Nov
10

How To Add Contributors to Your Posterous Blog

One of the great things about Posterous is that multiple people can contribute to the site, but it can be a little confusing to add a contributor.  In this article we hope to help you with the process of adding and becoming a contributor to a Posterous site.

Steps to take by the owner of the Posterous Site

Step 1 - Click the Contributor Tab from the Manage Posterous

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Step 2 - Add email address of contributor, click "Add"

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Step 3 - Click "Add Contributor" at the bottom of the form

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Steps to take by the new contributor to the Posterous Site

Step 1 - Ignore the email from Posterous

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Step 2 - Create an account on Posterous using the same email that was used to invite you as an contributor

Go to:  http://posterous.com and you will see the "Get Started" form on the right side of the page:

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The address field will be your username and address of your primary blog on Posterous.  For instance if you choose "mygreatsite" as your address then your primary blog will be at:

http://mygreatsite.posterous.com

 

Step 3 - Verify Your Posterous Account

You should get an email from Posterous with the subject "Posterous | Confirm email address"

Open the email and click the link to verify your account.

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Step 4 - Post Your First Article

a) The sites that you contribute to are on the left side of the Posterous Manage screen, click the site you were just added to and then click "Post by web" button

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b)  Write your blog article and fill out the Title and Body and upload any images that you want in your article.  Hit the "Publish" button in the lower rigth part of the page to publish your article.

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