Watch the Blog Video Tutorial

Once you’ve signed up, you can start posting your thoughts, stories about your day, and any other interesting thing that you might come across. This is called blogging. In order to start, you’ll have to sign in, or click “My Profile” to get to your Profile Homepage.

• In the left navigation, click on the link, “Update my blog.”

• From here, fill out your Title, and the Body Text of your blog. It doesn’t matter what you write about—this is your place to keep track of your thoughts on anything and everything in your life. Keep a journal for your family and friends, express your views on something in the news, or just give a quick hello to the EmmeStyle.com community—it’s totally up to you.

• If you’d like to include a photo or video with your entry, click “Choose file” next to the appropriate file type. This will prompt you to upload the file from your computer. Sort through the appropriate folders to find the location of your file, select your file, and click “Choose” or “OK.”

Please note that there are some file size restrictions, so make sure that your file is not too large, or it may return an error, or simply fail to upload. Also note that you can upload both a photo and a video if you’d like.

• When you’re happy with the files that you’ve attached, click “Create New Post.” Depending on the size of the file, it could take a moment to finish uploading.

• This will take you to a preview of your blog. If you’d like to make changes at any point, Click the “Edit Post” button, and it will return you to input fields, where you can change your post.

• If you’d like to remove a Photo or Video, check the box marked delete underneath that item. When you’re satisfied with your changes, click the “Save changes” button.

• If you’d like to add a link to a website or some formatting, like Bold and Italics, you can use simple HTML tags.

They’re very easy to use—I promise. HTML is really just Geek-speak for simple web formatting. It only takes a second to learn, and for your reference we’ve included a quick list of some of the more common HTML code. Just click on the chart in the upper right of this help posting to enlarge a quick guide.

The basic rules are as follows:

1. Every HTML tag starts with a “<” character, and ends with a “>” character.
2. Every HTML statement will have an opening tag “< >” and a closing tag “”, that tells the computer where you want the formatting to start and end. (Note: Make sure you use a closing tag with every opening tag, otherwise you may receive errors.)

• If you want to view your blog at any time, you can jump back and forth between different parts of your profile by using, the Profile, Blog, and Friends link right below your Username.

• If for any reason, you want to delete your post, click the “Delete Post” link in the upper right of the post.

Be careful to make sure that you’re using the link in the upper right. As you post more entries, each entry will have this option, but it’s the one at the top of the entry that controls it. Also note that once you delete a post, it is permanently removed, and there is no way to recover it, so be certain that you want to remove it before confirming.

• To see some of the most recent Blog posts, you can check the homepage. Click on the EmmeStyle logo and look through the posts on the right side of the screen. This will show you who’s posted, when, and how many comments there are.

• To comment on somebody else’s blog, simply click on their post, and start writing in the “Post a comment section.” This will give you a real time preview of post before you submit it. When you’re happy with your comment, press “Post my comment”

So those are the basics of blogging. It’s simple once you get used to it, and it’s a great way to share your thoughts with your friends, family, and the rest of the EmmeStyle community. Thanks again for dropping by. We look forward to reading your blog. Take care.