A warning to anyone else who doesn't save their work

To get an unorder list (bullet list), you need to do the following.<UL><LI>Item one</LI><LI>Item two</LI></UL>And I do keep a copy of my work in word too. I have lost data because of a dropped internet connection.

To get an order list (numbered list). Here is the html that I use.<OL><LI>Item one</LI><LI>Item two</LI></OL>

Watch out if you write in Word, then cut and paste. It puts something in the background that messes things up so you'll get error messages when you try to post. This drove me crazy for a while, then Nancy explained.

Yes, this happened once to me too..

I found (I think) a way to add links in Word that will work with the blog software. I used to add the links after I cut and pasted from Word, but now I add the links first, then cut and paste. When you have a link, say like adoptionblogs, add the link like this, in your Word document: <a href="http://www.adoptionblogs.com/">Adoption Blogs</a>. (type it out, don't use the link maker in Word). For some reason, the link disappears if you use the link button in Word. It's a little extra work in Word, but then when you preview it in the new post in the blog software, everything is okay. You might have to add the " quotation marks before the http and after the end of the web address. If so, an error will say something like "parser error". Try it out, and see if it works for you.

Word often adds "smart quotes" - the kind that slant in at the beginning of a quote and out at the end - the blog software doesn't not like those at all... so even when typing it out in Word, be careful. Word is great because it has a strong spellchecker and grammar check, but it has a few things that make our blog software hiccup.

First of all - thanks for the help in making a list, but I actually know how to do it. What happend was one of the pieces of the html text was wrong or was interferring with something else, an error occurred, and the software wouldn't let me go back and fix it. My post was gone. And about saving in word or working in word, what I was trying to get at is before publishing, you can copy and paste everything into a word document - the links and everything - so that in case something happens - like an error or whatnot - while trying to publish, you'll have a saved copy. Even if you have saved it with the blog software, once you go to publish and something goes wrong, its gone.

Well, I ALWAYS write in Wordperfect, save my work and then transfer to the blog software. I didn't today. figures. I just sat down to write a quick 300 words before lunch and I thought I'd save time. Whattaknow. gone. But! - there is a bit of good news in here! I had done a preview in another window, and it was still there.... So I copied and pasted it, and only had to re-do the links. So there ya go. Just another idea if you find yourself in a time of crisis. (Ok, not a real crisis, just a small, lost my work, one)....