To begin creating a blog entry, click the “Blog Entry” link:

This will take you to the “Submit Blog Entry” page.

Enter the Title for your Blog Entry in the “Title” field.

Place the Body of your text for your Blog Entry in the “Body” field.

The Blog Entry Page allows the ability to format text as you wish using the buttons displayed below:

To create BOLD text, click the “B”

To create italic text, click the “I”

To underline text, click the “U”

To strikethrough text, click the “ABC”

The Blog Entry Page allows you to align text to the Right or to the Center of the page.

The Blog Entry Page allows you to add Bullets to your text using the button below:

The Blog Entry Page allows you to Indent your text to the Left and Right (as seen in the example for the News Article below the personal commentary) using the buttons below:

The Blog Entry Page allows you to Undo your last action in the event you make a mistake while creating a blog entry by using the Undo button, as seen below:

The Blog Entry Page allows you to add Pictures to your Blog Entry - Adding pictures will require uploading your own picture files from your local computer to your Christian Coalition of America (CC.org) “My Account”, which is displayed below:

To begin adding a Picture, click the Photo button seen below:

This will open the Insert/Edit Image Window, seen below:

To browse your local computer for the location of the Image you wish to add to a blog entry, click the button below:

In some cases, a Pop-Up Blocker may be prompted, keeping the Image/File Browser Window from opening - If so, add the Christian Coalition of America website to the “Always Allow Pop-ups from This Site” option, if your browser does prompt you to do so.

To upload pictures from your computer to your account, click the “Browse” button at the bottom of the Image/File Browser.

You are now browsing your local computer for picture content to upload to your Christian Coalition of America “My Account” area.

Upon selecting which photo to upload to your account, click the “Upload Button” to add that photo to your Christian Coalition of America personal account. At that time, you will see your photo file in your account’s Image/File Browser window:

It is at this point, you can now add your photo to your blog posting.

Within the Image/File Browser, you can click on the various image filenames you have uploaded to your Christian Coalition of America “My Account” to preview which one you wish to Add to a Blog Entry.

Upon verifying which image you wish to add to a Blog Entry, either double click on the image itself in the bottom preview pane or click “add”:

The Insert/Edit Image window will now be displayed with the Image URL field noting the location of the Image you wish to add to the Blog Entry.

Next, you can designate where you want to place your photo within a Blog Entry by making a choice from the “Alignment” dropdown box.

Once selected, click the “Insert” button to add the photo to your blog entry, as seen below:

You may also wish to add a hyperlink to another website within a Blog Entry.

This can be done in either of two simple ways:

• Simply copy & paste a web address directly into the Body Field of the Blog Entry
• Highlight text already within the Body Field and then click the button shown below:

This will engage the Insert/Edit Link Window shown below:

• Copy and Paste the web address into the Link URL field.
• In the Target field, it is best to select “Open link in a new window” – this will cause a new browser window to open up for anyone clicking your link, which will leave your original Blog window up, as well.

Click “Insert” to complete the creation of the Link back in the Create Blog Entry page.

You have now learned how to access the Submit Blog Entry interface, format text, add a photo, and add a hyperlink to your Blog Entry.