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As a brand new application of the blog function, and due to the part the government plays, iBridge member blogs have become a "one-stop" business center for members to post information, release enterprise trends, provide products and services, and quickly communicate with customers.

These blogs are equivalent to creating a mini business and office portal for your needs. With further improvement of iBridge, the opportunities provided by this platform will be immeasurable.

Due to differences in a variety of factors, such as individual situations, industries and the location of the company, we believe that with blogs you can:

1. Create your own blog to post articles in your field, share your work, life, interests and hobbies, and experiences;
2. Post the latest news and get feedback. This is how you post news about your industry in the quickest possible way and receive prompt feedback and comments from others. Blogs can even help you solve problems.
3. Communication and learning from one another. This is beyond any doubt a platform for communication and learning; it has a convenient retrieval system, timely feedback and content on multiple fields which converge to create a network platform for communication and learning.
4. Release product information, buying & selling leads and pictures, develop potential customers. You can post products, services, and buying & selling leads on your blog, thereby creating your own mini website and generating business opportunities for your company.
5. Perfectly integrated with iBridge communities. By integrating iBridge communities, you can also share information and results with customers and friends, thereby building an interactive business platform and allowing you to find more opportunities.

For more information, please refer to "What does a member blog contain? And what is its use?"

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iBridge member blog has a wealth of functions which are extensions of the currently popular blog function. The blog you create on iBridge can contain news, conference and exhibition postings, articles, pictures or images, buying & selling leads, products (services), and feedback, thereby making your blog a mini website. A brief description of each of these is provided below:

1. News: iBridge has set up a "news" channel for each member's blog. Through the news channel you can post information about enterprise and member trends so that visitors can quickly learn about your company's most recent news; at the same time, it is also possible to post your logo, inspiring customer trust and establishing customer loyalty.
2. Conference: If you need to post conference information about your enterprise or institution, you can conveniently post it on your blog; the information can be quickly retrieved by others through the iBridge conference platform.
3. Article: Blog articles can be posted. You can write about your ideas and exchange information in articles.
4. Buying & selling leads: This is a platform for posting enterprise buying & selling leads and can be used to conduct online sales and purchases.
5. Products (services): You can exhibit your products or services here.
6. Picture or images: It can refer to get-together photos, activity photos, product photos, negotiation photos, roadmaps, and so on.
7. Feedback: This function allows visitors and other members to post feedback about your blog. You can learn what others think in the quickest possible way and interact with them, thereby better serving your customers.

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After you log in on the homepage, click "My account" to enter, and select "My blog" on the left of the menu.

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Select "Setup My Blog" in "My blog" menu to begin your blog setup. The specific steps are as follows:

1. Blog name: Name your blog;
2. Blog logo: Upload your blog logo, up to a size of 180 × 180 pixels in gif/jpg/bmp format.
3. Blog description: Accurately describe your blog so that visitors can quickly find your blog by a search of key words and enter a brief description not more than 100 English words.
4. Privacy settings: If you do not want the blog you have created to be open to the public, select "No" in "Accessible to others". This way, you can limit access to your blog.
5. The number of logs displayed on each page: You can decide how many articles are displayed at a time on your blog homepage by adjusting the number.

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The new version of iBridge provides more templates of blogs for you to choose.

When you sign in the iBridge, choose to enter "Myibridge", and select "My blog center - Blog setup - set my blog" from left menu, and change the template by checking one of the templates in the "Blog Templates" we provide.

You can change your template whenever you want.

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After a member has created a blog page, the system will automatically generate a blog address. You can enter your blog, and under the blog name, copy your address by clicking "Copy link" as shown in the figure below.

You can send the link to others, thereby transmitting your blog.

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Once you have created your blog, you can post blog articles via "My blog" of your account. The specific steps are as follows:

1. Log in iBidge, enter "My account", select "My Blog", and click "Post articles" on the left menu, and the post articles operation page appears; You can also log onto the homepage and enter the Membership Home, then under the latest member blog articles, select "Post an article";
2. Enter content according to page prompt and select "Submit" button;
3. The page will then display all the articles you have posted on your blog;
4. You can click on the articles to see whether the articles have been successfully posted. If you need to edit your articles, use the "Edit Articles" function.
5. For a detailed description of how to post articles, please refer to other help descriptions.

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If you wish your articles to be read only by members, you can select the "Targeted Readers" option which only allows members access to your articles.

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To make it easy for members to write articles, the member blog articles system has integrated a wealth of editing tools which enable you to easily add your articles in various forms. The main icons tools are described below:

  Paragraph style:
  Font:
  Size:
   Percentage:
  Bold:
   Italic:
   Underline:
   Left-aligned:
   Center-aligned:
   Right-aligned:
  Expression icon:
  Picture: insert or modify picture.
  Insert other files: Support by default common formats such as rar, zip, doc, and xls.
  Table:
  Horizontal ruler:
  Caption:
  Cancel:
  Restore:
  Insert hyper link: Insert a link into your article that can bring visitors to a designated page.
  Cancellation link: Cancels inserted links.
  Date: Inserts the current date at the cursor.
  Time: Inserts the current time at the cursor.
  Reference style:
  Code style:
  Number:
  Item number:
  Font color:
  Object background color:
  Font background color:

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When you post articles, you can add pictures in the text of the article. The steps are as follows:

1. Move the cursor to the position where you want to insert the pictures, then select the picture icon above the entry box; move the mouse to this icon, and it will ask you "Insert or modify image".
2. The dialog box below will automatically pop up:
   
   
   
3. Click the browse button and select a picture file from your computer;
4. At this time, behind upload on the above dialog box, the upload file path and file name will appear;
5. Select "OK", and the picture file will begin to upload.
6. If you want to further modify the display effect of the picture, select "Display Effect" on the lower part of the dialog box. If you want a caption to appear on the picture when the mouse moves onto the picture, enter what you would like to appear in the box "Explanation". If you want to add a border to the picture, you can choose the border width, image size and etc.

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Yes. You can edit, delete or add new pictures at any time.

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Inserting hyper links in your articles is very simple. Select the paragraph you want to link (as shown in the figure below), then click "Hyper link" on the above icon tools. The following pop-up box will appear. Enter the link in URL then click "OK" to confirm.

In "Type (T)" pull-down selection, select "http:". If you want to add the link to an email address, select "Mail to", and then enter the e-mail address in URL.

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General Categories are automatically set up by the iBridge system. It displays the user pages by the category you have selected your website to belong in.

The category of articles is created and used by members. It is mainly used to categorize your blog so that visitors can quickly find your articles. Currently, the article category can be displayed on your blog "Articles" page as shown in the figure below:

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When posting an article, you must select an articles source. Was it an original piece, a republication, citation, translation or adaptation.

Original: You wrote the article yourself;
Republishing: Refers to articles you post from other sources; the system will prompt you to enter the original source;
Citation: If you have directly cited another article, the system will allow you to enter the source or website address;
Translation: If the article is translated, you must cite the source of the translation.
Adaptation: Refers to articles you have adapted; you are required to indicate the article or book from which the article is adapted.

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The iBridge blog is open to members. Log in "My Blog", select "Edit articles" in My blog's "Manage my blog", then find the article you wish to edit. Click "Edit"to enter the editing page as shown in the figure below:

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You can delete any posted article. Due to the fact that an article may have a lot of feedback and messages, you should be prudent when deciding to delete an article, as the corresponding feedback and messages will also be deleted.

To delete an article, follow the following steps:

1. Log in "My Blog" and select the "Edit articles" on "Manage my blog";
2. Find the article you wish to delete and click "Delete". The system will prompt you "Are you sure to delete this record?" Click "Confirm", then it is deleted. Click "Cancel" if you do not wish to delete it as shown in the figure below:

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When you post articles, do so by category so that visitors can quickly find your articles.

How to categorize your articles:

1. Select "Article categories" in "My blog";
2. In "New category name", enter the name of the category. In order to standardize how your blog appears, it is suggested that you keep your category as simple as possible;
3. In "Category description", input a description of this category.
4. Click "Submit".
5. You can use this method for multiple article categories.

Currently, article categories can be displayed on your blog "Article" page as shown in the figure below:

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The "Article categories" function includes adding, editing and deleting functions. Enter "My blog" , select “Article categories”, and select the article category to be edited or deleted.

What should be noted is that, when deleting a certain article category, if there are still articles under this category, it is best not to delete them first. You can modify this category, and then delete this category.

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Once you have posted articles, you can see them on your blog page.

If you want more people to see your articles, you need to do the following:

1. Highlight your articles so that many people will see them;
2. As more and more people read your articles, your articles will become more popular, and it is likely that your articles will appear on the homepage or recommended columns;
3. You can also directly recommend your article to us. If we feel your article is great, we will recommend it to other iBridge users.
   

Other ways to make your articles more popular:

1. Continually update your blog articles and blog page;
2. Frequently read and browse others’ blogs, and leave feedback and messages with your information, encouraging more people to visit your page;
3. Improve the quality and quantity of your articles;
4. Copy your blog address and send it to your friends and customers;
5. Of course, there are more other methods, and we believe that you will find them gradually.

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Click "Manage comments" on "My blog" to browse the feedback or comments posted on your blog page, as shown in the figure below:

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By managing comments or feedbacks on your blog, you can not only get user comments, but also reply to their feedback or comments. The specific steps are as follows:

1. In "My Blog", select "Manage comments", and the following page will appear;
2. Click "Reply" behind the corresponding message to enter the reply page, input reply content, and press "Reply" button, as shown in the figure below:
   
   
   
3. You can also delete feedback or comments on this page.

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Article abstract is the main focus of a search. Therefore, we suggest you write an article abstract so that other members can quickly find your article.

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When you post your articles, one column reads "Also Post in My Community", and behind it there is a pull-down menu which displays the names of the communities you have already created. If you select a community, when your article is "posted", this article will not only appear on your blog page, but also appear in the community you have selected.

If you do not select this item, then the article will only appear your blog, but will not be sent to the communities.

As shown in the figure below:

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You can post articles in your order of importance.

The method is as follows:

1. Enter "My blog" and select "Sticky Posts";
2. In the list of articles that appear, mark the article by "Make It a Sticky Post ";
3. Then click "Submit".

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Targeted Readers refers to the types of readers you choose to read your articles. You can select readers in the following four ways.

1. All people (All): When this option is selected, your articles can be read by all visitors and members;
2. Associate members: When this option is selected, your articles can only be read by those who have registered to become iBridge members, including formal members and VIP members;
3. Formal members: When this option is selected, your articles can only be read formal members and VIP member;
4. VIP members: When this option is selected, your articles can only be read by iBridge VIP members.

The default option is to allow access to all people.

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You can add friendship links to your blog homepage.

Log onto "My account", click "Link" on the left menu, and you can link to other websites according to the prompt. The link address appears on your blog homepage. The specific steps are as follows:

1. Click the "Add link" button, and enter the website name and address (URL) in the box that appears;
2. Click "Save to add a new link. It should look like this:
3. By entering a number under "order", you can adjust the display order of the links on your blog homepage. Please enter the number in numeric form.

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Once your blog is up, it can not be canceled. Because your blog contains a lot of information, especially information about other members, for the sake of the continuity and integrity of the whole platform, at present, we will not allow you to cancel a blog.

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Each iBridge blog has a "News" channel. You can tell visitors about the latest news in your industry by posting on this channel.

Industry news is posted in the same way articles are posted. The steps are as follows:

1. Log in "My Account" and select "Blog News" in "My Blog";
2. Click "Post News" and the following page will appear:
3. Fill in the relevant information, then select "Submit".
4. The information that you have posted will appear on your blog "News" channel.

You can also make a piece of news a sticky post, edit and manage feedback and comments.

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We suggest that the size of each picture not exceed 1M. For pictures that are too large, such as photographs directly copied from a digital camera, we suggest that you use software to resize them. Our system currently supports files in the following formats: jpg, gif, png, jpeg, bmp.

Please observe the regulations for article content in the post an article section.

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iBridge will often automatically review articles for sensitive words. Articles that do not immediately appear on your blog after you have posted them are being reviewed. You do not need to edit or resend them. If an article does not pass our review, it may be blocked, isolated or deleted.

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Log into "My account", select "My blog", and then click "products", you can post, edit your product information as shown below:

1. Select "Post Products" menu to enter as shown in the figure below;
2. Release content according to the provided information. (In "Product introduction", you can add more other information that you think useful, such as more product pictures, link addresses, and user comments.)
3. What should be noted is that "Valid Until" refers to the period during which your products or services information is valid. When the period has expired, the page will no longer display your product information.
4. Last of all, select "Submit".

After product release is completed, you can click "Edit Products" to edit information and follow the steps below:

1. Click "Edit Products " on the left side of the menu, and the product list appears, as shown in the figure below:
2. Select a certain product you want to modify, and click "Edit" to enter the product information edit page as shown in the figure below:
3. Edit or modify and then "Submit".

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