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		<title>A Beginner’s Guide to Adding a Blog Post to ning.com</title>
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Click on the Blogs link in the navigation bar
Click +add a blog post

Type in your post title and type your post content in to the entry field
To Bold Text
Highlight the words you want to make bold then click the “B” under the page entry

To add an image to your blog post
To add an image click [...]]]></description>
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<p>Click on the <strong>Blogs </strong>link in the navigation bar<br />
Click +<strong>add a blog post</strong></p>
<p align="center"><img class="size-full wp-image-247 alignnone" title="Add a Ning Blog Post" src="http://tipsforwebsitedesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/addablogpost.jpg" alt="Add a Ning Blog Post" width="761" height="117" /></p>
<p>Type in your post title and type your post content in to the entry field</p>
<h3>To Bold Text</h3>
<p>Highlight the words you want to make bold then click the “B” under the page entry</p>
<p align="center"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-250" title="Bold Text" src="http://tipsforwebsitedesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/bold.jpg" alt="Bold Text" width="385" height="232" /></p>
<h3>To add an image to your blog post</h3>
<p>To add an image click the “Camera” icon under page entry</p>
<p align="center"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-254" title="insertpicture1" src="http://tipsforwebsitedesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/insertpicture1.jpg" alt="insertpicture1" width="364" height="249" /></p>
<p>A popup box will appear.<br />
If you have an image on your computer that you would like to add, click the browse button next to the <strong>Upload an image</strong> box and navigate to the desired image on your computer.</p>
<p align="center"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-255" title="insert picture2" src="http://tipsforwebsitedesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/insertpicture2.jpg" alt="insert picture2" width="466" height="252" /></p>
<p>If you have a link to an image on one of your websites then add the URL of the image to the <strong>Insert an existing image</strong> box.</p>
<p>To centre the image you will need to edit the code.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-249" title="align" src="http://tipsforwebsitedesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/align.jpg" alt="align" width="399" height="20" /></p>
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<p align="center"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-251" title="center ning image" src="http://tipsforwebsitedesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/centerimage.jpg" alt="center ning image" width="683" height="207" /></p>
<p>To add a hyperlink to your post<br />
Click the “Chain” icon under the page entry,</p>
<p align="center"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-248" title="add hyperlink to ning" src="http://tipsforwebsitedesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/addhyperlink.jpg" alt="add hyperlink to ning" width="325" height="221" /></p>
<p>If you get a warning to allow scripted windows click to temporarily allow then go and click the chain icon again</p>
<p>A popup box will appear, type the web address in the box provided and click <strong>OK</strong></p>
<p align="center"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-258" title="linkuserprompt" src="http://tipsforwebsitedesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/linkuserprompt.jpg" alt="linkuserprompt" width="493" height="138" /></p>
<p>To get your link to show in your post you <strong>MUST</strong> add a title or name etc as shown below:</p>
<p align="center"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-256" title="link edit" src="http://tipsforwebsitedesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/linkedit.jpg" alt="link edit" width="378" height="310" /></p>
<p align="center"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-257" title="link edit2" src="http://tipsforwebsitedesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/linkedit2.jpg" alt="link edit2" width="324" height="69" /></p>
<p>If you don’t do this your link <strong>will not</strong> show in your post.</p>
<h3>Tags</h3>
<p>It’s good practice to add tags to each of your blog posts. A <strong>TAG</strong> is keyword or term assigned to a blog post . Pick a few relevant words and type them in the <strong>TAG</strong> box here:</p>
<p align="center"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-260" title="tags" src="http://tipsforwebsitedesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/tags.jpg" alt="tags" width="232" height="85" /></p>
<p>When you are happy with your post you can choose to either Post it Now or Post it at a Future time/ date. To post it at a future time or date, enter details as shown below:</p>
<p align="center"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-253" title="date post" src="http://tipsforwebsitedesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/datepost.jpg" alt="date post" width="544" height="100" /></p>
<h3>Privacy and Comments</h3>
<p>Here you can choose who can view a post and who can comment on a POST</p>
<p align="center"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-252" title="comments" src="http://tipsforwebsitedesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/comments.jpg" alt="comments" width="306" height="115" /></p>
<p>Now is a good time to preview your post. If you are happy with the post click <strong>PUBLISH</strong> and you are done otherwise click <strong>BACK</strong> and change what you are not happy with.</p>
<p align="center"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-259" title="publish" src="http://tipsforwebsitedesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/publish.jpg" alt="publish" width="748" height="122" /></p>
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