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Setting up FeedWordPress to aggregate category, tag feeds
Every WordPress blog on the planet has a standard RSS feed address. Just tack on “feed” to the end of every WordPress blog URL, and there you have it. For example, this site:...
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Managing Privacy in Courseblogs
Scenario: You’re an instructor using the FeedWordPress plugin to aggregate your student blogs into your courseblog. You enjoy the convenience of being able to read all your students’ posts on one site,...
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When student blog feeds don’t syndicate …
If you’re a faculty member using the FeedWordPress plugin to syndicate (aggregate) your student blogs into a courseblog, you may occasionally experience errors with regard to blog and category feeds,...
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How to make a post “sticky”
Sometimes you may need a post to stay glued to the front page of your site. For example, you may decide that you need to give your students a reading prompt for their next blog assignment and need the...
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Mobile posting on iOS devices – a common hurdle
So you have an iPhone or iPad and the free WordPress for iOS app. Ready to start posting from your mobile device, right? Sounds easy enough, but forays into mobile posting via iOS often begin with this...
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How to geotag your posts via WordPress for iOS
My previous post about the WordPress for iOS app explains how you can start posting to your WordPress blog from remote locations using your iPhone or iPad. We’ve since installed Geolocation Plugin for...
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Change the default size of video embeds, images, and thumbnails
If you’ve been working with WordPress for awhile, you know how easy it is to embed a YouTube video in a page or post. Simply paste the video URL on it’s own line, publish the post, and you’re done....
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A couple of weeks ago, the Edublogs staff made some changes to its suite of WordPress themes. Unfortunately, these changes had an unintentional effect on our WordPress instance at...
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WordPRESS, not WordSTRESS!!!
Are you a student needing tips on how to create a WordPress blog or portfolio for your class? Are you a faculty member who wants to use WordPress in class but doesn’t know the first thing about it?...
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Export your content to another WordPress blog
At some point, you may need to export content from your site at http://blogs.baylor.edu to another WordPress blog. For example, you may be graduating and wish to take your e-portfolio contents with...
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