>
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SETTINGS
- Dashboard >>
- General Settings >> writing: Quick Tags >> excerpt, teasers, summary >>
- Users (your blogging family) >>
- Posts >>
- Media >>
- Links >>
- Pages >>
- Comments >>
- Appearance >> Themes available to ParentClickblog.com Bloggers >>
- Tools >>
- PlugIns (this is administered by ParentClickblogs.com) >>
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VIDEO TUTORIALS (watch video tutorials to set up your blog)
(note that some of these instructions will be a bit different since we are WordPress multi-use)
- Updated WordPress.com – Step-by-Step Tutorial on How to Blog >>
- WordPress PlugIns >>
- How to add Pictures to your posts >>
- Change Theme, Title, Tagline (note: menu of theme options is installed on ParentClickblogs.com – you only need to activate) >>
- All In One SEO >>
- Ad Sense >>
- 125×125 Ad Management >>
- More Videos on You Tube >>
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Extras
- Use Gravatar to include your photo with posts and comments >>
With Gravatar, you create your own avatar that is associated with your email address and can be used on other blogs and social networking sites as well. - PlugIns >>
Plugins are tools to extend the functionality of WordPress. The core of WordPress is designed to be lean, to maximize flexibility and minimize code bloat. Plugins offer custom functions and features so that each user can tailor their site to their specific needs. - PhotoBlogs >>
- Podcasting >>
- WordPress Feeds >>
- Newsletters, Alerts & Email Lists >>
- Optimization >>
- Spam Issues >>
- Theme Directory >>
- PlugIns >>
- Featured Sites >>