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04-26-08 08:30
Another benefit to our new site is blogging, but what is a "blog"?
The term "blog" was popularized in 1999 and is the combination of the words "web" and "log." According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blog), a blog is "a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments and often hyperlinks provided by the writer." In short, a blog is an online journal or diary. If you write a blog, you are known as a "blogger."
If blogging sounds like something you'd like to try, here's what you do:
1. Click the Blogs button on the navagation bar. A drop-down menu will appear.
2. Click Add Post in the drop-down menu.
3. Fill in the Post Caption (title of your blog entry) and Tags (tags are searchable keywords such as "chicken" or "Texas," etc. - this is optional).
4. Write your blog entry in the Post Text section. You can even add pictures to your blog by clicking the small picture of a tree (to the left of the binoculars) and choosing a picture from your Photobucket or other online account. You will need the direct link to the picture. In other words, it will be the webaddress (http://www.yourpicturesite.com/yourpicture.jpg) Explore the many buttons to discover their functions.
5. Select an appropriate catagory for your blog. Current catagories are My Chickens, My Family and Everything Else.
6. Click the browse button and choose a picture for your blog (optional, this would be similar to having a blog avatar).
7. Choose if you'd like Public comments or comments from Friends only (those on your friends list) and also whether you'd like your blog to be read by the Public or by Friends only.
8. Click the Add Post button. You now have a blog!
Blogs should be added to as often as you can. Some people are daily bloggers, whereas some update only monthly or whenever they have an opportunity.
Your blog can be about anything: your chickens, things happening in your family life, a favorite hobby, a vent about something you're angry with.........any topic at all!
Have fun blogging! I'm looking forward to reading your blog entries.
If blogging sounds like something you'd like to try, here's what you do:
1. Click the Blogs button on the navagation bar. A drop-down menu will appear.
2. Click Add Post in the drop-down menu.
3. Fill in the Post Caption (title of your blog entry) and Tags (tags are searchable keywords such as "chicken" or "Texas," etc. - this is optional).
4. Write your blog entry in the Post Text section. You can even add pictures to your blog by clicking the small picture of a tree (to the left of the binoculars) and choosing a picture from your Photobucket or other online account. You will need the direct link to the picture. In other words, it will be the webaddress (http://www.yourpicturesite.com/yourpicture.jpg) Explore the many buttons to discover their functions.
5. Select an appropriate catagory for your blog. Current catagories are My Chickens, My Family and Everything Else.
6. Click the browse button and choose a picture for your blog (optional, this would be similar to having a blog avatar).
7. Choose if you'd like Public comments or comments from Friends only (those on your friends list) and also whether you'd like your blog to be read by the Public or by Friends only.
8. Click the Add Post button. You now have a blog!
Blogs should be added to as often as you can. Some people are daily bloggers, whereas some update only monthly or whenever they have an opportunity.
Your blog can be about anything: your chickens, things happening in your family life, a favorite hobby, a vent about something you're angry with.........any topic at all!
Have fun blogging! I'm looking forward to reading your blog entries.
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