Posting, Commenting, and Following; Posting Pictures

I hope everyone's having a great day. Here are the Blogger basics so people can post and comment on the Blog Abroad and be a Follower of the Blog Abroad.

For posting comments:
Sign in with Blogger with any e-mail address. A Google e-mail works best but any e-mail will work (owu.edu e-mail addresses fall under Google Mail so that will work, too). Create a profile with display name; this is the name that will be displayed whenever you make a comment or post something. I advise using your first name and the first letter of your last name, but it's up to you. The only way to post your own post is to be invited by the administrator. Otherwise, the only thing you can do is leave comments on events already posted. If you'd like to see comments, click on the post-it in the upper right corner of the post to leave or view comments.

For commenting:
Make sure you have a Blogger account. (See above section for making a Blogger account.) After you've made an account, then you can comment on any post. If you don't want to make a Blogger account, there's a option to be an anonymous commenter too. Just choose that when you leave a comment.

For being a Follower:
On the right side of the Blog Abroad homepage is a box labeled "Followers." If you wish to become a Follower of the Blog Abroad, then click on the button that says "Follow." A box pops up. Choose a display name and decide if you want to follow the Blog Abroad publicly or privately. Once you've done that, then you're officially a Follower on the Blog Abroad. To be a Follower, you don't need a Blogger account or a Google e-mail address.

POSTING PICTURES


Pictures are an excellent way to let people know all about the awesome and fun things you're doing and place you're going while abroad. If you'd like to post pictures (which you should!) and don't know how then here are some basic instructions:

After you log into Blogger, your dashboard comes up. On that page is a button that says "New Post." Click that and a new page for comes up for you to write a post. On the toolbar above the text box there is a small picture-looking icon (it's next to the word "link" on the toolbar). Click that. Another box will appear for you to upload images. You can add as many pictures as you'd like. After you insert pictures, then another, smaller box will appear that allows you to move the picture (left, center, or right alignment) and allows you to adjust the size of the picture. If you insert a picture with left or right alignment then any text added with wrap around the pictures. 


Let me know if you have any trouble. I hope that's helpful. Happy blogging!