4. Adding blog entries (basic)
3 June 2009
Blog Entries are the heart of Penpages. Text is handled in a very basic manner - just type away in the entry field and leave an empty line space to create paragraphs. The result is plain, easy to read paragraphs.
To add an entry you need to be logged in as an administrator.
- Find and click on the link Add new entry in the far right-hand column of the Cat-Index page.
- Type in a title for your new blog entry ie. A perfect day for the beach. The title for your new entry can be any length you like.
- By default, today's date appears in the Date field, however you can insert any date of your choosing making it easy to add or backdate older material. Entries will be sorted top (most recent) to bottom (oldest) according to the date that you allocate.
- A category appears by default, but a different category can be selected from the drop down list
- Add the text for your blog entry (see WARNING below).
- Tick the locked box if you don't wish visitors to leave comments on this blog entry.
- Click on Add Entry button.
- If successful, click on Return to Entry Index
Warning some servers expect interaction within a period of time. If you delay clicking on Add Entry button and the server connection to database has "timed-out" you will lose your text entry, when you do eventually click on the button. You will not be able to use the back button on your browser, instead you will be returned to the Log-in page. To avoid losing the data you are typing, it is advisable to prepare long blog entries in an external text editor, then cut-and-paste the text into the Entry field.
Continue with the next lesson to learn of other methods for intermittently saving your entries to the database.
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