Contributing to a community blog

Contribute your ideas in community blog or comment on the ideas of others.

Creating a blog entry

You need Author or Draft permissions to create a blog entry. To change member roles, you must ask a community owner to update the community blog settings.

  1. From the navigation bar, click Communities and select the community you want to contribute to.
  2. In the community's Highlights page, in the Blog area, click New Entry. If you are the first member to add a blog entry, the link displays as Create Your First Entry. Alternatively, you can click Blog in the community menu then New Entry.
  3. Enter the details of your entry:
    • To add keywords, click Add Tags.
    • Enter your content in the Rich Text field.
    • To enable other settings, such as scheduling the posting of the entry and managing the commenting feature, click Advanced Settings.
  4. Click Post to publish your entry. With Draft permission, your options are Submit for Review and Save as Draft.

Commenting on blog entries

See a blog entry that you like? If the blog is set up to accept comments, you can respond to an entry with your own thoughts.
  1. From the navigation bar, click Communities and select the community you want to contribute to.
  2. In the community Highlights page, in the Blog area, click the entry that you want to respond to. Alternatively, in the community menu, click Blog and select the entry from there.
  3. Click Add a Comment, then enter your comment in the text box.
  4. If you want to add your comment as an entry to your own blog, click Add this as a new entry/idea in my blog and select the blog you want to add it to.
  5. Click Submit to publish the comment.
Tip: If the blog's comments are moderated, someone must approve the comment before it is displayed.

Editing a blog entry

You can add images, tables, and links in your entry. You can even embed Flash or YouTube videos. For more details on using the editing features, see Using the rich text editor.