How to Write a Blog Entry

Note: I'll be moving all the 'how to' articles to the Travel Guide/About section within the next few weeks (that is, as soon as I have some spare time...)
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Preliminary Requirements:

1. You must be a member of Travellerspoint to be able to post entries to this blog. If you are not already a member, you can sign up here (membership is free)

Join Travellerspoint

2. You must be listed as an Author for this blog to be able to post entries here.

To check if you are an Author, log into Travellerspoint. (Hint - you may want to bookmark this by adding it to your Favorites in your web browser). Note: This is also where you go to log in, write Blog entries, and manage things in general.

http://www.travellerspoint.com/

Once you get to Travellerspoint and Log in, then Notice the menu across the top.

Click on the Control Panel and select My Blogs. You should see this Blog ("Out and About") listed. (The astute reader might notice that I actually have two blogs listed under my user ID, this one and the original Johnston blog. Yes, you too can also have your own separate blogs.)

If you are not an Author and would like to contribute to this blog, please add a comment below and let me know!

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(I'm including screen shots to try to help make this easier to follow, but the quality is limited to what Travellerspoint allows - so I apologize for that. If you need help figuring this out, you can call me, or add a comment and I'll get back to you.)
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So now that you have a travellerspoint user ID and are listed as an Author for this blog:

To add a new Blog Entry (as in writing a page in the online journal) - From Control Panal, My Blogs.

You can either select the New Entry or select Manage, then the Write option. This will open a screen where you can type in your blog entry!

Step 1 - Give your blog entry a title.

Step 2 - Give your entry a Sub Heading (longer then the title, but not the whole entry. Think of this as a synopsis or executive overview.)

Step 3 - Write your Blog Entry (in the Entry section of course). To move from one field to the next (e.g. Heading, Sub Heading, Entry), you can tab or just put your mouse over that section and click in it.

Don't worry about the other options at first, just get comfortable writing entries.

Step 4 - Fill in the Optional Details at the bottom. (This isn't in the screen shot. Just scroll down below the Entry section to see it.

I recommend at least selecting the Country (should be USA for this Blog most of the time that is!) In the second box, Travellerspoint has their own list of Categories. We may need to play around with these a bit to suit our needs.

Step 5 - Publish Your Entry! (Last button at the bottom)

Again, you can play around with other options later. Adding photo's (Img) will be one of the first ones you'll need, so I'll writes some instructions for that next.

Also, I usually Save As Draft if it's a long entry so I don't loose my work if I screw up. And I like to Preview my entries to look for typo's or problems with my Photo's, but these are options - you can try them as you get more comfortable.