!!!Getting started with Roller

This document describes how to create a new Roller account and make your first weblog post.

!!!Sign-up for a New Account

To sign-up for a Roller account, go the the main Roller page and click on the link that reads "register as a new user." You will be presented with the form below. Enter your login name, your real name, your desired password, your e-mail address, and pick one of the predefined Weblog themes provided by Roller. There is a basic theme, which is a very good starting point for those who wish to build their own themes, and there are a couple of themese adapted from themes on [http://blogskins.com]. Take a look at the RollerThemes page to see some screenshots.

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!!!Welcome 

Next you'll see the welcome page. You'll see the URL for your weblog, the URL for your RSS feed, and a login link. After you make a note of your URLs, click the login link to login to your weblog.

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!!!Login to Roller

I'm pretty sure you know what to do here.

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!!!Make your First Weblog Post

After you login, you will be presented with the Weblog:Edit page, shown below, which is just one part of the Roller Editor UI. The Weblog:Edit page is shown below. To make a weblog post enter a title in the Title field (titles are nice, but optional), enter your post in the Content field, and pick a category combo-box. Don't enter anything in for the Publication Time, Roller will fill that in for you. You can use any sort of HTML markup that you want in your post, but make sure you close all of your HTML tags.

When you are happy with your post, you can click the __Post to Weblog__ button to post it to your weblog or the __Save as Draft__ button to save it as a private post for later editing. Optionally, you may choose to click the __Spell Check__ button to check and correct spelling errors in your post.

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!!!How does it look

After you post your weblog entry, click the Weblog link in the Navigation Bar at the very top of the Weblog:Edit page. You should see your weblog and the new post that you just entered. Something like this:

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