First up,
what is a blog?
QUOTE
A weblog, Web log or simply a blog, is a web application which contains periodic posts on a common webpage. These posts are often but not necessarily in reverse chronological order. Such a website would typically be accessible to any Internet user. The term "blog" came into common use as a way of avoiding confusion with the term server log.
Blogs run from individual diaries to arms of political campaigns, media programs and corporations, and from one occasional author to having large communities of writers. Some are maintained by single authors, while others have multiple authors. Many weblogs enable visitors to leave public comments, which can lead to a community of readers centered around the blog; others are non-interactive. The totality of weblogs or blog-related websites is usually called the blogosphere. When a large amount of activity, information and opinion erupts around a particular subject or controversy in the blogosphere, it is commonly called a blogstorm.
Read More...To start blogging on MGN, here is what you need to do.
1. Click on the
My Controls link from any page on this site.
2. At the top of the main menu on the left, click on
Your Blog Settings3. You will be informed that your Blog has not been activated, click the
Activate Your BLOG button.
4. Now you will be able to enter some information for your blog settings.
- Enter the name of your Blog (ex. Sean's Super Cool Blog)
- Enter a short description (ex. Daily Thoughts about Nothing)
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If you have a blog hosted somewhere else, you can use this function to link to it by selecting the Link to External Blog for the Blog Type drop down menu. If selected, you will be prompted to enter the URL of your blog below.
5. Click the check box beside Friendly URL and then give it a name. This name will be the URL of your blog so if you select "Sean" the blog address would be
http://www.mobilegadgetnews.com/blog/Sean6. You can leave the check boxes as they are unless you want to specifically lock out guests or something
7. The default status of entries is either Draft or Publish. You can save all your entries as a draft if you want to edit them a few times before putting them up, I prefer Publish, post, publish, done. The other settings in this box should be left as default unless you have a nee to change them.
8. Blog Categories are categories for your posts, you can have as many or as few as you like, enter them one per line and when you post s new entry, you will have a drop down box to select the category. Your readers can then sort by category.
9. Click Submit
10. Now if you want to change the layout of your blog, you can select Content Blocks Settings in the Menu on the left. You can edit the layout and add custom blocks, add favorites, or whatever. This is an advanced option, you may want to get your feet wet before you mess with this.
11. You can also have an about me page, this is your chance for a little Bio or whatever. CLick the About Me Settings link in the Manu on the left to get these options.
Now click
My Blog (this link is now near the top of every page on the site)
In the blog options, you can add an entry, or configure your settings.
If you need help, let me know and I will try to help.