Welcome to UBC Blogs

There are many settings in the settings tab including the place where you change the blog title, tagline, and email address. 

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Most of it is self-explanatory; however, feel free to email weblogsupport [at] exchange.ubc.ca if you need any assistance.

However, if you are interested in the different privacy settings, please refer to to this video:

https://blogs.ubc.ca/blog/2008/10/03/ubc-blogs-privacy-settings/

This video was made by Catherine Paul from the Office of Learning Technology.

Comments are a very popular aspect of blogging. It lets people interact with each other by commenting on each other’s posts. When you are logged in and want to comment on someone’s post, simply click on their post and you will have an empty box to comment.

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If you are not logged in, you will have to complete a short spam filter test:

Fill in your name, email, comment, and reCaptcha box to post your comment. Your comment will most likely not be posted right away because it needs to go through moderation.

What is moderation?
Moderation allows your comment to be posted if you are not logged in. If your post was the one that got a comment that needs moderation, you will receive an email notification similar to the following message:

You can then approve, delete, or mark as spam by clicking on one of the links. Also, you can log into your wordpress account and do it in there under comments.

Have fun with comments!

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