Product features:
• user profiles with avatars of user pictures
• favoriting and user voting/promotion of content items [n/a for launch]• reader-contributed content (i.e. community blog entries)
• comment feeds -- publish comment feeds for site, topic, blog post and/or profile
Any user can now contribute to a blog using the community solutions.
Here is a work flow on how to instruct users to start contributing to your blogs using the community solutions...
Step 1: Sign in or Register using the CMS registration
Look out for the Sign in / Register link in the top right corner of your blog.
Click Register if you are a new user or click Sign in if you've already have an account with the companion site.
Once registered, you need to verify your email address. When verified, the screen will take you back to the blog where you came from and you can create a profile and start blogging!
Step 3: Create/Edit a Profile
When logged in, click on the Edit Profile link in the top right corner of the site.
This profile will be visible to other users when you start blogging (creating entries). You can always change your avatar and edit your website address at a later stage.
When you post a comment while logged in (comments are also anonymous).
Step 3: Start blogging to someone's blog
To do this, you need to be signed in.
Then click on Start contributing, a link below every blog entry or on the home page, and this form will appear:
Insert the title of your entry in the title field. Insert tags related to your subject, separate them with a comma. Keywords are for search and they help when people are searching for a subject related to your blog. It is very important to geo-tag your entries, so they can appear on the map on the blogs and are easy to find and classifiy (see previous post on this blog).
You can also attach a picture to accompany your text.
Click submit when you have finished writing the text. When approved by the administrator, it will appear on the blog.
You can find the location field alongside the existing settings:
1. What is the difference between geotagging and the usual blog tagging?
Geotagging is adding a location to your blog post: where the story originates from or what location is the story about. Tagging is adding terms that best describe the subject of the story.
2. Full or partial postcodes?
PLANNED DURATION: 4 hours
START: 10 am, Thursday 30 October 2008
NOTES: Please avoid any publishing activities during downtime. Once the upgrade is complete, normal service will resume. Please continue to use your usual login details to login to MT 4.2.
]]>When resizing you can choose from one of four standard sizes or choose a size that you specify. You can also choose to resize the original image or create a new one.
Simply download this PowerToy Image Resizer from Microsoft (only works on XP) and next time you open an image locally, simply right-click on the image and you'll have an option to immediately re-size to small, medium or large maintaining the original size ratio.
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Blogging Tasks - Frequency of updating:
Once every two or three days means your readers won't know what to expect. Once a week might be enough, depending on how niche your blog is. Keep with the schedule of once a week as that will increase the number of return readers/commentators and build a momentum. Readers will trust you.
Research material - what is going on in the area, what people want... keep links to those materials in case you want to link / refer in your blog.
Consider pictures - Using pictures makes the posts pop.
Tag your posts - Tags are very important for new users searching for keywords you tagged and finding your blog!
Announce your best posts - use all your social network to link to it
Add a bookmark facility
Check traffic - understand the impact and why isn't working
Why launch a blog?
Before you start writing, think about your aims in producing a blog. This should help the writing: check that each blog posting fits in with your aims.
Top tips when writing blogs
A blog is not a diary. Avoid recounting everything you did today.
One topic per post - make it easy for reader to grasp what the post is about
The headline should reflect this topic (headline should never be the date, it's not a diary).
Post frequently. Easier if you stick to the one topic per post - you can post many times a day if you have more than one topic to discuss.
Short and sweet. Around 200 words is good. Longer blogs are readable if they stick to one topic.
Try to end your blog with a question that encourages your readers to respond to your post. For example, 'was celebrity love island the worst show ever to appear on primetime TV?' You can always use the responses for another post.
Add links. Is your post prompted by a news story or something else you read on another blog? If so LINK TO IT. Link to other people/sites. Link to your previous blog on a topic. Lead users to other good places - good blogs function as a search for their readers: lead your visitors to sites and resources they wouldn't normally go to.
Be reciprocal when someone links to you. If someone from another blog posts a comment on your blog then return the action. Blogs are given higher rankings (and therefore considered to be more relevant and important) on search engines when they have a lot of other sites that link to them.
Funny helps.
Being deliberately controversial can also generate comments.
But be polite (do not denigrate your readers). The aim is start a dialogue, get comments from users, engage them not enrage them.
Photos. Add a photo to your posts if possible.
Give the readers a picture of you.
If it's a personal blog - for example, your struggle against cancer - think carefully about what you are trying to achieve and why - why/how do you want readers to be involved in your story.
Don't refer to blogger's block. If you don't have anything to write about, don't write.
Don't go missing on your blog for long periods of time. If you are going on holiday and won't be able to post for a week or two explain that to readers beforehand. Don't let them think you've abandoned your blog.
Lists are popular and easy. For example, the 10 best football matches, films etc.
Spell check your content.
Paragraph breaks between paragraphs (not just line breaks) makes it easier to read.
Set up categories on your blog so that readers can find all posts relevant to a specific topic in the same place.
Respond to your comments, both as a comment from you and by creating a new post to discuss a topic further.
Try to have a thick skin and enter into debate with people whether they are critical or not. If someone doesn't like what you say, explain why you said it and link to any source material. Don't start banning people because they don't agree with you.
Keep an eye on which posts get the most comments and return to those topics regularly. Similarly, if an issue is obviously a hot one, don't switch to something else with new posts before people have finished debating it.
But don't get involved in tit for tat spats with people and use a new post to start a new debate if a previous issue gets hijacked by people with personal vendettas. Develop an ear for knowing when to let a heated debate continue and when to try to moderate and move on.
Good blogs are not about vanity publishing - they are about engaging your readers and getting them to interact. Readers' views will enhance a debate. Remember: always invite them to write. Don't act like a rock star. Blogging is a two-way medium.
Blogs - top 10 mistakes - by Jakob Nielsen
Read the full article here: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/weblogs.html
Summary:
1. No Author Biographies
2. No Author Photo
3. Nondescript Posting Titles
4. Links Don't Say Where They Go
5. Classic Hits are Buried
6. The Calendar is the Only Navigation
7. Irregular Publishing Frequency - daily is best
8. Mixing Topics - don't mix them up to much
9. Forgetting That You Write for Your Future Boss - or your current one is reading
10. Having a Domain Name Owned by a Web log Service (need your own domain name)
Telegraph blogging style guide
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/shanerichmond/may06/styleguide.htm
Blogs - Common Rules and Mistakes
Blogging with a purpose:
How to write successfully:
· Lead paragraph - tell a short story to engage them straightaway. Ask a question that gets the readers to think about themselves, even better (e.g. Have you ever thought about becoming a farmer? J)
· Structure: Break it up, give the eyes a way to skim, roll into an easy summary using bold sub-titles, points etc.
· Keep paragraph length short - Web readers tend to scan text online and read text offline!
· End With a Question - triggers need for a response from the user.
· Promote your profile - Ask readers to tell you what is missing in your blog. Does it work for them? What topics would they like me to post?
Frequency of updating:
Once every two or three days means your readers won't know what to expect. Once a week might be enough, depending on how niche your blog is. Keep with the schedule of once a week as that will increase the number of return readers/commentators and build a momentum. Readers will trust you.
Why launch a blog?
Before you start writing, think about your aims in producing a blog. This should help the writing: check that each blog posting fits in with your aims.
Some of the reasons people launch blogs:
Choosing a blog theme
Why are we launching blogs in our regions?
Top tips when writing blogs
· A blog is not a diary. Avoid recounting everything you did today.
· One topic per post - make it easy for reader to grasp what the post is about
· The headline should reflect this topic (headline should never be the date, it's not a diary).
· Post frequently. Easier if you stick to the one topic per post - you can post many times a day if you have more than one topic to discuss.
· Short and sweet. Around 200 words is good. Longer blogs are readable if they stick to one topic.
· Try to end your blog with a question that encourages your readers to respond to your post. For example, 'was celebrity love island the worst show ever to appear on primetime TV?' You can always use the responses for another post.
· Add links. Is your post prompted by a news story or something else you read on another blog? If so LINK TO IT. Link to other people/sites. Link to your previous blog on a topic. Lead users to other good places - good blogs function as a search for their readers: lead your visitors to sites and resources they wouldn't normally go to.
· Be reciprocal when someone links to you. If someone from another blog posts a comment on your blog then return the compliment. Blogs are given higher rankings (and therefore considered to be more relevant and important) on search engines when they have a lot of other sites that link to them.
· Funny helps.
· Being deliberately controversial can also generate comments.
· But be polite (do not denigrate your readers). The aim is start a dialogue, get comments from users, engage them not enrage them.
· Photos. Add a photo to your posts if possible.
· Give the readers a picture of you.
· If it's a personal blog - for example, your struggle against cancer - think carefully about what you are trying to achieve and why - why/how do you want readers to be involved in your story.
· Don't refer to blogger's block. If you don't have anything to write about, don't write.
· Don't go missing on your blog for long periods of time. If you are going on holiday and won't be able to post for a week or two explain that to readers beforehand. Don't let them think you've abandoned your blog.
· Lists are popular and easy. For example, the 10 best football matches, films etc.
· Spell check your content.
· Paragraph breaks between paragraphs (not just line breaks) makes it easier to read.
· Set up categories on your blog so that readers can find all posts relevant to a specific topic in the same place.
· Respond to your comments, both as a comment from you and by creating a new post to discuss a topic further.
· Try to have a thick skin and enter into debate with people whether they are critical or not. If someone doesn't like what you say, explain why you said it and link to any source material. Don't start banning people because they don't agree with you.
· Keep an eye on which posts get the most comments and return to those topics regularly. Similarly, if an issue is obviously a hot one, don't switch to something else with new posts before people have finished debating it.
· But don't get involved in tit for tat spats with people and use a new post to start a new debate if a previous issue gets hijacked by people with personal vendettas. Develop an ear for knowing when to let a heated debate continue and when to try to moderate and move on.
· Good blogs are not about vanity publishing - they are about engaging your readers and getting them to interact. Readers' views will enhance a debate. Remember: always invite them to write. Don't act like a rock star. Blogging is a two-way medium.
Blogs we like
http://veerle.duoh.com/index.php
http://www.designobserver.com/
As the proliferation of blogs on our sites continues it puts pressure on development staff to respond quickly for requests for new blogs.
While it is important that staff in local offices are given the ability to create blogs quickly, we must also consider the wider significance for the group as a whole in terms of how blogs fit into our overall portfolio of web products, how they are marketed and promoted and that they contain all the relevant information for us to extract data for analysis.
With that in mind, I have proposed that we differentiate blogs by giving them one of two types.
Type one blogs will be those written on a specific subject by either our staff or members of the public which appear in the blogging area of our sites (such as merseyblogs, for example). The responsibility for creating these blogs will lie with in-house teams but will be created while adhering to the guidelines produced by Jim Casey and Rebecca Fox (which have been distributed to everyone - contact Jim and Rebecca if you need another set).
Type two blogs will be those which act as portals for content from a variety of sources and have their own URL. These are those such as the micro sites in Teesside and the Southport Communities site. When seeking to create similar platforms, local developers should seek some input from Rebecca and Jim at Canary Wharf.
With that in mind, those seeking to create a type two blog should plan for more development time in the run-up to their launch.
Blogs - top 10 mistakes - by Jakob Nielsen
Read the full article here: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/weblogs.html
Summary:
1. No Author Biographies
2. No Author Photo
3. Nondescript Posting Titles
4. Links Don't Say Where They Go
5. Classic Hits are Buried
6. The Calendar is the Only Navigation
7. Irregular Publishing Frequency - daily is best
8. Mixing Topics - don't mix them up to much
9. Forgetting That You Write for Your Future Boss - or your current one is reading
10. Having a Domain Name Owned by a Web log Service (need your own domain name)
Telegraph blogging style guide
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/shanerichmond/may06/styleguide.htm
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At the heart of a good blog will be good and focused content which will in itself attract visitors to your blog as people recommend your blog to others and also attract people who will want to link to your site.
In addition to this content, you should be looking t at the following elements to promote your Blog.
a) RSS Feed Directories
There are a growing number of directories where you can submit your RSS feed and where the content from the RSS can be searched on topic area and the content of individual posts.
b) Blog Directories
There are an increasing number of directories which are dedicated to blogs and which can offer a good way to get your blog referenced and linked to.
c) Pinging
Pinging, in terms of blogs, is where you send a short automatic notification to the blog servers to tell them that you have posted new information to index. Simple - just remember to post and ping!
d) Blog Tags
These are tags or phrases which are added by its author to indicate the main content focus - for blogs, the most commonly used are tags for Technorati.
e) Post Comments on other Blogs
You should not only be reading other blogs but also commenting on them. It's a way of getting your name out into the blogosphere as well as encouraging people back to your own blog.
f) Trackbacks
When referencing other blogs, then you should always link to the original source and wherever possible, you should also include a trackback as well.
]]> 2. Burn your FeedIf you followed what I explained in part 1, then you will surely get extra traffic. But how do you make them come again? That's where your RSS feeds comes handy. Readers will use your blogs RSS feed if they like your content.Most blogs, such as WordPress, already have RSS feeds integrated for entries and comments which is sufficiently enough unless you want to know how many people read your feeds.
For this you can use the FeedBurner service with which you can track your reader statistics. I recommend signing up for the service and letting them burn your feed. After the signup, find the "Publicize" tab and activate the FeedCount service.
FeedCount lets you post a little icon on your blog that displays the current circulation of your feed as well as make it easier for people to subscribe to your feed.
3. Sumbit your address to blog search sites and directories.
People look for blog content at Technorati every day, are you on their list? You should be. Submit your blog's url to Technorati, Daypop, Blogdex, Popdex, and any other site of that ilk you come across.
4. Be an active commenter.
This is in the same vein as linking. Most comment systems also provide a way for you to leave a link back to your blog which begs a visit at the very least. So if you feel inspired, leave a comment or two in your blog travels. It behooves you.
5. Have a contest
Or, have regular contests, which encourage participation and buzz in your corner of the blogosphere.
6. Work your long tail
A tip based on your SEO efforts; there is a free service called Hit Tail that will analyze the search terms leading to your blog traffic, and yank out high quality key words you should be focusing on that you might not immediately think of. This can help you focus your future posts as you are already getting traffic for those key words.
7. Join a blog carnival
Where every blogger who joins one blogs about a topic, then each blog gets promoted. Here's an index of blog carnivals to get you started.
8. Join blog network
Between 9rules, b5media, and others, there is networking potential, income potential, and a link-a-palooza waiting for you (through the linkroll as every member may have to link to every other member) if you're able to get into one. Goes back to tip #1 -- don't forget to keep up your blog.
9. Build an Interactive Blog
One way to get readers coming back to your blog many times over a day is to have a blog that people want to interact with. I know some ProBlogger readers visit this site at least 10 times per day just so that they can engage in the conversation that happens in comments. Since I added the 'subscribe to comments' feature on this blog I've noticed some readers coming even more than normal - this can only be increasing page view levels as people return throughout the day.
10. Use Photos
Face it, most people do search blogs to see something interesting and what best but a photo to give them a 24million color view of something. Yes photos rock, and they do bring in traffic. It kinda gives a coolness to your site. Its like wearing colors while everyone else is in uniform. Most blogging providers support photoblogging, but if you need a place to host photos photobucket.com is a place as good as any.
Further Reading:
http://www.betterbusinessblogging.com/marketing-with-blogs/promoting-and-marketing-your-business-blog/
http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=42377
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/01/11/how-to-market-your-blog-in-2007/
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3504241
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/12/07/11-tips-to-increase-page-views-stats-on-your-blog/
http://www.johntp.com/2006/03/25/how-to-increase-your-blogs-traffic-part2/
http://www.webreference.com/authoring/blog_tips/
http://ezinearticles.com/?16-Ways-to-Drive-Traffic-to-Your-Blog&id=22928
http://bloghit.blogspot.com/2004/11/how-to-explode-blog-traffic.html
On this post we will see how to do an apache release.
For those who are not aware of what an apache release is, basically it allows us to up load our style sheets and html to the url, whatever it may be.
No site can go live unless this is done.
You will need to have high-level permission for this.
For this you need to log into MT and make sure you are on the blog you want the apache for.
On this page you need to click the "Publishing" link on the side menu.
This will take you to a page with the Site URL and the Site Root.
You need to copy both of these and paste them onto a text edit such as Notepad or TextEdit for later. In order to copy them you must click on the icon of a padlock, this will allow you to select and copy the information.
DO NOT ALTER ANY OF THE INFORMATION IN THESE SECTION OR YOU COULD STOP YOUR SITE FROM WORKING
You also need to get the ID for this blog. To do this you need to hover any of the menus and at the bottom of the page you will see a long like. This end part is the ID, for this case 215
You need to make a note of this, as you will need this for the apache
Now we need to do log on to the HEAT self service system.
Here you need to click on the "New Issue" from the side menu.
On this page you need to add the following information
FAO Digital Inbox
Apache Release for
Name: Blog Assistance
ID=111
Currently
URL : http://blogadmin.icnetwork.co.uk/blogassistance
Site Root : /src/webroot/blogs/blogassistance/
To
http://www.blogassistance.co.uk
The area's marked in bold are area which will be replaced with the information you took earlier.
Submit this information.
An email will be sent to you once the apache has been done.
1. Creating an Entry
To create an entry hover over the "Create" dropdown menu and select "Entry" (for more details see "Making a Post" entry)
To upload an image hover over the "Create" dropdown menu and select "Better File Uploader".
Make sure you change the "Set the Upload Path" to
If you use "Up Load File" make sure you write css in the "Upload Destination" section.
3. Manage Entries
To manage entries hover over the "Manage" from the dropdown menu and select "Entries". This will take to a page with all the entries. If you are don't have high permissions you will only be able to edit your posts.
4. Manage Comments
To manage comments hover over the "Manage" from the dropdown menu and select "Comments". This will take to a page with all the comments. If you are don't have high permissions you will only be able to edit comments made on your posts
5. Manage Assets*
To manage assets hover over the "Manage" from the dropdown menu and select "Assets".
This will take to a page with all the assets. Here you can view and delete any unwanted images. To delete an image tick the check box next to the image and hit the delete button at the top of the list.
6. Manage Categories
To manage Categories hover over the "Manage" from the dropdown menu and select "Categories". This will take to a page with all the categories. For more details see the "Editing Categories" post.
7. Edit templates*
To manage templates hover over the "Design" from the dropdown menu and select "Templates". This will take to a page with all the templates.
You can see different types of templates such as "Template Modules" and "Widgets" from the "Quickfilter" located on the right of the page.
8. Edit Widget Sets*
To manage widget sets hover over the "Design" from the dropdown menu and select "Widget Sets".
This will take to a page with the different widget sets, you will usually only need to edit the Right Sidebar and Left Sidebar widget sets. To edit the Right Sidebar for example, click on the name of the set.
This will take you to a list of all the widgets in that set. To add or take widgets of the list simple click and drag from the "Available Widgets" to the "Installed Widgets" and vice versa. Be sure to click the save button at the bottom of the page or your changes won't take affect.
9. Rebuilding the site.
This needs to be done every time you make changes like the ones above. To do this click on the icon next to the "Preferences" drop down menu.
This will open a new window. On this window click the "Publish" button.
10. Viewing your site.
To view the site you need to click on the button next to the rebuild button. This will open your site in a new window
In this section go to either "Contact-details" or "About". If you can't find either of these try clicking on "Widgets" from the side menu as they may be here instead.
Once you've located the correct template open it by clicking on the name. It will bring you to a screen such as this.
The area which you need to edit is the section between the <p> and </p> and highlighted in pink
For example, lets say we wanted to alter the "About" section to this
"Welcome to my blog, I hope that you enjoy it"
First delete the existing details then add you own such as this.
Next save the template and then rebuild the site.
]]>Then login using the information provided for you by for region. If you have not received the information, please contact your digital manager.
The first text box is where you place your question. You can add or delete the questions by hitting the + or - next to answers or hitting the Add a new answers. You can also rearrange the questions using the up or down button
Select the Language on the drop down menu underneath the answers
Now you need to select the style of the Poll. For this we need to select a default setting as it will be altered on our sites. For this reason select Simple White, Number 5 of 19
Click the "Save and Continue" button to move on to the next section. The poll is now complete and we need to transfer the code to your blog.
EITHER KEEP THE POLL DADDY WINDOW OPEN OR COPY THE INFORMATION TO A TEXT EDIT PROGRAM SUCH AS WORD AS WE NEED TO COPY THE INFORMATION IN THE GREEN BOX LATER ON
Now we need to place the poll in your blog. To do this you need to open your blog in MT4
Under the Design menu select the Templates section. Once you are in this section you need to select widgets. To do this look under the Quickfilter section, and then select the Widgets area
Then select Create Widget template
Name the Widget 'Poll'
Paste the following in the main section;
<div class="widget-archives widget">
<h3 class="widget-header">Poll</h3>
<div class="widget-content">
</div>
</div>
Before the </h3> and after the <h3 class="widget -header">, put the name of your Poll i.e. Best superhero
After the <div class="widget-content"> paste the information from Poll Daddy.
Now return to the widget set section by clicking Design from the menu and then Widget Sets
Select what Column you want the Poll to go on, either the left or right.
Click and drag the new widget, Poll from the Available Widget to the Installed Widgets and "Save Changes" and then Publish the site
Now return to the "Templates" under the Design section. Open the Screen CSS template
Scroll to the bottom of the page and paste the following in
/* Poll - overwrite default styles
------------------------------------*/
div.pds-box-top, div.pds-question-top , div.pds-answer { margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;}
div.pds-question-top { text-align: left; }
div.pds-answer input.pds-radiobutton { margin: 4px 5px 0 0;}
div.pds-answer label { padding-bottom: 40px; }
div.pds-votebutton-outer { margin: 10px 0 0 0;}
Now click the save button and publish the site.
Your blog now has its own poll
First click on the sign in at the top of the page
Then log in using the details provided for you. If you have no received any log in details please contact your regional digital manager.
Next go to your site and copy the URL at the top of the page
Then paste your URL into the textbox and add "atom.xml" at the end and click the next button
Click through the next pages
On this page you need to put the name of the feed as well as the intended feed address. The feed address is the link from your site to feedburner. Keep it simple. Then click the next button.
On this page tick the "Clickthroughs" check box and the "I want more" check box. These help publicise your site.
Click the next button
You should see this page appear. This means your feed is done. To help publicise the site click on the "Publicize" tab
Now click on the "Pingshot" link on the side menu
Tick the check boxes for both "Google"
and
"Ping-o-matic"
You can also add a few sites from the drop down menu to help promote your blog.
Click the active button
Now we have to link your blog to feedburner. At the top of the page click the "Edit feed details" button.
Then copy the last text box.
Go to your blog on MT4 and click on the Design >> Templates
The easiest way to find the right module is to do a search for "RSS"
There are only two modules you need to change. They are "Subscribe to feed" and "rss feedburner include"
Here you will find two links "http://feeds.feedburner.com/" Paste your link after the linkhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/
Do the same for "rss feedburner include" module
Rebuild the site. Your feed is now ready.
]]>It is often the case that these areas need to be updated and altered as the site gets filled with posts. This is quiet a simple thing to do.
First , as usual, log into MT4 and select the blog that you want to alter. There are several ways to get to the widget which you want to change, we will take the simple route to avoid any confusion.
First got to design, then select widget sets from the drop down menu.
Here you need to click on the 'edit' next to the word 'blogroll'.
This page should open in another window.
This is where you edit the blog roll.
Lets say you want to add a link to the bbc homepage. This is the link http://www.bbc.co.uk/
In order to add this link we need to either edit an existing one or add another link.
We only need to focus on this area of the code. DO NOT EDIT ANY OTHER SECTION.
<li class="widget-list-item"><a href="http://www.problogger.net/" title="Problogger">Problogger</a></li>
<li class="widget-list-item"><a href="http://tips-for-new-bloggers.blogspot.com/" title="Tips for new Bloggers">Tips for new Bloggers</a></li>
<li class="widget-list-item"><a href="http://www.movabletype.org/documentation/" title="Movable Type Documentation">Movable Type Documentation</a></li>
<li class="widget-list-item"><a href="http://bloggst.com/" title="Blog Forum">Blog Forum</a></li>
First we'll edit an existing link
<li class="widget-list-item"><a href="http://www.problogger.net/" title="Problogger">Problogger</a></li>
<li class="widget-list-item"><a href="http://tips-for-new-bloggers.blogspot.com/" title="Tips for new Bloggers">Tips for new Bloggers</a></li>
<li class="widget-list-item"><a href="http://www.movabletype.org/documentation/" title="Movable Type Documentation">Movable Type Documentation</a></li>
<li class="widget-list-item"><a href="http://bloggst.com/" title="Blog Forum">Blog Forum</a></li>
The areas in bold are the areas which you need to edit. The area in the 'a href' is the link, the area's in 'title' and outside are the name of the link.
Now lets add the bbc link. The code should look like this
<li class="widget-list-item"><a href="http://www.problogger.net/" title="Problogger">Problogger</a></li>
<li class="widget-list-item"><a href="http://tips-for-new-bloggers.blogspot.com/" title="Tips for new Bloggers">Tips for new Bloggers</a></li>
<li class="widget-list-item"><a href="http://www.movabletype.org/documentation/" title="Movable Type Documentation">Movable Type Documentation</a></li>
<li class="widget-list-item"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/
title="BBC">BBC</a></li>
Save and publish the site and it will appear on your blog.
If you wish to add another link you need to copy and paste some code.
Each link is in its own section. As you can see each section starts with a <li and ends with a <li> You need to copy this areas (including the <li and </li>) Here's an example;
<li class="widget-list-item"><a href="http://www.problogger.net/" title="Problogger">Problogger</a></li>
Then paste this under the last link as in the example below
<li class="widget-list-item"><a href="http://www.problogger.net/" title="Problogger">Problogger</a></li>
<li class="widget-list-item"><a href="http://tips-for-new-bloggers.blogspot.com/" title="Tips for new Bloggers">Tips for new Bloggers</a></li>
<li class="widget-list-item"><a href="http://www.movabletype.org/documentation/" title="Movable Type Documentation">Movable Type Documentation</a></li>
<li class="widget-list-item"><a href="http://bloggst.com/" title="Blog Forum">Blog Forum</a></li>
<li class="widget-list-item"><a href="http://www.problogger.net/" title="Problogger">Problogger</a></li>
Once done you can edit the details as you did before.
Save and publish the site and it will appear on your blog.
If you wish to delete a blog just remove this the code.
Login into your blog on MT4 then click on manage, then click on categories in the drop down menu.
]]> Here you will see a list of existing categories on the blog.
First we'll edit existing blogs.
For this section the only areas to worry about is the Label area. This is where you change your categories name.
If you wish to delete the categories and add new ones simple check each checkbox and hit the delete bottom.
Now you have a clear deck. Here you can add new categories by clicking on the "Create top level category" entering the name and hit the save button.
Once your blog has been cloned you need to alter the author details to match your own. In order to do this you need to head to the dashboard for you blog in MT4. Once there you need to section design menu and click on templates from the drop down.
]]> Once in the template page, you need to select widgets from the Quickfilters on the right hand side of the page.
Once in this page you need to select the widget called "blog authors".
This should bring you to this page
Once here you can alter the information to match you own author.
<div class="clearfix">
<a href="<$MTBlogURL$> melody /"><img alt="Melody" src="<$MTBlogURL$>css/melody.jpg " width="65" height="65" style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 5px 0px;" /></a>
<p><strong> Melody </strong> - Giving you advice on blogging
<br/>
<a href="<$MTBlogURL$>melody/">My postings</a> |
<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blog/melody"><img src="<mt:StaticWebPath/>/images/status_icons/feed.gif" alt="Melody's RSS feed" /> My feed</a></p>
</div>
The areas marked in bold are the areas you need to change. The area in green is for feedburner (please see, "Making an author feed" or more details), so we'll leave that alone.
Here is an example of what to change. Lets say our authors name was John Smith and he is a Sunday paper journalist.
This is what the changes will be
<div class="clearfix">
<a href="http://ventures1.tm-gnet.com/mtcs4-static/html/<$MTBlogURL$>
john_smith/"><img alt=" John Smith " src="http://ventures1.tm-gnet.com/mtcs4-static/html/<$MTBlogURL$>/
john_smith.jpg" style="margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px; float: left;" height="65" width="65" /></a>
<p><strong> John Smith</strong> - Sunday Paper Journalist
<br />
<a href="http://ventures1.tm-gnet.com/mtcs4-static/html/<$MTBlogURL$>john_smith/">My postings</a> |
<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blog/%20john_smith"><img src="http://ventures1.tm-gnet.com/mtcs4-static/html/%3Cmt:StaticWebPath/%3E/images/status_icons/feed.gif" alt="Melody RSS feed" /> My feed</a></p>
</div>
If you wish to add more then one author simply copy this section and paste it directly under the existing section, then change the details as we have in the example above.
You can also remove this section if you only have one author.
<a href="http://ventures1.tm-gnet.com/mtcs4-static/html/<$MTBlogURL$>john_smith%20/">My postings</a> |<br />
<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blog/%20john_smith"><img src="http://ventures1.tm-gnet.com/mtcs4-static/html/%3Cmt:StaticWebPath/%3E/images/status_icons/feed.gif" alt="Melody RSS feed" /> My feed</a><br />