Posting Assistance and Reminders...for Mom

Mom,

Did you see what Kristin and Uncle John did? They edited an old post and added their story to it. They did not create a new post. Mmmkay? Next, when you are posting a new topic or adding to an old one, there are a lot of options for you.

First of all, when posting, make sure you are in "Edit Html" mode and not "Compose" mode. You will find the tabs at the top right of the blogger toolbar when you are writing a post. You should automatically be brought to the "Edit Html" mode anyways, so this shouldn't be a problem.

Bolding
If you want to bold something highlight the word, sentence or phrase that you want bolded and click the bolded "b" on the blogger toolbar or you can simply highlight it a hit the Ctrl button and B at the same time.

Italisized
If you want to italisize something highlight the word, sentence or phrase that you want italisized and click the italisized "i" on the blogger toolbar or you can simply highlight it a hit the Ctrl button and I at the same time.

Inserting a Link
This might be hard for you, but I'll try. Next to the "i" on the blogger toolbar, there is what looks like a green ball with two eyes. This is the icon you click when you want to link a word to a site or story on the internet. To use it, first you need to know what word you want to highlight.

For instance,

"I went to Ensworth School."

I want to link the word "Ensworth" to the Ensworth website. So, I would open a new internet window and go to the Ensworth website. Once on the Ensworth website, I would highlight the url and copy it (Ctrl C).

After that, I would go back to the already opened blogger post and highlight the word "Ensworth". Once it was highlighted, I would click on the green ball with eyes on the toolbar (make sure that "Ensworth" is still highlighted, otherwise blogger doesn't know what word to link.)

"I went to Ensworth School."

When you click on the green ball with eyes, a window will pop up. Add the entire link into that box. Be careful though. When you first open it, there will be a "http://" waiting there for you. Make sure you paste (Ctrl P) the "Ensworth" url over that. Otherwise it will look like this...

"http://http://www.ensworth.com"

Two "http://" does not make sense to the program.

Blockquotes

Of course that means nothing to you, so let me show you.

This is an excerpt from my "Clam" blog...

I wrote...

"Not only are women and men offended by this pander, but the voters don't seem to think too highly of her readiness to lead."

And then I cited a quote from an article. I needed to use blockquotes so that my readers know that I did not write it.

39% say she is ready to serve as president if needed, 33% say she isn't, and 29% have no opinion.

That's the lowest vote of confidence in a running mate since the elder George Bush chose then-Indiana senator Dan Quayle to join his ticket in 1988. In comparison, Delaware Sen. Joe Biden was seen as qualified by 57%-18% after Democrat Barack Obama chose him as a running mate last week."

To do that, I just highlighted the entire section I wanted to quote and clicked the " icon on the toolbar (between the green ball with eyes and the spell check).

Spellcheck

Click on it.

Adding an image

Very easy as well. If you have a picture you want to add, make sure it is saved on your computer. Then, click the icon that looks like a picture (half sky-half land). Once you click on it, a separate window will pop up. I think it says "Add Image", but I'm not sure. My blogger is in Korean. 아이고!!

Click "Add Image" and then locate the image that you want to add and then hit the orange "Upload Image" icon on the popup screen. Make sure you "accept the terms". It will take a moment to add the image. When it does add the image, it will add it to the top, but it will appear as code (text) at the top of your post. If you want to move the image to somewhere in the post besides the very top, then you will have to highlight the entire code (text) and copy it (Ctrl C). Then simply scroll down to where you want to add the picture and paste it (Ctrl P). Make sure you delete the code at the top though, otherwise you will have two of the same images in the post. When you "Preview" your post, it will show up as an image, not code.



Adding a movie

Let me know if you need it.


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