{"id":533,"date":"2016-04-19T12:06:42","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T12:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gibsters.eu\/?p=533"},"modified":"2016-04-23T18:40:14","modified_gmt":"2016-04-23T18:40:14","slug":"how-to-write-a-blog-entry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gibsters.eu\/?p=533","title":{"rendered":"How to write a blog entry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Gibsters,<\/p>\n

On this page you will find some useful tips for writing and editing your blog entries.<\/p>\n

How to write a good blog entry:<\/strong> check out this page for great tips<\/a><\/p>\n

Finding good pictures<\/strong>: Your blog entry will look more attractive if you add a fitting picture. Make sure your picture is clearly connected to your topic.<\/p>\n

Remember, all pictures on our blog must be FREE of any copyright restrictions. Use your own pictures whenever possible, this will add a personal touch to your blog. If you cannot produce a personal picture go to pixabay.com<\/a>\u00a0to find free pictures. Do not limit your search term too much — otherwise you won’t find any pictures. Example: You won’t find pics of the “Graz Giants” there, but you will certainly find a suitable picture if you enter “American football”.<\/p>\n

If you cannot find any suitable pictures on pixabay, try finding another creative commons<\/a> picture. CC stands for Creative Commons, the little man in the circle tells you that you have to give the source of your picture (name and or link where you found it).\"creative-commons\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Finding free music:<\/strong> If you are creating a video entry and need some background music, make sure you do the same for music. You must use free music.\u00a0<\/a>Keep in mind that music might distract your viewers from your message.<\/p>\n

A few editing tips:<\/strong> Your blog will look best if you set a “featured image”. Upload a suitable image in LANDSCAPE format. (Add Media). Then click “set featured image” at the bottom of the right-hand column. You can include other pictures as well, but the featured image will appear on top.<\/p>\n

Keep the text formatting simple. Use boldface or colors sparingly. Just paste in your text from word.<\/p>\n

Format:<\/strong> For regular blogs with text and a few pictues choose “standard” format in the column on the right. This is our default setting. For videos you will have to change this setting to “video”. If you just want to post a quick tip or an interesting link, try the “Aside” format. Your entry will then appear in the right-hand column of our blog.<\/p>\n

Quoting your sources:<\/strong> For most of your entries you will have used some sources. Quote your sources — do not plagiarize!!! The easiest way to do this is to use footnotes in word and paste the whole text into our blog. Fortunately the footnotes will still be included.<\/p>\n

Comments:\u00a0<\/strong>Use the comments function to\u00a0\u00a0share your views\u00a0on other students’ posts. \u00a0Comments are more \u00a0than just saying “cool post”.<\/p>\n