Creating a new BLOG entry

There are two ways you can create an entry in MyBlog.

From the front end:

1. Log in to the front end of myhealthspace with your username and password.
2. Select Community > Blogs > Write Blog / Article
3. You should be taken to your "personal" MyBlog dashboard.
4. Look for a button labeled "Write New Entry". Click on the button.
5. The MyBlog editor should now pop up and you can go ahead and write your new entry.

MyBlog  Interface

This is the main page that will showcase your blog. It shall list the entries as well as provide a title and description for your blog.

MyBlog's Toolbar

MyBlog's Dashboard

    My Entries - This tab lists all your blog entries. There is also a button "Write New Entry" which if clicked will call up the editor for you to add an entry. 

    Preference - A section for you to input a description for your personal blog.

    Stats - This tab will display the statistics for your blog.

MyBlog's Editor

    Title Field - This is where you enter the title for your blog post.

    Main Body - The main text entry area.

    Sidebar

        Publish Information
        Here you can set your post either to be published or not as well as set the date for the post.

        Tags
        Here you can tag your blog post with tags, to organise them into groups.

        Images and documents
        The interface to upload images to the site and place them on your posts.

        Search older posts
        You can search older posts to look for posts with similar entries as well as look for entries to quote.

        Embed videos
        A tool to embed videos into your posts.  
   
    Save button - To save your entry you can click the save button. There are two available, "Save" and "Save & Close". "Save" will

    Close button - This button will close the editor. Make sure you have saved everything for closing the editor with this button won't save your data.

Editing or deleting an existing entry

To edit an existing entry, simply go to your Myblog dashboard and you shall see by default the list of entries written by you. Next to each article is an "edit" and a "delete" button. Clicking on the "edit" button will call up the MyBlog editor with the corresponding article in it for you to edit. The "delete" button will of course delete the entry.

Adding Images

How To Add Images - You can add images to your blog entry from the editor. Simply click to open the "Images and document" tab and then upload the picture. After uploading, simply click on the thumbnail of the picture you wanted and the picture will be automatically added to the post. To resize the image simple drag its corners at the squares. To configure how and where the image appears, simply select the image and click the image settings icon on the toolbar. The one with the image of a tree.

MyBlog Image Browser and Upload Tool - Myblog has an image browser built into the editor as well as an upload tool.  Both can be found in the "Images and document" tab.

       

Adding Video

How To Add Videos - To add videos to your blog post, simply click on the "Embed Videos" tab and there you can set its width, height and then simply enter the URL of the video. Click enter and you are set.

Supported Video Formats

• Youtube, YouTube LLC
• Google Video, Google Inc
• Vimeo, Connected Ventures
• MetaCafe, Metacafe Inc
• Jumpcut, Yahoo Inc
• Vidiac, Vidiac Inc
• StreetFire, StreetFire.Net
• Stickam, Advanced Video Communications Inc

MyBlog Tags

MyBlog organizes it post by the use of Tags. Keywords that you can assign as reference for each post. Afterwards, you can use the tags to organise your posts.

Tagging Your Post

To tag your post, simply look at the "Tags" tab in your editor. Click on it and you will get to the Tags interface where you will see a list of available tags with a tickbox next to each. Simple tick the box next to the tag you want to tag your article with and you are done. There is also an input field and an "Add" button to add new tags. Type the tag in the field and press "Add" to add it in.

RSS in MyBlog

MyBlog supports RSS feeds for its content. Simply click on the "Feed" link in MyBlog's toolbar to get the RSS link for the page you are viewing.

Social Bookmarking

MyBlog supports social bookmarking. Allowing you to share your blog with friends in your social network.

Available Bookmarks:

    * del.icio.us
    * digg this
    * spurl
    * reddit
    * furl this

Technorati And Trackbacks

Technorati Pings - MyBlog can be set to automatically ping Technorati every time you posts a
new article. Your blog will picked up by Technorati.

Trackbacks - MyBlog allows trackbacks both incoming and outgoing, allowing you to link your article to outside posts and vice-versa.