Beginning and advanced blog training sessions

MPP candidate Graham Lampa, Humphrey blogging initiative project lead, will host blog training sessions (beginning to advanced) the week of Monday, April 28, for anyone interested.

Please RSVP to Graham by e-mail for each session you plan to attend. If you are unable to attend but are still interested, contact Graham about possible trainings later this spring.

All sessions will be held in Lab 85 from 3:20 to 5:20 p.m. The session schedule is as follows:

Wednesday, April 30
Basic blog training

  • Posting to UThink
  • Adding authors and setting permissions
  • Editing entries
  • Uploading files
  • Managing categories
  • Republishing

Thursday, May 1
Web design

  • HTML basics
  • CSS basics
  • "Best practices" of web design
  • Resources to learn more

Wednesday, May 7
Movable Type templating

  • Understanding MTEntries tag
  • Creating archive listings

Thursday, May 8
Google Analytics and Feedburner

  • Installing GA code
  • Redirecting RSS links to Feedburner
  • Understanding Google Analytics reports
  • How to use GA output in your own reports

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