Welcome to
Blogging 101, a series on the basics of blogging. Today's topic is: How to
write your first entry (or post) on your Disaboom post. I am going to walk you
through the process, step by step.
Here we go!
Screen shot of Write a Blog
Step 1: Once you have logged
into your Disaboom, click on My Disaboom
in the upper right corner.
Step 2: Click on Manage My Blog in the left column.
Step 3: Click on Write a Blog. (Actually, you are going to write a post.)
Step 4: Type the title of your post in the Title box.
Step 5: Begin writing your post in the Body box. Your post can be about
anything - introduce yourself, share a story about your pet, tell us about your
favourite hobby, the funny incident that happened yesterday or last week.
Anything!
Screen shot of post toolbar
Using the
toolbar, you can:
- bold, italicize, underline and
strike out text
- indent or outdent text
- create bulleted and numbered list
- create a link and undo a link
- insert an image (using images will be covered in the next Blogging 101 post)
- insert an emoticon
- cut, copy and paste
- paste from Word (Personally, I prefer to write my posts in Microsoft Word and save
them on my computer, and then use the Paste from Word button.)
- work directly with the HTML code (experience with HTML is recommended)
Screen shot of saving a post
Step 6: Save you post frequently using the Save and Continue Writing button. Or,
if you want to come back to post later to continue working on it, click Save, but don't Publish. As with any
work you do on the computer, saving your work frequently is very important!
Step 7: In the Tags box, enter a few keywords
(or tags) related to your post. Separate keywords or phrases with a comma. Tags
help people to find your post when they searching for information.
Step 8: When you are happy with your post,
click Publish. You're done! You have
published your first blog post. Congratulations!
Viewing Your Post
Screen shot of viewing a post
Step 1: Click Manage My Blog in the left column.
Step 2: Click Blog Entries.
Step 3: Click View to the right of your post
title.
Share Your Post
Now that you have written your first post, share it with others! Click Comment below and let us know. Was it easier than your thought it would be to write your first post? If you have been blogging at Disaboom, please share either your first post or your favourite post.
Previous
Blogging 101 Posts
- Introducing Blogging 101
- Why Do I Want a Blog: Glenda's Story
Next on Blogging
101: Using Images in Your Post. Stay tuned!
