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Looks like you moved back and forth

Denise — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:09:44 -0500

Looking at your code, it looks to me like you moved back and forth between the rich text editor and this confused Drupal.

When you add video, you pretty much have to stick with one format and not move back and forth between the two.

So, if you're going to insert video with the rich text editor enabled - leave it enabled for the entire post (including preview.)

If you're going to disable it for this post, leave it disabled.

Anytime you move back and forth between the two types of editors, you're at risk for code problems. It's a Drupalism related to the version of the rich text editor we are currently using. Known bug - we hope some day to do away with it forever.

And yes, we need improved FAQs particularly in relation to known Drupal bugs.

~Denise
BlogHer Community Manager

Flamingo House Happenings

Completely clueless about embedding video

BarbD — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:58:48 -0500

Denise,

First, it would really help if there were something more prominently featured in the FAQs about YouTube videos.

Fortunately, I stumbled upon this post of yours, where I learned not to use the embed video link on YouTube. But in trying to follow your directions, I was still completely unable to do anything more than create a link to the video on YouTube: it does not display in the post I submitted today.

Help!

how about font changes?

Katie Fairbank — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:19:37 -0500

I happily learned how to use the plain text option to avoid formatting issues but am wondering how I can change the font on my posts.

do i need to enter fontclass code?

thks,

I would add the tip that

april32may — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:36:15 -0500

I would add the tip that pressing enter does a new paragraph <p> while holding shift and pressing enter does just a single line break <br>

oops, didn't see this post

washwords — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:17:15 -0500

but in a way that made it better. i just "walked into" this beaaautiful new site. kudos to you all. well done!

washy || http://washwords.wordpress.com || washwords.dc@gmail.com

Yeah, but

alyssaroyse — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:09:49 -0500

I use a Mac and Firefox (religiously) and for some reason, the spell check dosen't work, which is weird..... i am TOTALLY dependant on that, su itz weerd thut itz nut wrking.

___________
Alyssa Royse
JUST CAUSE

Start Her Up: A blog for Women Entrepreneurs

Ha. No.

Denise — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:08:05 -0500

I tend to just rely on the built in spell check on Firefox and rarely use special spellcheck tools so, errr, I never thought about it.

I'll see what we can do, Alyssa.

~Denise
BlogHer Community Manager

Flamingo House Happenings

Where Did SpellCheck Go?

alyssaroyse — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:00:05 -0500

Irony being the fickle bitch that she is, I am a prolific writer who can't type. Ridiculously dependant on Spell Check. And this new text editor doesn't seem to have spell check any more. Is that a sign that I just need to learn to type once and for all, or is there a magic button that I am missing? Please say there's a magic button, I do so like the magic buttons.

___________
Alyssa Royse
JUST CAUSE

Start Her Up: A blog for Women Entrepreneurs

L-O-V-I-N-G IT!!!!!

Jill Miller Zimon — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:46:35 -0500

I'm at Women, Action and the Media and this new toolbar will make it soooo easy to add things! I'm trying to decide if I should have an open thread about the event - if anyone has advice for how BlogHers in the field so to speak cover different events. let me know.

THANK YOU DENISE!!!!!!!!!!

Jill
Writes Like She Talks

Woo Hoo!

Megan Smith — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:32:55 -0500

My RSS feeds have arrived!

Hooray for Georgi!

Megan
BlogHer Contributing Editor, TV/YouTube
Megan's Minute
Video Runway

But it's so easy to be your long time friend

Denise — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:04:02 -0500

Hah. I love ya, Em!

First, if you are looking for your old posts, you can find them by clicking into your profile (when you're logged in, click the "my profile" button in the top right corner of BlogHer - it's a purple button.)

Then click "edit my profile" in the top right corner of your profile page.

Click the "track" tab.

Click "track posts" and you'll see every post you've made or commented on. The ones that have your member name as "author" are the ones you've created.

Also, you can find your blog posts on your BlogHer blog page with this formula: http://www.blogher.com/blog/membername

So yours, my friend Em, is http://www.blogher.com/blog/emsxiety

You can also subscribe to that feed in a feedreader (because you surely have a feedreader) like this: http://www.blogher.com/blog/emsxiety/feed

:-)

~Denise
BlogHer Community Manager

Flamingo House Happenings

RSS links in profile: FIXED!

Denise — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:58:27 -0500

I have surprising and excellent news - the very amazing Georgi has resolved the RSS problems we were having within profiles --- for all users.

If your RSS feeds have not been working in your tag profile, head over there and see if your issue has been resolved. If not, let me know and I'll assist you!

Yay Georgi!

~Denise
BlogHer Community Manager

Flamingo House Happenings

How do you find your entry once you make it?

Emsxiety — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:53:26 -0500

I've made an entry, you replied, I went back six weeks later give or take and replied because I found it again and now I can't find it again. It's probably very easy to find your blog entry on here, I just can't remember how. *Sigh* Not easy being me.

One Snap at a Time
Jagged Edge of Em's Anxiety

No you can't

Denise — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:53:10 -0500

We do not have functionality that allows automatic cross-postings on BlogHer.

If you want to blog on BlogHer, you have to write and submit each post.

Please feel free to send anyone who is confused by this or thinks it is possible directly to me for assistance. denise @ blogher . com :-)

~Denise
BlogHer Community Manager

Flamingo House Happenings

4 down 1 to go

JenInShanghai — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:49:00 -0500

I promise to update my blog once I get back. I have some great pictures and stories (some that probably will have to wait to be told). We have one more year and then back to the good ol' U S of A. Unless the Democrats lose..... I would rather be homeless than endure 4 more years of Republican rule....

Yes, You can blog on BlogHer - and it just got easier

Denise — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:36:41 -0500

A couple of days ago, I was on the phone with a long time BlogHer member and she didn't know that she could post a blog entry on BlogHer. This morning, I opened up my inbox and found two emails from people who wanted to know how they could promote their work on BlogHer. The short answer, "Blog on BlogHer." Their response, "I can do that?"

Yes. Yes you can. And, blogging on BlogHer just got easier for those of you who don't write your own HTML.

Log into BlogHer and click "create content," the purple button in the top right corner of the site. On the next page, click "Blog Entry" to get to the page where you can create your post. Once you're there, you'll see fields where you can write a really great title, select a topic or two that your blog post is related to. These topics "file" your post so that people interested in the same subject can find it in BlogHer's topics and search engine. Don't worry if you want to be a bit more specific than the topics list allows, just scroll down a bit and enter a few more free tags. That way, if we only have "Food & Drink" as a topic but you want to enter "gluten-free" you can.

The last step is to enter the actual post - this is the good part: As of today, you'll not only see an empty text field called "body" where you enter your post - you'll also see helpful buttons to help you. These buttons are part of our brand new WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor. This type of editor is also called a "rich text editor" and it will allow you to add rich text elements to your blog post without having to write your own HTML code.

With these buttons, you can create bold text, italicized text, underlined text, strike out text, blockquoted text and lists. You'll also be able to create linked text, insert images (that are already uploaded to the internet) and easily insert youtube video.

Here are some important things to know about BlogHer's rich text editor:

When you're inserting youtube video using the rich text editor, just insert the url of the youtube page. Don't insert the "embed code" that is often provided by youtube.

If you want to insert video from another service, you'll have to click "disable rich text editor" and paste the embed code from the service. Or click the HTML icon and enter the embed code into the post there.

The clipboard icon will open a pop-up clipboard type box that will allow you to paste plain text into your post.

The icon all of the way on the right, with the two boxes, allows you to determine where the teaser break will be. You should be aware that the center advertisement block on BlogHer posts may occasionally over-ride your "break".

And, if you attempt to put more than a couple of paragraphs in the teaser you'll probably come back later to find that I've moved the teaser to shorten your post. The front page is only ((((this long)))) and we need to make sure others have the opportunity to have their posts appear on the landing page of the "all posts" tab, too. Be considerate of your sister BlogHers, please.

When you add an image to your post, you'll enter the url of the image where it lives on another site. If you have an image on flickr, the url will look something like this: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/182/470531828_8378adb675.jpg
but not this:
http://flickr.com/photos/flamingohouse/470531828/in/set-7215760011651276...

You'll be able to select the size you'd like it to be - the default size of the image will appear in the height/width boxes. Don't try to enlarge it, if anything, you'll want to reduce it so that it formats nicely on the page.

You can also select where you want the image to appear - left/right/center etc...

If you'd rather not use the rich text editor because you're copying and pasting full code from another editor or you're writing your own html, please click "disable rich text editor". Enter your post with full code and then click "input format" and select "full html".

These WYSIWYG (rich text editor) tips will also work for comments you leave on BlogHer, in the forums and in your profiles. The WYSIWYG is everywhere you want to be.

If you have more questions about creating blog posts on BlogHer, I'm here for you. Just post them in the comments so that others can learn from your questions. Or, if you're shy, drop me an email: denise@blogher.com

~~Denise
BlogHer Community Manager