How to use a Blog Forums

theborrowers

Is there anywhere I can go to learn how to use my Blog space.Too old to go to school, and learning isn't as easy in second childhood.Regards.Bill

sallytrafic · Southern Rally Co-ordinator

It would be a useful addition.

I only found out about what was possible in a blog by looking at other peoples and in the absence of any instructions that is what I would suggest you do first.

After all if you know something is possible because you have seen it done, at the very least it gives you the confidence to try and if not successful ask a more focussed question.

theborrowers

Thanks, I have been looking at other Blogs with that in mind,but think I may need to learn another language to put a photo in my Blog.Regards.Bill

sallytrafic · Southern Rally Co-ordinator

Can I ask Bill, what sort of computer you are using it is a Mac or a PC and what is your browser?

With a mac and safari you have to code photos in by hand but once you have done one its easy if a little time consuming.

The key to getting photos in is to load them first into an MHF album. If you can do that you've almost cracked it. Apart from learning a few html tags as well to tart it up. Here is a bit of one of my blogs with the codes. What I have done afterwards is explain each bit of code:

This was originally published in the Trafic Report, a Renault Trafic Club magazine.<br><br>

<DIV ALIGN="CENTER"></a><a href="http://www.motorhomefacts.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.motorhomefacts.com/modules/Photo_Gallery/albums/blogs/ DSC02386.jpg"></a><br><b>NordKapp</b><br><br></div>

<p>The North Cape in Norway (Nordkapp) is one of those places like John ’O’ Groats or Lands End that you feel you must visit ....etc

Explanation

it starts with some text then

<br>..... literally a break goes top the next line in this case <br><br> skips a line as well.

<DIV ALIGN="CENTRE"> .... Centres all text until it gets to the </div> tag

this next bit is a photo and apart from changing the actual photo name and address can just be copied but I'll explain what I can.

<a/><a..... loses any previous anchor tag and starts a new anchor tag

href= .... start of a hypertext reference inside the inverted commas which in this case is "www.motorhomefacts.com"

target="_blank"> .... this is where the reference is going to live and is predefined as "_blank" (don't forget the underscore)

<img src="http://www.motorhomefacts.com/modules/Photo_Gallery/albums/blogs/ DSC02386.jpg">

This is the photograph <img and the src or source gives the actual address of the photo in one on MHF's albums. I have made an sub album called
blogs and tend to put all photos for blogs in it . The actual photo in this case is just DSC02386.jpg and if I want a different photo this is all I change.

</a>.... closes this anchor
<br>..... as before new line
<b> ..... makes the following text bold
NordKapp .....some text to act as a title
</b> ....end of bold text
<br><br> .... as before new line and skip a line
</div> .... the end of the centre command (tag)
<p> .... starts a new paragraph

then follows some text.

hope this helps you there isn't much more to, it a link to another blog for example, is a lot simpler than the photo link.

here is one just to show you

<A HREF="http://www.motorhomefacts.com/blog-display-jid-210.html"> Link to Trip </A></p>

You will notice some similarities with the links you put is in normal posts

Here is what it looks like in the blog

theborrowers

Hi Frank.Thanks for you help.I will have to read this a few times for any of it to sink in,but at least I now feel I can get there.Regards.Bill.PS Computer is a PC , Browser is Internet Explorer

sallytrafic · Southern Rally Co-ordinator

I think as you are MS with IE that rather like above the 'poat a reply' box that you use, there are buttons to introduce all the features to your blog. You can't see them with a mac though.

peejay

Hi borrowers;

It really is quite straightforward with a PC, if I can do it anyone can.

All you have to do is select 'add an entry', give it a title and then type away to you hearts content. To add a photo or link then there are little icons above the text box for you to do this, just hovver your cursor above each icon and it will explain what it does.
To add a photo you will need a link or url to the photo so you will either need to upload your photo's to an album on MHF or use a photo hosting website like photobucket. You then paste the link into the url prompt and it will then display the photo in your blog.

That's all there is to it really, you're bound to make a few mistakes but you'll get the hang of it as you go along.

pete

theborrowers

Thanks Pete.I will start to muddle through.Regards.Bill

sallytrafic · Southern Rally Co-ordinator

I've just extensively edited the fourth post in this thread to answer the threads original question more thoroughly for those not using IE as their browser.