Example spreadsheet screenshot

This graphic file was created using a Mac OSX laptop and the screenshot function (grab tool) with command-shift-4 to select the area I wanted a shot of.

The file was saved as a .png file, renamed, and uploaded into WordPress as a .png.

income	100	6000
expenses	1	3
	2	3456
	3	45
	4	456
	5	567
	6	78
	9	56
	8	456
	9	45
	10	45
	57	5207

income	100	6000
expenses	1	3
	2	3456
	3	45
	4	456
	5	567
	6	78
	7	56
	8	456
	9	45
	10	45
	55	5207

This list was copied from Excel and pasted into WordPress.

income	100	6000
expenses	1	3
	2	3456
	3	45
	4	456
	5	567
	6	78
	7	56
	8	456
	9	45
	10	45
	55	5207

Screenshot of a spreadsheet © Pam Van Londen 2009

Here’s my Slideshow Demo. The files were created in PowerPoint, output as a web page, and uploaded to my ONID server at OSU.

demo of a gallery

1. add RAM to the plate by snapping into place.

1. add RAM to the plate by snapping into place.

Adding an image to WordPress

Book cover of Marie Curie By Susan Quinn Published, by Da Capo Press, 1996.

This image is displayed from another web site.

Step 1 Add more RAM to an iBook computer © Pam Van Londen 2006

Teach project ideas

1. women in the arts
   • how to solder earrings
   • women in the arts
   • how to solder earrings
   • plugin a motorhome

2. plugin a motorhome

Rosie the Rivetor ~ We Can Do It poster

This image was added to this WordPress post using the Add Media: Image icon listed on the Write->Post editing toolbar.

1. Use the Upload button to add a file from your hard drive.
   • Or use the URL field to paste in a link to an image online somewhere else.
2. Add a description and copyright statement to the Description field.
3. Note that when you edit this image later, the description
4. Set the alignment if you want.
5. Click the Insert into Post button to add the new image to your Post.

If you need to edit the image’s information, then:

1. Click the Image icon on the toolbar.
2. Or click the Manage->Media Library tab.
   • Click the title of the image in the list to switch to the image editing screen.

Note that when you add a description in the Write-Post editing toolbar, the description contents end up in the caption field/alternative text attribute later.

Testing how images appear when uploaded in WordPress 2.5

This image was added to this WordPress post using the Add Media: Image icon listed on the Write->Post editing toolbar.

1. Use the Upload button to add a file from your hard drive.
   • Or use the URL field to paste in a link to an image online somewhere else.
2. Add a description and copyright statement to the Description field.
   • Note that when you edit this image later, the description will end up in the Caption field.
3. Set the alignment if you want.
4. Click the Insert into Post button to add the new image to your Post.

If you need to edit the image’s information, then:

1. Click the Image icon on the toolbar.
2. Or click the Manage->Media Library tab.
   • Click the title of the image in the list to switch to the image editing screen.

Note that when you add a Description in the Write-Post editing toolbar, the description contents end up in the caption field in the Mange->Media Library editing screen, becoming the alternative text attribute.

Irritations with WP 2.5

WordPress’ new image uploading functions have some great features, but no longer provide a sensible way to add citations and alt text to images.

1. The contents of the title attribute do not popup when you roll over an image. Instead, the title field is used only in the Manage->Media Library list as a replacement for the file name.
2. The alternative text field used to be called the description field and is now called the caption field. This caption is used for the visually impaired who are unable to see the image you have displayed.
3. The description field is available to fill in, but does not seem to show up when viewing the image in a post. If you see it, let me know where it displays.

Editing these fields is now a pain. If you click on the image editing icon, you can only change the caption and not the title or description. You have to go back to the Manage->Media Library to make updates.

The bottom line is put your description and citation in the caption field.

Planning a course and seminar

Spring term 2007, I’ll be teaching a graduate version of Gender and Technology where students will focus their energies planning and implementing an activism project.

And for winter term 2007, I’ll be co-teaching a seminar course for the Professional Science Master’s program. My portion will be to help students learn to use WordPress as a web site development tool.

And as usual, I’ll be teaching web development (CS 295 intermediate) and Gender and Technology (WS 320).

Technology for girls

I hesitated to google “technology for girls”. I didn’t want to admit that anything would be/should be different for girls. But I see it every day…a typical example is colorful phones; some with tea-cozy like costumes. I should have just typed in technologyforgirls.com—it the idea came to me, then it’s already on the web. Anyway, the site is pink, clean and uncluttered, and friendly. It starts with, “My name is Hilary. I love technology but I know that some girls are not too confident. Most technology information seems to be directed primarily at men. The object of this website is to redress the balance; let us girls have our say!”

Girlscouts goes tech

The Girl Scouts want girls to se their sights on math and science with their GirlsGoTech website.