Category: Example Posts

Welcome

This is site is meant to provide a running start for building your ePortfolio in WordPress. If this is your first time using WordPress take a look at the How-To Guide to get started.

Once you feel comfortable, you can customize this site in many ways: adding images, changing themes, settings, etc…

All the additional example posts on this site can be deleted or changed to a draft (not visible on the main page) once you get rolling with your ePortfolio.

Site Privacy Settings

You can adjust your WordPress site privacy options from your Dashboard under Settings>Reading in the Site Visibility section. If you would like your site to be private we suggest using the following two options:

  1. Discourage search engines from indexing this site
  2. Visible only to registered users of this network

Note: The settings above still allow anyone with your site address and an opened.ca account to access your website.

WordPress How-to Guide

We are here to help you create your ePortfolio, so do not hesitate to ask for technical support. To get started on creating your ePortfolio we suggest the following steps:

The first steps:

  1. Log in if you have not already logged in; get familiar with the WordPress dashboard and administration interface. You can also watch this short video for more information.
  2. Remember: When you are in the site administration area of your ePortfolio, you can get tips on what you are doing by clicking the “Help” menu on the top-right corner. Read More

Video Example

This post contains an embedded video from YouTube. You can paste the video URL into the page and the embed happens automatically.

Status Update Example

This is an example status update similar to other social media platforms.

This is an example quote.
This post uses the Blockquote formatting option in the WordPress text editor.

Link Example

This post links to another website using the Insert/Edit Link in the WordPress text editor.

Single Image Example

This post has a single image added to the content using the Add Media button in the WordPress Post editor.

Image Gallery Example

This post contains an image gallery inserted using the Add Media button in the WordPress Post editor.

Chat Example

This post is an example of the Chat post format.

Audio Example

This post contains an embedded audio clip from SoundCloud. You can paste the audio URL into the page and the embed happens automatically.