#### Main Site Links:

- Log In
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- Community Blogs
- Wiki Updates
- Help

#### Help!

Need help with Internal Blogs? This is the place!

### NOTE: This is under construction! :)

## So about that help content...

This is by no means a complete set of content to help you with Red Hat Internal Blogs, but it's a good start.

## How do I log in? Can I have an account?

You've already got an account! Click on the "Log In" item on the far left of the top site navigation, and log in using your standard Red Hat kerberos username and password.

## Why can't people post comments to my journal entries? The links are missing!

This is a known bug and it sucks. For now, email duffy@redhat.com with your username and she will fix your account.

## Why doesn't my journal appear on the sidebar of the front and personal pages? How do I get my community listed on the community pages?

Right now it is a manual process to add journals to these pages. It's a quick and painless one though, so just drop duffy@redhat.com a quick email with your username and/or community usernames and she will add them for you.

The reason we don't add personal journals to these pages by default is in case people would rather not have their journals be quite so visible. Hopefully we will be able to make this a configurable setting in your account preferences at some point in the future.

## How do I join a community?

First, you'll need to be logged into internal-blogs. See the above item. Next, you're going to have to find the community's info page. Community info page's URLs are in the form http://internal-blogs.rdu.redhat.com/community/[community name]/profile. You can go to this page by visiting the community journal (in the form http://internal-blogs.rdu.redhat.com/community/[community name]/). Since there are many different themes for Red Hat blogs, there is no one consistent link to click on. Most likely it will be named: "userinfo" as in the screenshot below:

Next, you need to join the community. There is a link to do so on the community's profile page (highlighted below):

You should now be a member of a community on internal blogs!

## How do I post to a community?

You must be logged into internal blogs (see first item on this page) and you must be a member of a community (see second item on this page.) Given these, click on the 'Update Journal' link on the toolbar after you've logged into internal-blogs. You should see the screen below:

See the highlighted dropdown? Just select the community you'd like your post to appear in there. Instead of appearing in your journal, the post will appear in any community you select in that dropdown. Enjoy.

## How do I use tags? What are they for?

Tagging your content is a method of associating metadata with your project. Tags are essentially keywords, and you can apply as many of them as you want. There is a 40-character limit for the tag itself, but you can string multiple together with commas: "Java, patterns, architecture"

The tag interface is part of the journal entry page, at the bottom under where you type in your entry. Tags you have used before appear for you to select them again.

## The interface for this sucks! What gives?

Well, this site isn't finished yet, which is why you haven't seen any official announcements about it. :) We're working on it though. If you have specific bugs you'd like to see fixed, we would love it if you would take the time to file a bug!

## Is this secure? How come you have my Red Hat account password??

Red Hat Internal Blogs connects to a Red Hat Directory Server (mmm dogfood, imagine that!) to authenticate Red Hat account names. No Red Hat kerberos account passwords are stored on this server.

## How do I report problems or file a bug for Red Hat Internal Blogs?

Thanks for taking the time to help out! You can file a bug against our bugzilla product using this handy, dandy link.

## How does this all work? Is this open source?

Yep, this is all open source. The front page, personal page, team/projects page, and community pages are all driven by Planet. The blogging system itself is driven by Live Journal. Why are you so curious anyway? Could it be... that... you want to HELP??? :) Please let us know if you'd like to help out! :)

## Who's in charge of this thing?

Currently Red Hat Internal Blogs is maintained by a rag tag group of volunteers including:

- Máirín Duffy
- Adrian Likins
- Ray Strode
- Martin Poole
- Paul Nasrat

## I've got a question that's not answered here... what do I do??!

Drop us an email.