Posting web pages

Posting a web page is similar to posting an article, except that web pages are not available from your blog as blog entries; no link to the page is added to your blog. In order to access a web page, you'll need to use the URL for that page. The web page is, however, displayed in your blog.

However, if prior to saving the web page you select Save Options, Add a component and/or Add to a favorites list, the link to the web page can appear in one of the blog main page's components, such as My Favorite Web Logs.

For information on setting up blog page components, see Adding Components to Your Sidebars.

Note: Components are visible on the blog main page only if the blog administrator added the components when creating the blog layout and template.

To post a web page

1.

From the Publisher Control Panel, click the Post tab.

2.

From the Options list, click Web Page. The Manage Web Pages page opens.

3.

Click the Create a new page link. The Page Editor page opens.

4.

Type the title for your web page in the Title field. Be careful how you name the web page as the title you choose will be used as part of the URL for that page. Any spaces, punctuation marks, or special characters will be removed from the title for use in the URL.

5.

Enter the body of your web page. You can use either HTML (Souce) or WYSIWYG (Display) mode for entering information. WYSIWYG means "What you see is what you get".

To switch between HTML (Source) and WYSIWYG (Display) mode, click the Toggle Mode icon .

Note: The Rich Text Editor formatting controls only work in (WYSIWYG) Display mode. When readers view your blog entry on your blog main page, they see the entry as it appears in Display mode.

6.

To create a link to the web page in one of the components on your Blog main page, click the Create a component checkbox. To add the link to your favorites list, click the Add to a favorites list checkbox, and choose the favorites list from the drop-down list. To change the placement of these links later, see Adding Components to Your Sidebars.

7.

When you finish, click the Save Page button. The Manage Web Pages page re-opens, showing the new web page information in the list.

To load the new web page

To load the web page you've just created, click the URL provided in the Manage Web Pages page to view the web page on the blog, or copy the URL and share it with who have access to the web page.