This blog is a kind of wiki web page that lets you change almost any of the content on it. Obviously, this is open to abuse (which I welcome) but generally, I love it when someone writes anything on it. If I find something cool on the web that I want to share, or just remember where it lives, I blog it. OK, enough waffle, lets get on with what you need to know.
To create a brand new entry, click the 'create new entry' button at the very top of the page. This will take you to a form where you can enter your initials and the text you want to add to the blog. You can just type into the big box and click the 'write' button to save your changes. However, if you want to make a link, add an image or format you text in any way, you will need to type a tiny bit of html. This is dead easy so don't be scared. I will give you just two bits of advice and point you to Kevin Werbach's Barebones Guide to HTML if you want to know more...
OK, here is how to do the basic html...
How to link to a webpage:
To do this, you need to put a 'tag' either side of the text you want to use as a link. Here is a rough template.
non-link text to the left <a href=" http://the_url_goes_here.com/"> this_is_the_link_text </a> non-link text to the right...
How to insert an image:
Images are a little simpler than link because you don't have to put a pair of tags either side of some text. To insert an image, you just use the <img> tag as follows:
<img src="http://www.some.domain.com/images/example.jpg">
Editing an entry is just like creating one from scratch. DO fix a problem, add a comment or just vandalise other peoples work, click on the 'edit entry' link to right of each entry. This will take you to a form similar to the one you get when creating a new entry except that the existing text is inlcuded in the big text area, ready to edit.
There are a load of new ideas I am currently trying to implement. I will say more about these when I know the details. If you want to know more about how the Perl program actually generates the web pages wiki-stylee, have a look at 'about' link on the right of the blog.