ENG 1020 Portfolio Set-up Instructions

1.  Log into your Wordpress blog account at http://wordpress.com/

2.  Sign in using the ID and password you created for your blog.

3.  Click "My Site" in the upper-left corner.  This will take you to your dashboard.

4.   Next you will create your pages.  Move your cursor to the toolbar on the left side of the dashboard page in the grey-shaded area.  About halfway down the menu under the section, "site," you will see a link called "pages." Click that.

5.   On the right and toward the top of the page, you will see a pink icon labeled "add new page."   

6.  The site will then navigate to the location where you create new pages.  You will see "Add a page, Pick a pre-defined layout or start with a blank page" in the upper-left. Just beneath that you will see "blank page." Select that.

7.  If it offers you the option to explore how the page editor works, skip that.

8. When the page opens, at the top of the page you will see "add title."  

9.  Inside this text box,  type "Annotated Table of Contents." BEFORE YOU PUBLISH THE PAGE, CLICK ON "PAGE ATTRIBUTES ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN."  CLICK THE DOWN POINTED ARROW/CHEVRON , AND YOU WILL SEE "ORDER" WITH A ZERO IN THE BOX. FOR ANNOTATED TABLE OF CONTENTS, YOU WILL ENTER "1" HERE.  

10. Once you have typed the title of your page AS WELL AS THE ORDER, click the pink "publish" icon on the upper-right side of the page, and then click publish a second time.  You will see "Annotated Table of Contents is now live" in the upper-right corner.

11.  Next, you will click "add new page" (upper right corner and add each of the following new pages by repeating steps 5-10 each time.  BE SURE YOU ENTER THE APPROPRIATE ORDER NUMBER FOR EACH PAGE BELOW:

            Title of Each Page                                  "Order"

• Introduction to Older Piece of Writing         2
  

• Older Piece of Writing                                    3
  

• Introduction to Profile                                    4
  

• Revised Profile                                                5
  

• Introduction to Research Paper                     6
  

• Copy of Research Paper                                    7
  

• Introduction to Blog Posts                             8
  

• Blog Posts                                                        9
  

• Reflective Essay                                             10
  

11.  At this point, you should have created a blank page for all of the pages that you will need on your blog for the portfolio, placed them into the proper order, and added an image the page (if you wanted an image on each page).

12.  Next, you will need to ensure that your pages are visible to a visitor to your site. To do this, click "my site" in the upper-right corner of the page.  

13. Just beneath "My Site," you will see a link to your page, and the link will have the name that you gave your site on it.  CLICK THIS.  THIS IS WHAT A VIEWER SEES WHEN THEY VISIT YOUR SITE.  

13.  DO YOU SEE A LINK TO EACH PAGE THAT YOU CREATED FOR YOUR BLOG? (SEE STEP 8 ABOVE).  IF YOU DO NOT, MAKE SURE YOUR THEME IS SET TO "BIBLIOPHILE" (CLICK APPEARANCE>THEME>BIBLIOPHILE ON YOUR TOOLBAR).  

NOTE:  IF YOU CAN SEE THE LINKS TO YOUR PAGES, YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE SET UP OF YOUR PORTFOLIO PAGES.  IF NOT, PROCEED TO STEPS 

NOTE:  AFTER YOU HAVE SET UP EACH PAGE FOR YOUR PORTFOLIO, YOU MAY BEGIN ADDING CONTENT TO THESE.  YOU'LL FIND THE INSTRUCTIONS LINKED FROM THE COURSE SCHEDULE PAGE AT MULTIPLE POINTS DURING THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF CLASS.