Initial Setup Go to https://sites.stlawu.edu Follow the instructions for new users Choose a Site Name and Site Title Choose Privacy Settings Click Create Site Site Name This will be the portion of your site address that comes after sites.stlawu.edu/. It cannot contain spaces or other special characters. You cannot change the site name once you have created the site. Some site names may already be taken. Example: If your site name is mattsblog, your site address will be http://sites.stlawu.edu/mattsblog Site Title Your site title is the title that appears at the top of your site. This can…

Log in to https://blogs.stlawu.edu with your St. Lawrence user name and password Go to Dashboard Go to Plug-ins Activate the FeedWordPress plug-in Go To Syndication Enter the URL* in for 'New source:' and click Add *The URL must follow this format: http://blogs.stlawu.edu/ thesitename/?feed=rss2 For example, https://blogs.stlawu.edu/mattsblog becomes http://blogs.stlawu.edu/mattsblog/?feed=rss2

Information Faculty, staff and students must sign in to https://sites.stlawu.edu/ with their St. Lawrence network credentials at least once to activate their account. Once a user has signed in, they can be added as subscribers (read only), contributors (read and submit post for publishing), authors (read, submit and publish posts), editors (read, submit, publish and edit any posts) or administrators (read, submit, publish, edit and full access to site configuration and management) to any site. For faculty using WordPress in their teaching, set aside class time to: Allow students to sign in…