Chapter 5: Entries

Entry contains the actual body of text and multimedia that goes under various categories and blogs. The entry content can include text in multiple fonts and colors, embedded images, music, movies, hyperlinks and other file attachments.

The Add and Edit Entry windows make it easy to include all these media in the entry content. Below is a toolbar displayed at the top of the Add and Edit Entry windows that provides a quick and easy way to format text and add attachments.



Only one entry can be added and edited at a time.

Creating an Entry

To create a new Entry, select the menu item “New Entry” in the “File” menu or click on the button marked “+” and choose “New Entry”. A new window like the one shown below will be displayed.



Select Blog Name: The name of the blog under which the entry should be filed.

Select Category Name: This popup is updated based on the blog you choose in the above popup button. Select the name of the category under which the entry should be filed from this popup button.

Post Date: The date when the entry should be published. When you click the Preview button in iBlog, html files are generated only for entries whose Post Date (timestamp) is before the current date & time. If the entry post date is in the future then the entry html files are not generated, you can use this field to save post-dated entries.

Save Entry as Draft: This option is used to create entries that are not completely ready to be published. When you click the Preview button in iBlog, html files are not generated for entries marked as “Draft”.

File Entry in this Category: If this option is unchecked then the entry is filed in the default “unfiled” category of the blog. This option is checked by default. To save an entry directly under a blog, uncheck this option.

Entry Title: This is the title of the entry. This is a required attribute.

Entry Abstract: This is a summary of the entry content.

Entry Body: This is the main body of the entry content. This is a required attribute.

You can format text, add hyperlinks, music, photos, movies and other file attachments to the entry abstract and body. To add an attachment in the entry abstract or body, click at the location where you like to add it and then click on the appropriate toolbar icon.

Editing an Entry

Double click the Entry title in the table view of the main window to edit it. An Entry edit window will be displayed. You can edit the entry attributes. Please refer to the “Adding an Entry” section of this chapter for a detailed description of each of the attributes in this window.

Adding Music



To add a music file to the entry abstract or body click in the entry abstract or body text area where you like to embed the music file and click on the music icon in the Add/Edit Entry toolbar icon. You will see a sheet slide down the Add/Edit Entry window which lets you browse all the music play lists in the iTunes application. You can search for a specific track using the search field. You can play and stop a specific track and also select multiple tracks to include them at once at the selected location in entry abstract or body.

NOTE: If you are not able to view the play lists from the iTunes application, make sure you have the iTunes Library File path set right in the iLife panel in iBlog application preferences. This path is usually /Users/YourAccountName/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music Library.xml.

Adding Photos



To add a photo file to the entry abstract or body click in the entry abstract or body text area where you like to embed the photo and click on the photos icon in the Add/Edit Entry toolbar icon. You will see a sheet slide down the Add/Edit Entry window that lets you navigate all the photo albums in the iPhoto application. Selecting a photo in the sheet will display the photo information like title, comments, size etc. You can resize the photo by specifying the new width and height in pixels. iBlog will preserve the aspect ratio of imported photos by using the height specified by the user and varying the width appropriately. You can select multiple photos to include them at once at the selected location in entry abstract or body.

NOTE: If you are not able to view the photo albums from the iPhoto application, make sure you have the iPhoto Library File path set right in the iLife panel in iBlog application preferences. This path is usually /Users/YourAccountName/Pictures/iPhoto Library/AlbumData.xml.

Adding Attachments



To add an attachment to the entry abstract or body click in the entry abstract or body text area where you like to embed the file attachment and click on the music icon in the Add/Edit Entry toolbar icon. You will see a sheet (Open Panel) slide down the Add/Edit Entry window that lets you navigate all the folders and files in the File System. You can select multiple files to include them at once at the selected location in entry abstract or body.

Deleting an Entry

Control-click on the Entry title in the table view of the main window and select “Delete Entry” in the pop-up menu. You can also delete the Entry by selecting it in the table view and clicking the delete button in the button bar at the bottom of the main window. You can delete multiple entries at a time by selecting them in the table view.

Moving an entry under a different Category or Blog

You can drag and drop an entry from the table view to a different blog or category in the outline view.