Configure widgets

Each widget has configuration options.

To make changes to a widget click on the triangle on the right side of the widget.

 

The widget will open.

Each widget has different configuration options.  Below is an example of the category widget.

 

After you’ve configured the widget click Save.

How are widgets used?

Widgets are used for a wide range of purposes including:

We’ve set up Widget demo blog to showcase the most popular widgets that educators, and their students, like to add to their sidebar so you can check out all the widgets in one handy location.

Introduction to Pages

Pages on blogs are normally used for information that you want to share with your readers but don’t expect to update frequently.

Commonly used pages on educational blogs are:

  1. The About page.   Your About Page is used for telling readers more about yourself and your blog.
  2. Blogging Rules and Guidelines (here’s how to create Blogging Rules and Guidelines).
  3. Contact page (here’s how to create a Contact page).

The main things to remember are:

  1. Pages are best suited for information you rarely update such as your About, Contact and Blogging Guidelines pages.
  2. Situations where you want students to discuss a question or topic are better suited to publish as a post and not a page.
  3. Assignment and homework information is normally best published as posts and not on a page.
  4. Too many pages can make information harder to manage and find.

Introduction To Posts And Writing Posts

ABOUT POSTS

Your posts are where you’ll publish your main content such as your reflections, what’s been happening in class. assignment information, homework, documents, and more.

They are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order with the most recent post at the top of the page. By default, your home page is your blog post page and this is where you’ll see your new posts published.

Every newly created blog has the same default lay out with posts displayed on its front page (‘Home’) with a ‘Hello World’ post and an ‘Sample’ page.

UoA Completes Science Building

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UoA research update

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Suo genere perveniant ad extremum; Quamquam id quidem, infinitum est in hac urbe; Quid, si etiam iucunda memoria est praeteritorum malorum?

Si id dicis, vicimus. Aliter enim explicari, quod quaeritur, non potest. Cupiditates non Epicuri divisione finiebat, sed sua satietate. Frater et T.