Assignments: How to Upload / Lay Out Your Final Project
IMPORTANT: please log on to the class site at http://www.hkstories.net/fall2010 and 1. change your password 2. update your e-mail address (currently set to your classblog contact). A list of user names can be found here at user names temp page – http://www.hkstories.net/fall2010/?page_id=957
Large files (eg audio files) should be FTPed to the class server at
ftp.hkstories.net
user name: classwork2010@hkstories.net
p/w: hint: there’s two of them
REMEMBER TO CREATE A FOLDER TO HOLD YOUR FILES – (no spaces, all lower case)
details – http://www.hkstories.net/jmsc-online/2010/01/18/ftp/
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LAYOUT
Please upload your project as a POST not a PAGE
Change the post template to POST NO SIDEBAR (this is found right at the bottom of the page under DISCUSSION and AUTHOR). That will give you a full screen.
DELETE the custom fields
Under html view – get rid of the syndication code — it will look something like this
<a rel=”nofollow” href=”http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/mashhk.wordpress.com/1/”><img src=”http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/mashhk.wordpress.com/1/” border=”0″ alt=”" /></a> <a rel=”nofollow” href=”http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/mashhk.wordpress.com/1/”><img src=”http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/mashhk.wordpress.com/1/” border=”0″ alt=”" /></a> <a rel=”nofollow” href=”http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/mashhk.wordpress.com/1/”><img src=”http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/facebook/mashhk.wordpress.com/1/” border=”0″ alt=”" /></a> <a rel=”nofollow” href=”http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/mashhk.wordpress.com/1/”><img src=”http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/twitter/mashhk.wordpress.com/1/” border=”0″ alt=”" /></a> <a rel=”nofollow” href=”http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/mashhk.wordpress.com/1/”><img src=”http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/mashhk.wordpress.com/1/” border=”0″ alt=”" /></a> <a rel=”nofollow” href=”http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/mashhk.wordpress.com/1/”><img src=”http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/mashhk.wordpress.com/1/” border=”0″ alt=”" /></a> <a rel=”nofollow” href=”http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/mashhk.wordpress.com/1/”><img src=”http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/mashhk.wordpress.com/1/” border=”0″ alt=”" /></a> <img src=”http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mashhk.wordpress.com&blog=17245864&post=1&subd=mashhk&ref=&feed=1″ border=”0″ alt=”" width=”1″ height=”1″ />
How to use Anchors
How to use Tables
How to use Iframes (please use SPARINGLY)
CHECK LIST
- Headlines and sub-heads — Are they pithy, concise and do they entice viewers to read on?
- Have you included your BYLINE
- Spelling and grammar — did you put your text through a spell/grammar check? If you are unsure, ask a classmate for a second opinion!
- Are your photos etc meaningfully captioned?
- Would a viewer UNFAMILIAR with Hong Kong and UNABLE to read/understand a language other than English understand your project?
- Have you checked you are not violating copyright or committing plagiarism?
- Have you DOUBLE-CHECKED HOW TO AVOID COMMON PITFALLS and ensured that you are compliant?
