Blogger 101 for those of you that are new to this

BLOGGER 101

Here's a little tutorial about posting a blog post [and adding pictures] to our fun family blog.

When you visit toomuenchfun.blogspot.com it will not automatically ask you to sign in. If you are not logged into your gmail.com account you will need to click on the sign in link at the upper right corner of the page. Once you log in using your gmail account information you will be sent to your blog dashboard as they like to call it. In the Muench Family Blog area of the page click the link that says New Post.

That will take you to a blank blog post screen.
Here you just type your blog entry. You can change font size, color, bold it, change justification, add a list or bullet points and even spell check. Yippee.
The other icons at the top of the entry section includes one that looks like parentheses or glasses on a globe. That's the Hyperlink tool.
Highlight text or a picture, click this link, and add a web link to take the reader to a certain web page.

Another tool is the icon that looks like a scenic picture. Click that link and another box will pop up prompting you to add images. You add images from your own computer. You can change the size or justification and then click upload image. You can click and drag the image once it is in your post to place it where you'd like to see it. Word to the wise though, the post never looks exactly like you think it will, that why you can always go back and edit posts. Just ask KL or I if you need to do that.

The final useful tool on the page is the movie icon. You can load your own little movies really easy with this icon.
If you want to post YouTube videos you will have to switch your blog post to Edit Html and drop in the videos embedded code. This too is easy and I can tell you how to do that if you are interested. Actually I just did ... hee hee

Once you are finished you just click PUBLISH POST at the bottom left of the screen.
The end.

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