Step 1. Login. The login link is toward the bottom of the list on the right side of the page.
Step 2. Create a new post. After a successful login, you'll be taken to this page. Click the "New post" link to make a new blog post.
Step 3. Enter the title and text for your post. To add an image to your post, click on the button to the right of "Upload/Insert".
Step 4. This window should popup to allow you to enter the files you want to upload. Click the "Select Files" button to pick the files you want to send to the server.
Step 5. Once your files have been uploaded, you should see a window like this one. The default values for most things should work fine here. The important button is circled. Remember that the image is on the server now, but it is not yet included in your post. To add the image to your post, click the "Insert Into Post" button.
Step 6.
After inserting the image into your post, you should be taken back to the new post menu and you should see your image in the post. Once you're happy with the post, click the "Publish" button to publish your post.
Step 7. Now you can go back to the site (click "Visit Site", right next to the Picosecond Collaboration title) and see your post.
Steps 1-4 are the same as for an image, but with a PDF file the prompts change.
Step 5 for PDF/PowerPoint Files
Here, once the file is uploaded, you need to specify that a link is created and that it should link to this file that was just uploaded. To do that, click the "File URL" button.
Step 6 for PDF/PowerPoint Files
After clicking the "File URL" button, the link URL field will be filled in. And now, it can be inserted into the post.
Step 7 for PDF/PowerPoint Files
Click "Insert into Post" to add the PDF link to your post.
Easy Mistake to Make What if I forget to click on the File URL button and click "Insert into Post"? You should notice that something is wrong. Remember that PDF files show as links. If they don't look like links (meaning, they're blue and underlined) then something wasn't done properly.
Final Post Showing Correct and Incorrect Links
M. Heintz
11 September 2009