Curt Hitchens' Weblog

Technology@Fairyland: curtishitchens@walkerschools.org

Title: Creating a Blog
Category: /Software Issues
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Many of you have expressed an interest in creating a blog. Before beginning this process, you must e-mail Curtis Faulkner (curtisfaulkner@walkerschools.org) and ask him to create a username and password for your account. Once this step is complete, you can follow the directions below: 
 
(1) Go to http://www.walkerschools.org/weblog 
(2) Find your blog in the list and click on it once. 
(3) Click on Login along the right-hand side of the page, enter your username and password, then click on Login. 
(4) On the right-hand side of the page, click on New Category. 
(5) Place a category title in the box labeled Name and click on Save. 
**You can create an infinite number of categories, but I stick with three to keep things simple.** 
 
(6) Click on New Entry along the right-hand side of the page. 
(7) Select one of the categories you created from the pull-down menu labeled Category. 
(8) Type in a name for your entry in the box labeled Name. 
(9) Type your entry inside the box at the bottom of the window, then click on Save. 
**You can create an infinite number of entries in each category.** 
**Under each entry, you can click on Edit or Delete to modify/eliminate previous entries.** 
 
(10) Click on Settings along the right-hand side of the page. 
(11) Change only the Weblog Name and Description. 
(12) Click on Save to retain your changes. 
 
(13) When you are completely finished working with your blog, click on Logout. 

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