<p>A web log or Blog is journal-like tool that allows you to record your thoughts and experiences. You can allow other users to post comments on your Blog allowing you to create a dialogue with your readers.</p>
<p>While a Blog itself is considered an Artefact, so are any individual Blog postings you create. This means both Blogs and Blog posts may be added to a View.</p>
Your Blogs area lists of all of your current Blogs. Click on the name of a Blog to add a new posting or edit the Blog settings. To create a new Blog select Add Blog.
<p>If you wish to attach a file currently stored within your files area to your Blog posting, you can Browse your repository for the required file(s)</p>
<p>Navigate through your file folder structures and Attach the required file(s). The ‘blogfiles’ folder contains those files already attached to Blog postings.</p>
<p>If you would like to discard your posting or changes to a draft posting you can Cancel and return to the previous page. Please note that your content <em>will not be saved</em>.</p>
<p>Edit Blog allows<strong></strong>you to modify the content of your Blog post and change any post settings. You can Edit a posting while in Draft or Published format.</p>
<p>You may Remove any files currently attached to a Blog posting at any time. Note that if you delete a file from a saved Blog posting the file <em>will not</em> be removed from your Files area.</p>
<p>You may attach any number of files to a Blog posting. Files added to a Blog posting are automatically stored within your file repository area in a folder called ‘blogfiles’ and contribute to your file storage quota.</p>
<p>If you upload a file then Cancel the posting or close the Blogs area without saving, those files will also be removed from your file repository.</p>
<p>If you upload an image to a Blog posting, you can use the Image button within the HTML editor to embed it into your post. You will be able to select the size, alignment, border and space around the image using the fields provided.</p>
<p>You can also embed an image as a link from another website. You can either enter in the URL of the image or ‘drag and drop’ the image from the website into the HTML editor. Please ensure you have appropriate copyright permission to use this image.</p>
<p>For best results images should be no more than 400x400 pixels and have less than 5 pixels of padding on each side.</p>
<p>The number of files you may upload into your file repository area is dependant on your set file storage limit. The amount of space you have used and have remaining is displayed in the Quota box. </p>