Uploading files

One really great thing to do is include files that visitors to your blog can download.  For example, you might have a Word document to share or a pdf form.  Also think about Powerpoint and other presentations.  All of these can be included as files to download (other tutorials show how to embed videos - download the tutorial - or include images to show right in a post).  Here’s how you do it:

1) Look below the writing area for the post for the file upload interface:

 2)  Click on the “Browse” button and navigate to the file you want to upload.  Select and Open the file.

3) This returns you to the Blog interface.  Now add a title (any title will do).  A Description is not necessary.

4) Click Upload.

5) When the file travels from your hard drive (or USB drive) to the Weblog, it will appear as a file.   Righ-mouse click the file so that you can “Copy Link Location” or “Copy Link Shortcut” or a variation on that theme.  If you can’t “right-mouse click,” you can click on the file to open it and thereby get the location /Web address.

 6) Now click in the text editing field where your post is and type the words that you want to be the hot link when the post is published.

7) Drag across the test so that it is highlighted and then click on the chain-link icon in the text editor menu.

Now this text will download the linked file when clicked from the published page (not from within the editor).
Click “Publish” to put your post on the Web.  If you have already viewed your page before making these changes, look for the “Refresh / Reload” buttons or use the View menu on the browser to do the same.