August 10, 2017 – 10:13 am
For the past three to four years, WordPress.com users have been “experimenting” with the what is known as the “new” WordPress.com interface. A drag-and-drop-meets-wysiwymg interface (What You See is What You MIGHT Get), it is designed to make interaction with WordPress easier. I’m still waiting. What it continues to do is make my students and […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in WordPress, WordPress News, WordPress Tips, WordPressDotCom
| Tags: browser, browser redirects, browser scripts, edit post, edit post interface, greasemonkey, redirects, wordpress, WordPress classic interface, wordpress interface, WordPress Tips, wp-admin |
In this mini-series for Lorelle’s WordPress School , we’re learning about HTML basics. I shared a little history and information to help you get started and gave you an HTML file that you will use in this tutorial. In the next tutorial, I covered some very basic HTML elements found in the test HTML file. […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Web Design, WordPress, WordPress School
| Tags: blockquotes, call-to-action, css, html, html series, html tags, inline css, inline html styles, learn css, learn html, learn wordpress, pull-quotes, quotes, styling wordpress.com posts, wordpress, wordpress guide, wordpress help, WordPress News, wordpress school, WordPress Tips, wordpress tutorials |
Coming up soon in Lorelle’s WordPress School free online course is a huge section on interactivity with WordPress, learning about comments, integrating social media, social media automation, and how to encourage and support such interactivity without draining your time, energy, and emotional being. To help you get started thinking about how you can use your […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blogging, blogging tips, WordPress, WordPress School, WordPress Tips, Writing
| Tags: comments, feedback, interactivity, learn wordpress, polldaddy, polls, social, surveys, wordpress guide, wordpress help, WordPress News, wordpress school, WordPress Tips, wordpress tutorials |
No matter what you do on the web, you will quote or cite someone, some place, or something. In today’s assignment and tutorial in Lorelle’s WordPress School free online course, I’m going to teach you how to quote and cite in WordPress, and save yourself from a copyright violation. By publishing content on your site, […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in WordPress, WordPress School, Writing
| Tags: author credits, blockquotes, citations, cite, content, copyright, copyright fair use, copyrighted content, copyrighted material, credit the source, credits, html, learn wordpress, other people's stuff, quotes, wordpress guide, wordpress help, WordPress News, wordpress school, WordPress Tips, wordpress tutorials |
January 16, 2015 – 1:18 pm
Are you ready to join Lorelle’s WordPress School? Let’s get going. Here is what you need to know. To participate, you need the following: A free WordPress.com site or other test site for experimentation Join and participate in the WordPress School Google+ Community Do the assignments and tasks associated with each lesson Comment on the […]
September 25, 2014 – 2:57 pm
We received a new credit card in the mail today to replace our old one AGAIN. An “unsuccessful attempt” to access our secure security data happened and this is a precaution the bank is taking to protect us. I have no other information so I’m left wondering. Yesterday I received an email supposedly from Home […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in WordPress, WordPress News, WordPress Plugins, WordPress Themes, WordPress Tips
| Tags: credit card security, data security, hacked, hacking, identity theft, malware, personal security, privacy, risk, security, security vulnerability, vulnerabilities, wordpress, WordPress News, wordpress security, WordPress Themes, WordPress Tips |
If you have a few minutes today, watch this. Oh, watch it anyway. And share it. It won a Webby, the equivalent of the Oscar for the web world. And I have to admit that at the end, I cried. Seriously. Like those in the satirical episode, I don’t live in the wildest woolliest of […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blogging, WordPress, WordPress News
| Tags: broadband, broadband access, fiber optic, freedom, freedom of speech, internet access, internet freedom, net neutrality, wordpress, WordPress News |
If you haven’t been paying attention to one of the largest countries in the world is persecuting bloggers. I’ve written up a summary in the ClarkWP Magazine site produced by my Clark College WordPress students, “The New Blogger’s Law in Russia.” In December 2013, the Russian parliament passed a law to allow the blocking of […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blogging, WordPress, WordPress News
| Tags: blogger persecution, blogger rights, bloggers law, fisa, freedom, freedom of speech, homeland security, internet laws, net neutrality, pipa, rights, russia, russia bloggers law, sopa, usa patriot act, web laws, web publishing, wordpress, WordPress News |
If you have been with me since January on these blog exercises, it is time to check in with your editorial calendar again. If you are new, welcome, and take time to read the previous posts on the editorial calendar to help you catch up. Blog Exercises: The Editorial Calendar Blog Exercises: Blogging with the […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blog Exercises, Blogging, blogging tips, Writing
| Tags: blog exercises, blog planning, blog schedule, blogging, blogging tips, editorial calendar, project list, schedule, task list, things to do, web writing, Writing, writing for the web, writing tips |
In Blog Exercises: Polls and Surveys I asked you to create a poll on your site asking for input from your readers. Today’s exercise is on creating a follow-up poll. In that exercise, I invited readers to respond to the question, “What publishing platform are you currently using?” The answers to that are typical, skewed […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blog Exercises, Blogging, blogging tips, Writing
| Tags: blog exercises, blogging tips, how to write a poll, how to write a survey, how to write surveys, interactivity, polls, polls and surveys, questions, surveys, web writing, writing for the web |
January 2, 2012 – 3:07 pm
Who are you on the web? How do you describe yourself? What words do you use to tell the world who you are, what you stand for or represent, what you do, how you do it, and why they should want to get to know you and work with you? Preparing to teach my WordPress […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in blogging tips, Writing
| Tags: about, about page, autobiography, bio, biography, blog as a business card, business card, connection, first impressions, journey, networking, prove it, prove it campaign, relationship, story, trust, what do you do, who are you |
WordPress 3.2 has been officially released, this time after a fairly short testing time period. To upgrade, use the built-in automatic upgrade. According to the announcement, this is the 15th major release of WordPress. Wow, that just doesn’t seem possible, and yet it also feels like too few. How far WordPress has come since 2003, […]
March 19, 2009 – 12:07 am
This week’s Blog Herald WordPress News is WordPress News: iPhones Up, WordPress Widgets API, 2.8 Delayed, International WordPress.tv, and More, and I’ve covered a lot of WordPress news you can use: iPhone for WordPress is in the iTunes store. WordPress Widgets will use new Widgets API as of WordPress 2.8. Security authentication will improve with […]
January 18, 2009 – 8:52 pm
Last weekend, my world was rocked in so many ways at 2009 International CES (Consumer Electronics Show) and WordCamp Las Vegas. I have so much to tell you about my experience, but you’ll have to settle for pictures right now. The first set of photographs started with a blogging event at CES with Robert Scoble […]
November 14, 2008 – 7:08 pm
In this modern world where entertainment has many fronts, movies, network television, cable television, and the web, The Food Network is among many entertainment companies trying to notch it up and take advantage of online social media to find The Next Food Network Star. My cousin, Duke DesRochers, has entered the contest, and as far […]
WordPress School: Polls and Surveys
Coming up soon in Lorelle’s WordPress School free online course is a huge section on interactivity with WordPress, learning about comments, integrating social media, social media automation, and how to encourage and support such interactivity without draining your time, energy, and emotional being. To help you get started thinking about how you can use your […]