Jonathans Blog

Hey guys,

I figured i’d help you all work out how to set up your blog so hear it is.

Its very simple as scotty was explaining but instead of annoying him by asking questions even he doesn’t know about, scotty might learn something too

Signing up:

Signing up is very simple and consists of only a few simple steps.
 

Step 1: Goto the www.vineblogs.net homepage and under ‘Create your own’ will be 3 boxes. In the first box named user name, will be your blog address. So for example i type in ‘Jeffery’ and my address will be www.jeffery.vineblogs.net . Hint: Try to make it as easy as possible to remember and try not too include anything other then letters. Now for the second box just put in your first name or a nickname, you can change that later on. And finally for the 3rd box put in your email address. A randomly generated password will be sent there. It might also be wise to archive it in case you forget your password (which can be changed to one you will remember once you log in.)

Step 2: Ok you now have the email in your inbox, so click on the link it gives you and copy and paste the password in (makes it quicker for people with bad memories like me ). Now that your logged in, you might want to make a post like what im doing now. Goto ‘write’ and the edit box is much like word, with a few exceptions.

Uploading an image:

If you want to upload a picture from YOUR computer, look under the edit box in ’Write>Write post’ and you will see a ’Upload’ box. Click ‘Browse’ and search for the image that you want, click on that and it will automatically put the picture address in the File box (An example of what it may look like…C:/My documents/My pictures/myface.jpg). The rest is self explanatory, add the Title to your picture and if you wish add a description write in that box. Then upload, goto Browse and drag and drop the picture you want to this box. You can enlarge the picture up to a certain size before you start seeing the quality deteriorate. The reason is simple, the lower the amount of information the user needs, the faster it will load up. They make it just good enough to get an idea of what the picture looks like.

My 2nd design logo concept, yet to be agreed on by master of publicity, Kim.

Linking your site to Scottys:

If i recall correctly Scotty said he wants his pages to be the central point of the company. So what we need to do is link up the page. How? Well…

• Look on the top light blue line and you will see ‘Links’, click on that.
• Next you will see another darker blue line (navy blue). This is the sub links bar. Click on ‘Add links’.
• Now make sure you know what scottys address is, yes you guessed it www.scotty.vineblogs.net .
• Put that into the ‘URL’ bar
• Now in ‘Link name’ put in Scotty
• In ‘Short Description’ just put something like ’scottys home page’

Ignore the rest of the options as those are few advances users and are pointless to us for now. That’s it you are now linked up! Make sure scotty has your address as well so he can add you too. If you wish to link to everyone else’s blog then do so in the same manner.

To change your password:

If you want to change your password to something you’ll remember a lot easier then goto ‘Users’ and make sure your in the sub link ‘Profile’. Now scroll down and you will see the option to change a password. Simply type in your new password twice (2nd time to confirm you dont make a typo) and click update profile. You can change a lot of other options in the ‘Profile’ section as well.

To change the look of your page:

Goto ‘Presentation’ and make sure your sub link is on ‘Themes’. Now click on a theme you want and walla your done. To change the heading colour (only avalible on certain themes) just click on the link next to themes and pick the text colour you want, then the upper and lower section of the background and mix and match for a cool colour coordination.

That’s about all you guys really need to know, if you want to know something else then just comment and ill update my blog to accommodate your question.

Thanks for reading,

Moondy