[access-uk] Re: +AFs-access-uk+AF0- Re: Blogging/Wordpress questions
- From: "Catherine Turner" <catherineturner2000@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:25:51 +0100
Thank you Adrian, this is helpful.
Well I think I'll forget about the slug thing for now because am not sure
what to write in that edit box+ACE-
I'm not sure which editor I'm using+ADs- I unticked the checkbox in my settings
to +ACI-use visual editor+ACI- because I assumed it wouldn't be JAWS friendly. I'm
using this editor where there are a few buttons for inserting the correct
code, but I'll just write the code myself I think+ADs- I tried one of them to
insert a link to see how it worked and it just asked for the address of the
link and then put that there - you'd think they could also ask for the text
you want to be the link so you wouldn't have to know how to close the tag+ADs-
perhaps this is where the colours you mentioned come in. Anyhow I know
enough HTML to make it simpler just to write the code.
Thanks,
Catherine
----- Original Message -----
From: +ACI-Adrian Higginbotham+ACI- +ADw-adrian.higginbotham+AEA-becta.org.uk+AD4-
To:
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 9:59 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Blogging/Wordpress questions
> Hi Catherine:
> Can't promise to be absolutely accurate with all answers but as far as I
> understand it...
>
> 1. What is pinging in the blogging context?
> This relates to when other people link to your post from their own
> blogs, you can opt for an alert whenever this happens.
>
> 2. slug - no idea but again it's vaguely releated to the same area, it's
> about tracking posts and being able to link directly back to them.
>
> 3. categories. You can create as many categories as ou like, each time
> you create a category it is added to your list of categories. When you
> create a post you can choose from your list of available categories or
> if you don't have an appropriate one you can add a new one. You add a
> new category by typing it in to the category box and clicking the add
> button. To existing categories are accompanied by checkboxes so using
> jfw you can use the x key to jump between your existing categories and
> use the spacebar to select appropriate ones. When you add a new
> category it is automaticly selected. You can also set which category is
> selected by default. If you don't set this it will default to a category
> called 'uncategorised'. My understanding is that categories are the
> different topicss available and that tagging is simply the process of
> sellecting the appropriate categories.
>
> 4. global dashboard contains some different options but only really has
> value if you have more than one blog, so for example in global dashboard
> you would have links to the dashboards for each blog you manage.
>
> 5. I make heavy use of jfw quick nav key, so e to move between edit
> boxes for title and main text. B to get to buttons, and x to move
> between categoires that way you don't really need to spend much time
> keying through the interface. For entering text there are two different
> views avalable the code view and the other vieew, can't remember it's
> name at present. One is like a simple text editor you type in all code
> to format your entry to enter html you surround it with a code tag so
> for a link you would type lessthan code greater than (with no spaces)
> then your anchor ref code and then following the closing greaterthan of
> your link type lessthan cde greaterthan. Using the visual layout you
> can click the various buttons above the editable area and the relevant
> codes are put in for you, you then just add your text however this uses
> colour to suggest where you enter text so without vision requires a lot
> of reviewing of the ocdes and assumes you know your html anyway so is
> much slower and generally unpleasant. The editor sometimes behaves
> strangely when trying to edit text so for longer posts I tend to write
> the text in another application and then just copy and post in the
> wordpress.
>
> There are blogg posting applications that let you post to your blog
> directly from the desk top application but I haven't yet found a good
> jaws friendly one, not that I've tried more than a couple. You can
> however do this n word 2007 although I've only tried it once without
> much success. Must give it another go.
>
> Adrian Higginbotham
>
>
> Accessibility content manager
>
> British Educational Communications and Technology Agency - BECTA
> Tel: Direct dial 024 7679 7333 - Becta switchboard 02476-416994.
>
> Email: Adrian.Higginbotham@becta.org.uk
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@freelists.org [mailto:access-uk@freelists.org] On Behalf
> Of Catherine Turner
> Sent: 09 October 2007 16:46
> To: Access-UK
> Subject: [access-uk] Blogging/Wordpress questions
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm setting up a blog on Wordpress and have a few questions, some of
> which are about blogging in general and some more specific to using
> Wordpress.
> I'd be glad if anyone can answer any of them.
>
> 1. What is pinging in the blogging context?
>
> 2. What's a slug? I get asked when I want to make a post for the slug
> and there's an edit box.
>
> 3. I understand there's a difference between categories and tagging,
> and different people seem to have different opinions as to what that is.
> My question is do you just make up the categories/tags and type them in
> the edit box every time you make a post? Is there a list of categories
> you can choose from? If you use a category once, can you choose it from
> a list next time so you don't have to remember exactly what you called
> that category last time?
>
> 4. At wordpress there are two links for dashboards - one is called my
> dashboard, which seems to be the place to go to do anything you might
> want to connected with posting, and the other is called global dashboard
> - what is global dashboard for?
>
> 5. Any tips on using wordpress greatly appreciated.
>
> Catherine
>
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