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Getting started with your blog


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Welcome to your new NABO Blog!

We are very happy to have you blogging on the NABO website, and look forward to reading your contributions.

Here are some tips to get you started:

The NABO website uses WordPress. If you are already familiar with WordPress, there should only be a few quirks and customisations to get used to.

One difference is that everyone who registers a user account with the website gets a Member’s Profile page, which they can use to display as much or as little information as they like.

In addition, anyone who is a contributing author or blogger gets an Author page listing their contributions as well.

Profile Pages

  1. Where to find your Member’s Profile page
  2. How to Change your Profile Picture
  3. How to find your Author page
  4. Updating your Author Profile

Your new Blog

  1. WordPress Basics: Dashboard, Pages and Posts
  2. What’s included in your Blog?
  3. How to Add a New Post

If you are new to WordPress, here is a list of pages to help you find your way around it:

  1. How to log in
  2. WordPress Basics: Pages and Posts
  3. How to Access and Use the WordPress Admin Dashboard
  4. Using the WordPress Classic Editor
    (This offers either a visual mode similar to Word, or a text mode that is easiest if you are comfortable with HTML)
  5. Using the WordPress ‘Gutenberg’ Block Editor
  6. Using the Media Library
  7. Where to Find Public Domain and Creative Commons Images
  8. How to Optimize Your Blog Posts for Search Engines
  9. How to Archive a Page or Post

NABO Groups

  1. If you aren’t already a member of the NABO Bloggers Group, you can join it here: NABO Bloggers Group
  2. See the latest activity in the NABO Bloggers Group
  3. NABO ‘Everyone’ Group: This is a social networking and online meeting hosting group open to anyone with an account on the NABO website. You can join it here: NABO ‘Everyone’ Group
  4. If you’re willing to help test the website, you can also join the NABO Website Testers group – we’d definitely appreciate your help!

A full list of help pages for blog editors can be found here: