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What is a Blog?
A Blog is a journal you may enter about your life, your thoughts, interesting experiences,
or lessons you have learned. It's a homepage on Connecting Singles that you can
update on a regular basis, or just whenever you have something to say. You can write
about an opinion, impart words of wisdom, or talk about something interesting in your day. Creating a blog is a good way to share
something of yourself with Connecting Singles members. Reading blogs is a good way to learn more
about members you have met here.
A blog IS NOT a personal-ad describing yourself or the person you are seeking. You
already have a profile on the site for that.
A blog is NOT for one-to-one chatting. You have onsite email for that. Click the
"Email" button on a member's profile.
A blog IS NOT a Forum for discussion, debate, advice or asking questions of other
members. Join the Connecting Singles Forums for these purposes.
You may use your blog to record your thoughts, opinions and ideas. All blogs are
open to viewing by the public and to comments from other members. You may read and
then delete those comments to your blog if you wish. You may edit your own blog,
however, you may not edit your comment to another member's blog.
Purple Navigation bar.
Use links in the purple navigation bar at the top of blog pages, to navigate Connecting Singles Blog area.
All Blogs - click to see list of all blogs entered by members
Women Blogs - click to see only blogs entered by female members
Men Blogs - click to see only blogs entered by male members
Edit Blog - this is your admin page for your blog. Click to view/edit blogs you entered and delete comments.
Post to my Blog - click to enter a new blog, or post to your existing blog.
Definitions
Blog - is your journal here
Entry - one of your posts in your blog
Comment - feedback posted by members to your blog entry
HowTo Blog
Start by viewing the Blog Rules.
To create a blog:
Click on "Post to my Blog" in the purple top navigation bar. Type a title that describes
the topic of your blog, then type a message, and click "Submit". Your blog entry
will show up in the list of "All Blogs" located in the purple top menu bar. Each time you post to your blog, the entry will show up separately in the list of
"All Blogs".
To edit and delete your blogs:
Click on "Edit Blog" in the purple blog navigation bar, which will take you to your Blog
Admin page. You can delete your blogs, edit them, or delete comments from other members.
To post a comment to another member's blog:
Click "Post Comment to this Blog", while viewing a blog, type your comment
and click "Submit". Your comment will show up immediately underneath their blog. Think before you comment. You will not be able to delete or change your comment.
By posting in the Connecting Singles Blogs, you agree that you understand and will
abide by blog and site rules.
Blog Rules
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Treat others the way you would like to be treated – with respect - be polite, considerate,
with no personal attacks, name calling, harassment, bad language.
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No soliciting of any kind for websites, products or services, or directing people
to other websites.
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TOPICS. You must have a clear topic for your blog, and state it clearly in your blog title. All entries within a blog
must address the topic described in the title. When posting a comment, you may express
a dislike or disagreement for a topic, but not a dislike for the blogger.
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TITLES. Blog titles may not include a member's username. Topic may not be a question or
information about a Connecting Singles member. This is gossip and is not allowed.
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No 'broadcast' messages such as "Hi to
everyone", "goodnight all", "I'm bored", etc. These are statements, not topics.
Clearly state your topic, then stick to the stated topic.
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Do not direct questions to viewers. Use the Forums for this.
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Do not use your blog for a personal ad. You have a profile for this.
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No one-to-one discussions. Use your onsite mail for this.
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No personally identifiable information, emails addresses, phone numbers, addresses
or URLs. This is for your protection.
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No explicit, sexual, offensive, insulting or vulgar language.
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No derogatory or offensive references to sex, gender, ethnicity, or sexual orientation.
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Inappropriate or offensive images or YouTube videos are not allowed and will get you banned.
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Images and YouTube videos require text to be written along with them. Your opinion or reason for adding them to your blog must be clearly stated. Enter only 1 image or video per blog entry.
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No HTML.
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No copyrighted material.
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You may not use your blog to accuse, expose or gossip about other members. You
may not include copies of private mail you receive from or about others, or about
the site.
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Limit emoticons to 3 per blog entry to respect page-load time of members with slow computers
and site resources. Each blog entry must include at least one complete sentence of text.
Blog entries with less than one sentence, gibberish, or emoticons-only will be deleted.
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Report. Do not support or encourage blog offenders.
- Send complaints or reports about members or the site to Contact Us
– do not post them in blogs.
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Think before you post! Comments posted should be considered permanent. Don't ask
to have them removed. A wide public audience views these blogs. Your blog entries represent you
to viewers. You will be judged by your words.
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You may not use these blogs to bash this site or staff here. This is a free site...if
you don't like the way things are handled, you are free to leave.
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Posts or comments that violate the rules will simply be deleted without notice.
- Read the rules. Site offenders may be banned from posting or removed from site without
notice or warning. Staff decisions are final.
CS staff cares and respects our members. This is a quality, free site. Posting here
is a privilege. Act accordingly!
Content posted in blogs becomes the property of Connecting Singles Inc.
By posting in these Blogs, you agree that you understand and will abide by blog and
site rules.
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