what is a blog???

[bubblefizz]

ermmm sorry to sound a bit dumb ......but what exactly is a "blog" i have seen it mentioned alot, but not sure exactly what it is lol <img border=0 src="http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/eek.gif" />

[Donna]

Not dumb. :) Blog is short for web log. It's an online journal. Like keeping a diary, only available for everyone to see on the web.

[Julie]

And in our case, we're usually referring to ones where we do nothing but blab on about yarn and hooks and crocheting. And we love it! <img border=0 src="http://members.aol.com/dustkittys/jumpy.gif" /><img border=0 src="http://members.aol.com/dustkittys/clap.gif" /><img border=0 src="http://members.aol.com/dustkittys/woohoo.gif" />

[bubblefizz]

just signed up and got a blog.......i dunno what to do now though lol <img border=0 src="http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/embarassed.gif" />

[Donna]

Great, bubblefizz! Let me know if you need any help. :)

[bubblefizz]

well i dont know what to put on it .....
btw how do you get an icon near your name on here???
ive been trying for 2 hours lol<img border=0 src="http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/eyes.gif" />

[Donna]

You can put whatever you want. You could write about or post some pics of projects you've been doing, neat crochet stuff you have seen/bought, etc. You can go to my Crochet Blogs (http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?action=list&ring=crochetblogs) web ring and check out some of the sites there to see what people write about.

To get an icon near you name on the board, go to the main Crochetville page. At the top, click on My Control Center. Then click on Account Preferences. Under Posting & Messaging, put a check next to the box that says Use Personal Icon or URL. You have to have a pic uploaded to the internet somewhere. You can do that for free at photobucket.com (http://photobucket.com) if you do not have space elsewhere. If you don't have a pic you want to use, you can search Google for avatars, there are a lot of free ones out there. The pic should be 60 x 60 pixels (if it's bigger, ezboard will shrink it down to that size). Does that all make sense?

[bubblefizz]

yea i have uploaded to pics to photobucket but there still not working!!!

[Donna]

Ok, have you been doing it the following way?

In photobucket, where it gives you the Url, Tag, and Img stuff, copy everything from the Url box. Paste this in the Use Personal Icon or URL box in your ezboard account preferences.

Let me know if it still doesn't work.

[bubblefizz]

yea i copied and paste the url into the account preferances...but still nothing has come up!<img border=0 src="http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/eek.gif" />

[MommaChelle]

What is the url to the image you are wanting to add there?


Chelle

[bubblefizz]

http://img44.photobucket.com/albums/v135/bubblefizz/crochet/flower.bmp


this is the url

[Donna]

I can see the image when I go to that url. I think it might be because it's a bmp. Might have to be jpg or gif. Can you convert it to one of those?

[Julie]

You actually have to go into 'edit profile' and then the first line says 'my photo'. Enter the url there. It took me forever to find it too.

[bubblefizz]

hang on i have another already jpeg format.

[bubblefizz]

still not working <img border=0 src="http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/frown.gif" />

[Donna]

I'm pretty sure the My Photo thing is for the photo on your profile -- ya know, when you click on the user name and get the litttle box that has your ezboard profile. And that the Personal Icon thing is for what you show on each post you make.

[Julie]

It was the only way I could get mine to work - granted, I have the url in both windows. I couldn't figure out any other way.

[Donna]

hmm... I'm not sure what to try next...

[bubblefizz]

yeaaaaaaaaaaaaa you were right!!!!!!
thanks for that!!!
i shall go and search icons now<img border=0 src="http://members.aol.com/dustkittys/clap.gif" />

thank you x

[Julie]

When I tried in the edit preferences screen it wouldn't work at all for me. And I tried, many many times I tried. <img border=0 src="http://members.aol.com/dustkittys/crying.gif" />

[Julie]

Yippee!!!<img border=0 src="http://members.aol.com/dustkittys/clap.gif" /><img border=0 src="http://members.aol.com/dustkittys/clap.gif" /><img border=0 src="http://members.aol.com/dustkittys/clap.gif" />

[Donna]

yay, great! :woohoo thanks, Julie! :clap

[Julie]

I was sweating that one. I thought maybe I was wrong and only adding to the frustration level. whew! <img border=0 src="http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/eyes.gif" />

[Donna]

Julie, you are so right! I just tried removing the "My Photo" from my profile and posting, and sure enough, I had no icon by my post! :eek

Would be nice if ezboard was a bit clearer about that, huh? Or if things worked like the instructions say... :rolleyes

[bubblefizz]

wohhoooooooooooo.
im having fun now with these icons <img border=0 src="http://members.aol.com/dustkittys/woohoo.gif" />