Instructions for posting on Tapestry



Instructions for posting Blogs

Posts should be 300-500 words (to give you an idea--on Word, one page double-spaced is 250 words) and should be in short paragraphs (computer readers skim, so long paragraphs are a deterrent).

Logging in – On the right side of the page, under “User Login,” type in your user name and password you received when registering.

Creating a Blog Entry: [For a video tutorial see:

1. Click on "Create content" under the sidebar.

2. Click “Blog entry.”

3. Type your title in the title field.

4. In the Tags field, type in the keywords that will allow people to find your blog. Tags are those words you want google to pick up and are found within your document and also are those that will cause others to read your blog.

5. Create your blog entry. Remember this key point: Write your blog into Word or whatever your word processor is and THEN copy it into notepad OR do a copy/paste function. If you are copying from Word, you MUST MUST MUST use the Word button on the page which looks like this [pic]. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT: Before copying to the blog, we have to get rid of the invisible formatting that is sticking to your text (think of it like brushing the plaque you can’t see off your teeth!). If you copy and paste into notepad choose this one [pic]. Why do we have to do that? Because if you just paste from your Word document without using one of those two functions, the formatting is still there.

By following the above step you lose the formatting. That is those crazy little tags like

You have now lost any formatting, including the spaces between paragraphs. The HTML editor will put in what it needs …you want to lose them first before the HTML can “do its job”.

Tags: This is what a HTML tag is and what its function is:

< this means open this tagging mark so it can begin a new function

!—break-- this is what the HTML editor will read as this is HTML language. It is saying at this point I will put in a break space.

➢ This means close the tag. That means that it will read it as making a break at this particular point.

Rule of thumb: If you want to see what your tags are you can disable the rich text editor and you will see them.

Now here is another rule of thumb for how to save articles or other documents on your hard drive:

When HTML reads, it must know when to open something and when to close it. Thus

is where a paragraph begins and means where it will end.

So if I were to write a paragraph HTML would read this

Hello how are you today?

When your browser sees it it reads the language but we only read the words Hello how are you today? . It knows where to put the paragraph and the breaks based upon what you insert.

Now back to our instructions:

• Now select all and copy the text in your text editor to your clipboard just like you did from the word processor.

• Click over to the white screen, position your cursor in the blog field, and paste in your now-clean blog entry. If you want to format any words, such as bolding or italics, select the word and click the formatting button on the top of the field: B, I, strikethrough, etc.

• Read through your post to make sure it’s right. Remove any extra spaces so it is clean and formatted correctly.

6. Click your publishing options.

7. Click Preview. When you’re sure it’s what you want, click Submit.

EXTRAS:

Adding Links – select the text you want to link to. Click on the link icon which looks like a chain link. [pic] This will bring up a window into which you paste the URL of the page you are linking to. (Go to that page and copy the URL from the browser window to your clipboard, then paste it in. That way you don’t make typing mistakes.) On the second line, select "Open link in new window." You can type in a title; if you do, when you hover your cursor over the link, the title will come up in a little box. You can also add links to pictures by clicking on the pictures/images you've inserted and following the same instructions.

Adding pictures - Click on the icon of the mountain as you see in the far left of this screenshot: [pic] [pic] (remember: if you hover the mouse over the icons, it explains what each one is). A box will pop up which looks like the image below. Choose browser server, let it find your image on your computer where you saved it. Then click the picture and it will add it automatically. From there you can add an alternative text (name of picture etc). You can change the width/height. You should add “5” to the HSpace so there is white space around the picture before the word. Lastly align it by choosing the options left/right etc. The latin words are there for a sample so you have an idea of where the picture will be placed and it will give you an idea of sizing.

[pic] Click on "Upload a new picture." Any picture you use has to already be on the internet with its own URL that you can paste into the field that says “URL.” The maximum size is 1.5meg with a maximum width of 500pixels, so you may need to resize it on your own computer before uploading it..Then click "insert." On the blog post, you can edit the picture. You can resize it by clicking on it and dragging the corners. You can move it by clicking on it, holding down on the mouse, and dragging it to where you want it to be. You can also change the alignment by clicking on the "insert/edit image" icon.

Comments - Check comment settings to the desired choices you wish. Thanks for your faithfulness and hopefully this new “how to” will make some things a bit more clear. Probably the biggest error is the copy and break functions. Watch for that and all will be well~!

If you have any questions, email me at: gaye@

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