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Now it’s time for you to create your first blog entry. WordPress has already created a blog posting for you called, “Hello World”. We are going to make our own entry called, “Hello SHU!” which will be very similiar, so you can check to see if you did everything correctly.

1. Hover over “Add New” on the grey Quick Bar and pick “Post.”
2. In the title field (under the Add New Post heading), type “Hello SHU!”
3. In the body field, type: “Hello Seton Hall University! This is my very first blog entry.”
4. Click the Save Draft button, then the Preview button on the box to the right. This will let you see what the entry looks like before you publish it. This is a good habit to get into before you publish anything because once you publish something, it is live for all the world to see. You can always save a draft of a post and come back later to finish it.
5. After you’ve previewed and everything looks ok, click Publish. A yellow box should appear with a link to View post. Click that to view.
6. Your entry should look like this:

Now use the left-hand menu, and click on “Posts” to go back to the Posts page.

Editing Your Posts

Often times you’ll want to go back and edit a post that you’ve already published, or continue to work on a draft. To do this, just go back to the “Edit Posts” page (from the Dashboard sidebar, go to Posts). Then click on the title of the post you want to edit.

Editing and adding functionality is easy with WordPress. You can use all of the functions you are used to using in Microsoft Word (lists, hyperlinks, bold, italic, blockquote, etc…). For more info on this refer to the WordPress Codex.

Adding Media to your blog

WordPress’ built-in functions make it simple to add images, sound and video to your posts. Adding media also enhances your content, breaking up the solid blocks of words and adding color to better illustrate your content, as well as engage your readers.

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