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I know these are probably dumb questions, but this is my first experience with a blog. Is there a way to have a link to create a new entry on the main page of the blog instead of having to "open administration"? It seems a little awkward to always have to go to the administration area just to create a new entry. Also, other than clicking on "all categories" is there a link to get back to the weblog after you have made a comment? I only see that option in the administration screen.

Good questions.

You could copy the "New Entry" link from the administration page into an HTML Nugget, or put it in your template (in the index.tpl file). However, you must be logged in to create a new entry: we don't want just anybody adding to your blog. If you clicked the "remember me" checkbox when you logged in, it might work.

You could also use an external blogging tool, like FireScribe, with the XML-RPC plugin.

The links in the banner of every page will take you back to the blog front page. I don't consider that too intuitive, so I like to add an HTML Nugget to the sidebar with links that I hope will be popular. I add things like my bigger projects and the front page. If you want the links at the bottom of the page, you could modify your index.tpl template file, or use an "HTML Nugget on Page" event plugin.

Let us know if you have any problems.