Moby Dick

This post uses YouTube as an example, but other object plugins from other sites can be inserted into WordPress posts, I encourage you to explore & experiment. If you discover a great trick, just post it and add it to course support (category).

Copy the “embed code”. Click on the “HTML” view. Paste in the Embed Code.

“Add Media” by URL doesn’t seem to be working at present

WordPress authors can insert images into wordpress either as links or by uploading the image directly into the WordPress engine. Linking to images is semi-risky as resources might shift about and not be displayed, unless you control them. If you are uploading images, be sure to upload optimized or web-friendly images (in other words, don’t upload raw images of a whaling expedition you went on last summer).

Advanced image searches in Google will allow you much finer turned searching for image file types and sizes. It also enables you to limit your searches to items in the public domain, which will help prevent copyright infringement. An equivalent search engine exists on Flickr.

Click on the “Add an image button” from near the text “add media”. Upload your file or insert the image based on the url.

Moby Dick Graphic

There is a blockquote button in WordPress.

Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people’s hats off–then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.

Highlight the text to quote, and then press the blockquote button.

To start posting in this site, log into this site using your Vassar email login at https://pages.vassar.edu/engl177/wp-admin/

Click on “Post -> Add New” and begin. Certain fields are required.

If need further details on how to make a post, please visit the WordPress help page, or watch the video below. Additional support specific to the Vassar WordPress install is available at: http://pages.vassar.edu/BlogWire/

This video is useful as it goes into some detail regarding basic posting in WordPress:

For this course, be sure to publish to at least one or more of the nine categories. Tags are strongly encouraged.

If you get stuck, visit the Media Cloisters for help, or email Academic Computing Services (acs@vassar.edu) or me (Baynard) babailey@vassar.edu , x7481.