http://tomsfarmblog.blogspot.com/
That link address will always take you to the newest post. Depending on what you're using to view the blog and how interested you are in knowing when it's updated, there are some other navigation features and tools that you may want to use. Here's some of the basic features that you may be interested in using. The features are dependent on what device you will be using to view the blog.
From a Computer
If you go to the farm blog webside via the link listed above, your browser will display the full version of the blog. The main body of the blog will be displaying the newest post. If you keep scrolling down, the next 2 or 3 older posts will also show up. If you ever see a picture that you would like to look at more closely, all you have to do is put your curser on that picture and click. That picture will expand to full screen. When you're done looking at that picture, click on the "x" in the upper right and you will be returned to the blog main page.
On the right margin of the blog there are some other tools that you can use.
1.) Popular Posts
2.) Follow By Email
3.) Blog Archive
4.) Followers
Popular posts is a listing of the 6 posts that have been visited the most by blog readers. It displays the title and a little teaser about the post. If you click on the title, the whole post will be displayed. When you're done with that post, if you want to go back to the main blog page, you have two choices. You can hit your browser's "back" arrow or you can click on the "Laurel Ridge Farm" title at the top of the page.
The Follow By Email feature allows you to sign up to receive an email anytime a new post is published. In order to use this feature, you enter your email address into the little box and hit the submit button. It will then give you instructions on how to confirm this email address. When a new blog post is published, an email will be sent to your address and the email will contain the content from the latest blog post. It looks a little different than visiting the blog via your browser but it's the same stuff. After you receive the email, if you want to go to the actual blog, all you have to do is click on the "Laurel Ridge Farm" title and it will take you to the blog. If you sign up for this feature and later decide that you want it to stop, there is an "unsubscribe" button on the bottom of each email. Here's what the emails look like:
Back to the blog in your browser, in the right margin is the Blog Archive. This is a listing by month since the blog was started. If you click on one of the months, a list of blog titles from that month will appear. If you click on any of those titles, that blog entry will be displayed. You can always get back to the blog home page by clicking on the "Laurel Ridge Farm" title at the top of any post.The Followers section lists those people who have signed up to be followers of the blog. I don't know if there's any major advantage to do this. I think that it is useful for people who use Google Reader to visit many different blogs. There may be some other advantages that I haven't figured out yet.
From a Mobile Device
If you use a smart phone (Iphone, Android, etc) or tablet (Ipad etc) to view the blog, the operating systems on these devices don't display all of the functions/tools that are displayed via the computer browser. None of the functions listed above (archive, email, etc) are displayed in the mobile version. Typically the mobile version shows a short summary of the most recent 2 or 3 posts. If you select that post, it shows the full post. While viewing that post, if you select one of the pictures, it will expand to full screen.
I hope that this description is useful for you. If you've read this far, you've at least found your way to the blog. I hope that the other posts are a little more interesting than this one is - but maybe this will help some with navigation.
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