Follow the steps below to learn how to create and publish a blog entry.
1. Login and select the blog that you would like to manage. Please see How to Login to Your Blog for detailed instructions.
2. Select the Write Entry button on the main menu or choose Entry from the Create feature in the main menu.
3. The create entry screen appears:
4. Listed below are the most common fields that you would edit when creating a new entry. For a more detailed list of entry options, please view the following vendor documentation: Creating and Publishing New Entries.
- Title - Enter a title for your blog entry.
- Body - Compose the body of your blog entry in this field. A basic set of word processing tools are available within the body field.
- Tags - You can enter tags in this field. Tags are short descriptive words or phrases that identify the subject matter of the Entry. If you would like to add multiple tags, please enter a comma between tags.
- Categories - Categories are generally more structured and are used to distinguish different topics within your blog. For example, if your blog contains posts about sailing and cooking you could setup two different categories, one for each of topic.
5. Click the "Save" button - The save button will save and publish your new entry. Click on the view site button on the dashboard to view your new entry. The view site button is circled in red in the image below:
