Feedback on Blogs
- Cleaner is better
- Use similar titles for Pages (i.e. About, Contact VS About Us, Contact Us)
- Watch out for light colours and light texts/ dark colours and dark texts
- Photos should fit in borders
- Consider if you really *need* Followers
- Descriptions can go either under titles or on the sidebar in a text box
- Remove 'About Me' if you are an organisation
- Change 'Home' to 'Blog' if you desire
Labels or 'Categories'
These are tags/labels/categories that you can put on different posts such as Video or Resource or Policy or News or Update. To do this:
1. Add the Label gadget
-Go to 'Design'-Click 'Add Gadget''-Scroll down to 'Labels' and click the '+' button-Rename to 'Categories' if you want and click 'Save'
2. Add Labels to your posts
-When writing posts, go to the bottom right of the box and write 'News' or other labels separated by commas for more than one label. Remember to click 'Save'-Go to Posting > Edit Posts-Add labels to all posts you want
Links
1. Add the Links gadget
-Go to 'Design'-Click 'Add Gadget''-Scroll down to 'Links' and click the '+' button-Copy and paste the web address into the 'Link URL'-Write the title of the page or link-Click 'Add Link'-Add more links like this and then click 'Save'
Add Authors
You can add up to 100 authors to the blog. These people will be able to add posts but not change the look of the blog. You can make someone an administrator after they have accepted to be an author.
1. Add authors by going to:
-Go to Settings > Permissions-Click 'Add Authors'-Enter email addresses-Send Invites
What are the barriers we face in doing digital activism?
What can we do to overcome these barriers?
Assignment:
1. Contact and support our partners on FB and blogs (especially Jasmina!)2. Make two changes to the design to improve your blog
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