Start your own blog

Blog posts are a great way to share stories and express yourself right on your profile page. While threads in the Paper Craft Planet forum are about community discussion, your blog is about you.

On Paper Craft Planet, a social network for paper crafting fans, you may want to write a blog post detailing your cards that you make, complete with photos, or a post about your favorite paper crafting tools or stores.

To get started, go to your profile page and locate the "Blog Posts" module in the middle column. Click the "Add a Blog Post" link.

You can add text, links, images, and files to your blog post using the blog editor toolbar. You can also select the privacy of your blog post to allow anyone on the 'Planet to view it, just your friends on the 'Planet, or just you.

See what your blog post will look like before you publish it

To see what your blog post will look like, click the "Preview" button at the bottom of the post box when you're done writing your post.

Edit your blog post

You can definitely edit your blog entry after you've posted it! To do so, go to your My Page tab. Click the "My Blog" link at the top of the page and then click on "Manage Blog" on the right side of the page.

Approve comments on your blog before they appear

You have full control over the comments that other people post on your blog posts. By default, any member of a social network can comment on the blog posts you write on that social network. You can change this default setting so only your friends can comment on them, or allow only yourself to comment on them if you'd like.

Approve comments on your blog before they appear

You have full control over the comments that other people post on your blog posts. By default, any member of Paper Craft Planet can comment on the blog posts you write. You can change this default setting so only your friends can comment on them, or allow only yourself to comment on them if you'd like.

You can also choose to approve comments on your blog posts before they're published. This means that when someone comments on a blog post you've written, it will not appear right away for them. You can review the comment and choose to approve or delete it - before anyone else sees it.

To choose who can comment or to turn on comment moderation for your blog, click on the "My Settings" link in the right column of the social network. Head to the "Privacy" tab to locate these settings related to comments on your blog posts.

If you've turned on comment moderation on your blog, you will be alerted that you have comments awaiting approval when you log on to the social network. You will see a yellow box alerting you to the content under the "Hello!" box on the right side of the page. Click the link to view comments to your blog and approve or reject them.

Tag your blog posts

You can categorize any blog post you've written by adding tags to it. Tags will allow you and other members to easily see what the post is about and find related posts.

You can add tags to your blog post when you're writing it. You can also add tags once you've published a blog post by clicking the "Edit Your Tags" link next to it.

Here is a video for you that will walk you through creating a post:

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