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We have just created a very helpful Study Guide on making use of the various features of Caringonline's Blog Site. If you re not familar with blogging, this guide will be very helpful.
You can find the Getting Started Blog Guide here.

We have created a new Blog User Guide. Just about every question you have should be answered by this User Guide. You will want to read it, there are features that you will want to learn about to make your blogging experience more fulfilling and easier.

Whatever question is not answered in the User Guide should be answered in the FAQs. If not ask a question in the faq and we will try to answer it within a couple of days.

We are adding new templates to the site, so be sure and check them out.

It is simple to change your template (how your blog looks). Just do the following:
1. Log into your admin control panel
2. Clcik on your blog name in the Dashboard
3. Click on Control Centre
4. Click on blog settings
5. Choose the template you want (we need to upgrade the sample images, so just choose one and then see how it looks live)
6. Click the update button on bottom right of page.

Believe it or not we got the blog site working again-somewhat. By tonight we hope to have all the plug-ins installed, plus all the new templates. We are so sorry for the long delay. We have had over 15 websites to move, problems with software,etc-many nights with no sleep. After we complete the upgrade on this site there will be more features and most of all, the posting of articles and comments will be super quick. Rich

Yes, we are upgrading the server that hosts Caringonline Blogs. Along with the upgrade of the hosting server, we will be upgrading the blogging software. Because we are moving the site to another hosting server (I am still the webmaster and providing the hosting) there is going to be some downtime. It should be 1-3 hours of downtime at the most. For some of you it could be longer based upon your Internet provider and where you live.The move will be taking place either tonight or tomorrow morning. So not blog after 6 p.m. tonight are your post may not work. We will let you know when we are done with move and upgrade. PRIOR TO THE MOVE YOU SHOULD CHANGE YOUR BLOG TEMPLATE TO STANDARD. AFTER THE UPGRADE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CHOOSE ANOTHER TEMPLATE STYLE. Log into your admin control panel, click on your blog name, click on Control Centre, click on Blog Settings to change your template. Just prior to the move we will be deleting any inactive accounts. So, if you want to keep your blog, make sure it has at least one new post in the last month. Any blogs without a post for the last 30 days, or less than 2 posts total in the last 30 days will be deleted. BTW, if you are in need of high quality, but inexpensive hosting, let us know. We will be using a dedicated server and will provide special pricing for Caringonline bloggers. Richard

If you are getting spam comments there are some things you can do yourself and some things we can do, What you can do: 1. Each comment will have an IP address listed with it. Take that IP address and block it from accessing your blog completely. This is how you do this. Click on Manage tab. There will be a Blog Security link. Click on it and choose Add Blog Security. What we can do: 1. If you e-mail us the IP address we can block them globally from the site-that means the person will not be able to access this site at all, not just your blog, that helps everyone. 2. We can purge comments that are marked as spam in each blog. This will remove the comments from your control panel without you doing anything. We can do this more often. Our e-mail address is webmasteratcaringonline.com. Replace atwith @. I write the e-mail address this way because there are spider robots that look for valid e-mail addresses to spam. Rich

This post is to let blog users know that within the next two weeks we will be upgrading the software for this blog site. In order for the upgrade to go as smoothly as possible, there will need to be some things done by all blog users. We will be sending e-mails and posting on this site the steps that need to take place. For now, here is what we need each blog user to do: 1. Make sure you can receive e-mail from the domain caringonline.com. This is critical. Otherwise when we do the upgrade and send out e-mail notifications you may not receive them. 2. If you want to keep your blog, you MUST send me an e-mail informing me that you want to keep your blog. If you do not do this, your blog and username will be deleted from the server once the upgrade has been completed. Once we start the upgrade if we have not received an e-mail and/or there is blogs that have not had posts in the last two weeks, we will be deleting the blogs and usernames. 3. If you have any pictures in your Resource folder, make sure that you have a copy of them on your local computer. At times during the upgrade, we cannot recover images. 4. Check the summary page on a regular basis to see if there are any posts by us regarding the upgrade. 5. Be sure and read the User Guide and FAQ Section (links found on Summary page) if you are having problems with using your blog. I notice posts about not being able to post comments on other blogs. You must turn on comments on your blog in order to receive comments. If you turn on comments, you must make sure you have activated anti-spam plug ins. There are directions in the User Guide and FAQ. One last item We will be strictly enforcing blog policies and guidelines. Make sure your blog is in compliance or it will be deleted. We have had some users using profanity on their blogs and posts that have come close to promoting eating disorders. Be aware that if your blog is not in compliance with our policies it may be deleted without notice (we do try to give warnings-but many ignore the warnings). We must enforce our blog guidelines so that Caringonline Blog Sites is a safe place for those who want to overcome ED.

Per our blog policies, pro anorexia, pro eating disorder, pro self mutilation sites are not allowed on this site. If we find a blog that is in violation of this policy, it will be deleted without any warning to the blog owner. If as a visitor or blog owner you are aware of a blog being pro eating disorders or pro self mutilation, please let us know, by posting a comment on this post. To protect your identity you do not have to use your real name when you post.

We have done most of the major work regarding the upgrades. Be sure and let us know if you are having any problems with your blog or having problems signing up for a blog. You can post comments here. You will notice that posting messages has become much quicker. Be aware that almost all of the templates now allow the insertion of your photo, your blog description, and your bio. Read the FAQ's to find out how you can insert these items. We suggest avoiding SoftBlue, Grey, caringonline templates for now-think there may be a feww bugs with them regarding visitors making comments on blogs with these templates.

All of the templates are now working. There are currently 11 templates to choose from. Are you aware that you can change your template at any time? Just log into admn control panle, click on blogname, go to Control Centre. and choose blog settings.

The blog site is active again. You can log into your existing account and post or you can create a new account. Be aware, there are only two templates that are working properly at this time. They are Standard and Rubric. If you are using another template, be sure and choose one of these templates. Here is some good news, by late tonight we will have several new templates working, plus the older templates.

You can use the Rubric and Standard template. Check back to get latest updates.

The latest status on the upgrade is that we need to upgrade all the templates which is a tedious proces. We recommend not using your blog until Saturday morning. If you do use your blog, we recommend using the standard template. Go to the User Guide and/or FAQ for instructions on changing templates. If you currently do not have a blog, do not sign up for a blog until we have tested this procedure for bugs.

We are upgrading this blog site. So do not create a new blog or post to an existing blog until the upgrade is complete or you may lose data. We should have update done by Friday afternoon.

There are many features available for posting images, youtube videos, etc. It takes longer for all these additional tools to load. If you are not going to use them you can make it so these featues do not load and the post page will load much faster. To disable the additional tools feature, do the following: 1. Log into admin control panel 2. Click on Blog Name 3. Go to Control Centre 4. Go to Blog Settings 5. Scroll down to Enable the visual editor of posts . Uncheck it. 6. Be sure to click activate to save your settings.