Blogs: Creating Blogs @ ExplorOz

Blogs: Creating Blogs

Submitted: Tuesday, Jun 03, 2008 at 14:02

Blogs

The ExplorOz Blog facility has been developed for Members and Advertisers only. Your Blog will be labelled MyBlog. You can use MyBlog for journaling just about anything, including off topic or non-ExplorOz related comments. The system will auto-format the placement of your photos and file attachments and you can ‘Tag’ your Blog from a set of categories to help others browse Blogs of interest. The Blog index enables easy navigation to all Blogs by category and the latest entries will be listed in the Forum daily. If you are a Member, your forum signature will also provide one-click access to all your Blog entries. If you are an Advertiser, your Advertiser Profile will contain your Blogs together with your photo gallery.

Creating Blogs

This is the fun part - creating your own blogs. Creating Blogs on ExplorOz is easy and in order to do so, you must first logon to the website with your member or customer number and password.

My Blog

You then go into your home page by clicking ‘My Home’ and then clicking the ‘My Blogs’ link. You should now see your personal blog space. If this is your first time, you will see a Welcome screen with some blog information including how to create a blog:

New Blog Entry

Go to the control panel and click 'New Blog Entry'. The ‘Entry Date’ will automatically default to today, however if you want to publish a travel journal or something from the past, you can enter the actual date that the Blog entry refers to. The next thing is to give your Blog entry a ‘Title’ - this should be short but specific as it will be the main way people will know whether they want to read your Blog or not. Now you're ready to start typing in your ‘Entry’ and this will be formatted for you, so simply type in your words.

Add a Link, Photo or File

If you wish to post a link to a webpage, place a photo, or upload a file (a plot file or document from your computer) simply use the appropriate button at the bottom of the page. These features will be automatically formatted for you based on the inbuilt template.

Editing an Entry

Edit Entry

If you make a mistake, change your mind, or run out of time to finish an entry, simply select the Entry you wish to change, and click Edit Entry.

Comments

MyBlog gives you control over deciding which of your Blog entries is open for comment from other Members.

Add Blog Comment

You can delete any comment you receive into your Blog and you can reply. The default is set to disallow comments, but if you want to receive comments, simply select this option. Note - only Members can enter a comment into another Member's Blog.

Terms of Use

Although the blogs system has been included so people can journal and discuss just about anything, we do encourage appropriate and responsible use of the facility. The site Terms of Use governs your use of Blogs. This means following the same rules and courtesies that you may already be familiar with when using the forum, e.g. avoid breaches of copyright, abstain from slander, derogatory speech, and self promotion. In particular, people with an ExplorOz Advertising Profile must not create blogs that promote their products and/or services. Advertisers are welcome to create and publish blogs to announce events, shows, staff profiles/changes and R&D activities. Advertiser blogs are there to enhance mainstream advertising but is not a replacement for advertising. Any blog may be removed at the discretion of ExplorOz management and their decision is final.

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