{"id":54,"date":"2014-08-13T23:47:49","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T22:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/glowbloghelp\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2024-01-11T20:00:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T20:00:45","slug":"blogging-basics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/getting-started\/blogging-basics\/","title":{"rendered":"Glow Blog Basics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Things to think about<\/h2>\n<p>Before you set up a site you might want to think about some of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Adding Users, Setting Roles\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/how-to-wordpress-4\/adding-users-setting-roles\/\">Roles<\/a> members of your site can have different roles, these role affect what they can do. Glow Blogs different from standard WordPress roles as there are some difference between teachers and pupils. For example a pupil cannot make a blog public.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Privacy Settings WP4\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/how-to-wordpress-4\/privacy-settings-wp4\/\">Privacy levels<\/a>\u00a0Blog can be Public, Glow Only or Private<\/li>\n<li>Internet safety: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.360safescotland.org.uk\/\">360 degree safe<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thinkuknow.co.uk\/\">Thinkuknow <\/a>\u00a0are good places to find out more.<\/li>\n<li>Comments, can be a great way to engage readers or inspire writers, but make sure you understand the way <a title=\"Comments\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/how-to-wordpress-4\/comments-wp4\/\">comments and moderation<\/a> work.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"School Websites: menus, post and pages\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/10-ways\/1-school-website\/school-websites-menus-post-and-pages\/\">Posts vs pages<\/a>\u00a0this is an important concept to understand if you are creating a more complex site, for example a School Website or resource centre.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Getting \u00a0Started<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/how-to\/creating-a-blog\/\">Creating a blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/how-to-wordpress-4\/adding-users-setting-roles\/\">Adding Users, Setting Roles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/how-to-wordpress-4\/privacy-settings-wp4\/\">Privacy Settings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Comments\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/how-to-wordpress-4\/comments-wp4\/\">Comments &amp; Discussion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/how-to-wordpress-4\/themes-wp4\/\">Themes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/how-to\/pages\/\">Pages<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/how-to-wordpress-4\/widgets-wp4\/\">Widgets<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/how-to-wordpress-4\/plugins-wp4\/\">Plugins<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/how-to\/custom-header-image\/\">Custom Header Image<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/how-to\/menus\/\">Menus<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Things to think about Before you set up a site you might want to think about some of the following: Roles members of your site can have different roles, these role affect what they can do. Glow Blogs different from standard WordPress roles as there are some difference between teachers and pupils. For example a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/getting-started\/blogging-basics\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Glow Blog Basics<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"parent":35,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-54","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4773,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions\/4773"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}