{"id":730,"date":"2026-07-16T18:17:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T18:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/mediacenter\/?p=730"},"modified":"2026-07-16T18:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T18:17:07","slug":"dickinson-blogs-faq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/mediacenter\/2026\/07\/16\/dickinson-blogs-faq\/","title":{"rendered":"Dickinson Blogs FAQ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Logging in<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Login here:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/wp-login.php\">http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/wp-login.php<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I forgot my password<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Follow the &#8220;I lost my password&#8221; link on the login page. &nbsp;Fill in your email address and follow the instructions that are sent to your email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Creating a post<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How to create posts and best practices:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Writing_Posts\">http:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Writing_Posts<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The difference between posts and pages<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Posts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Posts are entries listed in reverse chronological order on the blog home page or on the posts page if you have set one in\u00a0Settings<strong>\u2192<\/strong>\u00a0Reading. If you have created any\u00a0sticky posts, those will appear before the other posts. Posts can be found in the Archives, Categories, Recent Posts, and other widgets. Posts are also displayed in the RSS feed of the blog. You can control how many posts are displayed at a time in the Reading Settings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pages:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pages\u00a0are static and are not listed by date. Pages do not use tags or categories. An About page is the classic example. Pages can be displayed in the sidebar using the Pages widget, and some themes display pages in tabs at the top of the blog. If you have 50 pages and you use the Pages widget, then all pages will be listed all the time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adding users<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To add a user to your blog go to Dashboard &gt; Users &gt; Add New<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If a user has already been added to a blog on the Dickinson blogs add them as an&nbsp;existing&nbsp;user<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Roles:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Subscriber &#8211;\u00a0Can only manage their profile<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contributor\u00a0&#8211; Can write and manage their posts but not publish them<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Author &#8211; Can create, edit and delete their own posts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Editor &#8211;\u00a0Can create, edit and delete any posts or pages<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Administrator &#8211;\u00a0Can access to all the administration features<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adding new themes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some themes are already available to find them go to Dashboard &gt; Themes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additional themes can be found here:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/themes\/\">http:\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/themes\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you would like a new theme added please contact the media center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adding new plugins<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some plugins are already available to find them go to Dashboard &gt; Plugins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additional plugins can be found here:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/plugins\/\">http:\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/plugins\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you would like a new plugin added please contact the media center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Web accessibility guidelines<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Add descriptions to your images in the alternative text field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When linking to content, describe the content page that you are linking to instead of using the raw url.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More information can be found here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/WAI-WEBCONTENT\/\">https:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/WAI-WEBCONTENT\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Logging in Login here:&nbsp;http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/wp-login.php I forgot my password &nbsp;Follow the &#8220;I lost my password&#8221; link on the login page. &nbsp;Fill in your email address and follow the instructions that are sent to your email. Creating a post How to create posts and best practices:&nbsp;http:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Writing_Posts The difference between posts and pages Posts: Pages: Adding users To [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/mediacenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/mediacenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/mediacenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/mediacenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/mediacenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=730"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/mediacenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":731,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/mediacenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730\/revisions\/731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/mediacenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/mediacenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/mediacenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}