How to for Authors

I am so glad that those of you already confirmed as authors, are having fun exploring your new "vacation cottage"...make sure and pick out which rooms you want to claim as your own. lol Seriously, if any of you would like to have your own distinguishing text or background color for your entries, let me know and I can set that up.

In the meanwhile, in order to make your own posts you must be signed in. Then you need to find the bar stretching across the very top of your blog page. On the top right beside "Sign Out", you'll see the words "New Post". Click here and it will take you to your posting screen. You can click here as well or simply click the pencil under your post, to edit an old post.

At the top of your entry window, you'll see a lot of choices. You can choose font, size, text color, etc. as well as whether you want to post a url link, photo(s), or video. Don't forget to put in a title in the narrow box above the the text window.

When you're all done, press the preview link on the top right corner of the text window. If it's ready, press the orange PUBLISH POST button, lower left. (Your writing is being automatically saved every 60 seconds, but if you need to leave your screen suddenly, just click on "Save Now" and you'll find your work when you come back.) Click on the "View Blog" link top, middle, to get back to the main blog page.

If you want to respond to your commenters, just add a comment of your own. You have delete rights over your posts and comments made to your posts. Just click on the trash can under them. My advice though is that you try to explain why the deletion is being made to avoid frustration.

Hope this helps. :-)