User Info

News users, please register to have access to post blog entries, comment on other blog posts and update the calendar. Subscribers will receive a once a day update of the latest blog posts. Also, please feel free to invite your friends to join this blog.

Tips for New Users:

All updating can be done under the “Update Blog” header in the right column. Here are some keys to using this blog…

Posting a blog entry:

  1. Click on “Add a New Blog Post“
  2. Fill out a title for your blog entry
  3. Fill out the copy for your blog entry
  4. Choose an appropriate category from the check boxes on the right. You can even choose multiple categories if you’d like. Click “Add New Category” if you think a new one is necessary. Remember, these should be fairly generic and appropriate to potentially many other blog entries.
  5. Click “Publish” and you’re done. It’s uploaded.

Add a link to a Blog entry:

  1. Type out your entry and using your cursor, highlight the word that you want to be a link then click the chain icon/button in the type format box
  2. Type in the URL, including the http://

Inserting a photo, video, media, or audio file to a Blog entry:

  1. Click the appropriate icon to the right of “Upload/Insert.” If you let your cursor rest over the icon, a pop up will tell you what it’s for.
  2. Choose the file you want to upload. It will upload to the “Media” folder and can be inserted into a blog post.

Uploading an image to the photo gallery:

  1. Click on “Upload a Photo
  2. Click “Choose File” and choose the file from your computer
  3. Choose the album you want to put it in from the list. If you want to create a new album, follow the directions after this.
  4. Click “Upload” and it will add the image to the photo gallery

Adding a new photo gallery:

  1. Click on “Upload a Photo
  2. On the left under “Photos,” choose “Photo”
  3. Create the new album. All you really need is to fill in the “Name” portion. The rest doesn’t really matter.

To add a calendar event:

  1. Click on “Add Calendar Event“
  2. Type in the event information, delete or keep the same date for “ending date” if it’s a one day event. Use 24-hour time.
  3. Click “Save” and it will be added to the calendar

To edit a calendar event:

  1. Click on “Add Calendar Event“
  2. Find the event you are looking for from the list and click “edit”
  3. Change the information and click “Save”

This blog is for anyone and everyone in Highland Park and the surrounding communities. Please be courteous and responsible when using this blog by making sure you cite your sources in blog posts and comments, provide links to outside sources if relevant, try to write posts that are fairly unbiased and neutral in tone, and respect the opinions of others in their posts and comments.

Remember, this is a forum to build strength in the community and share information that will help our community become a better place to live. This blog is a tool for the residents of Highland Park to improve the quality of our lives. If there is a united front and everyone is aware of what is going on, then it creates a position of power for us when it comes to dealing with the city on neighborhood issues. Face it, councilmembers and other city officials will take us much more seriously if they don’t have to hear a hundred people saying a hundred different things. The less they have to weed through, the more likely change is going to happen. Consistency, focus, organization, and clear long-term goals are the keys to making Highland Park a better place to live but it’s only going to work if community members are willing to be involved.