A Refresher: How to join the blog, add a post, add a photo, and edit a post

With quite a few new contributors coming on board (yippee!) I thought this would be a good time for a blog refresher. This may also help out those of you who are a little intimidated by the process or haven't done it in a while. We hope to be reading posts from all of you soon!

Step One: Request an email invitation by sending me an email. Your invitation will look like the picture above. Click the link in the email. NOTE: you can only use the invitation ONE TIME so if you make a mistake, no worries, just request another invitation.

After you click on the link in your invitation it will take you to the screen above. Here you will either "Create a google account" or if you already have a google account (gmail etc), "Log in by entering your password. NOTE: a Google account is nothing more than an email address that is recognized by Google.

Above you see what the "Create a Google account" screen looks like. Just fill in all the blanks and click "Continue."

Click the link you see above to continue. (I'm showing you all the steps as if you didn't have a Google account.)

That's it! Now you're on the Dashboard of Denny+Connect and ready to post. See the instructions on the photo above.


Above you see just a few instructions for the "Create a Post" screen. I've marked things like where to upload a photo, how to increase the type size, etc. Remember, bigger type is definitely easier for Grandpa and Grandma to read. Heck, it's easier for me to read too! All the type in this post is the "Large" setting.


Above you see the screen for "Uploading a photo." I've marked where you click to upload multiple photos at once. NOTE: I think it's by far the easiest to choose the "Center Photo" option and put the type above and below the photo. Some of you are smarter than I am and have been successful at getting the type to go on the side of your photos, but I can't seem to figure out how to do it well. All the photos in this post were uploaded at 600 pixels wide. It looks like using the large setting for a 600 wide picture makes them about 375 wide once they're uploaded.

If you'd like to add your post to a specific category (which makes it much easier to find again later, especially for posts with photos) I've included that screen above. Just click the "Show all" link and the categories will pop up.

Lastly, DON'T WORRY if you mess up. You can always edit your own posts to fix something, or I can do it as well. I randomly fix things that I come across (in my own posts as well) so don't sweat it.

Have fun. Enjoy. Thanks. And, happy posting!