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Blog 4.0 for PWP @att.net
Blog is an automatic Web log program written by Fahim A. Farook which allows you to update your site easily with your thoughts or daily events. It is a database application that stores all entries you type in and also posts the entries to a site (or sites) of your choice. Blog is a perfect solution for those who participate in Internet journaling. This document contains information for configuring Blog for uploading to AT&T Worldnet Service PWP and an explanation of the basic features of the program.
Note: You will need to find your AT&T Worldnet Service account information.
Configuration
This section will explain the items that need to be entered in each of the areas of Journal Management, the main configuration section of Blog.
From the Tools menu, choose Journal Management.
- Select the FTP Sites tab. Enter the following as illustrated below:
- Site Name: Worldnet or whatever name you wish to call your site
- FTP Site: upload.att.netor upload.worldnet.att.net
- Port: 21
- Login: Your e-mail ID (the part to the left of the @ sign)
- Password: Your e-mail password
- FTP Site: Check this selection
- Click on the check mark icon to save your settings.
- Select the Templates tab. Two predefined templates have been provided - one for journal entries and one for archival purposes. Should you want to create custom templates, instructions are contained in the Read Me file found under the Help menu. In this tutorial, we will use the templates provided and make a few changes to personalize them.
Journal Template
The following graphics show the template for Journal Entries in four parts. To customize this template to suit your needs, there are four items that need to be changed. Each is highlighted and addressed below.
- Within the title tags, you will want to replace The Developer's Corner with a title of your choice. This is the title of your page and will appear at the very top of the browser when your page is viewed on the Internet.
- You can either delete the highlighted code or type in the name of a background graphic or color that you like. This will be the background for the date of each entry that you post in your journal. (If you delete the code, your date background will simply be white.)
- For a graphic, replace Header.gif with the name of your background graphic. To upload your graphic, you will do so through the Upload Manager.
- For a color, use bgcolor="#XXXXXX". You will want to specify a particular color code in place of the X's; information on color and the color codes can be found here.
- If you are experienced with html coding, you may also make changes to the colors specified in the body tag or the dimensions specified within the table tags. This is optional.
- Next, if you wish to provide a link to another Web site, replace the highlighted code with the address of the url. In addition, replace the word HOME with the name of the site. If you do not want to include a link, then delete the entire code:
<div class="links" align="center"><a href="http://members.tripos.com/~Cyberian/Personal">HOME</a>
- Finally, to provide an e-mail link to yourself, replace the highlighted code fahimf@email.com with your e-mail address and Fahim A. Farook with your name.
If you wish the name of the Journal Template to be something other than Journal, type in a name of your choice next to Template Name. Click on the check mark icon to save your settings.
Archive Template
To go from the Journal Template to the Archive Template, click on the right arrow icon. As highlighted in the illustration below, there are three items that you will want to change in the Archive Template.
- Within the title tags, replace The Developer's Corner Archive with a title of your choice for your Archives Page. Again, this is the title that will show at the top of the browser when your archives are viewed on the Internet.
- Also replace The Developer's Corner Archive within the header tags (h1 and /h1) with the same title that you chose in step A.
- Finally, replace the e-mail link by putting your e-mail address in place of the code fahimf@email.com and your name in place of Fahim A. Farook.
- Click the check mark icon to save your settings, then click the OK button.
- Select the Journals tab. Enter the following as illustrated below:
- Journal Name: Journal (or the name you chose above)
- Reverse-Order: Check this box if you would like the latest entry shown first
- Entry Date Format: Refer to the table shown and choose the format that suits your needs
- Entry Time Format: Refer to the table shown and choose the format that suits your needs
- Archive Type: Choose Weekly or Monthly
- Archive Date Format: Refer to the table shown and choose the format that suits your needs
- Archive in Reverse: Check this box if you would like the latest archive shown first
- Site URL: Type in the url of your site
- Author: Type in your name
- Now choose the Sites tab. Here you can define the site(s) and template(s) used for each of your journals. The default settings shown below will work best for one journal uploaded to one site. The only changes you might need to make are to the Journal Name and Archive Template if you chose names besides Journal and Archive for these items. Click on the check mark icon to save your settings.
Please refer to the ReadMe under Help if you wish to define multiple journals for the same site or multiple sites for the same journal.
Journal Entries
When you open Blog, the main window looks like the illustration below. In addition to the menu items, there are two toolbars. The top toolbar has icons that perform functions pertaining to initiating and saving a journal entry while the second toolbar has icons that format the journal entry. If you place your curser over each icon in the two tool bars, the function of the icon will be displayed.
Text
To make an entry, select the date of your choice from the calendar and click on the New Entry button on the toolbar. The date and time will appear below the calendar. Click in the second frame to the right of the calendar and type your entry as illustrated.
Site Links
To add links to your journal, simply click on the Link icon. A window, as illustrated below, will appear where you can type in the url of the link. Click on the OK button. The correct html code for a link will appear in the same frame as your journal entry.
Graphics
To add graphics to your journal, click on the Insert Image icon. A window, as illustrated below, will appear. To insert the graphic image's name in the space provided, click on the button shown next to the curser in the illustration. You will be connected to a window showing the files on your computer; navigate until you reach the location of the graphic you desire. Highlight the graphic and click on the Open button. Once the name of the graphic appears in the space provided in the Image Link window, click on the OK button. The correct html code for a graphic will appear in the same frame as your journal entry.
In order for a graphic to be uploaded to your site, it must be added to the Upload Manager. Click on that icon and the following window will appear. Select the Add button.
Again, you will be connected to a window showing the files on your computer; navigate until you reach the location of the graphic you want uploaded. Highlight the graphic and click on the Open button. Once the name of the graphic appears in the space provided in the Upload Manager window, click on the OK button.
File Links
To add a link to a file, follow the same procedure as adding a link to another site or a graphic, clicking on the Insert File Link icon to start the process.
Publishing
Once, you have completed your journal entry, click on the Save icon. Make sure that you are connected to the Internet, then click on the Publish icon.
The first time that you publish, your templates will be uploaded. After that, only the journal entry will be uploaded unless you make changes to your template(s). If so, any changes will be updated. A script showing the uploading progress will be displayed in the bottom frame of the main Blog window. Note: You must be connected to AT&T Worldnet Service while you publish your Web pages to the AT&T Worldnet PWP servers with this application. Read the information in our PWP FAQ if you would like to publish your pages from another ISP.
If you've followed the instructions exactly and are having problems uploading, try the troubleshooting steps in our PWP FAQ.
Need Additional Help?
If you can't find the answers you need, please try:
- The help file for the application you are using.
- Our FAQs.