I will start this blog with very basic instruction for new Blogiversity users. I highly recommend these earlier posts for beginning bloggers. While this is information that more experienced bloggers probably already know, some information may be new to them as well. The posts will be getting more and more advanced as time goes on, so be sure to keep up to date.

Today we will review the basics of posting to your blog.

Accessing Your Blog: 

To post in your blog, you must first make sure you are logged in. In the top right corner of the page, it should show your username(1). If it says “Sign In”(2), you will need to follow that link and enter your name and password to do anything in your blog. If you do not yet have a blog in Blogiversity, click on "Join"(3) or the "Sign Up"(4) link. Once signed in, click on the “Blogs”(5) section of the title menu. You can find your new blog in the “Premier Blogs”(6) section. If it doesn’t appear in the list, click the “Next >”(7) button at the bottom of the list to scroll through the other pages until you find yours(8). This will take you to the main page of your blog. Be sure to bookmark it for easy access.

Accessing Blog Entry:
Once on your blog page, look at the task bar on the side. Click on “Write a Blog Post” under the "Common Tasks" box. You can also write posts from the control panel, which we will cover later.

Writing a Blog:
From here you can write your actual post. Be sure to enter an interesting title in the “Title” box. Making an eye catching title is the first step to get someone to read your post. If it is intriguing, the reader is likely to keep reading to find out more about it. Then proceed to write your actual post in the “Body” section. Any misspelled words will show up underlined in red. Be sure to click the “Save and Continue Writing” button at the bottom of the page every few minutes. If a power failure or browser crash causes you to exit the page, you can still retrieve any information you entered before saving. Later I will show how to retrieve saved posts.

Publishing:
Once you have finished writing your post, click the “Publish” button. If you aren’t sure you want to publish the blog yet, or want to work on it later before displaying it, click the “Save, but don’t Publish” button. This will save it to your archives but not display it. Once published, be sure to go back to your main page and read the post to check for any typos or formatting problems.

I will post more on the basics of posting blogs in the next few days. Be sure to keep checking back for updates.