UBC Blogs is an interactive website-building platform where you can create sites for sharing contentyourself or with a group. These sites can result in outcomes like a group blog or a personal portfolio—all built on a flexibleWordPressfoundation, which helps you implement different themes and add-on tools without having to learn code.
UBC Blogs isFIPPA合规（即遵守省级隐私政策），所有数据都安全地存储在加拿大。
我用它做什么？
You can use UBC Blogs to create a website for a variety of purposes:
- Authoring a group website with your peers for a course or a club
- Posting individual assignments or projects
- Displaying portfolios of or reflections on your academic or work experience
What do I need to use UBC Blogs?
A supported web browser
UBC Blogs runs in your web browser and supports using Chrome, Edge, Firefox, or Safari.
A UBC Blogs account
Accounts for UBC Blogs are based on UBC CWLs (Campus-Wide Logins), so all students who have a CWL can create an account themselves. Account creation will happen automatically the first time you log in to UBC Blogs.
Tips
- There is no limit to the number of UBC Blogs sites you can have, but please create responsibly.
- Don’t know how to blog? Findtips for getting started with blogs来自查普曼学习常识，包括五个问题，问你自己之前，你的第一个职位。
Log in to UBC Blogs
- Go to博客.ubc.ca/wp-管理员and use your UBC CWL username and password to log in.
- If this is your first time logging in, follow the prompts to complete signing up for your UBC Blogs account.
Tips
- If you don't have a UBC CWL, firstcreate a CWL accountusing the steps from UBC IT.
创建你的UBC博客网站
- 转到UBC Blogs sign-up page, and clickCreate a Website.
- Scroll down and fill in the form:
- 站点名称-这将构成新网站的网址或URL的一部分。所有UBC博客都有一个以“开始”开头的地址博客.ubc.ca“然后合并您的站点名称。
- Site Title- This is the title for your site and does not affect the web address. You can change your site title at any time.
- Site Language- Choose to display your site in English or French.
- Privacy- You can allow search engines to index this site, which means it can be searched for and found by anyone on the Internet. You can change this setting at any time; however, it will not be removed from search results immediately.
- ClickCreate Site.
Tips
- The site name cannot be changed after you create it, so make sure you pick something that fits.
- Even if you make your whole site public, you can fine-tune the privacy of specific contentto make it accessible only to certain groups of people. This can be done byadding password protectionto individual posts or pages and sharing the password with anyone who you want to have access.
- You can change the look and feel of your site通过改变主题。从站点的仪表板中，将鼠标悬停在侧边栏中的外观项上，然后选择主题。将鼠标悬停在任何主题上，然后单击“激活”以使用它。
Add pages and posts to your UBC Blogs website
Pages are useful for displaying static content on your site that is best organized in a hierarchical structure, as pages can have sub-pages underneath them.
帖子对于在站点上显示基于日期的内容很有用，因为帖子是按时间顺序组织的。文章也可以按类别或标签分组，以便以后更容易找到。
- Log in to UBC Blogswith your CWL.
- From the Dashboard, hover over the Pages or Posts item in the sidebar, and select添加新的.
- Use the text editor to add content to the page or post. You can preview and save a draft of your work as you go.
- In adding content to your pages and posts, be careful if you copy text directly from a Word document, because the headings are not pasted consistently with the right format in UBC Blogs. Using the right headings in your content is important for accessibility.
- 浏览编辑界面的不同部分，为您的页面或文章找到其他可自定义的选项，例如它在网站层次结构中的位置（对于页面）和显示日期（对于文章）。
- When you are ready to put the content on your site, click发布. Your page or post will be added to your site for others to see.
Tips
- If your site is public, remember to avoid sharing confidential information, such as your student number, contact details, or other personally identifying information. TheUBC Digital Tattoo sitehas more about how to protect your privacy and preserve your online integrity.
- Pages can be used to share your main content. For example, you could have pages for information about the author (you) or your projects. Underneath each page, you can create sub-pages to further organize your content.
- Posts can be used to share more time-based content.例如，您可以使用post发布关于即将到来的事件的公告，或者按时间顺序展示您的项目。
- Posts can be scheduled instead of immediately published, by setting the date associated with them in the future.
- For extra editing features, you can enable the Gutenberg editor, which adds time-savers like reusable blocks of content. From the Dashboard of your site, hover over the Settings item in the sidebar, and select Writing. Check the boxes for enabling Gutenberg features on pages, posts, and blocks, then save your changes.
Upload a file to use on your UBC Blogs website
You can upload files such as images, PowerPoints, or PDFs to use on your site. Make sure the files are your own or that you have the owner's permission to use the material first.
- Log in to UBC Blogswith your CWL.
- From the Dashboard, hover over the Media item in the sidebar, and select添加新的.
- Select thefileto upload.
- Tick the copyright permission that applies:
- 经著作权人许可- Applies if you have created the image, have the permission of the copyright holder, or are using a Creative Commons license
- Public Domain- Applies when the work is in the公共领域(i.e., expired copyright or copyright has been waived)
- Other- Applies for cases outside the above uses that require additional explanation
- Note any additional information regarding the copyright permissions in the textbox provided, e.g., "the image has CC by 4.0 license on it" or "permission to upload from the copyright holder via email".
- ClickUploadto upload the file to your UBC Blogs website. Once the upload completes, you will be able to link to or embed this file in your pages and posts.
Tips
- 哥伦比亚大学博客限制文件的大小可以推高oad.Individual files can be up to a maximum of 20MB each and each UBC Blogs website has a limit of 500MB overall.
Add people to your UBC Blogs website
您可以使用下面的电子邮件或注册选项邀请人们访问您的UBC博客网站，这样他们就可以关注您共享的内容，甚至为您的博客贡献力量。
This method is useful if you want to give access to other people like group members to your site.
- Log in to UBC Blogswith your CWL.
- 在仪表板中，将鼠标悬停在侧边栏中的Users项上，然后选择Invite User.
- Enter the person'semail.
- Select arole对于您网站上的用户：
- Administrator- can do anything on the site, including adding and removing users
- Editor- can publish posts and pages and edit others' content
- Author- can publish posts and pages but only edit their own content
- Contributor- can write posts and pages but cannot publish them without approval
- Subscriber- cannot write content but can access it, even if the site is private
- Click发送邀请.
This method is useful if you want people to sign themselves up to join the site.
- Log in to UBC Blogswith your CWL.
- Click插件in the sidebar of the Dashboard, find the "Add Users Sidebar Widget" plugin, and clickActivate. This widget will let you add a signup form to your site.
- From the Dashboard, hover over the Appearance item in the sidebar, and selectWidgets.
- Click theAdd Userswidget, selectwhere您希望它出现，然后单击Add Widget.
- 当addusers小部件打开时，输入title然后选择roleyou would like people who sign up to have:
- Author- can publish posts and pages but only edit their own content
- Contributor- can write posts and pages but cannot publish them without approval
- Subscriber- cannot write content but can access it, even if the site is private
- CheckAdd a password to stop unwanted users from signing up. 这将阻止随机的人注册。
- Click保存, set apassword, and click保存again. Remember to distribute the password when you invite people to sign up.
Tips
- 您通过电子邮件或使用注册邀请的任何人必须首先拥有UBC博客帐户. Ask invitees to create a UBC Blogs account by logging in with their UBC CWL at博客.ubc.ca/wp-管理员.
Where can I get more support with UBC Blogs?
Learn more
- Read answers toUBC Blogs frequently asked questionson the UBC support site.
- One-on-one help is available during the weekly WordPress and Wiki Virtual Drop-In Clinics, generally held on Thursdays. Register for any即将到来的使用UBC博客的帮助会话on the events site.