Screencasts from UMW Blogs Support Videos
Note that some of these videos are contain information that is specific to UMW Blogs, but they are a good primer for the WordPress interface.
- Overview of the Write tab
- Overview of the Manage tab
- Overview of the Design tab
- Overview of the Users tab
Screencasts from WordPress.com Support
WordPress.com is a free (or pay-for, depending) blogging service that uses the same software as the Blogs hosted on Sophia. Some things about WordPress.com blogs are different, but it is mostly the same. They have an extensive FAQ site, with way more screencasts than are listed below.
- How do I manage my pages after they’ve been written or published?
- How do I manage my posts after they’ve been written or published?
- HTML & Quicktags vs. Visual Editor
- How do I add summaries/excerpts to my posts so that the full post doesn’t display on my blog’s front page?
- How do I save and manage draft posts? How does auto-save work?
- How do I add links to other sites using the HTML or Visual editor?
- What’s a category? How do I add and manage categories?
- How do I change the time or date for my post? How do I set my post to publish in the future?
- What’s a tag? How do I add tags to my posts? How do I manage tags?
- How can I edit the title and permalink of my post?


