{"id":1543,"date":"2011-11-21T16:49:18","date_gmt":"2011-11-21T23:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/?p=1543"},"modified":"2011-11-21T16:49:18","modified_gmt":"2011-11-21T23:49:18","slug":"blogging-tips-for-communication-and-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/2011\/11\/blogging-tips-for-communication-and-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogging Tips for Communication and Organization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes a bit of practical tips are helpful to add to your toolbox of blogging &#8216;know-how&#8217;. \u00a0So here we are&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4>Custom Menus:<a href=\"http:\/\/digisandbox.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/blog_group.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"blog_group\" src=\"http:\/\/digisandbox.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/blog_group.jpg?w=150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"65\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Using custom menus provides another layer of organization not found in &#8216;categories&#8217;. \u00a0For example, if you wish to have a list of your students located in a specific category, you can use the\u00a0<a title=\"Custom Menues\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/files\/2011\/08\/Using_custom_menu.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Custom Menu<\/a>\u00a0option to define another grouping. \u00a0This works well for projects like literature circles, student writing or collaborative group problem solving. These groupings can be kept outside of the list of other grouping like news, or homework.<\/p>\n<h4>New Plugin &#8211; &#8220;Hide Post&#8221;:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/digisandbox.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/11\/example-photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"example photo\" src=\"http:\/\/digisandbox.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/11\/example-photo.jpg?w=150\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>You may have noticed a new little box in your dashboard-Post. \u00a0This is the &#8220;<em>Hide Post<\/em>&#8221; plugin. \u00a0You now have the ability to select where your posts will show up (eg. on the front homepage blogroll, on a specific page or category grouping). \u00a0This is especially for those of you who asked &#8220;how can I have certain posts NOT show up on my homepage area&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h4>Adding Calendars:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/digisandbox.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/calendar_flip1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"calendar_flip\" src=\"http:\/\/digisandbox.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/calendar_flip1.jpg?w=150\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>This really depends on your intended use. \u00a0The simple\u00a0<strong>calendar widget<\/strong>\u00a0found inside of wordpress is very simple &#8211; highlighting the posts that are published. \u00a0Another option is\u00a0<strong>Google calendar<\/strong>\u00a0can be embedded on the navigation bar &#8211; you will need to adjust the code to fit the size. \u00a0Or for a full view, you can embed the code in the footer navigation bar, which will expand to the width of the website.<br \/>\nFor those of you wishing a paper-type calendar, consider using the templates found in MS Word. <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/files\/2011\/11\/Calendar_Word2007.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Click here<\/a>\u00a0for instructions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes a bit of practical tips are helpful to add to your toolbox of blogging &#8216;know-how&#8217;. \u00a0So here we are&#8230; Custom Menus: Using custom menus provides another layer of organization not found in &#8216;categories&#8217;. \u00a0For example, if you wish to have a list of your students located in a specific category, you can use the\u00a0Custom&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4642,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,14],"tags":[91,28,32,35],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1543"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4642"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1543"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1549,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1543\/revisions\/1549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}