How To Post A Blog
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How to post a blog
What is a Discussion? A Discussion and a Blog is similar in
function. However, the main difference between the two lies in their purpose.
Blog posts are similar to editorials, and is more useful for fully formed pieces of writing where the purpose isn’t so much as to spark off ideas between you and your readers but to deliver a message..
How then, do you create a Blog post on Connect?
How to post a blog
If you want to post a blog, first go to the blogs page by simply clicking on the “Blogs” link in the top navigational bar.
How to post a blog You will then be taken to the blog
pages, where you can add a blog post by clicking on “Add a Blog Post” on the right.
How to post a blog
This will take you to the text entry page.
Editing your post
The text entry includes standard text formatting options.
Such as Bold Italics Underline And Strikethrough
Editing your post
Simply highlight the text you wish to format, and click one of the buttons. The HTML code will appear, and bracket the selected words…
Editing your post but there is no
need to worry as these are merely there to format the text, and will look like this when you post your article. As you can see, the brackets do not appear.
How to create links, and include pictures
Other more advanced options also exist, such as the ability to…
create a hyperlink ( ), which lets you link to another website.
To include pictures ( ), and… uploading file attachments ( ) from your
computer.
Once again the HTML coding will appear.
Creating hyperlinks
First highlight the text you wish to make a hyperlink and click on the hyperlink button,
Creating hyperlinks
A text box will pop up asking you to enter the website address.
Creating hyperlinks Once you do so, and press enter, or click on the OK
button, the code will be generated into the blog entry box.
The previously highlighted words (in this case the word is “here”) will then become a hyperlink to your desired website (i.e. “http://www.testwebsite.com”)
Creating hyperlinks You can also use the hyperlink button to
create a hyperlink to an email address. Simply enter “mailto:” before the email address into the textbox that appears when you click on the hyperlink button
Creating hyperlinks Likewise, the previously highlighted words
(in this case “email”) will then generate HTML code to create a hyperlink to the designated email address.
Creating hyperlinks
This is what it will look like when you post the article.
How to add a picture Adding pictures is
simple. Simply click on the button and then a box will appear asking you to either provide the address to a picture that has already been uploaded, or to upload a picture from your computer, as you would an email attachment.
How to add a picture
You also have more advanced formatting options when you click on “options”
How to add a picture Once you click on “add” the code for
will be generated at the top of the text entry box.
How to add a picture If you wish for the picture to appear below
some text (in the example: “Look at this picture!”) , you must cut the code and paste it below the text you wish for the image to appear after.
How to add a picture
This is what it will look like.
How to add files You may also attach
files to your post by clicking on the upload file button ( ) once again a dialogue box appears. Simply locate the file as you would for an email attachment, and click “Add”.
How to add files
Once again the code will be generated at the top of the text entry box
How to add files
As with posting images, If you wish for the picture to appear below some text, you must cut the code and paste the code to appear below the text you wish for the attachment to appear.
How to add files
This is the end result
How to post a blog Once you have
finished typing up your blog. Click on Preview to see what the finished post will look like, and if you’re happy with the work click on publish.
The post then will appear on the blog page once it has been approved.