Posting a blog

Writing a blog is just the first step. Once you’ve got your blog post written the next hurdle is posting it. Sounds easy enough right, well not so fast. In order to make sure the transition is smooth, here are a few things you can do so that you don’t spend a ton of time futsing with the post.

First things first you need to write your blog and proofread it.
There are a few more things you need to do to make sure it shows up on the site properly. Ideally you will only post your blog once, for some reason Google doesn’t like it when you continuously edit a piece so if you can do all the editing before you post it that’s best.

It’s important to make sure that there are no spelling mistakes, typos or grammatical errors. If you copy and paste it into a Google doc it will flag any of these issues. You can use any spell check you want, that’s just my personal favourite.
If you’ve embedded links remove them and add them beside the text you want to embed them. i.e. Fairley Good Designs ➡️link to: www.fairleygooddesigns.com. Adding an icon of some sort will help make sure you don’t miss any when you’re adding them to the site. 
***Make sure you test any links that you are adding to the blog to confirm it links to the site you want.

Copy and paste the blog to a text editor. This will get rid of any formatting that has been attached by whatever word processor you used to write the blog.
***Apple’s default text editor is TextEdit you should be able to find in your launchpad (in the toolbar at the bottom of the computer screen it’s a silver circle with a rocket ship on it). I’m sure other computers have their own version.

Now your blog is ready to post. 
Depending on what website platform you have will depend on the next steps. Do forget that Google is your friend when it comes to things like this. Search for “How to post a blog on (whatever platform you’re using)” and you should find all the answers you need.
If you still need help, give me a shout, I'm happy to help.

Happy blogging!