February 24, 2015 – 5:15 pm
In this assignment in Lorelle’s WordPress School free online course we are going to explore the Text and Visual Editors in WordPress. WordPress features the two editors on all posts and Pages. The Visual Editor is the WYSIWYMG editor for writing content. This means it is the What You See Is What You Might Get […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blogging, blogging tips, WordPress, WordPress School, WordPress Tips, Writing
| Tags: content styles, learn wordpress, text editor, visual editor, web writing, wordpress editors, wordpress guide, wordpress help, WordPress News, wordpress publishing, wordpress school, WordPress Tips, wordpress tutorials, writing on the web |
February 20, 2015 – 10:22 pm
In the assignment for Lorelle’s WordPress School free online course today and over the weekend, you are to work on preparing images for uploading to WordPress. You will be adding a variety of images to your WordPress test site such as images to accompany your posts and Pages, portraits, images for galleries, design elements, sidebar […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blogging, blogging tips, WordPress, WordPress School, WordPress Tips
| Tags: attachments, graphic programs, graphic software, graphics, image attachments, image preparation, images, learn wordpress, media, multimedia, wordpress guide, wordpress help, wordpress images, wordpress media, WordPress News, wordpress school, WordPress Tips, wordpress tutorials |
February 16, 2015 – 7:20 am
Today in Lorelle’s WordPress School online course learning WordPress from the inside out, we are going to learn how to create lists in WordPress. A list is just that, a list of items. The list may contain a wide variety of information and be presented in many different ways. Let’s start with simple lists and […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in WordPress, WordPress School
| Tags: bullet lists, html, html lists, learn wordpress, lists, numbered lists, wordpress guide, wordpress help, WordPress News, wordpress school, WordPress Tips, wordpress tutorials |
February 10, 2015 – 6:09 am
In the last lesson in this WordPress School course, you were to fill in the blanks of your WordPress site profile on your test site. In this lesson, you are to create your Gravatar. Gravatar is a “Globally Recognized Avatar.” Aside from the popular movie, most are familiar with avatars, the images used to represent […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in WordPress, WordPress School
| Tags: avatar, gravatar, learn wordpress, my profile, online identity, online image, profile, wordpress guide, wordpress help, WordPress News, wordpress school, wordpress tutorials |
January 31, 2015 – 12:00 am
Attention all on the west side of Portland and around the Portland Metro area. Beginning February 18 through April 8, 2015, I’m honored to be teaching an 8-week community WordPress and blogging class in Forest Grove, Oregon, on Wednesdays from 6:30-9PM at the Forest Grove Senior Center. I rarely present community-based WordPress courses in the […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Classes, WordPress, WordPress News
| Tags: classes, forest grove, learn to blog, learn wordpress, oregon, wordpress classes, wordpress community class, WordPress News, workshops |
January 24, 2015 – 4:15 am
I was one of the first asked to write and publish a text book on WordPress. I worked with the BIG NAME text book publishing company for months to create a structure and outline for WordPress users. As a long-time WordPress user, WordPress Codex contributor and editor, WordPress support forums volunteer, developer, designer, and WordPress […]
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 29, 2014 – 4:35 am
In 2012 and 2013, I did extensive research for the grant program to develop and rewrite the Web Developer degree program at Clark College. This research included an analysis of current and future job opportunities for students graduating with that degree with a solid understanding of WordPress. Now that the program has completed its first […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Classes, WordPress, WordPress News
| Tags: clark college, education, jobs, web content, Web Design, web development, web practitioner, web writing, wordpress, wordpress classes, wordpress education, wordpress jobs, WordPress News, wordpress training |
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 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 |
Students in my Clark College WordPress class are required to interview a WordPress professional and member of the WordPress Community as part of their assignments for our student managed site, ClarkWP Magazine. Would you like to be an interview subject? Here are the qualifications. You must use WordPress actively as part of your business. The […]
November 13, 2013 – 5:18 pm
The recent major desktop computer crash has left me reeling. I thought I had all my data backed up. For the most part, I did. What I didn’t have backed up was my programs. Getting back up to speed fast, I’ve had to prioritize the programs I had download and install. Yes, download. Who gets […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blog Exercises, Blogging, blogging tips
| Tags: audio, backup, blogging software, blogging tools, emergency backup, graphics, graphics software, images, operating system, restore, system backup, system restore, video |
September 13, 2013 – 4:36 am
One of my favorite odd-ball mashups is the movie Moulin Rouge! Released in 2001, the movie features Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, and an outstanding cast of top notch actors singing their way through a Bollywood-style production set in a 1899 France cabaret. There are few original songs in the film. Instead they used pop songs […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blogging, blogging tips, Writing
| Tags: art, artistry, audio, blog exercises, blogging prompt, collage, creativity, fan creativity, fans, fun, graphics, images, imagination, inspiration, mashup, mashups, multimedia, photography, prompt, video, writing prompt |
September 9, 2013 – 9:24 pm
It is September and the number is now up to 9 posts to edit on our monthly Random Editing Day exercises. Each month in the Blog Exercises series, I challenge you to edit random published posts on your blog, adding one for every month of the year. This month is nine posts. You can do […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blog Exercises, Blogging, blogging tips, Writing
| Tags: blog exercises, content, definitions, edit, industry jargon, industry terms, jargon, random editing day, random edits, school, school year, terminology, web writing, what does that mean, Writing, writing for the web |
September 6, 2013 – 4:02 am
A premie baby is causing debates and controversy about medical research projects. A debate on plant ethics questions over the humane treatment of plants opposes yet is related to the debate on ethical treatment of animals as food sources. Advanced research on stem cells and human cloning is debatable on all sides, especially when news […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blog Exercises, Blogging, blogging tips, Writing
| Tags: audience, blog exercises, blog struggles, blogger ethics, blogging, blogging prompts, blogging tips, code of ethics, community, conspiracy, controversy, debate, debates, ethical issues, ethics, moral values, morals, perspective, prompt, stories, wordpress community, writing for the web, writing prompt, writing tips |