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Boy/Girl Icons

Using the Boy/Girl Icons

We use the 4 Girl/Boy icons for three reasons on the Learning Commons:

  • Interesting or noteworthy piece of information (example).
  • For headers to organize content (example).
  • To ask questions or communicate directly to the reader (example).

To use the icons, simply paste the following HTML code into the editor box when creating or editing a post or page. You may need to insert a break after the last </div>, epecially if you are using the icons one after the other. You create a break by inserting the tag “<br></br>.”

Blonde Haired Girl


<div class="girl1 girl">
<div class="bubble">
<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-7322" title="BlondeHaired Girl Icon" src="http://leap.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2010/08/BlondeGirl-Icon.png" alt="" width="50" height="55" />
<p><strong>Enter text in here.</strong></p>
</div>
</div>



Blonde Haired Boy


<div class="boy1 boy">
<div class="bubble">
<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-7321" title="BlondeHaired Boy Icon" src="http://leap.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2010/08/BlondeBoy-Icon.png" alt="" width="50" height="55" />
<p><strong>Enter text in here.</strong></p>
</div>
</div>



Dark Haired Girl


<div class="girl2 girl">
<div class="bubble">
<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-7323" title="DarkHaired Girl Icon" src="http://leap.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2010/08/DarHairGirl-Icon.png" alt="" width="50" height="55" />
<p><strong>Enter text in here.</strong></p>
</div>
</div>



Dark Hair Boy


<div class="boy2 boy">
<div class="bubble">
<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-7324" title="DarkHaired Boy Icon" src="http://leap.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2010/08/DarkHairedBoy-Icon.png" alt="" width="50" height="55" />
<p><strong>Enter text in here.</strong></p>
</div>
</div>

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Media How-To Guides

Media How-To Guides

Click here for an overview of the WordPress Media Library.

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Photos for Features

Selecting Photos for Features

Most photos that are used on the Learning Commons site are downloaded from Flickr—selected from photos available from UBC-related Flickr accounts or searched under the Creative Commons Advanced Search option. Here is a screencast that illustrates how to go about doing this:

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Photos should be 600w x 300h and the most effective ones are evocative, graphic, high resolution and interesting. Only JPGs, GIFs and PNGs file types should be uploaded. If you need to resize a photo you can use Picnik, an online photo editor.

You also need to attribute the original author of the photo. Here is an example of photo size and attribution.

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Media Library

Media Library

Each WordPress blog has a Media Library that stores all the additional files (audio, video, images, etc.) included in the website content. To access the WP Media Library, after logging in, click on the “Media” tab, on the left-hand side of the page. To add new media to the library, simply click the ‘Add New link under the “Media” tab, and then select which files you wish to upload.

You can also upload photos or other media directly into a post or page from your computer or other sites. Here’s a short “How-To” video about inserting media into your posts or pages.

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