NAAIO National Association of ATM ISOs and Operators

NAAIO Blogging 101:

Welcome to NAAIO Blogging 101. This short tutorial is designed to help you through the basics of blogging on the NAAIO blog site: naaio2007.blog.com.

Your first step is to visit the blog site by clicking here. Take some time to read the topics that are already posted.

A topic is a headline followed by text about that topic. This is similar to a newspaper with a series of articles, except that, in a blog, it is online and you can comment on the articles.

The first topic in the NAAIO blog is “Welcome to the NAAIO blog! Please participate and join the NAAIO so your voice will be heard!” You can read the text of the blog below the headline and within that text there are several links to click on. Go ahead and click on them, they will open new pages for you to view, such as the NAAIO website home page and the NAAIO join online website page.

Below the text of each blog there is a link: “Comments (#)”. This link will show you the number of comments that have been made on the blog. Click on this link now to view the 3 comments on this blog topic. You will see that Warren, Steve, and Larry have all commented on this blog and you can read what they wrote.

Now let’s look at a blog that you can comment on. Hit the “back” arrow/button on your web browser so that you can see the list of Topics again. Scroll down and find the topic: “NAAIO Blogging 101”. Next, click on the Comments link below the text of this blog. Here you will see what other people have said about this blog and you will see a “Comments” text box where you can write a comment.

Click your mouse in the “Comments” text box and type your comment just as you would type an email. When you have finished, press the “send” button to preview your comment. Go ahead and try this now. Type a message in the “Comments” box and click “send”

On the preview page you can review your comment and then decide how to sign your comment. The easiest way to sign a comment and let people know who wrote the comment is to choose “Identified author”. Select that radio button now and fill in your “Name” and “Email Address” (and webpage if desired). Enter the “validation” into the box provided and scroll to the very bottom of the page to click the “Publish” button.

Congratulations! You have just posted your first comment to the NAAIO blog!

Note: at the bottom of the main blog page, there will be a link to view older blogs. Feel free to click on this link. You can get back to the main blog page at any time by clicking on the headline: “NAAIO National Association of ATM ISOs and Operators”.

Want to write a Blog Topic for NAAIO? Simply send blog headline and text content to tammie@ab-net.us to be posted as a new blog topic.