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Adding your blog posts to your page

If you write a blog or are interested in starting one about your fundraising, here’s how to add your posts to your Virgin Money Giving page:

Your blog
If you already write a blog that you’d like to add to your page, simply follow the steps below. Please note, your blog will need to have an RSS feed for you to be able to add it to your Virgin Money Giving page.

If you’d like to start a new blog, you’ll need to do this before adding it to your page. Websites like blogger.com or wordpress.com are free and easy to use - just follow the instructions on screen and you’ll have a blog up and running in no time.

Step 1
If you’re setting up a new fundraising page, after you’ve signed in or registered your details with us click the ‘create my page’ button.

If you’ve already got a fundraising page, sign into your Virgin Money Giving account and click ‘update my page’ on the left. If you have more than one fundraising page, click the one you’d like to add your blog posts to. Then click ‘amend fundraiser page’ at the top of the screen.

Step 2
You’ll now see a preview of your page where you can add text and widgets. Tick the ‘Blog’ box at the top of the page and a ‘Blog’ panel will appear on your page.
Step 3
Enter the full web address (URL) of your blog’s RSS feed in the ‘Blog’ panel, then click ‘update’.

(To get your blog’s RSS feed address, go to your blog page and click on the RSS feed link, or the RSS icon symbol. Your blog’s RSS feed will open – the full URL for this page is the address you need.)

Step 4
Your blog will now appear your page. Whenever you update your blog, we’ll automatically show the most recent posts on your Virgin Money Giving page.

Changing your blog
To change the blog which is shown on your page follow step 1 above, then delete the web address from the ‘Blog’ panel and enter the address for the new blog.

Removing your blog from your page 
To remove your blog follow step 1 above, then simply remove the tick from the ‘Blog’ box at the top of the page.

 

Header - Last updated
25 February 2010