Introduction

This part of the blog article is part of the intro/teaser section which extends from the start of the article to a special marker, which is only visible when editing the document.  There is more information on inserting the special marker later in this article...

Access to the blog

Everyone can view blog articles (by default) once they're published (done in the Page Configuration Box)

Firstly you must login to blog because the system needs to know who you to determine what rights to grant you.  You will need to be a member of the Blogger group to be able to write blog articles. 

You must be a Moderator to be able to:   

1. add/delete categories
    
2. modify/delete other peoples content (including comments)

Writing an article   

1. In  the Recent Articles pane, click the little plus sign.  A new page will open ready for editing.
    
2. Write the article (saving it regularly) as you would on the wiki
    
3. assign categories to the article by selecting the appropriate check boxes in the Categories pane.
    
4. Select the Publish check box in the Page Configuration pane to make the article viewable to non-moderators.

How to specify the blog intro section

The blog intro starts at the start of the blog article.

The end of the blog intro section can be specified by inserting a special marker (only visible in the article editor).  There is a new button just below the text editor for doing this.  The (red line) marker is hidden when viewing the blog article.

Alternatively, if no marker is specified the blog system will automatically choose the intro section.  This isn't recommended since the system won't make a very intelligent choice.  It will try to use paragraphs and line breaks to determine a good break position.    

The first image appearing in the article will automatically be extracted and used in the intro section.

This artice has an intro section marker.