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Lakewood-JBLM Blogs: Have Your Say on Patch
From family activities to local politics, our bloggers fill us in on interesting, important and humorous parts of life in Lakewood and JBLM. Here's a look at some of the latest blog posts:
- Rocks are the new sand....
- Troubled Bridges Over Washington's Waters
- Kids will enjoy sci-fi costumes, live band in Pierce College Theater's "The Forbidden Planet"
- Tax Increase on Property in Lakewood for Roads - Vote No
- Four Tacoma teachers laid off and maybe more
- Keep-seek
- Four reasons why building credit just got easier
- Trash Hauling
- Ethical (check), Legal (check), Moral - huh?
- Fat Check
- Eight Ways to Get Ahead (or not)
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1. Go to the homepage.
2. Click on "Join" on the upper right side of the page.
3. Follow the simple instructions to confirm your account.
4. Log in and click on your name in the upper right.
5. Click on "Edit Profile" on the right and add a photo and a brief bio.
Second, here’s how to start a blog:
1. Once you’re logged in, go to the homepage, scroll down to the “Who’s Blogging?” module which is below the “News & Blogs” feed.
2. Click on the “Start blogging” button at the bottom right of the “Who’s Blogging?” module.
3. Complete setup by inputting the name of your blog, description and choosing or uploading a blog icon image.
4. Click on “Create your blog.”
5. Now you can either “Write your first post,” “Dress up your blog” or tell people about it.
6. For your first blog all you need is a category, a brief description, a photo and then your text in the body of the article.
7. Click ‘Post Now,’ or if you are not ready to post, save it as a draft and come back to it later.
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