- You'll need an account. It's free, just register and get over it. Blogger is run by Google and they already have your personal info right down to the grime around your bathtub drain, so don't even stress it. If you received my invite you are probably already through this.
- TO GET TO THE EDIT PART: The URL I emailed you is for reading only. If you are a registered member you should see little "icons" for editing things next to some of the sections, but if not, don't stress it.
To actually log in, use this URL instead:
http://www.blogger.com/home or http://beta.blogger.com/home
I'm not really sure which you'll see -- I happen to be on this beta thing and that could be causing some of the disconnect. Anyway............ - TO ENTER A NEW POST: When you get to that page, you should see a page that lists your blogs, or blogs to which you are a member. There should be options for NEW POST for at least this one. Click on that, and you should see a form-field page with Title field for the blog entry header, and a big brown & white box for you to type in the actual text. Type away!
- TO UPLOAD PHOTOS just click on the "picture" icon at the top of the brown & white box. It's a little tricky - it opens another window and you browse for the photos on your computer. If they are really huge photos (high res or big dimensions) it may take a while to upload, so just let it run in the background. If you know how to shrink them down to JPG (72dpi and about 640x480 height/width) then you'll be faster. You can do up to 5 at a time, and if you want more just wait for those first 5 and then click the icon and do it again... and again... etc.
- TO SAVE you can "Save as Draft" so that you can continue to edit later - and no one will see the entery until you're done - or you can click "Publish" which saves and publishes the blog entry for all family members to see and scrutinize or gush over in true Barrett fashion. Most of the time you'll probably just click "Publish" and get on with it.
Give this a try. If you still have problems, let me know. The registration part is probably the hardest part... that is, getting you permission to edit/enter posts. Other than that, you can't really break it, so don't stress out if things go awry or if you want to experiment. (Just don't edit any HTML code, please).
If this does become a huge problem for everyone, I'll find another program, but really it's not that bad once you're in.
LOVE YOU!
Me
2 comments:
Ing, When I sign in to the blogger account it tells me its an error and then I have to resign on the Google account. I added the blog address to "my favorites" so it gets me right to the sign-in, but then I have to sign in twice and it wont remember my address, though I click on the box. Am I not going to the right place?
Never mind Ing, I figured it out. Add "Memoirs of the Barrett Sisters" to favorites and click on New Post once you have your account activated. Takes you right there. Thanks!
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