Welcome to OlyBlog. We look forward to hearing what you have to say.

There are several ways to submit content to the site. In order to allow Rick (your humble blog administrator) to have some kind of a life, please choose type of submission channel that best fits with your purpose. Here are the choices:

• Events
  You can let others know about an event by clicking on "create content" and then "event" on the navigation bar along the right side of the blog. Set the day and time with the menus, then add a description of the event in the text field.
• News Stories
  You can report a news story by clicking on "create content" and then "story" on the navigation bar. This channel is appropriate for content that will be posted on the front page.
• Personal Blog Entries
  You can document your thoughts, track an ongoing event, or have conversations with a subgroup by clicking on "create content" and then "blog entry" on the navigation bar. This will allow you to collect your content in one place that others can access. If blog posts are particularly interesting to the whole community, they can be promoted to the front page.
• Forums
  The forums are for specific topics, such as discussion of city council issues, or commenting on how the Olympian is covering the news.

Here is a quick primer on how to use html codes to make your text readable.

html code uses angle brackets to hide the commands so that we don't have to look at them when the text is posted. Here is the left bracket "<" (above the comma on most keyboards), and the right one ">" (above the period). All codes go between the left and right brackets with no spaces. Ok. Here are the codes (I can't include the brackets with the examples below -- you wouldn't be able to see them!):

• "p" is to start a new paragraph. Use "/p" to end a paragraph.
• "u" is to underline text. You must use "/u" to turn the underline off.
• "br" causes a line break.
• "i" puts text in italics. As with underline, use "/i" to turn italics off.

Replace all the quotes with the left and right brackets, and you'll be coding in html. Use the "preview" function to see how your posts look before you submit them. This should allow you to create basic text that looks ok. If you want to try more fancy codes, go here for more information.

Here is a post about blogging ethics that will give you some guidelines about how to blog responsibly.