[stylist] blog advice...thanks

[Homme, James]

Hi Ashley,
I don't know your answers yet, but I'll keep this list of questions and figure out how to do this stuff. I know the answer to the first one, though. When you write a post, you can categorize the post. My blog had a test post in it, and I saw that you could do that when I activated the Edit Post link. I forget whether the control was an edit box or something else. I personally think it's confusing, because when you first go out there, you're hit with so many options that it's hard to focus in on the short list of things you need to know to get started. Maybe since I am one of the less accomplished writers here, I will take a stab at bare bones instructions for getting started with the least amount of effort on Wordpress and send to the list for writing help.

Thanks.

Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ashley Bramlett
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 11:43 AM
To: Writer's Division Mailing List
Subject: Re: [stylist] blog advice...thanks

Hi Jim,
I have a word press blog too. Questions. How do I categorize blog entries? 
Is that on the dashboard? I like wordpress since it has no security image to 
see!
Can you copy and paste from Word there without losing spacing?
Do you know how to add sound clips to them? What format does it need to be 
in? MP3?

I have a personal blog and I'm setting up one for childhood memories; more 
of a blog to practice writing personal essays.
You're right that if you write on a blog its safe; if the computer crashes, 
you still have your blogs and you can write from
any jaws equipped computer.

Ashley
-----Original Message----- 
From: Homme, James
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 6:59 AM
To: Writer's Division Mailing List
Subject: Re: [stylist] blog advice...thanks

Hi Amy,
I went through the process of creating a Wordpress blog yesterday. Signing 
up was very easy. It's also an easy process to write a post. My copy of JAWS 
worked well with it. The browser I was using was Firefox. I will probably 
use this blog as a way to practice writing. I found out that it's possible 
to keep blogs private. The reason I did it this way is that I've had too 
many computer crashes at work and home and lost my journal. Thankfully, it 
was at the beginning of my writing experiment and only had a few entries in 
it. As I learn more about Wordpress features, I will report if people want 
to hear about it.

One thing I have already found out is that if you go to 
http://www.wordpress.org, where they have the software that you can download 
and put on your own site, the documentation is better. They don't give you 
the ability to install whatever plug-ins you want to install over at 
http://www.wordpress.com, though.

Thanks.

Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
Behalf Of Amy Krout-Horn
Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 2:42 PM
To: stylist at nfbnet.org
Subject: [stylist] blog advice...thanks

Thanks James, JC, Daniel, and anyone else I might have missed, forr all your 
blog advice. Yes, JC, I would like to read some of your blog posts, if you 
would send them off list. I think I might give Wordpress a shot. When and if 
I successfully post something, I'll let you all know. I told myself that I 
would never blog (I wanted the time to work on novels, short stories, and 
the like) but I realize how often I find myself reading other writers' blogs 
and have decided it might really be a great promotional tool for my 
already-published books. I believe that it will be worth the time and 
effort, if the blog posts help draw attention to my books and to me as an 
author. Thanks, List...I always know I can count on you guys:)
Amy
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