This document provides instructions for partners of the Canadian Rural Research Network (CRRN) to post content on the CRRN blog using Blogger. It outlines 7 steps to create a new post, including adding title, source, preview text, body text, links, and labels. Partners are encouraged to share research outputs, activities, or other materials on the blog to support information sharing among rural research stakeholders. The CRRN facilitates participatory networking and knowledge dissemination through online platforms.

1. How to post on the CRRN blog
with Blogger
May 2011
Prepared by the Management team
Alessandro Alasia (Network coordinator), Geri Biggs, Jeff
Dixon, Jean-François Frenette, David Hardie, Leanne
Elliott, Patricia Macklin, Erin McGuigan, Molly Moshofsky,
Karin Trounce, and Deatra Walsh.
The Canadian Rural Research Network (CRRN) supports information sharing
and knowledge dissemination among rural research stakeholders by means of
innovative networking approaches.
www.rural-research-network.blogspot.com

2. How to post on the CRRN blog
Each partner organization of the Canadian Rural Research Network (CRRN) can
post content on the CRRN blog, concerning its research outputs, activities or
other research material.
This document will guide you through how to post on Blogger. Note that Blogger
offers also an extensive Help menu.
Below are the steps to follow to post directly on the Blog (you could post by
sending an email, but this is not recommended, as it might require some
knowledge of HTML to post using the CRRN format).
Important note: Blogger allows you to save your post as a draft (button “Save
now”). If you experience any technical problem in posting you can save a draft
and notify crrn@bell.net
Step 1. Log in your Blogger account
1. Go to https://www.blogger.com/
2. Enter your username and password (must have a Gmail account for this.
You can create one for the purpose if you do not have one. Gmail
accounts are free).
3. You will be prompted to the following page:
Step 2. Create a new post
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3. 4. to create a new post click on the “New Post” button
- you can also see the list of posts, click on “Edit Posts”
5. by clicking on New post you will be prompted to the following screen.
6. IMPORTANT: Click on the tab “Edit Html” on the upper-right hand side of
the text window.
7. The following html code will appear:
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4. Now there are seven steps to follow for posting
1. Add the title in the Title bar. Do not forget to add the post category before
the specific title (for instance, Studies/Études:…). A simple way to do this
is to cut and paste the post category name form the blog text. Try to use
one single post category in the title (one that is most relevant for your
post).
2. Add the source. In the text window, add the name of the source of the
information after the html code “<span style="font-weight:
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5. bold;">Source</span>”. For instance, this can be the name of your
organization (please add both English and French name, if available).
If you have a bilingual post, please add the following HTML code BEFORE
the source line. Cut and paste the following:
<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Le texte en français suit l’anglais.
</span>
OR
<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">The text in English follows the French.
</span>
Note: do not leave any space between lines.
3. Add the text that will appear on the main page of the CRRN blog BEFORE
the html code “<span class “fullpost”>”. Note: no more than three lines.
a. Note: do not leave any space between lines.
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6. 4. Add as much text as you like AFTER the html code “<span class
“fullpost”>” and before “</span>”.
a. Note: do not leave any space a the top of the text. You can have
spacing between the lines of the this part of the text.
5. Add links to the original material referred to in the post. You can add as
many links as you like. For consistency purposes we would suggest that
that you add
a. a link(s) to the document(s) at the end of the text (example
“Download full report”)
b. a link to the web site of the source (for instance your organization)
(example: www.statcan.gc.ca )
- To add links, do the following:
- Select the text that you want to hyperlink.
- Click on the icon “insert link” on the top of the text box.The following
box will appear:
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7. - Enter the complete URL in this box.
- Click “Ok”
- You will see the HTML code for the hyperlink appearing around the
text that you have selected.
To add email links cut and paste the following HTML code and fill in
the appropriate information (part in bold). You can insert this code
anywhere in the text.
<a href="mailto:crrn@bell.net">any text here: e.g. email to us</a>
6. Finally, add the labels to your post. To do so:
a. click on “Show all/Hide all”, next to the “Labels for this post” box.
b. The full list of labels will appear. Click on any of the labels that
apply to your post (you will see the label appearing in the box
“labels for this post”)
c. You can add a maximum of five labels.
7. THE POST IS COMPLETE! Click on the “Publish Post” button to publish
the post.
a. Before posting you can preview the post by clicking on “Preview”,
on top right hand side corner of the text box. Then “hide preview” to
return to the edits.
b. One you click on “Publish Post” the following page will appear
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8. c. You should view and check the post by clicking on “view post”
d. You can make any changes and corrections to the post by clicking
on “edit post”
e. IMPORTANT: any post can be edited, corrected and modified once
published.
Important note: Blogger allows you to save any post as a draft. To do so click
on “Save now” instead of “Publish post”. If you experience any technical problem
in posting you can save as a draft and notify crrn@bell.net
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9. www.rural-research-network.blogspot.com
The Canadian Rural Research Network (CRRN)
supports information sharing and knowledge dissemination among rural research
stakeholders by means of innovative networking approaches.
The CRRN embraces the principles of participatory, bottom-up networking and the
opportunities offered by online networking applications.
The CRRN resources are freely available to all users. The resources to operate the
Partners network are provided by the voluntary work of a management team and the
partner organizations or limited in-kind contributions for specific activities. CRRN
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Last Modified: April 29, 2011