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Editing or deleting an existing entry

To edit an existing entry, simply go to your Blog 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 Blog editor with the corresponding article in it for you to edit. The "delete" button will of course delete the entry.

Adding 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.

Aligning Pictures Pictures can be easily aligned to the left or right so that the text wraps neatly around them, once you've inserted your picture drag it in to position and then click the image to select it, once selected click on the image icon in the editor toolbar and a small popup will open allowing your to set the alignment and add some padding or whitespace around the picture. See the images below.



The Image Popup Window

Adding Video

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

Tags

The Blog system organizes it posts by the use of Tags. Keywords that you can assign as reference for each post. Afterwards, you can use the tags to organize 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

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