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Now that you have created your blog, you will need to know how to manage it!

Firstly, open up the website builder from your MyFreeola Control Panel. This will take you to the 'Site Overview' page, where you will see a button named 'Manage Blog Pages'.

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1. To write a new post on your blog, simply select the 'Write a New Post' button...

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2. Next, fill in the Blog Post Title of your blog and write the content as before, just like when you create any new page or post using the text editor. Once you are done, click 'Finish' and your blog will be updated with your new post!

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1. To edit any blog post, simply click the small icon in the row of the page that you want to edit:

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2. This will then take you to the text editor where you may edit the Blog Post Title and content and preview your changes before having them take effect.

For more information on what Blog Post Titles and content your blog can contain, please see the create a blog tutorial.

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After having edited your post to your satisfaction, press the 'Finish' button to save and update your changes.

Deleting a blog post is easy! Simply click the 'Delete' icon for the relevent page on the blog management page.

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1. The Page Intro Text is a small area above your blog where you can put any content, in order to introduce the blog or put other relevant information. The process of doing this is exactly the same as the two sections above, only - you click the 'Edit Intro Text' button and proceed to use the text editor to make the changes that you wish.

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2. You can then proceed to make the necessary changes and click Finish to save your changes.

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1. If you have allowed them to do so, visitors can submit comments to your blog. In this form you will see a 'captcha security image' containing randomly generated characters for you to enter. This is to help prevent spam attacks on your website (to basically ensure that the comment is submitted by a human and not a malicious computer script). To submit a comment, simply click on one of the two places shown in the picture below...

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This will take you to a separate page which displays the post made, any comments made and then the comment form.

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2. Visitors can fill in their details and message in to the form and press submit. Their comment will then be added to this post.

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1. You may wish to edit or delete comments made to your blog. To do this, first navigate to InstantPro Website Builder, Site Overview > Manage Blog Pages > Then click on the big 'Moderate Comments' button.

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2. This is where you can sort, edit and delete comments. You can use the drop down menus to help you find the comment you need.

3. Clicking "Delete" will irreversibly delete the comment. The "Don't display on site" link will not delete the comment completely, but the comment will not be shown on your blog. This option allows you to put this comment back on the site at any time.

4. Elements that you can edit will turn yellow when you move the mouse over them. To edit an element, simply click it, make the changes and click 'Save'.

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5. When you have finished moderating your visitors' comments, click 'Finish' to return to the Manage Blog page.

Throughout various pages to do with your blog, you will find a drop-down box like so:

This shows me that there was one post made in September, one in October, and two posts made in November.

Clicking this will allow me to view only certain posts that were made in a chosen month. You can also use this to search for comments on posts and view all comments made in a given month.

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