How to become a Contributing Author to Vine Art

Hope this helps.

We've all received Meg's e-mail and know her secret password and can log onto this blog and totally destroy it with Meg's god-like blog powers over this site. But, what if we want to just post? And don't want to give Meg the credit?

Here's what you do:

1. First, you'll need a Blogger account, or better yet, any type of Google account. Your username will be an e-mail address. Your password will be whatever you set it up to be. If you already have one of these accounts you won't need to make a new one.

2. Okay, now don't actually sign in to that account. In the upper right corner of this page you'll see where it says Sign In. Do that -as Meg-. That's important, because Meg is All Powerful.

3. Now, -as Meg-, you'll see a drab, brown page with a large, white squarey-rectangle at eye level on the left side of the screen. This is where Meg manages her accounts. We'll be kind and go straight to the link for =Settings= associated with the Vine-Art Blog, leaving all of Meg's other stuff intact. Because we're cool like that.

4. This is the Vine Art =Customize= page that Meg gets to see because she created the Blog and is currently the only one designated as an 'Admin'. (Ambrose Bierce defined the Admin as a small, petty god that lives in a cubicle, never sees the light of day, and in turn, is never seen. Okay, I just made that up.)

Under the tab-like =Settings= tab you will see a series of blue hyperlinks along the beige ribbon. The last one should be =Permissions=. Click on that.

5. On the =Permissions= page, the first cartoony box is labeled Blog Authors. Click on the blue button that says =Add Authors=.

6. The cartoony box changes and it looks like there's a text box. Don't be fooled! Instead, write your e-mail address in the box INSTEAD OF a clever message. WRITE THE E-MAIL ADDRESS THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR OWN BLOGGER OR GOOGLE ACCOUNT. You don't have to write your password, just click the red =INVITE= button.

7. Check your e-mail. Guess what? You've got mail. It's from Meg! And it says:

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The Blogger user Yalalteca has invited you to contribute to the private blog: Vine-Art.

To contribute to this blog, visit:
http://www.blogger.com/i.g?inviteID=7765542156847320767&blogID=2550909092345317899

You'll need to sign in with a Google Account to confirm the invitation and start posting to this blog. If you don't have a Google Account yet, we'll show you how to get one in minutes. To learn more about Blogger and starting your own free blog visit http://www.blogger.com
***

Don't be alarmed. Meg isn't spamming you (Because she's all cool like that). Click on the first link in the e-mail.

8. Did I mention that you should have closed your browser first? If you didn't, Vine Art may still think you're Meg, and you won't be able to put your account information in correctly. Close the browser if you need to and reclick on the first link in the e-mail.

9. You'll be shot to a web page where you'll have to add your account information (not Meg's). =Accept= the invitation.

10. Now you're part of the team! Your options aren't as extensive as the Admin's, but you'll be able to post and edit posts.

Woo-Hoo!!!

Now when you contribute, your screen name associated with your account will be credited as the author of the post.

Looking forward to reading what you've got to say.


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