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Join our Adventure

This is a private journal for friends & family. Just enter your first name and we'll remember you.

📱 Text me updates about new posts

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Welcome to BlogHost

Let's set up your private journal in a few quick steps. Your family will be reading along before you know it.

Your Journal Name Your First Name (as the author — first name only, since this becomes your login identity) Subtitle (shown under your journal name)

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Tell Your Story

These two lines appear at the top of your journal and introduce it to your family.

Tagline (small text above your journal name) Welcome Message (shown below the navigation bar) Welcome Popup Heading (what visitors see when they first arrive) Welcome Popup Icon (one emoji — replaces existing)

💡 Mac: Cmd+Ctrl+Space · Windows: Win+. (period) · New emoji replaces old one automatically

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Add Your Banner Photo

This wide image appears at the top of every page. A landscape photo works beautifully — your home, a travel shot, or anything that feels like "you".

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Click to upload from your computer

Wide landscape works best · Any size

Banner Height 200px

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Create Your Password

This password protects your journal's admin settings. Save it somewhere safe — your password manager is perfect.

Password

Confirm Password

✗ At least 8 characters

✗ One uppercase letter (A-Z)

✗ One lowercase letter (a-z)

✗ One number (0-9)

✗ One special character (!@#$%^&*)

💡 This is also the password for your journal's advanced settings at your-journal.bloghost.co/wp-admin

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Who's Following Along?

Add your family members' names and phone numbers. They'll get a text message every time you publish a new entry — no app needed, just a tap on a link.

They can reply STOP at any time to stop receiving texts. You can manage this list anytime from your Admin Panel.

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Get Instant Notifications

Know the moment your family reads a post or leaves a comment — even from the other side of the world. This uses an app called Pushover — free for 30 days, so you can try it before deciding if it's worth keeping.

How it works — you'll move between 3 places:

PHONEDownload Pushover from the App Store or Google Play — free to try, no card needed
PUSHOVER.NETCreate a free account (skip this if you already have one)
PUSHOVER APPTap Log In (not "Create Account" if you already made one) with that same email
HERECopy your User Key from the Pushover dashboard, paste it below

After 30 days, if you're enjoying it, Pushover will send you a reminder — a one-time $5 payment (to Pushover, not BlogHost) keeps them coming for good.

Your Pushover User Key (optional)

💡 If you skip this, you can add your Pushover key later from your Admin Panel → SMS Notifications section.

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You're all set!

Your journal is live and ready. Your family is about to love this.

Opens your journal with the writing editor ready to go

Browse your journal first — write when you're ready

✎ Admin Panel

▶ Debug Timer Settings

▶ Blog Settings

Change your journal's name, text, and appearance. All changes take effect immediately.

Journal Name

Author Name

Subtitle (shown under journal name in banner)

Tagline (small text above journal name)

Welcome Message (below nav bar)

Footer Tagline

Welcome Popup

Icon

Heading

💡 To Add an Emoji — Mac: Cmd+Ctrl+Space · Win: Win+. · New emoji replaces existing one automatically

Accent Color

Currently applies to this Admin Panel only — a site-wide color theme (affecting your journal's live pages) is planned for a future update.

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Font Style (post titles, comments, gallery, footer & more)

Journal Title Font (the big title in your banner)

▶ Image Sizes

Upload your header banner image from your computer. Once saved it persists through all future theme updates. Recommended size: 1440×200px wide landscape photo.

✅ Current banner image — saved permanently

📁 Upload Image

Banner height

Make the banner taller or shorter — your picture is cropped from the middle, never stretched. Type a number or use the arrows (10 at a time). Changes show right away; press Save to keep them. Phones follow this number automatically at a smaller size, shown beside the box.

Phone banner height (upright): …

▶ Text Sizes

▶ Site Settings

Contact Information

Used if we ever need to reach you about your account. If your phone number is ever missing, we'll email this address to let you know.

Phone Number Notification Email

Time Zone

Dates and times in your Users, Commenters and Activity lists, and the 8 AM daily summary, follow this. Change it if you move or it was guessed wrong.

Not set yet — showing US Eastern until you save.

Access your journal's advanced WordPress settings. A safety backup is created automatically before you enter.

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Restore a Previous Backup

Your posts and comments are never affected — only appearance settings and theme files.

▶ Backup Journal

▶ Start a New Journal

▶ Preview Card (Link Sharing)

Controls what people see when the journal link is shared via iMessage, WhatsApp, or SMS.

Title

Description

Preview Image (1200×630 recommended)

Choose a Pre-defined Image to Share your Blog site Link

▶ Send Invitation

▶ Billing

▶ Change Password

▶ Notifications

▶ Install Pushover

▶ SMS Notifications

Preview each post before it goes live When on, Publish first shows you a Preview. Go back and fix things as many times as you like — nothing is published until you choose “Looks good — Publish.” Turn this off if you would rather Publish go live right away.

Manage all your journal entries. Drag ☰ to reorder.

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Welcome from NZ

Welcome! Here’s some Info to get started. Enjoy!

No photos yet — they'll appear here as entries are posted.

Join our Adventure

Welcome to BlogHost

Tell Your Story

Add Your Banner Photo

Create Your Password

Who's Following Along?

Get Instant Notifications

You're all set!

▶ Image Sizes

▶ Pause notifications

▶ Update Pushover key

Southern Pacific Cruise

Photo Gallery

Not in a post yet — only you can see these until you use them in a post

Join our Adventure

Still working on your edit?

Welcome to BlogHost

Tell Your Story

Add Your Banner Photo

Create Your Password

Who's Following Along?

Get Instant Notifications

You're all set!

Advanced Site Settings

▶ Debug Timer Settings

▶ Blog Settings

▶ Image Sizes

▶ Banner Image

▶ Text Sizes

▶ Site Settings

▶ Backup Journal

▶ Start a New Journal

▶ Preview Card (Link Sharing)

▶ Send Invitation

▶ Billing

▶ Change Password

▶ Notifications

▶ Pause notifications

▶ Update Pushover key

▶ Install Pushover

▶ SMS Notifications

Photo Gallery

Not in a post yet — only you can see these until you use them in a post