If you want to collaborate on a blog with colleagues and students, you can add them as users on your blog.

If your contributors have never used the blog system before

Choose “Add User” from the user menu in your dashboard – you will need their KU-username (e.g. abc123) and decide which rights to give them. (Read more about the roles and capabilities in the WordPress Codex). They will automatically be added, and NOT get an invite email, so remember to tell them that you’ve given them access.

If your contributors have already used the blog system

Choose “All Users” in the User menu you can add an existing user. You will get this screen: Provide their University of Copenhagen E-mail and choose which right to give them. Your new collaborator will receive a confirmation email.

Example og Facebook Like Box

Get a Facebook Like Box on your blog as a plugin by following this guide.

1. Log in to your user and go to “My page”.
2. Switch to “Control Panel” and select “Plugins” on the left side, check Facebook and press “Enable” and then “Apply”.
3. Go to “Appearance” on the left side and click “Widgets”. Under the “Widgets” you can edit add and remove plugins and widgets, which are often located on the right side of the blog.
4. Find the Facebook plugin in the middle of the page in the “Available Widgets” and drag it with the mouse over the right side and drop in the “Primary Widget Area”. Often called the “Facebook Like Box”.
5. When you have added Facebook in the “Primary Widget Area”, add a title and a link to your facebook page. Then click “Save” in the plugin. To see it on the blog please refresh the page.

A catchy headline on your blog and your posts are important for the reader to immerse themselves in the blog’s content.

A good title and headline have to:

• Catch the reader’s attention
• Make the reader want to read more
• Give an idea of the blog content Læs resten af “Get attention with headlines”

It’s a good idea to know what readers see when browsing your blog. This allows you to make your blog more user-friendly and place your key messages where the reader sees them. The following points reflect the results of eye-tracking tests on websites:

• Headlines get attention, but fancy fonts are ignored
• Readers rarely look at the lower parts of the website
• Short paragraphs are better than long ones.
• Advertising and other things, placed at the top left gets the most attention
• Large images creates more attention than small pictures
• Readers spent more time looking at menus and buttons than other parts of your website
• White space on the site is positive

Læs resten af “Where is the reader’s attention on your blog?”