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Get a BLOG!

Blogging seems to be the Ugly Step-Child around here.

It does not glitter. It rarely wows. There is no Newsfeed Official Newsletter.

I wish that there were. Wordsmitty ✍️ does what he can.

"Blogging Bliss Newsletter" 

SETTING UP A BLOG IS NO MORE DIFFICULT THAN SETTING UP AN ITEM!

This is what's listed re blog on the WDC Help page:

"Blog Tab" 

The first part is the most important; everything else is just commentary. Key points [edited].

If you have an Upgraded Membership or higher, you can create a Writing.Com Blog. A blog ... is an online diary or journal featured in your Writing.Com portfolio in your Blog tab.

... a Writing.Com Blog is designed for interacting with the audience of the Writing.Com community. Only members who are logged in can post comments to your Blog, Like entries or comments, or rate/review your Blog.

Set Up Your Blog Tab

The first step is to create a Book item with the sub-type Journal/Blog. This subtype allows the most entries in the Book and depends on your paid membership level ... Any Book item can be used as your Blog since the Blog tab overrides certain settings in the Book item. (For more information on creating a Book item, please see: "Create/Edit a Book" ).

The gist (very similar to setting up an item):

Add a cover.
Add a title.
Brief description.
Intro rating [E or non-E (anything "offensive") applies to (cover, title, brief description)].
Your writing goes here... [This part ... is intended to contain ... text similar to the back cover ... of a book].
Subtype.
Folder/Location.
Content rating ... of your entire Book item, E thru XGC [personal note, some members block anything over 13+ and will refuse to read your blog ... just so you know].
Make Public [or not].
Pick you Genres [or not].
Settings: use Full Listing - 1 Entry Per Page unless you want to fiddle with this.
Blog Commenting: Enabled, only available to items set as Journal/Blogs.

Copy the Book's item ID number and enter it into the text box on your Blog tab in your portfolio, and click Setup my Blog. Your Book item is now connected to your account features as your Blog, and is accessible through the Blog tab of your portfolio as well as through the regular portfolio listing.

There are more details if you want to get fancy but a basic blog allows you to interact with other bloggers. As you read and comment and look how others have set theirs up you'll get ideas.

IT'S NOT COMPLICATED. It really isn't harder that setting up an item.

Then join the blogging community at

FORUM

30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS  (13+) WDC's Longest Running Blog Competition - Hiatus #1786069 by Fivesixer

by November 1st or go hunting for blogs on your own. Enjoy feasting and interacting.

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