To complete this requirement, you need to make some individual pages for this web site. This describes how to make a single individual page on the site.

To make a new article page, you need to follow these steps:

• decide on an article name (if you haven't already)
• create the link for the page, on the topic page
• click on the link, to create the page
• add your information on this topic
• add images or links to other web sites on your page
• save the page

Decide on an article name [edit section]

Decide the title of the article that you want to write about. This should be a single word or a few words that describe the sub-topic of the main topic you are writing about. For example, in the Minecraft blog area, there is an individual article on "Mobs".

Create the link to the article page [edit section]

Go to the topic page for your blog, and click on the tab "edit this page" at the top of the window.

Somewhere in the edit window, you should see a list of current articles, with each one consisting of a line of text with:

• a single space
• an asterisk
• the article title, surrounded by double-square-brackets

Make a line like that for your article, by indenting one space, typing an asterisk, the link for your page (the title surrounded by square brackets), and a description of your topic.

When you are done, click on the "Save" button beneath the edit box.

Click on the article link [edit section]

When the page is saved, your article title should appear in the list, and it should be clickable.

Click on the link to your article, and the system should show you an edit window again, with the words:

  Could not find page "..."
  You can create the page now by editing the following:

followed by an empty box.

Add your information [edit section]

Type your article, blog entry, sub-topic description, etc. into the box.

You may wish to add multiple paragraphs, section headings, text formatting, bullet lists, tables, images, or links to other web sites on your page. For the merit badge, you are required to add at least one image and one link to another web site somewhere in your blog site.

You should look at the following pages for help with this:

• Adding sections, bullets, text formatting, and links
• Adding an image

Save the page [edit section]

Save the page, by clicking on the "Save" button at the bottom of the edit box.

Additional help [edit section]

If you don't know how to make a new page, try reading the instructions on the page How to make a new page, and link to it. For examples of formatting, see the Formatting Examples page.

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