Shoot Up or Put Up

Hello you! We want your input to our blog – yes, yours! However, if you’re not entirely confident about what the hell these blog things are about, Tim’s put together a quick guide for you; yay!

Commenting on the blog

If you strongly agree or disagree (or, equally, you’re entirely ambivalent) about something we’ve said in a post then leave a comment, to do this:

• At the top or bottom of the article click where it says [xxx comments] – “xxx” is the number of comments we’ve had on that article.
• In the form at the bottom of the page type your name – an alias is fine if you prefer anonymity – your email address and, of course, your comment.
• Your first comment will need to be approved either by Tim or Alison before it’s published. This is to check you’re not an evil spammer.
• Subsequent comments will probably go through on the nod, but the magic automated systems may flag your comment as suspicious, so it’ll need to be checked by either of us. Don’t worry, whatever happens your comments will appear fairly soon. Unless you’re an evil spammer.
• To save you filling out the comment form each time you can create an account with us by clicking here; you can then log in at the top right of the home page and lo! your details will be saved for future use. You can also use this log in for the forums – speaking of which:

Using the forums

The forums can be used for longer discussions and you can start your own discussions threads.

• Navigate to http://forum.shootuporputup.co.uk
• Log in at the top right – you can use the same log in that you use for the blog
• Click in to the topic you want to comment on and add your input – easy peasy!
• To create new topic hit [Add new] and fill in the comment form

Sharing our articles

• Feel free to use the handy icons at the bottom of each article to post said article onto your favourite social networking site.
• We also have a Facebook fan page you can join if you fancy. How Web 2.0 (whatever that means…)

Getting a little picture next to your name

You’ll see that some people have a photo next to their comments on the blog and forum; if you want your own:

• Navigate to http://en.gravatar.com and set up an account with them using the email address you use with your account here
• Next time you log in, your picture will automatically show up. Hurrah!