More on Blog Reading

I wrote a post last month on what a blog is, and how to navigate around one (Blog Reading 101 - you can find it in the archives). As an addendum to those instructions, let me clarify the way that links work. A "link" connects the reader to another source, such as a newspaper or website, and it happens instantly (well, unless you have a dial-up connection; but if you have dial-up, I suspect you won't be spending much time reading the Front Porch because I have way too many pictures and they take an eternity to load on a dial-up connection) just by running the cursor over the bold print in a post and clicking. You'll notice it becomes underlined when your cursor runs over it, and when you click - presto!- your next screen will be the linked source.

For example, if you want to read about the current status of the junk food bill, go here. After you read however much you want to read, if you click on the "Back" button, it will send you back to the Front Porch.

So when you see a post that says "check out this web site" or "here's an interesting article", and it's in bold green, and when you run your cursor over it and it becomes underlined, you know that it's a link, and not referring to the Front Porch.

And just a warning; the underlined/clicking feature is true of all websites - so be discriminating about your clicking, if you want to avoid unwanted advertising and such.