This brief slideshow is a refresher for first time wordpress.com bloggers, as to how to get into their blog and post pictures with their content.

1. Welcome to
Blogs 4 You – U
Training Module #1 – The basics

2. Let’s get you on the road to
blogging success.
To start, open your Wordpress site at
www.wordpress.com, log in with your
password and go to your ‘my blogs’, click on
‘your blog name’ and then ‘dashboard’ – which
will be demonstrated in the next slide. Go
ahead, I’ll wait….
www.blogs4youu.wordpress.com

3. There are two ways to access your blog to post. First, on your blog page go
to your blog name in the upper left corner like the example on picture 1–
in this example the blog name is Blogs 4 You –U, then hold the mouse
over the name or single click and then the menu will reveal itself below,
like in example 2 on the next page.
Example 1

4. Here in example 2 you see the drop down menu - now click on
Dashboard.

5. Your dashboard should look something like this
(below) now click on Post.…
www.blogs4youu.wordpress.com

6. Or open an existing page to edit
or change.

7. When making changes to an existing page or post, don’t forget to
‘UPDATE’ which really means ‘SAVE’ your changes. See update
tab on right.
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8. Now update before you click on the View Tab at
the top to see your blog or view your changes
View page tab
Update 1st – then
view page.

9. Don’t Panic!
 Don’t panic if you forgot to update and instead, closed
the screen; the system automatically saves a draft.
Look for ‘draft’, then mouse over it, ‘edit’ will appear
below the draft title, click to open and then finish your
post, then UPDATE.

10. The second way to access your blog to add a post is to hold the
cursor over the W – the menu will drop down and show ‘New Post’
OR, by holding your cursor over
the ‘ W’ the option for ‘new post’
appears in the drop down menu.
‘W’ for
Wordpress
New Post

11. This brings you to the post page.
Just follow the
instructions on
the page.

12. Ready set go -
 Now that you have had a refresher on accessing your
blog – either way you choose – go in, post (which
means write a blog post) on whatever you wish.
Remember that a post should be relatively short, this is
not the place for your thesis on world peace. Keep it
around 500 words, always add a good title, an image
(following the upcoming instructions), and
hyperlinks. Hyperlinks, will be covered in the next
training module, #2.

13. Back to the Dashboard and
inserting images into your post -
Because we all love pictures -

14. Click on Add Media
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15. In upload files, then ‘select files’ to retrieve the
jpeg images from your desktop.
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16. This screen will pop up revealing your desktop
files. Select the JPEG file you want to upload to
your blog and double click on it.
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17. I clicked on the golden seal and it opened in my ‘insert media’ file.
I select it by clicking once, then insert into post. That picture will
now be stored in my ‘media library’ for future use.
Select image
Insert into post

18. Congratulations! You’ve completed
your first course on how to blog.
That should get you started for
now. Remember, practice makes
perfect!
Visit www.blogs4youu.wordpress.com
for more information.
Proceed to Module #2 - Hyperlinks.