How our blog works

Tom Fikes

Here is an additional post in the “blog” category. I’ve set up a “blog” category to be separate from the “news” category — both are posts, but we can separate them easily to show list of only one or the other. I can also add subcategories (e.g., Malpai, Ik, etc) if we wish, and readers can easily select the main category or only a subcategory (or all posts, including news). You’ll notice that on the category page (which you see if you click the new Blog link on our homepage), you see a list of all blog posts in the traditional reverse chronological order. But (again, by convention), I’m only showing the first paragraph or so of each post, and allowing the reader to click on a Read More link at the bottom, like this:

This is a continuation of the blog post, which is seen when the reader clicks through to the “single post” view. In this view, the reader can leave a comment (comments are moderated — I have to approve them), select other categories, etc.

To post a blog entry, you have to log in at www.humangenerosity.org/wp-admin/ (using the login name and password I create for you — those only work on the test.humangenerosity.net site right now), select Add New under Posts on the left sidebar, fill in the title and text, and select the Blog category on the right sidebar. If you want a Read More tag, you need to manually insert that (it’s one of the last icons in the editor bar at the top of the text entry field). You’ll also need to manually copy the everything including and below the SHARE THIS PAGE line at the bottom of a previous post — that’s what puts in the links to share on FaceBook, Twitter, etc.

Photos are trickier — you’ll need to upload them using the Media feature on the left sidebar, then insert them using the Add Media button at just above the edit bar.

Of course, if you’d rather, I’ll just keep your username and password and post for you — you just need to send me the title & text, and any photos you want included.

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