To make your Google calendar public you can follow their instructions but this may be easier: you go to “My calendars” (left hand column) and click on the downward pointing triangle to the right of your calendar. A menu opens (see image below). Pick “Share this calendar”. When you do that another page opens. On [...]
Browsing Posts in Blog vs. Web page
Okay, so you’ve created a calendar in Google and made it public, so now you want to embed it on your web page? You can either follow Google’s instructions but this brief instruction works for most people: Go to your calendar. On the left hand column of the page go to “My calendars” and click [...]
Analy’s web pages are a teacher and a volunteer effort, but we try to coordinate our efforts by following some guidelines. Link to Analy. Please make sure that your web page or blog has a prominent link back to Analy High School Posting Photos. Do not post photos of students unless the student(s) or their [...]
Q.: How can I go directly to my blog to edit it? As it is, I have to log in to the blog, which happens automatically now, but even then I have to go to the page, find the “edit page” link, click it and then edit. It’s kind of boring waiting around. A.: Great [...]
One of the things that you quickly learn about in creating web pages with email input or forms is that the spam bots quickly complete your empty boxes. It can be maddening. One way to defeat or slow down the spam bots is by using CAPTCHA. Get reCAPTCHA
When you install Dreamweaver at Analy you’ll find that it comes with tutorials and a help index that you can consult. The Adobe web site also has quite a few videos that illustrate various things that you can do. There are also some web sites with basic tutorials that help out with fundamental parts of [...]
If you’re using Firefox and want to make a quick post (vs. updating a web page) to your blog without bothering to go to your blog, be a couch potato and try ScribeFire. Download ScribeFire here; It is a (free) Firefox add-on or extension. Installation is easy enough. Go to the link and press “Download”. [...]
You can make a web page on your blog if you like. It’s called a “static” web page. Go to the Dashboard, click Write and then Write Page. Enter your information just like you would if you were entering a blog post. You may want to make this “static” web page (or a different one) [...]
1. Use the web to reduce your load. How many times do you answer the same question? Why do people call and email you? What issues create the most work? Use the web to head off problems proactively. Workload on unnecessary issues can drop significantly and immediately. 2. Do no more than you have to [...]
Q: I tried making changing on my blog with Safari and it wouldn’t work correctly. A: We had the same experience with an earlier version of Safari, but the latest version (5.0.1) works very well. It’s also blazingly fast, like Chrome (Mac or PC). Chrome, Explorer, Firefox, Netscape, Opera, and others appear to work well [...]
