Hello World!

First, log in with your user name and password.  For those of you who participated in the “Hello World Kit” workshop in Pune, I probably sent you an email with your username which for most people is your first name or last name.  It is not your entire email address.  Email me if you have any problems with this.

Once you log in you are taken to the Dashboard.

The Dashboard

On the left hand side of the Dashboard screen you will see a panel called “Posts”.  When you click on “Posts” it will expand and give you several options.  You want to “Add New” post.

Add New Post

This takes you to a new page called “Add New Post“.  Here you type in the title of your post entry as well as the main text of the entry in the center section.  You can use all the formatting buttons to make the text look exactly how you wish.  When you are finished you just hit the blue “Publish” button on the right and the blog will automatically insert your name and the date.

Add New Post page

Now if you want to add photos, put the cursor where you want the image to to go and click on the little rectangle-in-a-rectange right next to the words that say “Upload/Insert”.  Do you see that?  It is in the center column and under the title of the post.  If you hold your mouse over it (no clicking) and wait a little bit it will pop up a message that the icon means “Add an Image”.  Click on the icon.

Add New Image icon

Clicking on the icon will pop up another window on top of the post editing window.  Here, you can either select the images from your hard drive using the “From Computer” tab or if you have already uploaded the image or want to reuse one that someone else has uploaded, change to the “Media Library” tab where you will be able to select all the photos that have been uploaded on to the server already.

Add an Image / From Computer

Add an Image / From Media Library

Now select the picture and it will be inserted where you had your mouse.  If you don’t like that, just drag it to where you want it to go.  When you’re all done you can hit the blue “Publish” button on the right side column.

All done!   Happy blogging…