Some Blogging Basics--I'm learning as we go

Reading--this is pretty easy--the latests posts are at the top--scroll down for earlier posts. Every post gets archived two ways (lists are on the left side of the page)
1. by month
2. by label (meaning topic). click on any title in archive to bring up that post.

Posting--this is a little trickier until you get the hang of it. At the bottom of each post you will see the word "comment" with a number in front of it (that's how many comments have already been posted). Here are the steps for posting your comments:
1. Click on "Comments" you will then see all of the comments already posted by others.
2. at the bottom of the comments you find "Post a comment" and a box in which to type your comment. Type whatever you want to in this box.
3. below the comment box you will see: "comment as [select a profile] this is where it gets slightly tricky until you conquer it. I think the easiest thing to do is to create a "Google Account"--all you need is an email address and a password--you can use your real first name as your user ID. If you try to post a comment and choose "Google profile" you will be led to a screen that helps you create the account and profile. You don't have to fill in any of the information except your email address, password, and user name.
4. Verification: the program asks you to type in a nonsense word--this keeps spammer from getting on our blog.
5. after you create the Google account--your name will appear in the "comment as" drop down list.

I know this all sounds very complicated--but once you work through it you'll find it not so tricky. Try it now--just as a test.

6. Also you can preview what you post--and make corrections before you post it for real.
7. Finally you can remove what you post if you want to.

Any questions?