Tutorial

VSB blog site is using WordPress Multisite setting, so the bloggers share the same WordPress installation, also share plugins and themes.  There are some slightly difference between VSB blogs site and a regular WordPress site.

You are using the VSB username with the password to work on the blog site.

Please watch the following YouTube clips and document as the tutorial:

How to Use WordPress (3 of 7) – Changing Themes and Appearance
(http://youtu.be/ayD-38-h_A0#aid=P9-B9OIMaUw)

How to Use WordPress (4 of 7) – Creating a Static Page(http://youtu.be/0EkrvfhFrrY#aid=P9-B9OIMaUw)

How to Use WordPress (5 of 7) – Create a Page for Blog Posts(http://youtu.be/6PG6WEF716o#aid=P9-B9OIMaUw)

How to Use WordPress (6 of 7) – Create & Upload a Photo Gallery(http://youtu.be/3EmbiqeDuYk#aid=P9-B9OIMaUw)

How to build menus in WordPress
(http://youtu.be/-5B2Xcm9Op8)

How to insert PDF and Word documents to WordPress
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6H07QsB5jU)

How to Embed the video

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEzQpF7QLvo)

This method can be used to embed media from any of the following sites:

  • YouTube
  • Vimeo
  • DailyMotion
  • blip.tv
  • Flickr (videos and images)
  • Viddler
  • Hulu
  • Qik
  • Revision3
  • Scribd
  • Photobucket
  • PollDaddy
  • Google Video
  • WordPress.tv (VideoPress-type videos)
  • SmugMug
  • FunnyOrDie.com

How to make the post or page private
(Note: password protected is not working for VSB blog site)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esk20JuvDQI

How to import outside WordPress blog

Please follow the instruction: WordPress site Import/export Procedure

How to embed iframe in the post

Embed iframe plug in is enabled, click link below to see how to use it.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/embed-iframe/other_notes/

use Killarney Google calendar as the example:
the embedded calendar URL is  “https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?title=Killarney%20Calendar&height=600&wkst=1&bgcolor=%23FFFFFF&src=cr43cg3inir7fj4iljo5pd8f04%40group.calendar.google.com&color=%23B1365F&src=jlnokc6ug9u06fdft6447juth8%40group.calendar.google.com&color=%2342104A&src=msnonnf2693akm76pdvl5cdrkk%40group.calendar.google.com&color=%231B887A&src=f6o68jkge83tif0g965m2vn6m0%40group.calendar.google.com&color=%23BE6D00&src=unml3oorsraaq8g1jink266u8o%40group.calendar.google.com&color=%230F4B38&src=b1f69qg5bh4rukd10sseb33mbs%40group.calendar.google.com&color=%23060D5E&src=fns4cu6p2uh0hkrk0uh9v87dvs%40group.calendar.google.com&color=%2329527A&src=412pgitrnsd3q6ebcha5jdaumg%40group.calendar.google.com&color=%23711616&src=4fn5ttogf84jqbjq8oshflhgg4%40group.calendar.google.com&color=%23853104&src=5j2pqkm0712gtsf36abmmflqag%40group.calendar.google.com&color=%23B1365F&src=dkdaldnf3hbefn3847g6r0atas%40group.calendar.google.com&color=%2323164E&src=4u3bacaf6mba13ucsfscpk2qo4%40group.calendar.google.com&color=%23528800&src=94eef2u07mfbke7ae3va4dhsok%40group.calendar.google.com&color=%23711616&src=en.canadian%23holiday%40group.v.calendar.google.com&color=%23A32929&src=p%23weather%40group.v.calendar.google.com&color=%23AB8B00&ctz=America%2FVancouver”