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Embedding Wordles Into Blog Posts

Have you become addicted to Wordle like me? The Wordle addiction is definitely spreading but embedding Wordles you create to your blog post can be tricky.
What is Wordle?
Wordle is a free web site for easily creating beautiful word clouds from text, URLs, RSS feeds or del.icio.us account. They are a great way of [...]

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Image Width In Blog Posts

When you upload an image you are given three versions that you can insert into the post:

Thumbnail (150 x 150 pixels)
Medium (300 x 300 pixels)
Full Size

If you are like me and prefer specific sizes of images in blog posts you are able to change the size of thumbnail and medium sized images under Settings > [...]

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Creating Student Accounts Using One Gmail Account

When you set up blogs with multiple users the comment notifications are only sent to the email address that was used to set up the blog.
So if you’ve set up student blogs with your student’s email address using Edublogs Blog & User Creator feature comment notifications will be sent to your student. [...]

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What Are The Different Roles Of Users?

When you set up an Edublogs blog with multiple users you have the ability to assign and control what other users can do in the blog depending on the tasks you want each user to be responsible for. You need to consider carefully what role you assign other users since Administrators are able [...]

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The 100 Edublogs Themes Separated Into Categories To Make Choosing Your Next Theme Easier

Given there are 100 Edublogs themes available for you to use ranging from themes that can’t be altered to themes that are “extremely customizable” you can spend quite a bit of time testing themes to find the “perfect theme”. So I’ve decided to help make your task a bit easier (I hope) by categorizing [...]

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What To Consider When Choosing Your Blog Theme

You only have a limited time to make the right impression for first time readers; blog theme, post layout and blog clutter all impact on first impressions. Great content is easily missed if your blog theme is distracting or off putting.
Tips for Road testing Blog Themes
New bloggers often spend considerable time changing their [...]

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Simple Tools For Creating Screen Captures

Being able to create screen captures of your desktop or parts of a web site are easy and a great way of enhancing your blog posts with images.  The great news is there are numerous free tools for creating screen captures which offer a range of different features.  This post reviews a range of these [...]

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