Hey there, I would like to be added some I can start writing an occasional piece on Pop U .. the address I registered is arthurbang2@aol.com In a message dated 7/1/2008 9:02:09 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, sam@estreet.com writes: Hi folks. Good to hear that a number of you like the blog idea, so I've forged ahead. Pop Underground now looks sort of presentable. So, here's how to get started: * Go to WordPRess.com and set up an account. You'll have a choice - you can set up your own blog or just a user account. Either way works - if you want to start your own blog, too, do that. If you just want to blog with PopU, select the user account option. * Then send me the e-mail address you used to set up the account and I'll add you as a writer. * At that point you can start posting. * You'll want to write a user page with your bio, probably. To do this select WRITE/PAGE, enter your info, scroll down and unclick the pings and comments boxes. Then, on the PAGE PARENT menu select WRITERS. Then e-mail me to let me know this is done and I'll link it into the main writers page. Some handy-dandy tips for those who haven't used WP before. * We want to keep the entries on the main page to a screen or less, so when you're writing select a spot a graf or two in, set your cursor, and click on the 4th icon from the right - the one that like a small rectangle over a dotted line over a larger rectangle. This will put a "Keep reading" link at that spot (see the first post, up now, for an example). * Tags: tag like a madman - any search word that somebody might enter that applies, feel free to enter it in that tag box. You can enter a string with each term separated by a comma or you can just hit return after each item. Works either way. * Categories: these we want to keep under control. I've entered some that I think cover a lot of the ground we'll be writing about, but I'd be amazed if we didn't need more. If you can think of one we need to add, e-mail me. * Images: our content hole is 500 pixels wide, so it's probably good to keep images to about 250 or so (unless you're doing a full-column pic). Default - justify the images right. To do that, in visual mode click the image and hit the right-justify button. More later, and if you have questions of suggestions e-mail me. -- _______________________ *Sam Smith* * » RazzberrySync Mobile, Inc. * *: Principal* * » Black Dog Strategic * *: President* * » Lullaby Pit * *: Editor* * » Scholars & Rogues * *: Editor* *voice:* *303.229.0619 /m* *skype**:** * docsammy22 *usps**:* 5132 Grey Wolf Pl. Broomfield CO 80023 *aim:* lullabypit *e-mail:* sam@estreet.com /"...it's a lonesome thing to be passing small towns with the lights shining sideways when the night is down, or going in strange places with a dog nosing before you and a dog nosing behind, or drawn to the cities where you'd hear a voice kissing and talking deep love in every shadow of the ditch, and you passing on with an empty, hungry stomach failing from your heart." - John Millington Synge / **************Get the scoop on last night's hottest shows and the live music scene in your area - Check out TourTracker.com! (http://www.tourtracker.com?NCID=aolmus00050000000112)