This is a primer on blogs for those who may not be real familiar with blogs and how to use them. Hopefully it will help everyone find the info that they are looking for and also allow them to easily follow us on our journey to get Alyssa.  If you are already familiar with blogs and don’t want to read the rest of this,  click this link Alyssa’s Adoption Blog to go directly to the blog.

Basically, a blog is just a way to post information on the web quickly and easily in a form that anyone can read. Blogs also allow those who read it to comment on the information, if the blog administrator grants permission. For this blog, if you want to comment, feel free to do so, but because the purpose of the blog is primarily to provide info and not solicit comments, I’m going to moderate the comments. My goal is not to limit comments, but rather, to only include comments from people (family & friends) who we know.  NOTE:  I’ve been experiencing some problems with comments.  Sometimes when you submit a comment,  you’ll get an error message.  If you do, please email me at TW Hayes and I’ll post the comment.

First a little bit about blogs, in general. When you look at a blog, you normally see a screen with text - posts listed in chronological order - and links on the side.  For this blog, those links are on the right.  You can see they are called: 1) categories; 2) archives; 3) Blogroll and 4) related sites.  The first two allow you to view posts in a specific way, either by category or date.  The last couple provide some links that may be useful as you read the blog. 

Now a brief description about the post format.  The title of the post is actually a link to the full post.  If you click on it, you’ll be taken to a new page that allows you to post a comment.  Notice also that under the title of the post next to the date are the words “filed under.”  The link (which is the category under which this post is filed) will take you to all of the post in that category.

There is also a search function on the right side of the screen at the top. It will search all of the posts, in case you’re looking for a specific term. 

Generally, unless you’re looking for some specific info, you’ll probaly just want to look at the latest posts. I’ve also created a category called Status that I’ll use to post the latest info on the adoption so you may want to jump to that category, too.

That’s about all there is to blogs.  It’s really quite simple.  When you’re ready to read all about Alyssa’s adoption, click on the link below.

Click here to go to Alyssa’s Adoption Blog