First you need to register. You can either click on the top right hand corner “register to blog / BLOG NOW” button or the “register” button under the login info found in the sidebar to the right.

Once you’ve clicked on either “register” buttons, you’ll be taken to a page like the one below. Enter your desired username and appropriate email address. Upon registering a password will be emailed to the entered email address.

Go back to the FR*A page and login with your username and password. The first thing you’ll see is either your profile page or the home dashboard page. If you’re not in there already, go to the profile page by clicking on your screen name on the upper right hand corner. Once inside the profile page, fill in the blanks as you desire.
Some notes:
1. The “Dashboard” is your personal login home. You can change your profile here as well as write blog posts.
2. Click here to see the actual blog home page.
3. All your profile settings can be entered in this area (including uploading a profile picture).

4. Another button to access your profile page.
5. Click here to log out of your profile.

If you click on the “dashboard” button (located in the top left hand corner) it’ll take you to the main login page.
1. Click on the “Write” button to start on a new blog entry. The other two buttons, “Manage” and “Comments” can show you what everyone else is working on as well as archived comments.
2. “Right Now” is a summery of FR*A blog statistics.
3. You can find the latest admin news in the first box, and you can see all recent comments in the second box to the right.

If you click on the “Write” button, the dashboard will take you to a new page where you can begin your posting. Here are some notes:
1. Give your post a title.
2. There are many options to optimize your post. You can change the color, style, etc. of your text as well as insert links. You can also insert popular video formats via the video buttons, such as youtube clips. Simply click on the youtube button and then follow the directions on the pop up screen.
3. This is the space you’ll be using to enter your blog.
4. You can also add media into your post such as pictures and mp3’s.

5. If you’d rather work directly with html, you can switch by clicking here.
6. When you’ve finished writing your post click on the “submit for review” button. Someone from the admin will approve the post and it’ll be up in no time!

7. You can give your post tags, giving it a higher likely hood of popping up in search engines. Simply put in relative keywords associated with your blog.
8. You can also give your post a category by clicking on the “+ Add New Category” button, or assign it a pre-existing category from the list provided.

The “Community” page functions as the home for logging in, but there is also a “Login” status feature on the sidebar at all times. A list of all registered bloggers can also be found here. Click on any name to see all written blogs by said author. You’ll notice that same of these authors have customized bio’s at the top of their pages. To customize your profile, add the appropriate information on your “profile” page in the dashboard (see step 3).