In WordPress, in editing mode, there’s this blue plus sign in the upper left corner of the screen with a lot of options. I’ve used few options, mostly because I haven’t needed to. But am I missing something? Let me see.
I’m specifically playing with Embeds today. Embeds are a way of putting external content from social websites into your blog. Let me start with embedding one of my books via the Kindle embed:
Oh, I like that! Visual, professional, and with a link!
How about Twitter?
Ah, my Twitter is very boring. I need to fix this.
WordPress has a generic link for sharing. I’m going to try Beacons with this:
Ok, not at all exciting.
How about a map?
It’s an old map — the university no longer houses the Missouri Academy. And 102 BBQ? I’ve lived here for 24 years and don’t recall seeing that.
There are a few embeds I can see myself using plus many more I won’t, because I don’t have the social accounts they correspond with. The ones that work are pretty attractive, though, and I especially see myself using the Amazon Kindle one.
I think I’ll end this with the Facebook embed:
https://www.facebook.com/laurenleachsteffens/
Well, that was anticlimactic.
When WordPress is good, it is very very good, but when it’s not, it’s so-so.
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