Oct 09 2008
Getting Started
Now that you have received your email with the details to access your weblog. You are ready to start publishing.
The first thing you will have to do is get logged into your weblog, or blog, as they are commonly referred to. When you first go to your blog URI you will generally see the default MU template. On the bottom right side, you may need to scroll down a bit on the page, you will see some links to site related pages. Click on the “Log in” link.
This will open up the login screen.
Fill in your Username and your Password. (You would have received these details in an email after your blog has been created for you.) Click on the “Log In” button and this will open your “Dashboard” page.
The dashboard is your blog’s control panel. On the left side of the page you will see these links. Clicking on the “Write” link will open up the page for creating new posts by default. You can click on “Page” to create a new page, or “Link” to create a new link. We will cover these in other tutorials. This tutorial will help you write your first blog post and have you on your way to Internet writing history.
Enter a title for this post in the box directly below “Title”, then enter the content of your post in the box directly below “Post”.
What you write it entirely up to you within whatever guidelines set out by the blog site owners. You can start with something as simple as: My First Post; and, write a few lines telling the world a bit about yourself or what you want your blog to be about.
On the right side of the page you will see some controls for this post you are writing.
To publish this post for all the Internet to be able to read, simply click on the “Publish” button and your done. If you get called away in the middle of writing a post and wish to save your writing just click on the “Save” button and the program will create a draft copy of what you have written. You will be able to return to it later to edit and/or post at your convenience. You can publish your post to the Internet and keep it for your eyes only by checking the box beside “Keep this post private”. Just uncheck it and Save if you want the post to be public.
You are now ready to write your first post.
Enjoy!
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