helping start a blog

when posting in a compatible browser the post window will look like this:


notice all the options to center text, bold, italics, quotes, lits, links, etc.

if you're not using a compatible browser it will only look like this:

see not as many options

you may be in a compatible browser but it will look like the lower picture if you're in "html" mode. you'll need to look up at the upper right and notice the "compose" and "edit html" tabs. click on 'compose' and things will look a lot better.

to make a link: 1) highlight the text you want to become a link. 2) click on the little button after the "T" with colors; it's a chain link with a world. 3) type in the url of the site you want to link to. (you may have to have open that url in a different tab or window and copy it from the address bar if it is something really long and then paste it into the window.

if you don't have a compatible browser you can get one by downloading "firefox"
or look at this help article from blogger.