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Create your blog

When you create your personal page using "People" template, your page should have a linked titled called "Blog".  As a default, this link points to a template blog page.

You should create your own blog page following the instructions below:
  1. go to your personal page (People->your name).
  2. If you're not signed in, sign in through "Sign in".
  3. click "Edit page" button.
  4. click the linked title "Blog".  it should popup a tool-tip displaying the current link destination.
  5. click "Change" link in that tool-tip.  This should bring up "Create Link" window.
  6. Select "Existing page" on the left hand side.
  7. Then, click "Create new page" button at the bottom.
  8. Then, type "Yourname's blog" in the "New page title"
  9. Select "Announcements" from the "Page type" pull-down menu.
  10. select "Put page under yourname" radio button (and make sure your name under "People" is selected in the window.
  11. click "Create page" button
  12. make sure that "yourname's blog" is selected (with green tick mark),
  13. then click "OK"

  1. Next, you should click "Recent Announcements" gadget located on under "Blog" linked title.  Tha should bring up a tool-tip displaying the detail of the gadget.
  2. Click "Properties" (located at the left most in the tooltip.
  3. Select your blog page, which you've just created above, from the "Show posts from" pull-down menu.
  4. click "Save"
  5. click "Save" located at the top of the page to finish making your blog page and entry.

  1. go to ViSLAB blog page, and add a link to your blog.
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