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A guide to my blog for the unfamiliar.
This post is pretty much for the benefit of my parents only. Its' purpose is to explain the functions of my blog to them, and anybody else who might not be familiar with this site. Otherwise, please disregard this. In any case...
Hello parents! Welcome to my blog. Here is a guide.
Pretty much the only thing you need to know about this place is that this address is the main page, and where all the blog entries will appear, newest at the top. First comes the title of the entry (in green), the date, and then the entry itself (with a small square icon to left to indicate the mood of the entry). Below the entry is a series of what's called "meta data", or basically a summary of what I'm "currently doing".
The house symbol (
) stands for what location I am currently in. Most of the time it will be Osaka.
The music symbol (
) stands for what music I am currently listening to! Because I'm sure you're interested.
The smiley symbol (
) stands for what mood I was in when I wrote the entry.
The folder symbol (
) is possibly the only one that's actually of any interest to you, as it stands for the tagging/labeling system. I'll label my entries according to content, and when you click on one of the label names, it'll take you to all entries that have been filed under that label!
If that sounds confusing, scroll down to the bottom of this entry and I'm sure it'll become apparent when you see them in action. ... There are other symbols all over the place too, but you don't need to worry about them as it is highly unlikely you will have need for them :|b.
Below the meta data is some text saying "(#) comments" and "Reply". Clicking on "(#) comments" will take you to see the comments that other people have made on the entry (if they have-- if nobody has, it will simply say "Link" and take you to the direct link to that particular entry with no comments on it), and clicking "Reply" will take you to a page where you can write your own comment on the entry. You can also use the reply function from the "(#) comments" link.
If I reply to a reply of yours, my new comment will appear under yours albeit slightly indented to the right. If you want to reply to my reply, it's considered polite to reply directly to that comment (using the "reply" function underneath that individual comment, rather than the one underneath the entry) so that the replies between two people go directly in one line, called a thread, like a conversation. It's just easier to read that way.
About the only other symbol you need to worry about is
this one. When it appears in front of a link (like ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
emiri), it just refers to another person's account. emiri is my account. Etc.
Also: you don't need an account at this site to read or comment on this journal! Just so long as you remember to write who is writing the comment somewhere in your reply, since if you don't have an account it will come up as "anonymous sender" to me. As an anonymous commenter, your comment won't show up immediately, as I have the settings set so that any anonymous comments have to be approved by me first before the public can view them. I do this mostly to discourage trolls. ... Not that you know what an internet troll is... never mind, let's not go into that now.
RIGHTO ANYWAY that covers most everything you need to know about accessing, reading and interacting with this blog! The rest is purely superfluous, but I'll explain it for you in case you want to know, beneath a "cut".
When I want to post a very long entry, or many/large images, usually I'll hide the worst of it behind a cut. It's still on the same entry, just invisible from the main page! This is mostly for the benefit of other people who may be accessing my blog on a slow connection. It's like writing an essay on a sheet of paper, and then folding the paper so that you can only read the first and last paragraph of it, and you have to unfold it to see the middle. A cut looks like an ordinary link, only it's in parenthesis, like ( this ). If you click the link, you'll be taken to the rest of the entry. So let's try it now!
SO. This here is inside the cut. You can't see it from the outside, only from the inside.
Anyway, I was going to use this space to tell you about the rest of the functions of the blog, though I don't really think you'll need them, it's good to have a reference!
The first thing you'll notice on the main page is the sidebar to the right. You don't really need to worry about that since the functions are mainly for me rather than you, but in case you're curious, here's an explanation:
Recent entries will take you to the main page, with the most recent entry at the top and least recent at the bottom, going up to 20 entries backwards. If you want to go further than 20 entries back, you'll have to scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Previous 20". I don't foresee this being an issue, but you never know.
Archive will take you to a calendar display of all the days I've posted entries on in one year, if you're looking for an entry that was posted on a particular date. I don't know why you would, but hey! Next to the date that I've posted on will be a second number, and that number will be the number of times I posted that day. Click that number to see the posts that were made that day.
Following is a function just for myself, you won't use it at all. Basically it's a feed of journal entries from other people on this site that I follow.
Tags is the master list of all the labels that I've labeled entries with, in case you're looking for a specific one. Click on it to see all the entries that come under that label.
Memories is another function only for myself, it's like the "bookmarks" toolbar in your internet explorer. I use it to bookmark/archive posts other people make that I want to remember, for some reason or another.
Profile is a function for people who stumble across this journal by whatever means and want to know who I am. It gives a short bio and a list of the journals that I follow and that follow me.
Beneath that is the rest of the sidebar, which... I think is fairly self explanatory. If there's anything else you don't understand, don't hesitate to ask and I'll explain it! In fact, use the comment page/reply function here to give me some feedback on how you found it so you can get used to it. I think once but once you get the hang of it you'll find it easy? And you can always refer back to this post if you forget something. So just sit back, relax, and enjoy the show!
Hello parents! Welcome to my blog. Here is a guide.
Pretty much the only thing you need to know about this place is that this address is the main page, and where all the blog entries will appear, newest at the top. First comes the title of the entry (in green), the date, and then the entry itself (with a small square icon to left to indicate the mood of the entry). Below the entry is a series of what's called "meta data", or basically a summary of what I'm "currently doing".
The house symbol (
) stands for what location I am currently in. Most of the time it will be Osaka.The music symbol (
) stands for what music I am currently listening to! Because I'm sure you're interested.The smiley symbol (
) stands for what mood I was in when I wrote the entry.The folder symbol (
) is possibly the only one that's actually of any interest to you, as it stands for the tagging/labeling system. I'll label my entries according to content, and when you click on one of the label names, it'll take you to all entries that have been filed under that label!If that sounds confusing, scroll down to the bottom of this entry and I'm sure it'll become apparent when you see them in action. ... There are other symbols all over the place too, but you don't need to worry about them as it is highly unlikely you will have need for them :|b.
Below the meta data is some text saying "(#) comments" and "Reply". Clicking on "(#) comments" will take you to see the comments that other people have made on the entry (if they have-- if nobody has, it will simply say "Link" and take you to the direct link to that particular entry with no comments on it), and clicking "Reply" will take you to a page where you can write your own comment on the entry. You can also use the reply function from the "(#) comments" link.
If I reply to a reply of yours, my new comment will appear under yours albeit slightly indented to the right. If you want to reply to my reply, it's considered polite to reply directly to that comment (using the "reply" function underneath that individual comment, rather than the one underneath the entry) so that the replies between two people go directly in one line, called a thread, like a conversation. It's just easier to read that way.
About the only other symbol you need to worry about is
this one. When it appears in front of a link (like emiri), it just refers to another person's account. emiri is my account. Etc.Also: you don't need an account at this site to read or comment on this journal! Just so long as you remember to write who is writing the comment somewhere in your reply, since if you don't have an account it will come up as "anonymous sender" to me. As an anonymous commenter, your comment won't show up immediately, as I have the settings set so that any anonymous comments have to be approved by me first before the public can view them. I do this mostly to discourage trolls. ... Not that you know what an internet troll is... never mind, let's not go into that now.
RIGHTO ANYWAY that covers most everything you need to know about accessing, reading and interacting with this blog! The rest is purely superfluous, but I'll explain it for you in case you want to know, beneath a "cut".
When I want to post a very long entry, or many/large images, usually I'll hide the worst of it behind a cut. It's still on the same entry, just invisible from the main page! This is mostly for the benefit of other people who may be accessing my blog on a slow connection. It's like writing an essay on a sheet of paper, and then folding the paper so that you can only read the first and last paragraph of it, and you have to unfold it to see the middle. A cut looks like an ordinary link, only it's in parenthesis, like ( this ). If you click the link, you'll be taken to the rest of the entry. So let's try it now!
SO. This here is inside the cut. You can't see it from the outside, only from the inside.
Anyway, I was going to use this space to tell you about the rest of the functions of the blog, though I don't really think you'll need them, it's good to have a reference!
The first thing you'll notice on the main page is the sidebar to the right. You don't really need to worry about that since the functions are mainly for me rather than you, but in case you're curious, here's an explanation:
Recent entries will take you to the main page, with the most recent entry at the top and least recent at the bottom, going up to 20 entries backwards. If you want to go further than 20 entries back, you'll have to scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Previous 20". I don't foresee this being an issue, but you never know.
Archive will take you to a calendar display of all the days I've posted entries on in one year, if you're looking for an entry that was posted on a particular date. I don't know why you would, but hey! Next to the date that I've posted on will be a second number, and that number will be the number of times I posted that day. Click that number to see the posts that were made that day.
Following is a function just for myself, you won't use it at all. Basically it's a feed of journal entries from other people on this site that I follow.
Tags is the master list of all the labels that I've labeled entries with, in case you're looking for a specific one. Click on it to see all the entries that come under that label.
Memories is another function only for myself, it's like the "bookmarks" toolbar in your internet explorer. I use it to bookmark/archive posts other people make that I want to remember, for some reason or another.
Profile is a function for people who stumble across this journal by whatever means and want to know who I am. It gives a short bio and a list of the journals that I follow and that follow me.
Beneath that is the rest of the sidebar, which... I think is fairly self explanatory. If there's anything else you don't understand, don't hesitate to ask and I'll explain it! In fact, use the comment page/reply function here to give me some feedback on how you found it so you can get used to it. I think once but once you get the hang of it you'll find it easy? And you can always refer back to this post if you forget something. So just sit back, relax, and enjoy the show!