MNN - Mother Nature Network

Thanks for telling your story here at the Mother Nature Network. Here's help in setting up your blog. 

 

How do I create a blog post?

 

1. After you log in to Mother Nature Network, click on the “Your Name” link on the upper right-hand side of the page.
2. Click the “Start a Blog” button just under your profile drop-down. A page will load that looks like this:

 

3. Give it a title, write your text, and hit the “save” button under the post. If you'd like to preview it before you post, use the “preview” button, then “save”. Here's what you'll see next:

 

 

That was easy, but it's just text. What if I want pictures or links to other places?

 

Here are some ways to make your posts more interesting:

 

Videos:

1. To insert a YouTube or other permitted embedded video, first click the “switch to plain text editor at the bottom of the edit page. Copy the embed code from the video, and paste it into the plain text editor.  Before copying the video embed code, be sure the width is not larger than 530 pixels. For this video, I chose the 480 pixel size.

 

 

 

 

2.   Switch back to the rich text editor. Your post will look like this:

 

 

3. Click "Save", and your video should now be in your post

 

Images

 

Flickr: Flickr provides the code to include an image from their site in a blog post. From the Flickr image, click "All Sizes", then click "Medium".

 

 

 Here's what your post looks like on the site!