This page describes how to set up and maintain your personal web log on the Enterprise Lab.

Any user that has a HSLU network login can create his own web log which will be reachable at http://blog.enterpriselab.ch/<USERNAME>.

• go to https://blog.enterpriselab.ch/wp-login.php to log on
• use your HSLU user name (e.g. tarothen) and your personal password (the same password you log on to the wireless network etc)
• ATTENTION: Do not check the “Remember me” check box if you're at a public computer. Only use this option at your private station!
• Now your web log is registered and reachable at http://blog.enterpriselab.ch/<USERNAME>

The first steps are done and your web log is ready to be filled with your content. We strongly recommend to follow the next two sections to clean up and customize your web log. To start over, scroll down to “Use your web log”.

If you register a new web log, there are always test entries like the “Hello World” entry or the standard blogroll entries. You don't want them. Or do you? ;)

• go to “Manage” (this is where you edit things which are already on the web log) and “delete” the “Hello World” post
• go to “Blogroll” (this is where you manage your links which eventually appear on your sidebar) and select the two entries. Now click on “Delete checked Links”

To reduce the amount of spam on your blog, you can enable reCAPTCHA:

• Log in to your blog's backend
• Go to Plugins → Installed Plugins
• Activate WP-reCAPTCHA
• Ignore the error message about missing API Keys, don't klick on the link, it's broken
• Go to Setting → WP-reCAPTCHA, and configure reCAPTCHA, insert the key you get from here.
• Enter blog.enterpriselab.ch/<user_name> eg: blog.enterpriselab.ch/zajoho (don't tick “Enable this key on all domains (global key)”
• save reCAPTCHA changes

You may wish to change several things in your web log like the web logs name or its appearance. Here are some things you may wish to change and how to change them:

• click “Users” and then “Your profile” to change things like your Name (it may be messed up if it contains German umlauts), Nickname, etc. Press “update Profile” to save changes to your profile.
• under “Presentation” you can select a theme for your web log. We provide you with about 64 themes at this moment. If you don't find a theme which fits to you, you can also ask a staff member to install your theme you found on the Internet.
• under “Presentation” → “Widgets” you may change the appearance of the sidebar. You can add or remove items here depending on the abilities of your selected theme
• under “Presentation” → “Header Image and Color” you may (depending on your selected theme) change the header image and color
• go to “Plugins” to activate the plugins which the admins have pre-installed. There are only two at this moment, but more will follow. If you find a great plugin you want to have installed, let us know! Plugins may change the behavior or appearance of your web log.
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So. You feel ok with your web logs design? Ready to fill it with content? Let's go!

Connect to https://blog.enterpriselab.ch/wp-admin to add new content to your blog

• go to “Write”. A tiny editor should fire up.
• Write your text. This can very easily be done. Make bold text with the bold icon, links with the links icon and so on. Shouldn't be that difficult.
• Tags: After you written your text you can add some tags which refer to your text
• You can also select one or multiple categories for your text. You can create a new category by writing the category name and press the “Add” button.
• Upload files: If you want to include an image or post a file you can upload files in the upload section or if activated select an image from the gallery plugin. We provide you with 30MB of space. If you need more space, feel free to contact us.
• Remember: Your post won't appear on your blog until you click “publish”. You can click save, which saves the article but doesn't publish it. This can be helpful, when you're not yet finished writing and want to continue another time.

You may want to not only publish blog entries (which may not appear on the frontpage anymore after a few postings) but also static pages like an “About” page.

• The functionalities of this editor is quite similar to the blog posting editor.
• It depends on your actual theme and/or widgets configuration where the links to the pages you created appear.
• Unless you push the “publish” button, your page won't appear in your blog.