Form:Blog

This is the 'Blog' form, used to create a blog about any topic(s) you choose. To create a blog with this form, enter the name of the blog below; if a blog with that name already exists, you will be sent to a form to edit it.

A blog contains articles that you write & then publish; anyone can then make comments about the blog article.

Making a New Blog Article
Creating a new article for a blog is fairly easy.
 * 1) At the top of every blog's page is a tab called More that has a menuitem called Blog - when you select this menuitem, it will lead to a page that asks for the name of the article that you want to create in the blog.
 * 2) Enter the banner title of the blog article and press enter - this displays a page to create the article.
 * 3) Enter the article's text (and any images & links you want).
 * 4) To publish the article, sign ( --~ ) the article, otherwise it will not be published and the blog article stays as draft. There are two ways to sign the article:
 * 5) Edit the article, place your cursor at the end of it, and select the button [[file:Button_sig.png]].
 * 6) Edit the article, scroll to the bottom and click Sign and publish this article.

Formatting Your Blog Article

 * The tag (in a blog article)
 * Used to identify the text that is to be shown in the list of blog articles. Very handy for long posts and 'teasers'. Here's an example from a typical blog article:

&lt;summary&gt; Data from the current economic crisis is starting to come in. &lt;/summary&gt; For instance, we have found employment in Texas ...

Embedding Your Blog Article(s)

 * The Special:Wikilog parser function (in any article)
 * Used to embed the summaries of a blog article into any page of a wiki. The following command embeds the last 5 blog articles.

A blog contains articles that you write & then publish; anyone can then make comments about the blog article. All blogs in this wiki and their blog articles reside in the Blog pageset. Find help information for wikilogs here.



Freeform Content
Text, links & images entered here are shown above the list of articles that are presently in the blog. 

Making a New Blog Article
Creating a new article for a blog is fairly easy.
 * 1) At the top of every blog's page is a tab called More that has a menuitem called Blog - when you select this menuitem, it will lead to a page that asks for the name of the article that you want to create in the blog.
 * 2) Enter the banner title of the blog article and press enter - this displays a page to create the article.
 * 3) Enter the article's text (and any images & links you want).
 * 4) To publish the article, sign ( --WikiSysop 10:06, August 18, 2011 (CDT) ) the article, otherwise it will not be published and the blog article stays as draft. There are two ways to sign the article:
 * 5) Edit the article, place your cursor at the end of it, and select the button [[file:Button_sig.png]].
 * 6) Edit the article, scroll to the bottom and click Sign and publish this article.

Formatting Your Blog Article

 * The tag (in a blog article)
 * Used to identify the text that is to be shown in the list of blog articles. Very handy for long posts and 'teasers'. Here's an example from a typical blog article:

&lt;summary&gt; Data from the current economic crisis is starting to come in. &lt;/summary&gt; For instance, we have found employment in Texas ...

Embedding Your Blog Article(s)

 * The Special:Wikilog parser function (in any article)
 * Used to embed the summaries of a blog article into any page of a wiki. The following command embeds the last 5 blog articles.