How to add a page block to blog posts

Hi, my site has a big emphasis on people posting blogs, issue is my site visitors always have issues posting blogs the first time, I think it is because when you click to create one for the FIRST time it gives you a great big description box (see attachment), people are typing there full blog into this thinking this is where the blog should go, they click submit 20 times but it won’t allow them to submit as the content is to long... this box should just be a single one line box...

So first question is can I change the box style/size? if so how?

If that is not easy then I need to add in a tutorial on how to post a blog, for this I need to add in a page block to the screen where it says 'You have 0 blog posts, click here to add one', but I can't find out how to add a page block to this page, anyone help?

Thanks in advance

M

change the box size, open file modules/boonex/blogs/templates/base/css/blogs_common.css

find this code

.CreateBlogForm_wrapper .input_wrapper_textarea {
    width: 400px;
}

edit it to

.CreateBlogForm_wrapper .input_wrapper_textarea {
    width: 200px;
}

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Remember to clear Cache

Thanks I'd much rather that than write up a How to Post, but still seems very confusing for users, it says "Please, Create a Blog" and "Description", perhaps along side making the box smaller I can change this wording to:

Please, Create a Blog - Please create a title for your blog

and

Description - Please type a SHORT title and click submit

Can you tell me where I might change this wording ?

Thanks

admin/Settings/Languages Settings

search after _bx_blog_Please_create_blog
('_bx_blog_Please_create_blog' => 'Please, Create a Blog',)

and edit text here.

Remember to compile language after change....
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Description is not so easy to edit...because it used several places.

1)
Open file modules/boonex/blogs/classes/BxBlogsModule.php

find function GenCreateBlogForm($bBox = true)

and $sNewBlogDescC = _t('_Description');

hide this line and add a new one bellow, like this

//$sNewBlogDescC = _t('_Description');
$sNewBlogDescC = _t('_Description_blog');

SAVE file

2)
a)
Go to admin/Settings/Languages Settings

and add a new language key, click on Add Key

Key Name: _Description_blog
Category: Boonex Blogs
String text for English language: Description - Please type a SHORT title and click submit

SAVE

b) Compile language

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That's all....

Perfect, your a star thanks..

Hi okweb, do you know where I can get a list of the language keys? and what they give access to?