---
title: "Add a blog entry"
slug: "add-a-blog-entry"
tags: ["Totara Learn", "Participant", "How-to"]
updated: 2025-07-22T10:52:18Z
published: 2025-07-22T11:18:31Z
canonical: "totara.help/add-a-blog-entry"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://totara.help/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Add a blog entry

You can add a blog post from a number of locations:

- Your profile
- A course
- A **Blog menu** block

The process for all of these locations is the same, although the wording on some of the buttons varies slightly, and when creating an entry from a course you can also choose to associate the post with that course.

## User profile

To add a blog entry from your own profile, follow these steps:

1. Click your name in the top-right corner, then select **Profile** from the user menu.
2. In the **Miscellaneous** section click **Blog entries**.
3. Click **Add a new entry** at the top of the page.
4. Configure the [settings](/19/docs/blog-settings) and compose your blog post.
5. Click **Save changes**.

## Course

To add a blog entry to a blog in a course, follow these steps:

1. From the course click on go to *Participants > Course blogs* from the course block.
2. Click **Blog about this course** at the top of the page.
3. Configure the [settings](/19/docs/blog-settings) and compose your blog post.
4. Click **Save changes**.

## Next steps

- [Blog settings](/19/docs/blog-settings)
- [Share a blog entry](/19/docs/share-a-blog-entry)
- [Configure blog preferences](/19/docs/configure-blog-preferences)