Step 2: Set Up Pages (l)

  Visual editor overview 
  The area where you write your pages and posts is by default in Visual Editing mode, which uses What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) option for formatting. It works similar to any word processing software. Simply write your post, highlight any text you want to format, and then click the appropriate button on the toolbar to add formatting such as bold, italics, or a numbered list.
The Toolbar Toggle icon is used to view the advanced formatting options in the second row including heading styles, underlining , font color, custom characters, undo, redo. You switch between Visual Editing mode and HTML editing mode by clicking on the Visual or Text tab. Text or HTML editing mode is not something beginner bloggers need to worry about.
Why have blogging guidelines?
 There are two key reasons why guidelines are an essential part of your blog:
1. Internet Safety.
2. Ensuring High Standards of Writing.

  These apply to students, parents, and all of your blog visitors. This need to be modeled, taught, and reinforced. But just because students are blogging and using online tools, doesn’t mean they are automatically learning about appropriate online behaviors. When coming up with your blog guidelines, you will need to consider :

1. The types of identifying information that is appropriate in post and/or comments. Consider what your rules will be about the use of last names, images, and personal information.
2. What you should and should not write in posts and comments. Netiquette
3. Blogging is an ideal way to teach about Internet safety in an authentic and ongoing way.