Instructions

Note: This is an open site. So, do not post personal information about yourself or others.

Instructions for making a new post:

• Login
• In your Dashboard at the top of the page >> My Blog >> New Post
• http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/
• Title your post appropriately
• Select an existing category or leave blank for uncatergorized
• Select a Tag if desired to  make it easier to search for your post – choose existing or make a new one
• Publish your post

All posts will be can be sorted by date, so Tags and Categories are not crucial

Instructions for posting gel images from Word Documents:

• First open Word document that has the image of your gel and the text annotations
• Pull it up maximized on the screen
• Do Print Screen on your keyboard
• Go and open Microsoft Paint (under accessories)
• do Paste or Ctrl+V to paste the image into Paint
• crop it by dragging a box around only what you want
• Do Copy or Ctrl+C to copy the region
• Do File >> New to create a new image (JPG works fine)
• Paste or Ctrl+V to put your copied region into a new file
• Save as a .JPG with a semi-descriptive filename
• Go to the WordPress site
• create post
• click on Upload/Insert image box
• find the file that you saved of your gel and upload it
• Make sure the caption has your initials and a title of what it is
• This puts it in the Gallery
• Now go back to the Upload/Insert image box and find the file in your Gallery
  Click on ‘Show’ at the right
  Change any setting you want
• Don’t add description here – put it in the post instead.
  Then at the bottom click on ‘Insert into Post’
• Then under Categories on the right, select the Catergory and Tags that you want
• Then ‘Publish’
• You can always go back and edit things if they need fixing up.