I composed the posting below in a window so that I could cut and paste it into an updated version of the webpage that you see linked at the top of the weblog called Tips on Posting to this Website. Check out the new page, there have been a lot of improvements to Blogger over the past few years and it's easier than it used to be to make a posting, and a lot more reliable too.

This is a sample posting. You can see that above are options for Edit HTML , Compose, (which is the mode I'm typing in now and is a little easier if you don't know what HTML means), and Preview, to see what your posting will look like when it gets posted. After you're done, you can just save it with the 'Publish Post' button below.

You can always come back later and edit the posting. The little buttons going across the left top of the composing window are for making text Bold, italics, in color. Then there is the Link to add hyperlinks, then the controls for text justification, and even adding bullets. Block quoting, Spell Checking, and uploading a photo image, and way to remove formating are also included. If you are confused about what each icon means, just put the mouse pointer over them and a description will pop up.