Wednesday, October 24, 2007

How to Search This Blog

I have been blogging for quite some time resulting in hundreds of posts with tons of information. I was recently prompted to write this post by some readers who aren't exactly sure how to find those little nuggets of information. Here are the three ways you can look.

1. SEARCH BOX

At the top of the left sidebar, you will see a search box like this one below. Type in what interests you and click on "Search". If I have blogged on it, the relevant posts will magically appear.


The Beading Gem's Journal




2. SCROLLING TAG INDEX

If you look carefully at the end of each post, I have added labels or tags. These little words indicate the main subjects of the post like "rare gemstone", "historical", "royalty", "necklace" or "Yourname". Now go to the Scrolling Tag Index located way down the right most sidebar. Click and hold on to the bar you see on the right. Move it down to see an alphabetised list of all the tags I've used and find those which tickle your fancy.

3.PAST POST HUBS

Also on the right sidebar are some of my past posts which I think might interest many readers. They are conveniently clustered under categories such as "Biographical", "Cultural", "Historical" and so forth. If you go to my Squidoo lens, the posts there are clustered by gemstone colour.

4. BLOG ARCHIVE

Also on the right bar further down is the Blog Archive. All individual posts in the current month are shown as titles. Click on any title to see that post. However, if you want to see the previous months' posts, you must first "open" up that month by clicking on the little triangle on the left.

Finally, subscribers only receive individual posts, so please do visit the homepage to do some serious panning and digging for those nuggets!

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