Show Me How: To Vlog

Ever wonder how people get video content (Vlogs) onto their blogs? It’s pretty simple.  There are a couple ways to get started Vlogging:

1. Shoot your video and upload the material to your computer’s video-editing program.  Edit and save.

2.  Click the add video button at the top of your Blogger or WordPress editing page–it’s beside the button for adding pictures.  Click browse (in Blogger) or Upload (in WordPress) and find the file and upload, just like with pictures.

Alternatively:

1.  Upload the edited video to YouTube.  You’ll need to open a free account with them first.

2.  From your uploaded videos page, click on the title of the video you want to vlog.  This takes you to a page where the video is enlarged and is playing.  To the right is a blue box with your username, a thumbnail of the video, and two lines of code.  Copy the embeded code and paste to your Blogger or WordPress editor in edit html.  The video will most likely not appear in the compose box, but if you hit preview, you will see your video.

Dawn Hays is a blessed wife and homeschool mom.  She blogs (and Vlogs!) regularly at Olive Plants, providing homeschool teaching tips, project ideas and words of encouragement, sprinkled with lots of humor.

Show Me How: Com-Luv

This is for all you bloggers out there!  Com-Luv is a win-win for both the blog author and the blog reader, allowing the reader to make a comment which will link back to a post on their own blog.  When others read your comment, they will see the title of one of your recent posts and  may choose to click through and read the post on your blog.

If you have a blog, give it a try!  Page down below this post and enter the URL of your blog.  Click the box beside “Comment Luv” and your most recent post will appear.

If you want to be able to choose from several posts, sign up for a free account at Com-Luv, which will allow you to choose from up to 10 of your most recent posts when you are logged in.

If you have a WordPress blog, you can easily install the ComLuv  plugin on your own blog (go to ComLuv for directions).  Other bloggers can install something similar (Intense Debate) which links back to your blog, but it will not show specific post titles.