Assignment #3

“Editing a common page”

Due: January 29, 2010

We will be editing the page title “Student Twitter Accounts” located at http://blogs.etown.edu/com315/index.php/student-accounts/twitter-accounts.

Here are the steps:

  1. Make sure you are signed into the blog.
  2. Return to: http://blogs.etown.edu/com315/index.php/student-accounts/twitter-accounts
  3. Click on “edit this entry” at the bottom of the page or go to: http://blogs.etown.edu/com315/wp-admin/page.php?action=edit&post=59.
  4. This is the basic area for editing a WordPress blog post or page. You should have editor’s level access in order to edit this page. If you do not, email me.
  5. Anything changes you make to this page and publish will be live on the site.
  6. Find your name. It should say “First Last is @”
  7. After the ampersand symbol (”@”) type your Twitter username so that it will now read: “First Last is @username”
  8. Now, select the full text of the ampersand and your username so that “@username” and nothing else is selected.
  9. Directly above the text window you are typing in is a toolbox of common tasks. From the left there is bold, italics, strikethrough, bulleted list, numbered list, quote, align left, centered, align right, add hyperlink, delete hyperlink, truncate post (to use a “read more” link), spellcheck, fullscreen mode, and additional tools in the “kitchen sink.”
  10. With the following text selected (@username), click on the add hyperlink button (it looks like a little chain link).
  11. In the pop up box, type the full URL of you twitter feed page (this will be http://twitter.com/username” without the ampersand).
    1. Do not worry about “target,” “title,” or “class.”
  12. Your particular line of the page should now read: “First Last is @username
  13. No other lines should have been altered in the process.
  14. Click on “Update Page” to the right.
  15. Go to Assignment #4.

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