Bolgging helpNeed help writing your first blog? Read this article to find out how to use the blogging tool on this site, insert images and tags. Happy blogging!
MyBlog's Toolbar
Home
The default main display.
Tags
Takes you to a list of all your available tags.
Search
Brings up MyBlog's search utility that allows you to search the entries by keywords, blogger or category.
Feed
Is the link to the RSS for the particular page you are viewing.
MyBlog's Dashboard
My Entries
This tab lists all your blog entries. There is also a button "Write New Entry" which if
clicked will call up the editor for you to add an entry.
Preference
A section for you to input a description for your personal blog.
Stats
This tab will display the statistics for your blog.
Comments
Here you can manage the comments on your blog entries.
MyBlog's Editor
Title Field
This is where you enter the title for your blog post.
Main Body
The main text entry area.
Sidebar
Publish Information
Here you can set your post either to be published or not as well as
set the date for the post.
Tags
Here you can tag your blog post with tags, to organize
them into groups.
Images and documents
The interface to upload images to the site and place them
on your posts.
Search older posts
You can search older posts to look for posts with similar entries as well
as look for entries to quote.
Embed videos
A tool to embed videos into your posts.
Save button
To save your entry you can click the save button. There are two available,
"Save" and "Save & Close".
Close button
This button will close the editor. Make sure you have saved everything for
closing the editor with this button won't save your data.
Creating a new entry
- Log in.
- Look for the "User Menu" that shall appear once you are logged in.
- Find and click on the menu item "My Blog Dashboard".
- You should be taken to your MyBlog dashboard. Look for a button labeled "Write New Entry". Click on the button.
- The MyBlog editor should now pop up and you can go ahead and write your new entry.
Editing or deleting an existing entry
To edit an existing entry, simply go to your Myblog dashboard and you shall see by default the list of entries written by you. Next to each article is an "edit" and a "delete" button. Clicking on the "edit" button will call up the MyBlog editor with the corresponding article in it for you to edit. The "delete" button will of course delete the entry.
Adding Images
How To Add Images
You can add images to your blog entry from the editor. Simply click to open the "Images and document" tab and then upload the picture. After uploading, simply click on the thumbnail of the picture you wanted and the picture will be automatically added to the post. To resize the image simple drag its corners at the squares. To configure how and where the image appears, simply select the image and click the image settings icon on the toolbar. The one with the image of a tree.
Adding Video
How To Add Videos
To add videos to your blog post, simply click on the "Embed Videos" tab and there you can set its width, height and then simply enter the URL of the video. Click enter and you are set.
Supported Video Formats
- Youtube, YouTube LLC
- Google Video, Google Inc
- Vimeo, Connected Ventures
- MetaCafe, Metacafe Inc
- Jumpcut, Yahoo Inc
- Vidiac, Vidiac Inc
- StreetFire, StreetFire.Net
- Stickam, Advanced Video Communications Inc
MyBlog Tags
MyBlog organizes it post by the use of Tags. Keywords that you can assign as reference for each post. Afterwards, you can use the tags to organize your posts.
Tagging Your Post
To tag your post, simply look at the "Tags" tab in your editor. Click on it and you will get to the Tags interface where you will see a list of available tags with a tickbox next to each. Simple tick the box next to the tag you want to tag your article with and you are done. There is also an input field and an "Add" button to add new tags. Type the tag in the field and press "Add" to add it in.
