Possess Sage Back-To-School Advice? Share it on Patch

Calling all veteran back-to-schoolers!

We'd like to invite moms, dads, teachers and former students to share their best tips, tricks and advice for other parents and kids preparing for the 2013-14 school year.

Do you know where the best school supply deals are? Do you have ideas on how to best organize a locker? Are you a school lunch-making guru?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, we'd like you to share your expertise on Patch!

First, you need to sign in and create an account. Or, if you're already a Patch user, update your profile. Here’s how:

1. Go to the homepage. 

2. Click on "Join" on the upper right side of the page.

3. Follow the simple instructions to confirm your account.

4. Log in and click on your name in the upper right.

5. Click on "Edit Profile" on the right and add a photo and a brief bio.

Second, here’s how to start a blog:

1. Once you’re logged in, go to the homepage, scroll down to the “Who’s Blogging?” module which is below the “News & Blogs” feed.

2. Click on the “Start blogging” button at the bottom right of the “Who’s Blogging?” module.

3. Complete setup by inputting the name of your blog, description and choosing or uploading a blog icon image.

4. Click on “Create your blog.”

5. Now you can either “Write your first post,” “Dress up your blog” or tell people about it.

6. For your first blog all you need is a category, a brief description, a photo and then your text in the body of the article.

7. Click ‘Post Now,’ or if you are not ready to post, save it as a draft and come back to it later.

Questions? Check out our blogging site for more information or email Community Editor Jenny Manning, jenny.manning@patch.com, for more information.