Thursday, January 19, 2012

Assignment 17

Assigned: 19 January 2012
Due: 20 January 2012
Points:  10 points for blog post, 5 points screen shots, 5 points .html file

Chao Cac Ban!

The blogs are looking pretty good. Today we will be adding one more post AND backing up our blog. Be sure to give yourself time to do both. If you do not finish during ICT time you need to find time at home or during breaks at school to complete the assignment.

Another Post

The goals of your blog post are the same as they were last week:
  • Writing 200+ words
  • Inserting images into posts
  • Formatting font appearance
  • Formatting image appearance 
You should remember how to do a blog post without me writing directions here. If you need the directions look at last week's post to find them.

Backing Up Your Blog

If you delete your blog, all of your data will be lost. There are a few ways to back up your blog data.
We will go over three ways today in class.

1) Printing from a browser. This is the easiest way to back up your data. From whatever browser you are using (Internet Explorer, Moxilla Firefox, GoogleChrome, etc.) you go to File and select Print. If you do this from the main page in your blog it should include all the posts that fit on the screen. If your main page takes more than one page (check out one of my blogs at http://tribeirut.blogspot.com/ as an example) then you must print again when you move to the "older posts" page. You can print each post separately if you would like. Either way, be sure you have each page printed and store them someplace safe. (note - you don't actually need to print, just know that it is one way you can back up your blog's data)

2) Saving as a screen shot. This is an easy way to save a small amount of data. On my blog it would take a very long time to take screen shots of the whole blog. Take as many screen shots as you need in order to back up your post(s).

3) Saving as an HTML file. This is the best way to save your data. You go to File and select Save Page As. Next you select where you would like to save the file and what you would like to call it. Be sure the type of file is Webpage, complete. There is a .html file and a folder with all the pictures/data from your webpage. The file should now open using any browser (like Firefox or Explorer).

Remember to email me three things: 1) the link to your latest blog post 2) the screen shots of your blog and 3) the saved HTML file of your blog. I do not need you to print out a paper copy of your blog, although you can if you want to (on your own paper at home).

Again, my email address is kristin.romberg@saigonsouth.sis.edu.vn but I should be in your address book by now.

Good luck!

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