directions for posting to the blog

This set of directions will help you create your own post on our shared blog.  Remember that to create your own entries, you’ll need to sign up for, or sign into, your Google account. You will also need to accept my invitation to be an author on the blog.  Finally, please note that I was working in Google Chrome when developing this set of directions – things might look a little different in other browsers.

Starting a new entry.	After signing into Blogger, and clicking on our blog’s title, PCC Art History, you will land on a page known as our blogging Dashboard [it will say PCC Art History Overview at the top]. From here, click on the orange New Post button, found in the left-hand column, right above Overview. Enter a title for your new entry and begin crafting your draft in the Compose window that appears.
Inserting links into your entry.	Direct links will help your reader move seamlessly to articles or other sources that you might want to reference in your post. To insert links into your entry, highlight the text where you’d like the link to appear. Then click on the word Link, found in the editing toolbar.  Paste the web address for the site you’d like to link to in the message box that appears and click OK.
Inserting images into your entry.	Images help engage the reader, and are helpful to reinforce your writing. It’s really easy to insert images into your post! Begin by placing your cursor at the location in your draft where you’d like your picture to appear. The click the Add Image icon – it looks like a picture of a mountain with a blue sky in the background – found in the editing toolbar. In the window that appears, you’ll have several choice of where to locate your image – you can upload an image from your computer, or from the web, for example. After telling Blogger where to find your picture, click Add Selected.  You’ll see that your image appears right in your post. By clicking on the image itself, you can then select a size and layout [these options appear after your image is highlighted in a toolbar below the image.
Publishing your entry.	Once you’ve finished your draft, inserted links to outside sources, and added any images to your post, you’re ready to publish your entry! To add your post, just click the orange Publish Post button found in the top right-hand corner of your Composing window. Be sure to check your final copy online to see how it looks!