Teachers' Notes Wordpress Yr5

Using Wordpress for year5.skola.edu.mt

1. How to log on? In the address bar type the following URL http://year5.skola.edu.mt/wp-admin Type your: Username and password and click on Log

In.

To change your password: Log on, click on users on the left hand side,

Your profile. (change password or contact information accordingly)

2.

Adding a new post Click on Posts then click on Add New. On the right hand side tick the right category, ex. Mosta. Do NOT tick ex. Kulleġġ Maria Reġina. Write your post (Title and body only).

Make sure you TAG (a label describing the theme or topic) your post. How? On the right hand side find Tags.

Add a tag. (More then one tag can be added separated by a comma). Click on Publish. Click on Visit

Site (top of page).

3.

Inserting an image

Note: Before inserting an image it needs to be compressed. Right click on image and open with Picture Manager. Click on Edit Pictures, choose Change Picture Size and Compress Pictures. Compress for web pages, click on Ok. Save picture giving it a different name. Back to wordpress… Click on Posts then click on Add New. Place cursor where you want the image to be shown. To insert an image click on

The window below will open. Click on Select Files, choose the photo from the appropriate location in your PC, insert a caption (which will be shown under the image). Align and choose size. Click on Insert into post and Save all changes. Click on

Publish. Click on Visit Site (top of page).

4. Leaving a Comment When visiting other people’s blogs (or your own posts) you may wish to leave a comment. To do so, just click on Leave Reply or Comments.

5. Editing/Deleting Posts Go to the Dashboard. Go to Posts>Edit When you move the mouse over a Post Title, e.g. Hello various options appear below it.

World

Click Delete if you need to erase a post. Click Edit or Quick the post.

6.

Edit if you need to make some changes to

To add a new category as in the e.g. below – Rabat -5A Go in your Dashboard and add a new post following step 2, then on the right hand side of your page click on Add New Category. From the drop down menu choose your school e.g. Rabat, write the new category e.g. 5B and then click on Add. When you publish the post it should be categorised under a the new category.