Creating Your Weblog

Creating your weblog couldn't be more simple, because it's already done!

That's right, when you registered your account, we automatically created your weblog for you!

You can find it at http://mother-child.info/weblog/[your_username] . As an example, if your username is 'rhamilton', then your own blog would be at http://mother-child.info/weblog/rhamilton . You can access it directly via the "My blog" link at the top of your usermenu when you are logged in.

The next step is to create your first blog entry; this, too, is very easy. All you need to do is click on the 'blog!' link that appears in your user menu once you've logged in:

You'll then be taken to the 'blog entry' page.

Here, you'll start by entering the title of your weblog post. Keep it short, descriptive and concise; a good title would be something like 'Study of perinatal transmission of HIV/AIDS in Uganda'.

Once you've entered a title, select the category of Mother-Child Health your post belongs to. You can select several categories if you wish by holding down the 'Control' key ('Apple Key' on Mac) and clicking the desired categories.

The body of your post is the main text; this is the actual post.

Once you are done, click the 'Submit' button to create your entry, or click on the 'Preview' button to see how your entry will look before submitting it.

Your entry will appear on your blog, as well as on the front page of the Mother-Child Website and under its research categories.

If your post is relevant, other users will then start to comment on your blog; you will be advised via email when you receive a comment. You can then reply to the comment - and so on - thus creating a conversation about your topic with your readers.

Commenting on other blogs is just as simple. If you read another researcher's post and you would like to comment on it or ask a question, simply click on the 'add new comment' link at the end of the post (if there are already comments on the post, this link will change from' add new comment' to 'n comments'. You can still add another comment of course!).

Every comment has a subject and a comment body, just like a regular entry.

Now that you're an expert on weblogs, find out how you can meet other researchers via the network!