In response to requests from the UNA-USA East Bay Board, please see the following instructions on how to post to the blog as well as guidelines about posting etiquette.
Blog Guidelines & Etiquette 1). Posting to the UNA USA East Bay blog is open to all chapter members as long as authors agree to abide by the following guidelines.
2). Please keep all posts "on topic." Information about chapter events or other upcoming programs of interest to the community are welcome. Posts about the United Nations and all its areas of work (peacekeeping, human rights, disarmament, international affairs, economic development, etc) are perfect. Posts about other International Organizations, world affairs, and related US political events are also welcome.
3). Partisan political posts will be removed, as advocating for a political candidate is against chapter policy.
4). No rude, obnoxious personal posts, e.g. "I can't believe so and so said that during the board meeting."
5). Please avoid long interminable rants. While there is nothing wrong with free expression, remember that the blog is an official outreach mechanism for the chapter. When posting please act is if you were speaking in public -- because you are.
Blog Posting Instructions1). To sign up to blog please email
Jim Church. Jim will send an invitation to set up an account.
2). After accepting the invitation, Google Blogger will ask you to create a userid and password. If you already have a Google account, you may use the same information. If you do not have an account you may be required to create one, but this is free, just follow the instructions.
3). Once on Blogger go to "the dashboard." To create a new post click "new post." You will then see a screen with a title bar and a large box. Choose a title for your post. Type in text of the blog in the large box. You can click on the "preview" button on the upper right to see what you have done, and the "save now " button to save work. When you are ready to publish, click "publish now."
4). There is a button at the top of the text box to "add an image" that allows you to upload images onto Blogger. Click the image button, select where you want the image to go and choose a size. Click the browse button to find the image you want to add on your computer. Upload the image, finish, and you're done. You will then see some additional code in the post box. Type in your text (after the code) and preview to see what it looks like.
5). Links - there is a button to embed a link in a post. Highlight the text you want to link, click the link button, and add the URL.
6). Adding tags - a tag is like a subject for a post. The blog already has many tages so when you start to type "suggestions" will pop up. Feel free to use these or create your own tags. You can see the "tag cloud" on the right side bar. If you click a tag you get all the posts that have been assigned to it, i.e. are about that subject.
7). For more information please see the
Blogger Help Center.
