Hi Guildees,

A couple of guild members have started blogging but
are unsure how to do certain things on their blogs. So we’ve compiled
some useful links into this page for you. Do check them out and we
hope they will be helpful!

Blog basics

1. Master the blog basics - learn to write and
   put pictures in your very first blog post.
2. The default title of your new blog is called “My Blog”. It’s time
   to give it a cooler name ^^ by changing your blog
   title.
3. You can also change your blog theme and layout. This video shows you
   how.

Writing for your blog

1. You can write a post or write a page for your blog.
2. Pages are fixed sections of your blog, such as the About page or
   your Link Banner page.
   • For information that you want readers to view easily, write a page.
   • Readers can easily view each of these pages by clicking on the
     page links right at the top of your side bar (right column of your
     blog where all the links are found).
   • Readers can rate but not comment on pages.
3. Posts are sort of like diary entries.
   • For information that you want to let your readers to be able to
     rate and comment on, write a post.
   • Every new post you write appears at the top of your blog above
     the previous posts.
   • You can decide how many posts you want to display on the first
     page of your blog. Readers can view the older posts by clicking to
     view the next page.
   • All posts are archived by months and your readers can view them
     by clicking on the archive links right under your page links.
4. Tired of the default black text? Jazz up your posts or pages by
   changing the font face, font size and font
   colour.

Adding pictures, music, videos to your posts or pages

1. Here’s how you can upload and resize images for your pages and
   posts.
2. Knowing how to align your images is also useful.
3. Now that you know how to add images, you can try using moods in your posts to share how you feel that day. Here’s a few more moods icons to use if you
   like.
4. You can also post Dream Studio videos, youtube videos and imeem music on your post or
   pages.

Organising with categories

1. If you write posts about a specific set of topics, it is easy to
   group posts into
   categories.
2. This makes it easy for your readers to quickly find what they
   want to read from you. Links to your posts by category are found
   under your archives on the sidebar.
3. Categories can be used for grouping your blogroll links as well
   so that your blogroll doesn’t become overly long and confusing.

Start a blogroll

1. You can add links to other guildees, bloggers and webpages that
   you like on your sidebar. This is called blogrolling.
   • Your blogroll links will appear under the links to your pages,
     archives, categories and rss feeds which are auto-generated on your
     sidebar.
   • Here’s how you can add link banners to your
     blogroll.
   • If some of your guild friends do not have a link banner yet, you
     can still link them up. Instead of the image, the name that you enter
     for the link will appear instead. Your blogroll links will appear on
     your sidebar ordered alphabatically according to the link names.
   • Now that you have learnt how to add links to your blogroll, don’t
     forget to add Sailor
     Scouts’ Guild blog into your blogroll Thank you in
     advance!
   • And remember, if your blogroll links become too long and untidy.
     You can always neaten them by grouping them into
     categories.
2. The guild blog links to all guild members.
   • If you want your link to appear as an image banner on the Sailor
     Scouts guild blog, here’s how.
   • Make your image banner and make a page for it.
   • Then leave a comment here on our blog post with your link banner page address (URL). Sailoria will be sure to add it in the guild blogroll ;).
   • Now all other guildees can also use it to link to you!

Adding Clustrmaps, counters and other cool thingamajigs on
the sidebar

1. GM - Abby has a great post about how to add stuff into your sidebar, check it
   out!
2. Sanriotown moderators have created how-to posts for adding Clustrmaps and adding sidecounters too.

Tools that make blogging easy!

1. Windows Live Writer (WLW) is one of the blogging tools that Sanriotown moderator Ishida recommends.
2. BBE has tried WLW and recommends it as well. Check out her post
   on How to blog using Windows Live Writer for setup
   instructions.
3. Also check out this great article on how to use the many time-saving features that WLW offers at
   Lifehacker.com.

Other stuff that you may have questions about

• Basic
  HTML
• Why can’t Isee my
  comments?
• Password protecting your
  posts
• Tagging your blog
  entries
• About Digg and
  Del.icio.us
• What is
  Blogarate?

Conclusion

We hope you have found this blogging guide useful If it still
doesn’t answer the questions you have, please post your questions to
forum users at the Sanriotown blog forum and check back for answers later.

If you find any errors or broken links on this page, or have some
some great blogging article, tips you want to share, do let us know
as well ^_^ Have a good day!