ABC's of blogging

To comment on someone else's entry

• Click on number of comments under the entry
• That should open a box in which you can write your comment
• When you are done, click on "preview" to see what your comment looks like before posting or on "publish your comment" to post it
• Notice that you can also check off a box so that any other comments made will be e-mailed to you.

To post an entry:

• click on new post in the top right corner of the menu bar
• write your entry.
• be sure to include a title in the box for a title at the top
• also be sure to include at least one label in the bottom (essentially this provides indexing information and groups entries on similar topics together in the left margin of the blog.
• click on "publish post" if you are ready for everyone to see it or on "save now" if you are not finished. Note that you can always make edits later.

To edit your own entry

• Click on the pencil beneath your entry
• Your entry will re-appear allowing you to make changes and publish again with those changes.
  
• Only you (and the blog administrator) will be able to make changes to your entry