Main Pages&nbsp;-&nbsp;Settings 
<p>The Settings page is divided up into 7 sections.<br />The <i>Create New Blog</i> page includes the first 5 sections but leaves out Author Information and Account Details.</p>
<p><b>Blog Information</b></p>
  
<ul>
  <li><i>Blog Name</i>: your blog's name - used in the <code>[blogname] </code>template 
    tag, the RSS feed and when updating <a href="#updates">weblogs.com</a></li>
  <li><i>Blog Description</i>: a description of your blog - used in the <code>[blogdescription]</code> 
    template tag.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Blog Settings</b></p>
<ul>
  <li><i>Blog Page</i>: the filename of your main blog page. For the first blog 
    it will normally be <code>default.asp</code>. Subsequent blogs will need different 
    filenames. If you want to publish to a sub directory of your site (relative 
    to the <var>publish_url</var> value set in <code>paths.asp</code> at setup 
    time) you need to include the subdirectory name: e.g. <code>blog2/default.asp</code></li>
  <li><i>Language</i>: Dates can be displayed in different languages. There are 
    currently 6 different languages supported. If you create an XML language file 
    for your own langauge please consider sending it in so other may benefit.</li>
  <li><i>Date Header</i>: enter a format for displaying dates on your main blog 
    page and in the archives. Used in conjunction with the <code>[+dateheader]</code>, 
    <code>[-dateheader]</code> and <code>[date]</code> template tags.<br />
<b>Formatting Codes:</b><br />
<code>yyyy</code> = full year <br />
<code>yy</code> = year short<br />
<code>mm</code> = month<br />
<code>dd</code> = day<br />
<code>[ord]</code> = lowercase ordinals (1st, 2nd etc.)<br />
<code>[ORD]</code> = uppercase ordinals<br />
<code>Month</code> = month name<br />
<code>month</code> = lowercase month name<br />
<code>MONTH</code> = uppercase month name<br />
<code>Mn</code> = short month name<br />
<code>mn</code> = lowercase short month name<br />
<code>MN</code> = uppercase short month name<br />
<code>Weekday</code> = weekday name<br />
<code>weekday</code> = lower case weekday name<br />
<code>WEEKDAY</code> = uppercase weekday name<br />
<code>Wday</code> = short weekday name<br />
<code>wday</code> = lowercase short weekday name<br />
<code>WDAY</code> = uppercase short weekday name<br />

</li>
  <li><i>Time Format</i>: enter a format for displaying time on your main blog 
    page and in the archives. Used with the <code>[time]</code> template tag.<br />
<b>Formatting Codes:</b><br />
<code>HH</code> = hour<br />
<code>MM</code> = minute<br />
<code>SS</code> = second<br />
<code>ampm</code> = am or pm<br />
<code>AMPM</code> = PM or PM
</li>
  <li><i>Time Adjust</i>: As well as using Timezones BlogWorks XML lets you set 
    a time offset relative to the server hosting your blog. <br>
    For example, My blog at <a href="http://www.xasperate.com" target="_blank">www.xasperate.com</a> 
    is hosted in the UK. I live in Belgium so I set the Time Adjust to &quot;+1hr&quot; 
    so that posts are displayed as created at my local time.</li>
<li><i>Time Zone</i>: Set your time zone relative to Greenwich Meantime (GMT).</li>
  <li><i>Display Last</i>: the number of posts to display on your main blog page. 
    Archives will always show all of that month's available posts.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Archive Settings</b></p>
<ul>
  <li><i>Index Page</i>: the filename of your archive index page. This filename 
    is totally arbitary! </li>
  <li><i>Date Format</i>: enter a format to be used in the <code>[archivelist]</code> 
    template tag.<br />
<b>Formatting Codes:</b><br />
<code>yyyy</code> = full year <br />
<code>yy</code> = year short<br />
<code>mm</code> = month<br />
<code>Month</code> = month name<br />
<code>month</code> = lowercase month name<br />
<code>MONTH</code> = uppercase month name<br />
<code>Mn</code> = short month name<br />
<code>mn</code> = lowercase short month name<br />
<code>MN</code> = uppercase short month name<br /></li>
  <li><i>File Extension</i>: choose the file extension of your archive files. 
    Archive files filenames are related to year, month and blog ID - e.g. <code>200205archive001.asp</code> 
    is the archive file for May 2002 for blog number 1.</li>
<li><i>Post Order</i>: display posts in archives in reverse older - i.e. Oldest at the top. Makes reading the archives chronologically easier.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Updates Other Sites</b></p>
<ul>
  <li><i>Update (ping)</i>: send a small message to weblogs.com, blog.gs and BlogWorks.com when you 
    add a new post. This setting only takes effect when you add a new post rather 
    than every time something changes - i.e. you edit a post, change a template 
    or re-publish your site.</li>
  <li><i>From URL</i>: if this field is left blank the web 
    address of your site as defined in <var>publish_url</var> and <i>Blog Page</i> 
    above will be sent. If you are running <a href="help.asp?page=multi">Multiple Blogs</a> 
    on one page and you add a post to the 'sub' blog you may want to do updates as if from the 'main' blog. In that case enter the full address (including 
    http://) here. </li>
<li><i>From Site</i>: if this field is left blank the name of your blog as defined <i>Blog Name</i> 
    above will be sent. If you are running <a href="help.asp?page=multi">Multiple Blogs</a> 
    on one page and you add a post to the 'sub' blog you may want to update 
    weblogs.com as if from the 'main' blog. In that case enter the name you want to use here. </li>
</ul>

<p><b>RSS Syndication</b><P>
<ul>
  <li><i>RSS Feed</i>: generate a 'raw' XML version of your blog that can be picked 
    up by other sites and dedicated 'readers'. The filename chosen here should 
    end <code>.xml</code> for simplicity's sake.<br />If you don't want an RSS feed leave this field blank.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Author Information</b></p>
<ul>
  <li><i>First Name</i>: your first name. Used with the <code>[authorname]</code> 
    template tag.</li>
  <li><i>Last Name</i>: your last name. Used with the <code>[authorname]</code> 
    template tag.</li>
  <li><i>Nickname</i>: your nickname. Used with the <code>[authornickname]</code> 
    template tag. </li>
  <li><i>E-mail Address</i>: your e-mail address. Used with the <code>[authormail]</code> 
    template tag.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Account Details</b></p>
<ul>
  <li><i>User name</i>: the name you use to login to BlogWorks <small>XML</small>. 
    (also used when using <a href="help.asp?page=exttools">External Tools</a>)</li>
  <li><i>Password</i>: the password you use to login to BlogWorks <small>XML</small>. 
    (also used when using <a href="help.asp?page=exttools">External Tools</a>)<br>
    Although the password appears as clear text it is stored in an encrypted form.</li>
</ul>