#steemitessentials are a series of ‘ How To’ tutorials designed for newcomers and the SteemIt community

This blog post is a guide on HOW TO SUBMIT BLOG POSTS on SteemIt.

1. Click on the "Submit a Story" button in the top right hand corner of the page.

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2. Add tags in the “Tags (or Tags)” field

'Tags' are intended to help others find your post. Enter a category that most closely relate to post in this field. If your post fits into more than one category, you can enter more than one tag. You should separate the tags a space. Entering at least one tag is mandatory and you should use only lowercase letters, digits and one dash. You can enter any text you wish, however do try to categorise your post correctly, if you want people to easily find it. It is better to match the text of an existing tag in Steemit than create a a new topic a minor variation. The first tag you enter is your main tag, it will have significance so the first tag you enter should be the one that most closely relates to your post.

• Tip: To find more existing tags, go to the Steemit homepage (https://steemit.com), in the left sidebar, there is a longer list of the most popular tags.
  
  You may find the appropriate category for your post there. There is also an ALL TAGS filters to further aid you in finding the right category. Simple begin typing a tag that best fits your post in the text box. The list will be filtered based on what you type. It will search from all main tags in Steemit. It will not however search for tags that are only secondary tags).

• Tip: You can can embed tags ( # ) into. Read more about tags below

3. Enter the title of your blog into the “Title” field

• Tip: Please choose carefully as this is the first thing other people are likely to see when they view your blog.

4. Enter a Summary into the “Summary (optional)” field or leave this field blank, your choice

If you wish, you can enter a strap line, sub-heading or summary text for your blog here.

• Tip: Markdown styling is available in this field (see further below).

[I’m not 100% sure what material difference adding content here makes (as oppose to just posting the main section? If any knows, please enter a comment and I'll update]**

5. Enter the main content of your blog into the "Reply" text box

This is where you add the main content of your blog.

• Tip: Markdown styling can be used to enhance the look of your page. Click on the “Styling with Markdown is supported” link to go to the ‘Mastering Markdown’ guide on github.
  
  There are further guides on Steemit and across the internet. It is worthwhile grasping at least the basics of Markdown to make your blog more appealing to readers.

• Tip: If you want to wipe your content and start again, click the ‘Clear’ button.
  

• Tip: You can preview your blog in real time (i.e. as you type). Simply look at the space below the Post button and type something into either the Summay or Reply box. You will notice that what you type appears in the space. If you use Markup styling syntax in the text box (try typing: # Hello World!) you will notice that you can preview how the styling will look on your blog.
  

• Tip At present Steemit does not support 'saving as a draft' so you may with to copy and paste to and from your favourite text editor to ensure you do not lose your work as you type/ amend your Markup.

6. Click the "Post" button to Submit Your Blog Post.

That’s it! Congratulations you’ve submitted a post on Steemit.

• Tip: To view your blog posts, Click on the Picture Icon in the far right hand corner of the page.
  
  Then click ‘Blog’ from the dropdown.
  
  You will be taken to your blog page (https://steemit.com/ [@yourUSerName]), where you can see your post.
  

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Related content:

• Tags replace topics categories on steemit (@dan)

• Use Tags to get your post noticed in several topics (@dan)

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