You can edit any of the following settings:

Editor

Select the format you want to use for adding and editing entries. You can select a Rich or Simple text editor.

Date Format

The format you want to use for displaying dates.

Enable Automatic Excerpting

Automatically creates an excerpt of your blog entry. Excerpts are short snippets of your blog entry that are used in trackbacks and may be used in RSS feeds.

Excerpt Size

Specify the number of words or sentences you want to include in automatically created excerpts.

Default Entry Status

The status you want to assign to all new entries. Select Draft if you want to manually publish your entries. Select Published if you want your entries automatically published when you save them. Draft is selected by default.

Default Comment Status

The status you want to assign to all new comments and trackbacks. Selecting Open allows others to leave comments. Open is selected by default.

Default Trackbacks Status

This is the status you want to assign to all new comments and trackbacks. Selecting Open allows your entries to send and receive trackbacks. A trackback notifies you when another Web Site or blog links to your entry. Other sites can be notified if you link to one of their articles as well. Both sites need to enable trackbacks for proper functioning. In quick Blogcast, trackbacks are enabled by default.

Default Comment View

Select to view either all comments or only pending comments on the Manage Comments page.

Enable Trackback Autodiscovery

Automatically check your links to determine if the blog you link to allows trackbacks.

# of Entries to Display

The number of entries you want to display on each page. If you select to display All, the Entry sort direction list displays.

Entry Sort Direction

If you select All from the # of entries to display list, the Entry Sort Direction list displays. This list allows you to select how entries will display on your blogcast page. Your options are Newest to Oldest or Oldest to Newest.

# of Entries in Feeds

The number of entries you want to display in feeds.

Feed Types

The styles of RSS feeds you want to use.

Maximum Feed File Size

The maximum file size you want to use for your RSS feeds.

Show Author Email in Feeds

Select this to display the author's email address in RSS feeds.

Full Entries

Select this to display full blog entries instead of excerpts on your blogcast site's main page.

Gather User Feedback

Select this to include a survey where visitors can rate your entry.

Replace "--" with "—" in Entry Body

Automatically converts two hyphens (--) to an em dash (—)

Enable Emoticons

Allows emotions to be added to entries and comments.

Enable Firefox Spell Checker

Adds a spell checker that underlines misspelled words and offers suggestions if the author right-clicks on the word. This will function when composing an entry or adding a comment to your blogcast site.

In the Entry Settings section, you can configure the following settings:

Status

Select whether you want to save the entry as a Draft or Publish the entry when you click Save. Saving in Draft status is helpful if you want to create an entry, but are not ready to have it display on your site.

Timestamp

Enter the date and time that you want to display in the time/date stamp.

Comments status

Select whether you want to allow comments and set the default status of comments made to Open or Closed.

Allow trackbacks

Select if you want to allow trackbacks and set their status as Open or Closed. Trackbacks let you know if someone is linking to your article.

Outgoing Trackbacks

Enter one or more URLs that you want to notify of the creation of your entry. You can ping (notify) other blogs that you refer to in your entry or online blog directories.

Permalink

Specify the name you want to use for the permanent link to this blog entry. If you do not specify a Permalink name, Quick Blog assigns a name after you save the entry. The Permalink name cannot be edited after the entry is published. This will create a link that goes directly to the entry you are creating. You can add this link anywhere you want to send someone directly to this entry.

In the Entries List, locate the entry you want to edit. There are two search options to search your entries in the Entries list.

Month/Year

Select a Month/Year from the Month Search drop-down list and click View.

Title and Body

Select to search the Title and Body, Categories, Status, or Authors, then enter a keyword, and click Search.

There are two search options to search your entries in the Entries list:

Month/Year

Select a Month/Year from the Month Search drop-down list and click View.

Title and Body

Select to search the Title and Body, Categories, Status, or Authors, then enter a keyword, and click Search.

Delete entries by doing one of the following:

• Click the delete icon next to the entry or entries that you want to delete.
• Use the checkboxes to select the entry or entries you want to delete, then select Delete Entries from the Select Action drop-down menu and click Apply.

In the Entries List, locate the entry you want to publish. There are two search options to search your entries in the Entries list:

Month/Year

Select a Month/Year from the Month Search drop-down list and click View.

Title and Body

Select to search the Title and Body, Categories, Status, or Authors, then enter a keyword, and click Search.

Publish entries by doing one of the following:

• Click the publish icon next to the entry that you want to publish.
• Use the checkboxes to select the entry or entries you want to publish, then select Publish Entries from the Select Action drop-down menu and click Apply.

In the Entries List, locate the entry you want to edit. There are two search options to search your entries in the Entries list.

Month/Year

Select a Month/Year from the Month Search drop-down list and click View.

Title and Body

Select to search the Title and Body, Categories, Status, or Authors, then enter a keyword, and click Search.

In the Categories window, enter the names of the categories you want to add to the selected entries.

NOTE: You cannot use an ampersand (&) in your category name, but you can use a period (.).