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	My Blog : Ben Marsden Ben Marsden We're back online - Information Day December 2011 26-Jan-12 10:59 A CHILLY day but a warm welcome was in store for visitors to an open day held by more than 30 groups offering advice and support TheRAINBuildingin the town centre was the venue for the event, which allowed people to find out about a range of advice, information support and training providers. Those dropping by also had the chance to find out first hand about sleeping rough as a former homeless woman told how she had been helped out by the Ricochet project, which is run by the charity Shelter and offers counseling and advice to those facing life on the street. The teenager, who was known only as Gemma said that she had been homeless at the start of 2011 but was now looking to the future after being helped to find a place on a health and social care college course. “This Christmas I am feeling a lot better about the future,” she said. “The work with Ricochet is so valuable as it adds great weight to my CV and will help with my job searching in the future,” she said. “I am now regularly going into schools, talking to pupils about my experience of being homeless. “My life has come a long way and it hasn’t all been easy, but I am making progress and enjoying my studies.” RAIN Manager,Yvonne Woolley, said: “we need to promote these services, which are very much needed byRotherham’s residents, especially at this time of year. People need to be aware of the services that may be able to offer help and support.” Helen O’Keefe, from Shelter, added “with youth unemployment continuing to rise, the Ricochet project gives formerly homeless young people the opportunity to gain vital work experience, new skills and qualifications.” The Ricochet project and Shelter Rotherham’s advice service is open in theRAINBuildingfrom Monday to Friday, 9am to 4pm Tags: Advice&Information, Ask My Community, C4C, CV, Carers UK, Computer, Development, ESA (Employment and Support Allowance), Family Support, Guides, Help Desk, Help and Support, Interests, Interview Advice, Jobcentre, Jobs in Rotherham, Local Area, Money, Money in Rotherham, Non Profit, Public Services, RAIN, Room Hire, Rotherham, Rotherham Advice and Information Network, Services, Social Activity, Support & Advice, VAR, Wath-upon-Dearne, Work in Rotherham, working next: Breast Cancer Awareness February 2012 Subscribe to feed Print

How to create a Blog

Navigate to the blogs page, which can be located on the smaller navigation bar at the top of the page to the right of the main headers.

Once on the page at the top right will be a small stunt to ‘post a blog’, which will then take you to a small, short form to fill out your information.

The form has been made as user friendly as possible and requires only minimal information.

Start off by inputting your title. This can generally be a small or long as you want however, short titles are recommended and generally more eye catching.

Next you have the option to input a thumbnail image to give with your blog. These are not necessary, but again recommended in drawing attention.

Keyword tags – once you click on this box it will open up into a window were you can choose from a variety of different words or input your own in the top box. It is very important to fill this in with as many different words applicable to the content of your blog. This helps it appear in numerous places throughout the site and also ranks it higher up on a Google search. Separate each word with a comma and when you’re finished click the ‘Attach’ button which will return you back to the form with your keywords in place.

NOTE: If you wish to put a phrase or a string of words in together you will need to put them in speech marks as the function automatically breaks up words.
After this there is the option to add a main image, again this is not necessary but will appear at the top of your blog when people access it and can make it more engaging and interesting to view.

Next is the ‘ Blog Intro’ box where you can write an introduction to go with your blog that once listed, will display with your thumbnail (if you decide to add one) to entice readers to on the link to read your blog.

Following this is another box ‘Blog Entry’, where you can input your content. You can write directly into the box or copy and paste from a document into the box, just remember to space it out again afterwards.

After this your blog is complete and you can click the ‘Save’ button at the top of the page. After this your blog should appear in the listing on the Blogs page that you entered through and any other pages you tagged too.

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