Wednesday, January 13, 2010

How to navigate the site?

The blog's sidebar contains a list of lectures for easy reference. More importantly, the blue navigation bar at the top contains a "search" function. This is your friend.

Mike and I are delighted to field questions – that's why we're here, after all. But we also want y'all to learn self-sufficiency, because, like parents, we won't be here forever. So here's our recommended drill:

  1. Search the class site
  2. Check out Blogger's Help Section
  3. Google it (You Tube, in particular, often has excellent tutorials)
  4. Leave us a question, either on the relevant post or in the week's query bin.

The "recent comments" widget in the sidebar will show what posts are under discussion.

At the outset, terminology may be a challenge: sometimes the hardest part is knowing what terms to search on. Please don't hesitate to ask us. We love inquiries like "how can Twitter help build blog traffic?" What we're trying to avoid is wasting class time on stuff like "What's Twitter?" when a simple search will land you on Twitter.com or any number of articles on the subject.

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