Help and Documentation
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Tutorials
We will be writing tutorials on an ongoing basis. Please revisit this list to learn about new tips and features.
- Quick-Start Guide: Getting Started with NYU Blogs
- It's easy to blog. Just follow these simple steps to get started.
- What Can I Blog About?
- For what purpose may I use my blog? What can I write about? Activating your blog provides you with an easy way to instantly create a web presence. Here are a few suggestions concerning use of your blog: Faculty: Create...
- What Can't I Blog About?
- For what purpose may I NOT use my blog? Are there restrictions on what I can post? According to the NYU Blogs Service Terms of Use: Creation of blogs may involve incorporation of original works of third parties (e.g., literature,...
- Comments and Trackbacks: Engaging Your Community
- Blogs at NYU provides functionality for two types of community feedback: comments and trackbacks.
- Why NYU Blogs?
- Why should I use the NYU Blog service? Why not another blog service like Blogger, LiveJournal or MySpace?
- Limiting Search Engine Visibility
- Don't want your personal journal on Google? Tell search engines to stay away.
- Helpful Links and Tutorials
- Links for getting started with blogging and Movable Type.
- Limiting Your Community: Restricting Readership
- If you'd like to keep things private, you may want to limit your blog's readership to a select set of people.
- Uploading Files and Images
- Upload media to enrich the content that you create.
- Deleting a Blog
- If you've created a blog site that you no longer wish to use, you can remove it.
- Changing the Look of Your Blog
- Now that you’ve created your own blog, you’re realizing that it looks exactly like everyone else’s blog. Blogs at NYU starts everyone off with the same blog template, which despite being cleanly designed and easy to read, is pretty bland...
- Multiple Authors
- You can enable your friends and peers to take a more active role on your blog by making them authors.
- Posting Photos From Flickr
- Flickr makes it very simple to post photos to your blog.
- Changing Your Display Name
- You may notice that at the bottom of each entry you create, your full name appears next to the words Posted by. If you wish to change this so it is something other than your full name (for example, just...
- Adding a Links Section
- If you wish to add a links section to your blog’s sidebar, you will need to add a few lines of code to your blog’s Main Index template. Here’s how: Click the Main Menu link. Choose the Templates option for...