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Gulfport Blogs: Home Prices Increase; Golf Club Rezoning?

Have something you would like to share? Post a blog on the new Gulfport Patch.

From housing market trends to concerns about rezoning a golf course our Local Voices Bloggers fill us in on interesting, important and humorous parts of life in and around Gulfport.

The new Patch platform features blogs right with the news on the Gulfport Patch home page.  As soon as you post, your blog is visible and the community can join the discussion.

Bloggers can now edit their own blogs and moderate their own comments. 

Blog about what matters to you.  Here's how:

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1. Go to www.gulfport.patch.com

2. Click on "Join" on the upper right side of the page.

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3. Follow the simple instructions to confirm your account.

4. Log in and click on your name in the upper right.

5. Click on "Edit Profile" on the right and add a photo and a brief bio

Second, here’s how to start a blog:

Once you’re logged in, go to the homepage.

1. On the homepage, scroll down to the “Who’s Blogging?” module which is below the “News & Blogs” feed.

2. Click on the “Start blogging” button at the bottom right of the “Who’s Blogging?” module.

3. Complete setup by inputting the name of your blog, description and choosing or uploading a blog icon image

4. Click on “Create your blog.”

5. Now you can either “Write your first post,” “Dress up your blog” or tell people about it.

6. For your first blog all you need is a category, a brief description, a photo and then your text in the body of the article.

7. Click ‘Post Now,’ or if you are not ready to post, save it as a draft and come back to it later.

We are looking forward to your blogs Gulfport!


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