The Secular Homeschool Community - Blogging at SHS.com

Many members of SHS.com also happen to be bloggers. Some host their blogs at Wordpress, Blogger, or Homeschool Blogger. Others host their blogs on their own domain.

But for those who are starting new blogs, or want to have a blog focusing on secular homeschooling, you might want to host your next blog right here at SecularHomeschool.com!!
Here's why...

1) It's Simple !!
Starting a new blog is as easy as clicking "Create New Post" on the main Blogs Page

2) It's Easy to Use
The blog interface couldn't be more user-friendly. You simply pick a title for your blog post and start writing! The formatting tools are very similar to what you would find on any word processing software, but if you have any questions about what one of the icons does, just hover your cursor over it to have it identified.

3) It's Fully Featured
Just like most blogging hosts, blogs at SHS.com have the ability to add images, videos, links, html, smilies, tags, and more. In addition, blogs can be saved as drafts to work on later, or published immediately.

4) It's Customizable
To customize your blog on SecularHomeschool.com you will use the Blogs -> Blog Settings menu. This menu let's you tailor-make your blog just the way you want it. You can change:

The Title and Description of your blog (as it appears to visitors)
The look of the blog, including background/font/border/etc
Organize your sidebar widgets
Add custom pages to your blog
Edit your permissions and privacy settings
Check your blog statistics
even manage your blog subscriptions!!

4) It's Subscribable
It is easy to subscribe to any member's blog at SHS.com. Just go to their blog page (look for the Member Blogs menu under "Blogs" to find blogs by specific members) and look for the small RSS feed icon at the top of the user's blog page.

That way you will be updated each time the user updates their blog. (you can also subscribe in the sidebar to have update notifications sent directly to your site inbox)

Another advantage of hosting your blog at SecularHomeschool.com? Your posts are automatically featured on our home page blogs widget, so that they get automatic site publicity and traffic!! So if you've been thinking about starting a blog about your homeschooling adventures, there is absolutely no better place to do than right here!!

Let's get blogging!!!