A Quick Tutorial

Hey everyone, I am very glad to see (and read) all that's going on in this family and on this blog. I just thought, for the sake of those less-tech-savvy, that I would show you how to do a few things that will make your posts way cool.

First:

Posting Video (from YouTube) --- Nate, this one's for you.

On the side of the YouTube page you will see a sidebar with tons of stuff. One of those things is the word 'Embed' and a bunch of text next to it. Simply click that code/text and 'copy' it (go to 'Edit' at the top of the window, and click 'Copy').



Now, in your blog post, make sure you are in 'Edit HTML' mode. This tab is at the top of your editing pane.



Click in the editing section (where you write your post), go to the 'Edit' menu again, and click 'Paste'. Now you will see a bunch of code... that's good. Just type your post before or after it and when you push 'Publish Post' that code will auto-magically turn into a video.

Second:

Labels

This is not as big a deal but there is a 'Labels' field at the bottom of the blog post editing pane. You can use Labels to group together posts. So, for example, this post is listed under 'Music', 'Video', and 'Misc'. I could also type anything I wanted, like 'HTML Code Help' and it would create a new Label that I could then use next time I write a similar post.

This can be helpful when someone wants to read all the 'Music' posts or see all the 'Music Video' posts etc.

Just type what you like and separate all words or phrases by commas.