To start a blog is simple - just key some text into the 'Body' window and you have the beginnings of a diary entry. Use Preview and Submit at the bottom of the screen to make changes then publish your handiwork. If you want to do fancier things with your text, then start the editor by clicking 'enable rich-text' below the Body window. You can do a number of formatting jobs by selecting parts of your text then clicking the appropriate editor button, including: Wee text Big text Red text Blue text Reverse text 2007-08-23 19:31:25 date and time stamps emoticons

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And, if you want to prettify your prose with a picture, click the green tree button of the editor to upload images from your computer to your personal folder on the website then include them in your blog entry. Here's one I did earlier - this appliance is a combined rotovator and sprinkler.