Write/Edit A Blog

How HWY Blogs Works

Before we begin blogging away, we'll need a general idea of what we want to blog about.  Think of a catchy title for your blog, like a newspaper headline.  If you can't think of one right away, one may come to mind while you are writing the content of your blog.

1) Post Title and Categories:

• Post Title - This is where you'll enter the title of your blog article.  It should read interesting to your visitors.
• My Categories - If you have entered personal categories within the blog settings of your account, they will be displayed here.  Pick a category that your article should fall under.  Use the general category if none of the other categories seems appropriate.
• HWY Blogs Categories - These categories help visitors to the main HWY Blogs site sort articles by a common topic from multiple bloggers.

2) Attach Images - Each blog can have up to 3 images associated with it, and placed anywhere within the blog.  To add an image to your blog, you will need to click the "Browse..." button, select an image from your computer, and then click "Upload Image".

Images larger than 480 pixels wide or high, will automatically be resized so they can fit within your article.  There is a monthly limit on the amout of blog image transfer for your account, so please read over the "Working With Images" section of this how-to to maximize the number of images you can use.

3) Post Body:

• Text Format Buttons - Buttons in this section allows you to format the text of your article.  For example, if you wanted to make a word bold, you would first type your word, highlight it using your mouse, and then click the "B" button.  More advanced options would be to create listed items, links to web sites, and links to images from other web sites.  By mousing over a button, you can see an example of their usage.
  
  
• Image Buttons - If you have attached images to this article using step 2 above, you'll still need to insert them within the content of your blog.  Place your blinking mouse cursor in the article where you want your image to appear, and then click the corresponding Image button.
  
  
• Summary Options - First, when visiting your blog, articles are listed newest to oldest.  Each article has a permalink, which is basically a link to page where only that article appears along with its comments.
  
  The summary option allows you to include only a portion of your article on the pages of your blog that lists multiple articles.  To keep your article listing pages shorter, you'll want to use the summary feature.  In order to use it, highlight the text of your article you wish to use as a summary, and then click the summary button.
  
  
• Save As Draft - Saving your article as a draft will keep it from being published on your blog.  If you have a long article to write, but don't have the time to finish it, you can save it as a draft and come back to it later.  Please be aware that our system only saves drafts for 14 days.
  
  
• Post Blog - If you have completed your blog article and wish to post it for others to read, please click the "Post Blog" button to publish your article.

4) Editing Blogs and Drafts - All of your blogs and drafts can be updated by visiting the "Edit Posts" icon from the main my account menu.  You'll need to use the posts during function on this page to locate the blog or draft you wish to edit.

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