Add Lots of Email Addresses to your eNewsletter

You can add an entire list of email addresses to your eNewsletter Subscriptions on your blog.  In this tutorial we will use Google Spreadsheet to gather the email addresses. Step One Go to Google Drive and create a new Spreadsheet.  Add your email addresses in the first column. Step Two Download your spreadsheet as a … Read more

Improvement – Teacher Profile Landing Page

We just made things a little easier.  One issue identified was that of teacher profile pages.  The default profile page shows the teacher name and school.  Typically a parent or student would have to click on the “Sites” tab to find the teacher blog.  That one extra click can be frustrating! We just made things … Read more

Adding A Calendar to your iBlog

Since we are using Google Apps for Education, you can utilize Google’s Calendar for your classroom website.  Here is a tutorial on how to share and embed your Google Calendar into your blog. You might want to keep one calendar for professional use and one for classroom use to share with parents.  In this case … Read more

Removing Posts from the Homepage

Not every teacher wants to have the latest posts appear on their homepage.  In this tutorial you will learn how to choose which page to make your “homepage” and how to move the posts to another page such as “Blogs” or “News”.  I am going to show you two methods.  Method one is the quickest … Read more

GTW – Google Translate Widget

About GTW GTW uses Google Translation services to instantly translate your website.  This is not human translation but should be considered better than not having any translation. Which languages are supported? Here is the list: Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Filipino, … Read more

Transferring Content from Your Old Site

Moving Content from the old iBlog to the new iBlog First things first! Do you really need to bring over ALL your old stuff?  Would it make more sense to just start new and get all the latest features and make a clean start?  Most teachers would be better served to just follow the Getting … Read more

iBlog Mobile Application Installation

Using Your Mobile Device with iBlog This will allow you to add photos and videos directly to your blog from your phone as well as other features such as viewing comments and making posts. Setting Up the WordPress App for Mobile Devices WordPress provides a very powerful mobile app that can be used on Androids, … Read more

Subscribe by Email

Subscribe by email is already activated for your website.  To allow visitors to sign up you must add the Subscribe by Email Widget.  Follow this tutorial to see how to add widgets to your theme. Subscribe by Email for iBlog

Delete All Posts – Housekeeping

Deleting all posts is not necessary but many teachers like to start fresh each year or semester.  This tutorial shows you how to delete posts quickly. Delete All Posts