In its most basic definition, a blog is a frequently updated website, with entries appearing in chronological order – most recent on top.
Blogs can be anything from personal diaries, to resources on specific topics, to ranting spaces… whatever you want it to be. The differences between blogs and regular websites is that blogs allow comments and feedback on individual entries (posts), and they are much more interactive and networked than websites.
If you don't want to list your blog in Al Bawaba Blogs directory, people will not be able to find your blog unless you give them the exact URL address.
To hide your blog from the directory, login to your blog account and go to "Settings." Under "Blog Profile,” un-check the box under “Listing in Blog Directories.”
When you login to your blog account, your blog’s Dashboard will appear. Click on the big button that reads “Manage Your Blog” and you will automatically be redirected to write a new post.
When you write a post, it is automatically listed under the default category “General.” Categories make it easier to access your old posts and help your readers find what they are looking for. All categories are displayed in your blog’s sidebar.
You can add new categories after logging in to your blog account and going to “Posts” and then to “Categories.”
Under "Settings" >> "Blog Profile," you can change the categories that describe your blog in Al Bawaba directory. People often search for blogs that fall under certain categories to read them.
Under "Posts" >> "New Post," you can list your individual posts under certain categories inside your blog. This makes it easier for your readers to decide what to read.
In order to avoid having very long posts on your blog's main page, you can type the text that will appear in the main page in the first box under "New Post." After you write the first half of your post, write the second half in the Extended Text Box.
Your readers will be able to read the whole post after clicking on the "Read More" which is automatically inserted in your post.
icon in your rich text editor.
To add a picture to your profile, follow these steps:
Log in to your Al Bawaba Blogs account by providing your username and password
Click on “Manage your blog” and access the administrative area
From the upper tabs in this screen, click on Files & Photos
Click on New File and upload the picture you want from your computer to your blog’s folders
Once the picture is uploaded to your folders, go to the upper tab Settings
Click on User Profile
In the User Profile page, you will find a picture preview. To change your picture, click on the word Choose under the preview
You will receive a pop-up screen that contains your folders. Click on the folder where you uploaded the picture
Choose the picture you want to use for your profile
Once done, you will return to the User Profile page. To save the changes, click on Update button in the lower right end of the page
Under "Settings" >> "User Profile," you can choose to write as much as you want about yourself in the space provided under "Your bio." Usually this means writing your age, your occupation, your country, and your interests.
You can also choose to skip this by not filling any information in the space provided under "Your bio."
Yes. You can create specific categories and choose not to have them appear on the main page. This works if you occasionally like to post some very technical stuff, code perhaps, or music notes.
To hide some of your categories, go to "Posts" and then to "Categories." There you will find a list of all the categories you created. Click on the Edit icon that appears under Actions and you will enter the category properties. From there, un-check the box under "Show in front page."
Yes. You can always decide if you want readers to comment on a certain post or not.
To disable comments on a certain post, login to your blog account and you will be directed to write a new post. Under "Comments" to the right of the screen, un-check "Enable comments."
You can easily moderate incoming comments in your Al Bawaba Blog. To do that, first login to your account and go to “Settings” then to “Blog Settings.” From there, check the box next to “Enable Comment Moderation” and you are done!
All comments that you receive after you enable comment moderation will not be published unless you approve them.
and you will get a popup screen that allows you to easily upload pictures of files from your PC, your folders, or the web.
Yes. To organize your links in different categories, login to your blog account and then click on "Links." From there, go to "New Link Category" to create as many link categories as you want.
When you create link categories, you can easily list your links under them. To do that, go to "Links" and click on the Edit icon to the right. The link's properties will appear and you can choose the category that you want to list it under.
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