Checking Out Wordpress

Demonstrating adding a post for the BGS site

gawiman — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:11:28 +0000

And here is some text! And now I’m going to add a picture:

Demonstrating adding a post for the MBAA site

gawiman — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 19:15:36 +0000

Pete Juvinall clowning around

It really is as easy as clicking on Posts and “Add New”. Then put in your text and images and voila! A new post.

Catch the movie, “Expelled”

gawiman — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 17:14:50 +0000

…as Nixon speechwriter Ben Stein reveals that creationism might be destroyed by mean ‘ol science. You got your Galileo gambit, and your Nazis… all the usual ingredients of a creationist documentary.

Expelled

Can a WordPress post be made “sticky”?

gawiman1 — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 13:47:22 +0000

Regarding Antweenie’s new blog, Last Of The Sword Saints, he has one post that introduces the theme o fthe blog. The question is, can it be made to stick to the top of the page?

I don’t see an option for it in the “new post” dialog, so I will suggest he use one of the themes that has a customizable header, or set up a static intro page that apparently some of the themes can do.

Neat story, by the way, in the “legendary literature” genre.

and I just added another line.

Test post for guest author

gawiman1 — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 01:09:41 +0000

This is a sub-title.

Here is some text. This is WordPress’ minimal interface; it lacks the text formatting options that the full installation has. Nevertheless it may suffice to give users a feel for just how simple it is to use WordPress.

Text enlargement is possible through HTML tags, and I believe the full version also has that feature. Simple features like bold, italic, and ~~strikethrough~~ are right on the menu.

You can also easily create:

A numbered list
Item two of a numbered list

An un-numbered list
with additional items
such as hyperlinks

and you can insert images:

And that’s enough for now.

I think I probably won’t delete this blog

gawiman — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:32:13 +0000

As I grow progressively more annoyed with Expression Engine, and think about importing my blog to WordPress, this is a good experimentation platform.

Using your blog to add your voice

gawiman — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 18:08:12 +0000

You can use your blog to add your voice to public discussions that are important to you, and by creative linking, raise the Google ranking of organizations that you like.

Posting a picture

gawiman — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 20:39:34 +0000

One of my senior citizen friends has requested help in starting a blog. I think this is a wonderful idea, and plan to recommend WordPress for that process.

Here’s a picture:

To post this picture, I entered its location on the web, which is:

http://www.decrepitoldfool.com/images/01/oscar-vent.jpg

…and selected ‘left’ alignment from the choices.

The picture appeared in the editing window and I am typing around it, which is cool.

Anytime I want to enter any HTML, I just click on the HTML button and enter the changes I want (such as putting the tag on the URL above). It’s very easy.

I plan to delete this blog

gawiman — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 21:39:57 +0000

I am currently using Expression Engine. Frankly, it’s too complicated for me. I work in an office with someone who uses WordPress and he is very impressed with it. (As an ulterior motive, I can hit him up for technical support).

This blog is an attempt to check out WordPress. When I am done playing with it, I plan to delete it and either move to WordPress or stay with Expression Engine.

Hello world!

gawiman — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 21:36:02 +0000

Welcome to WordPress.com. This is your first post. Edit or delete it and start blogging!