Friday, December 22, 2006

Help With Posting

How to Join this Blog:
1. You will receive an email invitation from Jane Freeman (no-reply@google.com) to join a private blog: Alamo Reunion if you want to send me your email at Jane@janefreeman.com
2. To become an author or contributor, click on the link in the email.
3. Sign in to your Google Account. If you do not have a Google Account, you must create one. Click on "Create your account now."
4. Follow Google instructions. Enter your email address. This email address will not show on the blog unless you later set it show.
5. Enter a password. Remember your email and password. This is how you get into the blog to post.
6. Enter a display name. This is how you want your name to show on the contributor list.
7. Type in the word verification letters.
8. Accept the terms of service after you read them.
9. Click on continue at the lower right of the page.
10. The next page says Dashboard and Blogger Buzz. This is where you read the latest blogger news and also where you manage your blogs. You can view the blog or you can click on New Post here and write your first post at Alamo Reunion. You can also Edit your Profile here or edit your Account.
11. Once finished here, click on Sign out in the blue bar in the upper right hand corner of the page.
Now that you have your Google Account:
1. Go to http://alamoreunion.blogspot.com in your browser window.
2. Click on Sign In in the upper right hand corner of the page. It is way up in the banner bar where you see Search Blog, Flag Blog, Next Blog, Create Blog and Sign In.
3. You are now at the Blogger start page. In the upper right it says Sign in to use Blogger. Click on New Blogger using your Google account.
4. Enter Username. This is the email address you used when you set up your Google Account. Nothing else will work.
5. Enter your Password. This is the password you used to set up your Google Account.
6. Click on Sign In.
7. If you are a new user, you may have to verify your account in a Google email. Check your email now. If you do not find an email, then click on the Resend email button. It might take a few minutes to receive the email. If you still do not receive an email, go on to step 8.
8. Once you are verified with Google, the Alamo Reunion sign in button will take you back to the Blogger Dashboard page where you will see a list of your blogs (Alamo reunion) and Edit Profile, etc.
9. Click on New Post to write or View Blog to read.
10. If you clicked on View Blog and decide after reading that you want to post something, click on New Post in the upper right of Alamo Reunion window and write your post, then click on Publish.
This seems lengthy but I tried to include everything and it is only the first time you will have to go through all these steps. If someone can write it up better, please feel free. As to posting photos, if you have it in your computer, then you use the blue icon next to abc when you are posting. You will see it in the window above the writing area. That will allow you to brouse you computer to bring up a picture. If you have any questions, please just email me.

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