Linking to articles, websites or other blogger’s post when you write about them is an important part of blogging. Your readers want to be able to easy check out the information without needing to Google. Failure to link is a common mistake of all new bloggers! It’s good blogging etiquette to link to: A person’s [...]
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Blogs are composed of two main structures: posts and pages. New bloggers often struggle with the concept of posts and pages. See Differences Between Blog Pages and Posts to understand their key differences. Video Watch the video below to learn about Writing a new post Every newly created blog is the same default lay out [...]
Directly above your Visual Text Editor toolbar is your Add Media area which consist of a row of four icons. These are the icons you use to insert images, photo galleries, videos and audio files into your posts. You use the Add Video icon for uploading videos from your computer and the Add Audio icon [...]
You can insert an image into a post from an image located somewhere else on the Internet using your Insert/Edit Image button . Locating the Image URL For Internet Explorer To locate the image URL using Internet Explorer you need to right click on the image and then click on Properties. For FireFox To locate [...]
When you upload an image you are given three versions that you can insert into the post: Thumbnail (150 x 150 pixels) Medium (300 x 300 pixels) Full Size You are able to change the size of thumbnail and medium sized images under Settings > Miscellaneous. When you insert an image into a post using [...]
Reading blog posts that talks about other bloggers’ posts but doesn’t include links to them is really frustrating for readers. Why? Because readers like to follow the links and check out the information in more detail but without the links they can’t! All you have to do is: Copy the URL of the post you [...]
When you paste text written in Word into blog posts brings in lots of extra code. Normally this makes your post’s font and formatting look unattractive plus may add extra words you haven’t written. In extreme cases it can prevent your blog loading in Internet Explorer. Let me show you! This sentence was written in [...]


