Every blog has included its own Personal Link Page.You can create new categories and add your favorite links. Or for instance when you are blogging about horses, you can create a horse-related linkpage with links to other blogs, websites, wikipedia information and so on.You can drag and drop the categories, so no need for technical background what so ever!! It makes managing your link page very easy.

On your personal blog you can write posts, but you can also create Personal Pages. On these pages you can tell something about yourself or tell your visitor what to expect on your blog, for instance. The Personal Pages become new menu links in the sidebar and main menu of your blog.

We all want our work to be appreciated. Start4all.com created a special function on every blog to let the blogger know that his/her work is appreciated more or less. You can rate the blog with the rating-button in the upper right corner.

So keep on reading and rating!!

Start4all.com has succesfull been tested on several external blog management software packs. Because such programms make life easier, of course, we will keep you up to date about what to use. Read on!

WINDOWS LIVE WRITER
You can use Windows Live Writer to edit your blog at Start4all.com. Live Writer is a free to use desktop application that you can download here. Live Writer has a WYSIWYG editor, which gives you the benefit to see what your blog posting will look like, before actually posting it to your Start4all blog. It also integrates multimedia easily. You can add pictures, publish maps and much more (find more info here on the Windows Live Writer information website).

ECTO DESKTOP BLOGGING
Another desktop application that makes your blogging live a lot easier. Ecto is available for Windows and OSX as well. Explore the informations on the Infinite Sushi Ecto website to find out more!!

Know more programs that should be mentioned here? Let us know!

When you are on your Dashboard, typing your article, you can use the icons in the form to create the right lay-out for the item, including scripts and multimedia.

Start4all.com has some handy shortcuts to make live a bit easier: 

Alt+P - publish your article
Alt+B - bold
Alt+I - italic
Alt+Q - Blockquote
Alt+T - more (Read More tag)
Alt+U - ul (Unordered list)
Alt+O - ol (Ordered list)
Alt+L - li (list item)
Alt+A - link
Alt+C - code
Alt+S - ins
Alt+D - del

After you register at Start4all.com, you want to start with blogging and developing your blog. A blog is personal. Therefore we have developed an extended form on which you can change about anything on your blog. Because it might be a bit of a jungle for the beginners, here a few FAQ’s about this topic below:

 1. where can I change my blog design?
After you have logged in at Start4all.com, please go to your blog. In the upper left corner you’ll find the ‘blog settings’ button just below the orange bar. If you click here, you can modify the page where you are at that moment. Notice that you can change site pages, your blog and also your linkpage. That means you need to be on your blog and click ‘blog settings’ in order to modify your settings of the blog design!!

 2. can I add a background picture?
Yes, you can! Only thing is, that you need the ‘deeplink’ (something alike http://yourblog.start4all.com/files/2008/08/yourpicture.jpg). So your picture needs to be online already, before you modify the background. Of course, it is possible to use a picture that you have saved on, for example, your own personal server.

3. Are all parts of the Start4all blog editable?
We haven’t found a part that is not editable. You can change the font for every part of your blog, the fontsize, font colour. Same thing with background, headers, bars and so on. You are the designer and are in full control. Check for some inspiration for example the Start4all accounts of MrMovie, Johannes Oppewal and IamPregnant (demo made by me).

4. I changed my blog, went to my Start4all blog and nothing has happened, what’s wrong?
In the right corner down below the ‘blog settings’ form you need to change every design modification. If you already have opened you blog in another screen you need to refresh it (push F5 button).