Newsies Team: Working with WordPress: Difference between revisions

Expanding gravatar instructions.
(Adding instructions for Gravatar and Bio.)
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# Go to the [http://en.gravatar.com/ Gravatar website]
# Go to the [http://en.gravatar.com/ Gravatar website]
# Register or log in '''using the same email address in your WordPress profile'''.
# ''DO NOT'' sign in. Instead, put the '''same email address from your StarBase 118 WordPress profile''' into the box near the center of the page which says "Enter your email to get started". You should see a green button next to this box that says "Get your Gravatar".
# Upload an image of you or your character (or your RL image, if you want -- it's totally your choice!) and follow the prompts.
#* Gravatar is not "connected" to our site and can not see the password you have set on our WordPress site. You can only "sign in" to the Gravatar site ''after'' you've completed this registration process for the first time.
# Click the green button that says "Get your Gravatar."
# You'll now be on a page that says "Sign in to Gravatar with WordPress.com Connect". Click the "sign up for free" link a few lines below this button.
# Use the '''same email address from your StarBase 118 WordPress profile'''. Pick any user name and password that you'd like -- they have no effect on our site.
# You'll receive a confirmation email. Look for that and click the button in the email.
# It will take you back to Gravatar. Sign in using the account you just created.
# Follow the instructions to upload an image of you or your character (or your RL image, if you want -- it's totally your choice!) and follow the prompts. (Click the "Add one by clicking here!" to start.)


Once you return to our WordPress site, and you log in, you should see a tiny version of your Gravatr in the upper right-hand corner. You may need to wait up to 15 minutes, reload the page, and/or log out of our site to make it appear.  
Once you return to our WordPress site, and you log in, you should see a tiny version of your Gravatr in the upper right-hand corner. You may need to wait up to 15 minutes, reload the page, and/or log out of our site to make it appear.