How to write a post

Below are instructions for writing a post on this blog. Have a go! Hopefully, it’s a full, accurate and irk-free account.

1. Go to the home page
2. Log in as an author – Scroll down to the heading ‘Meta’ and follow the link to ‘Site Admin’. You may have to key in your username and password. You will find yourself at ‘Dashboard’.
3. Go to where you can write a post – Switch to ‘Write’ mode (beneath the banner Assembly, and to the right of ‘Dashboard’).
4. Title your post – Make it pithy and appealing. Bear in mind this will appear as a live bookmark, so it can be a make or break as far as getting people to read your post.
5. Start to write – Tab or mouse-click into the main window to draft your post. Say what you want to say. Keep it clear and to the point. Play around with the buttons to add formatting, links, images etc. Note that it’s MUCH better to key straight into the blog. If you paste in from Word, you’ll bring yourself (and your readers) all kinds of formatting trouble.
6. Save your work – Make liberal use of the ‘Save as Draft’ button. You can also then see a preview of the post, if you scroll down to the bottom of the page.
7. Categorise your post – Choose a category or several. The default category is ‘Assembling’ so if your post is not about this space and what we’re doing here, uncheck that category.
8. Need a new category? If you want a new category, then… switch from ‘Write’ to ‘Manage’. Then from Posts (the default) to Categories. The ‘add new’ link is big and blue. Title your category and if you like, describe it. (The description will appear when your mouse hovers over the category.) Then go back to ‘Write’; use the link to your draft post; and check the box next to your new category.
9. Always be checking (ABC) – Read your post several times. If you feel confident that it’s a good read, and error-free, then Publish it.
10. Say hurrah – That’s it!