Thursday, August 31, 2006

Who may comment on a posting?

Virtually anyone. We want feedback which will help us deliver humanitarian aid with more awareness and integrity.

Comments to postings are restricted to those who register and sign in to the Blogger Membership Database. (Blogger is a Google free internet-based weblog software environment)

Who may post and share on this Weblog?

Any Friend who would like to share information about humanitarian aid projects may share information here.

The Weblog Administrators, and those who know the 'Send To' email address of the weblog can contribute postings. ( The weblog administrators must fully publish emailed postings before they can be seen by the public)

The Send-To email address to post news is quakerafrica.west'at'blogger.com

How to post to the Weblog:

Important: Posting Guidelines

To maintain some order in posting, please use the following protocol for naming and identifying the posts:

Post Title:
Country Name / Project Name - Post Title
Post Body:
Please begin each post with the writer's name, Monthly Meeting and contact information

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Here's an Example: (When posting on WestAfrica website)

Ghana/ Project Y - New Board of Trustees Named for Project Y


posted by Marvea X. Quaker

member of Friendsville Monthly Meeting
Quaker@aol.com
001 212 555 1212

On January 1, 2007 the board of Trustees was named for Project Y in Ghana......etc etc etc
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The administrator, or co-administrator(s), who can be added at any time, may post to the weblog in two major ways:

Loggin URL: http://blogger.com/ User Name: As you have selected after being invited to be a member of the weblog Password: As you have selected after being invited to be a member of the weblog


A. By Posting Directly through the weblog administrative interface - By logging on as above, - click on the Weblog: Quaker Witness Southern Africa, - click on the ‘Create New Posting’ Tab - Write or copy and paste your heading and text. - Headings should follow the protocol – Country – Monthly Meeting – Name of Project - upload and position any pictures you would like - Click on Publish Now, to make the posting visible to the public

B. By sending an email to the following posting email address: - quakerafrica.west@blogger.com (the subject line of your email will be the title of the post, the body of the email will be the text of the posting).

- emailed postings will be posted as a ‘draft’ and not published fully until one of the administrators logs on and publishes the posting.



Who else can make postings on this weblog?
Anyone who has been given the Send-To posting email address: quakerafrica.west'at'blogger.com