Add a Creative Commons license to a Wordpress blog

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Instructions for adding a Creative Commons copyright license to a Wordpress blog

Contents 1 Objective 2 Activity 2.1 Go to creativecommons.org 2.2 Click "License your work" 2.3 Check your license preferences 2.4 Add name for attribution then click "Select license" 2.5 Choose appropriate graphic 2.6 Copy the code 2.7 Edit your Wordpress "About" page 2.8 Switch to "HTML" editing view 2.9 Paste the code 2.10 Switch back to "Visual" editing mode 2.11 CHeck the display 2.12 Save 2.13 View your site 2.14 View your about page 2.15 Check the display 2.16 Click "Dashboard" 2.17 Click through "Design" and "Widgets" 2.18 Add "pages" and "text" widgets 2.19 Edit text widget 2.20 Paste code in edit box for text widget 2.21 Click "Change" to save code in text widget 2.22 Click "Save" for all widgets 2.23 View your site 2.24 Check display of your text widget 3 Extra resources

Objective

To add a Creative Commons copyright statement to a Wordpress blog

Activity

Follow these steps for adding a Creative Commons copyright statement on your Wordpress blog

Go to creativecommons.org

Click "License your work"

Check your license preferences

Add name for attribution then click "Select license"

Choose appropriate graphic

Copy the code

Edit your Wordpress "About" page

Switch to "HTML" editing view

Paste the code

Switch back to "Visual" editing mode

CHeck the display

Save

View your site

View your about page

Check the display

Click "Dashboard"

Click through "Design" and "Widgets"

Add "pages" and "text" widgets

Edit text widget

Paste code in edit box for text widget

Click "Change" to save code in text widget

Click "Save" for all widgets

View your site

Check display of your text widget

Unfortunately Wordpress' text widget does not display the icon

Extra resources

• Original video on Youtube