Hello founders,

Here is an outline of what you need to do today:

Set up an account and a blog on this site. To do this, first go to:

http://blogs.bftf.org/wp-signup.php

1. Enter the username you wish to use and a valid email address.
2. Choose gimme a blog!
3. Click next
4. Choose your blog domain. It should not have special characters and you can’t change it later so pick carefully.
5. Choose your blog title. It can be changed later if you wish.
6. Click “signup”
7. Check your email. You’ll see a mail from “ben Franklin Institute”. Click the link.
8. There is your password. Write it down somewhere.
9. Click “login”
10. Type in your username and password.
11. This is called the “dashboard” which is the administration panel for your blog. This is where you write posts, change settings, etc.

Let’s see how your site looks for now, by clicking “view site”

You can edit your first post by clicking edit.

The sidebar components can all be changed.

Managing your blog;

1. Write tab: posts vs. pages:
2. the blog will show a certain number of posts on the front page. Pages are static places where you would put, for example, your “about” information.
3. Post status: by default a post will be a draft. Click publish to make available to the world.
4. Manage tab: view previous posts and existing pages.
5. Comments tab: view comments and delete spam.
6. Blogroll tab: the blogroll is a collection of links to places you find interesting- blogs of your friends for example. They will show on the sidebar.
7. Presentation tab:
   1.  Choose a theme - appearance of your blog. See http://themes.wordpress.net if you don’t find a theme that you like in the list, and email me the address so I can download and install it.
   2. Widgets - the items on your sidebar. You can change the order, add and remove items here.
   3. Header image - in most themes you can upload your own image for the header.
8. Plugins :
   1. You might be interested in Tiny MCE advanced (more options for editing)
   2. You MUST turn on the askimet spam protection plug in.
   3. Here is a key you can use: 875a7768299f
9. Options tab: Choose the title of your blog and other things like that.
10. My profile: use it to change your password

 Use “code”tab, and paste what picasa gave you.