Getting Started
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In This Chapter
This chapter will help get you started with your weblog. By the time you've gone through it, you'll be able to log in, post an article, log out and tell your friends and family how to get to your weblog.



The Sections
What is the Publisher Control Panel?
Before we begin, we'll start with an explanation of what the Publisher Control Panel is.

Logging In
You can't write blog entries. post photos, change the the look of your weblog or do much else without first logging in. The art of the login is discussed in this section.

Help! I Forgot My Username/Password!
What to do if you can't remember the name under which you log in, or your password. It happens to the best of us.

Posting Your First Article
A quick tour of the Dashboard, which is the first thing you see after logging in.

Logging Out
Just as important as logging in is logging out, which is the computer equivalent of locking the door when you leave the house. This section shows you how.

Telling People Where to Find Your Weblog
You've logged in, posted an article and logged out. Now, how do you tell people where your blog is?