I've realized that I have to set up a more consistent schedule to do this self-study thing cuz I'm forgetting what I read and thought I understood from last week. So, I'm home trying to get the swelling down in my eye (black fly bit...the nasty buggers) so I'm restarting my reading with (appropriately)
"New to WordPress - Where to Start"

Thoughts to pursue...

• they recommend installing a plug-in that sets up a search window for WordPress Codex and online forum. I looked and don't see it listed as a plug-in on our test site at http://www.blogs.eduyukon.net/wp-admin/plugins.php ;  Tried the link in the article but it doesn't work. Took a look under the Links tab on our site and noticed that Grant has the link to the CODEX site available.
  Action:  Try searching the CODEX while building a post.
• I was reading the section on adding links for a blogroll so I went and did that and set up a new category (to differentiate from the one's Grant has already set up. Funny though...I still can't get how this thing thinks. If I go into Manage and click on Lists I see our blogroll links but I can't view them from the home page of the blog site. Grant has created a Links page (tab) that is visible on the home page of the site but it doesn't contain the blogroll links and looks like a story page that I can add links to. Different meaning of "links".
  Action:  Add more links to the links tab. Try adding another Links tab (different title?); explore ways to make the blogroll visible
  
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