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Posts Tagged ‘writing’

Many people are intimidated by the prospect of actually writing a blog post, writing does not come easily to everyone. The best advice I can give about actually writing is to write about what you know and what your site visitors will be looking for. Also, the more you write posts (a.k.a. blog), the easier the process will become.

Technology can also present a barrier to writing a post. On the actual subject of using the technology I can be more of a help. Below you will find a step by step guide on how to use the technology to write a post. Be sure to check out the image at the bottom of this post, if you click on it, a larger version of it will appear.

1. Login to your Dashboard.
2. From your site’s ‘Dashboard’ you can access the screen where you write a post in two ways (SEE THE RED IN THE IMAGE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST). Under the ‘Posts’ header on the left hand side of your ‘Dashboard’ you can click on ‘Add New’ or you can click on ‘New Post’ in the upper righthand corner of your ‘Dashboard’.
3. You now want to enter the title of your post.
4. There are two different modes you can write your posts in: Visual (SEE THE GREEN IN THE IMAGE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST) and HTML (SEE THE BLUE IN THE IMAGE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST). The Visual mode is the the easiest to use, especially if you are not familiar with writing in HTML code. The visual mode allow you to insert media, change font size, use bullet points, and other options (SEE THE LARGE GREEN BOX IN THE IMAGE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST). The HTML mode is great if you are familiar with writing in code. Select which writing mode you are most comfortable with by clicking on that tab.
5. Once you have selected your writing mode you can now write the body (content) of your post. *IF YOU NEED HELP INSERTING PICTURES, CLICK  HERE FOR A TUTORIAL*
6. Once you have written your post, you want to remember to use tags and categories (SEE THE BLACK BOX IN THE IMAGE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST). *IF YOU NEED HELP WITH CATEGORIES (CLICK  HERE FOR A TUTORIAL) OR HELP WITH TAGS (CLICK HERE FOR A TUTORIAL)*
7. Once you have written your post, you can now ‘Preview’ it prior to publishing it (SEE THE PURPLE BOX IN THE IMAGE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST).
8. Once satisfied with the post, you simply click the ‘Publish’ button (SEE THE PINK AND YELLOW IN THE IMAGE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST).