{"id":433,"date":"2018-10-01T10:41:49","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T17:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/blogsandbox\/?p=433"},"modified":"2019-01-10T14:44:38","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T21:44:38","slug":"how-to-get-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/blogsandbox\/2018\/10\/01\/how-to-get-started\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get Started"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This clear and concise video will help get you started with UBC Blogs WordPress.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more and\/or to customize the look and feel of your blog, please visit the other tutorial posts and various pages in this site. You&#8217;ll find tips and tricks from &#8220;How to protect privacy&#8221; to &#8220;How to add a video or slideshow&#8221;. To get a little one on one or small group help, drop-in to the <a href=\"http:\/\/scarfedigitalsandbox.teach.educ.ubc.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scarfe Digital Sandbox<\/a> in Scarfe 155 (through the Education Library) from 12 &#8211; 2pm on Tuesdays to see me (Yvonne) for a hand.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8r0a0R_yGoY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For support with UBC blogs, please visit \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/support\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other UBC Blog \u00a0tutorials you might be interested:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How to create a custom menu:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/blogsandbox\/2016\/12\/21\/how-to-create-a-custom-menu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/blogsandbox\/2016\/12\/21\/how-to-create-a-custom-menu\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>How to create a page:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/blogsandbox\/2016\/11\/18\/how-to-create-a-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/blogsandbox\/2016\/11\/18\/how-to-create-a-page\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>How to manage privacy settings:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/blogsandbox\/2016\/10\/31\/how-to-manage-privacy-settings\/\">https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/blogsandbox\/2016\/10\/31\/how-to-manage-privacy-settings\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>How to create a post:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/blogsandbox\/2016\/10\/31\/how-to-create-a-post\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/blogsandbox\/2016\/10\/31\/how-to-create-a-post\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>How to add a user:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/blogsandbox\/2016\/10\/31\/how-to-add-a-user\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/blogsandbox\/2016\/10\/31\/how-to-add-a-user\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Embedding a Twitter feed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/blogsandbox\/2015\/07\/21\/embedding-a-twitter-feed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/blogsandbox\/2015\/07\/21\/embedding-a-twitter-feed\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Embedding a visual link:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/blogsandbox\/2015\/07\/20\/embed-a-visual-link\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/blogsandbox\/2015\/07\/20\/embed-a-visual-link\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Embedding videos:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/blogsandbox\/2015\/07\/20\/embedding-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/blogsandbox\/2015\/07\/20\/embedding-video\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Exporting your website:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/blogsandbox\/2015\/07\/14\/downloading-your-site-for-back-up-andor-export\/\">https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/blogsandbox\/2015\/07\/14\/downloading-your-site-for-back-up-andor-export\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more tools and technologies to use in teacher education, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/scarfedigitalsandbox.teach.educ.ubc.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scarfe Digital Sandbox<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This clear and concise video will help get you started with UBC Blogs WordPress. 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