Today's news proclaimed what many of us probably already knew. Tablets, including the Ipad, Kindle Fire, and E-book readers, are growing faster than any other computer platform. According to an article on the CBC website, the percentage of Americans owning some sort of tablet or E-book reader jumped from 18 percent in December to 29 percent in January. And the story is likely the same in Canada. It seems many people found them in their stockings.
Adding Content: Blogs
This section will give instructions to create a blog. Blogs are useful for posting a series of articles, events, sermons, etc., usually ordered by date with the most recent at the top.
To create a blog:
Go to the back end of your site. The first thing you must do is create a category for your blog.
Go to: Content > Category Manager.
Click New
.
Type a Category name. (I used Matthew's Meows in the example below.)
Choose a Section. (Many sites have an Articles section which would be an appropriate pick. I used Papers in the example below).
Next Create and Publish your first blog post.
From the menu bar along the top, go to: Content > All Content Items.
Click New .
Type a name for the post (I used the title, Matthew moves). The name should be topical rather than a date. The date is handled automatically, or you can override it on the right side.
Choose the Section and Category you previously decided on. Long posts should have the first few paragraphs in the Intro Text box and the rest of the body in the Main Text box. The blog will show only the Intro Text and have a link to the full post (which will show the Intro + Main Text)
When finished entering the text, click the Save 
button. Note: If typing in your text will take a long time, click the Apply button at the top right hand side of the page periodically. This will save your work in the back end (without saving it on the front end) in the event your log in times out before you finish or you get called to the phone, or your computer freezes).
Now you want to create a link to the blog.
Go to: Menu > mainmenu (or the menu you want the blog in).
Click New .
In the Content area, click Blog - Content Category.
Click the Next button.
Type a name (identical or similar to the category name is usually appropriate). Select the category you created.
On the right-hand side of the page you will see a list of Parameters. Some Parameters you may want to change are:
Columns: change to 1.
Primary Order: change to Most Recent First.
Author Names: If there are multiple authors posting to the same blog you will want to change this to Show.
Created Date and Time: Most blogs have the date displayed. Change to Show. You can hover your mouse over the parameter name for a description of any parameter.You may want to play with some of these settings. You can edit the menu item at any time to customize the display of your blog.
Click the Save button when you are finished.
Go to the front end of your site to see your new blog. It will show up in your menu items in either the left or right side columns of your site depending on your template. Note: you may reorder your menu items by going to Menu > mainmenu (or wherever your menu item is) in the back end of your site. You can reorder the menu items by clicking either the up or down blue arrows beside the menu items.
