Can You Delete My Listings In Search Engines Linked To ChristianBlog?
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No.
Anytime a search engine "crawls/indexes" our website they store that information witin their services, not ours, and therefore we have no control over what is listed in any online Search Engine.
As the old saying goes, "If you don't want it recorded, you shouldn't have typed it". |
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How Do I Change My Date Of Birth?
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Should you have set your date of birth incorrectly when you registered, we allow you to update your date of birth.
Note that you can only update your date of birth ONE TIME.
To update your date of birth follow the following steps:
(1) Log into ChristianBlog.Com
(2) Click on "Manage Your Profile"
(3) Click on "Gender & Date of Birth"
(4) Set your Gender AND Date of Birth
(5) Press the submit/update button
Again, you can only update your gender and date of birth ONE TIME. |
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How Do I Change My Gender?
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Should you have set your gender incorrectly when you registered, we allow you to update your gender.
Note that you can only update your gender ONE TIME.
To update your gender follow the following steps:
(1) Log into ChristianBlog.Com
(2) Click on "Manage Your Profile"
(3) Click on "Gender & Date of Birth"
(4) Set your Gender AND Date of Birth
(5) Press the submit/update button
Again, you can only update your gender and date of birth ONE TIME. |
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How Do I Change My Usersname/Identification?
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You cannot.
As was explained on the registration page when you input your usersname:
Your "Usersname" is not editable once you proceed past this point. Our staff, at no time, will change your Usersname... even if you ask them really, really, really nice! So please be sure it is something you like! |
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How Do I Delete My Account?
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To have your account terminated, please complete the form located at:
http://www.christianblog.com/terminate.php
Note that once you terminate your account, it cannot be un-terminated. |
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What Information Do I Have To Provide To Have An Account?
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As with most websites we require a number of personal identificational information.
This includes, but is not limited to:
Your full name
Your email address
Your physical address (used for account verification only)
Your date of birth
We do require a few other tid-bits of information, but these four items are the majority of the personal information we require. |
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Why Do We Place Limits On The Free Membership Accounts?
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ChristianBlog.Com has costs tens of thousands of dollars to develop... and thousands more to maintain and operate... and regardless of whether is it a religious website or not, bills have to be paid.
Paid member is the answer to that solution -- or splattering the website with dozens of banners, popups and stuff like that that everybody hates (and we refuse to do).
We aren't myspace that worth millions, nor are we blogger which is worth billions. We are a niche website trying to provide a ministry service to Christians... and your Bible says a laborer is worthy of their hire, last we read it.
As for why a "XYZ" limit... mostly because we feel that after a certain amount of uses of the website a person should have a good idea of just how worthy of a ministry website this is, and realize supporting us is the right thing to do. |
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Can I Have Private Blogs?
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No.
At this time we do not offer the ability to publish private blog entries. |
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Do I Have To Register To Post A Blog?
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Yes.
As with all major website, registration is required in order to help maintain membership information |
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How Can I Include A Bible Verse In My Blog Entry?
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While typing a message in Blog Entry, you may add:
[bible]verse here[/bible]
tags in your post. Here are some examples on how to use the tags:
To return a single verse:
[bible]Genesis 1:1[/bible]
[bible]1 Corinthians 2:1[/bible]
To return a range of verses:
[bible]Romans 1:1-20[/bible]
[bible]2 Samuel 3:3-5[/bible]
To return an entire chapter:
[bible]Psalms 100[/bible]
[bible]2 Kings 5[/bible]
Chapter spanning is not supported. |
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How Do I Link To A Movie At Www.YouTube.Com?
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ChristianBlog.Com uses a system called BBCode which YouTube.Com does not directly support - so, here is the easiest way to include their movies into the ChristianBlog.Com website:
(update: you can go to the following website to easily acquire your YouTube Video ID: http://www.christianblog.com/tools/getvideoid/ )
When you are at YouTube and looking at the page of the video you would like to include into ChristianBlog, locate the "About This Video" section of the page.
It should look something like this:
What you need to grab is the "URL" to the given video, as highlighted within the above image.
Copy the "URL" than go back to ChristianBlog.Com.
Let's say the video we want to include has this URL:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmLhyPjHVes
Now, you only need the "Video-Code", so we can strip out all of the http:// stuff and just end up with:
SmLhyPjHVes
So, back at ChristianBlog.Com you will need to type the BBCode directly into your Blog Text. Here is how it should look:
[youtube]video-code[/youtube]
Here Is An Example Using The Above Video Example:
[youtube]SmLhyPjHVes[/youtube]
Here is how it works: (based on the first example above)
[youtube] -- This is the Opening Indicator that you are linking to a YouTube Video.
video-code -- This is the specific video-code assigned to the movie at YouTube.Com
[/youtube] -- This is the Closing Indicator that you are linking to a YouTube Video.
A few notes about how this works:
* Be sure to not include the website address (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=)! Only include the video-code! |
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How Do I Link To Another Blog Entry?
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First you are going to need to gather three things: (1) The usersname of the person who posted the Blog Entry, (2) the 'Blog Link' of the Blog Entry, and (3) the 'Blog Title'. (usually the easiest way to get this is from the URL of the browser window)
You will need to type the BBCode directly into your Blog Text. Here is how it should look:
[blog=usersname/blog-link]Blog Title[/blog]
Here Are Two Examples:
[blog=support/blog-category-suggestions]Blog Category Suggestions[/blog]
[blog=abelajohnb/pastoral-salaries-or-the-lack-thereof]Pastoral Salaries - Or The Lack Thereof[/blog]
Here is how it works: (based on the first example above)
[blog= -- This is the Opening Indicator that you are linking to a Blog Entry.
support -- This is the usersname of the person who posted the Blog Entry.
/ -- This is a divider between the usersname and the Blog Link
blog-category-suggestions -- This is the "Blog Link" of the given Blog Entry
] -- This is the First Closing Backet that you are linking to a Blog Entry.
Blog Category Suggestions -- This is the "Blog Title" that the author of the Blog Entry named the Blog Entry. This can be anything, but it's best to respect the Blog Authors usage.
[/blog] -- This is the Closing Indicator that you are linking to a Blog Entry.
A few notes about how this works:
* Be sure to not include any session variables! (32 random characters)
* Be sure to not include the website address (http://...). Only include the usersname / blog-link |
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How Do I Link To Another ChristianBlog Members Profile?
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You will need to type the BBCode directly into your Blog Text. Here is how it should look:
[member=usersname]usersname[/member]
Here Are Two Examples:
[member=abelajohnb]abelajohnb[/member]
[member=abelajohnb]John B. Abela[/member]
Here is how it works: (based on the first example above)
[member= -- This is the Opening Indicator that you are linking to a Members Profile.
usersname -- This is the usersname of the person who you want to link too.
] -- This is the First Closing Backet that you are linking to a Members Profile.
usersname -- This is the "Members Usersname" of the Members Profile that you want to link too. This can be anything, but it's most common to enter their usersname.
[/member] -- This is the Closing Indicator that you are linking to a Members Profile.
A few notes about how this works:
* Be sure to not include any session variables! (32 random characters)
* Be sure to not include the website address (http://...). Only include the members usersname! |
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How Do I Link To Another Page (non-blog And Non-member) At ChristianBlog?
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You will need to type the BBCode directly into your Blog Text.
Here is how it should look, using a real example:
[internallink=http://www.christianblog.com/news/]Site News[/internallink]
Ok, let's explain all of that...
[internallink= -- This is the Opening Indicator that you are linking to another page at ChristianBlog.Com
http://www.christianblog.com/news/ -- This is the URL to the page that you desire to link to.
] -- This is the First Closing Backet that you are linking to another page at ChristianBlog.Com
Site News -- This is the name of the page you are linking to at ChristianBlog.Com
[/internallink] -- This is the Closing Indicator that you are linking to another page at ChristianBlog.Com
A few notes about how this works:
* Be sure to not include any session variables! (32 random characters)
* Be sure to include a forward-slash / at the end of the URL. |
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How Do I Quote Text From Someone Else?
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You will need to type the BBCode directly into your Blog Text. Here is how it should look:
[quote=name of person you are quoting]text you are quoting[/quote]
Here Are Two Examples:
[quote=abelajohnb]Jesus Loves You![/quote]
[quote=John B. Abela]Jesus Loves You![/quote]
Here is how it works: (based on the first example above)
[quote= -- This is the Opening Indicator that you are quoting someone elses text.
usersname -- This is the usersname/name of the person who you want to quote.
] -- This is the First Closing Backet that you are quoting someone elses text.
Quote Text -- This is the Quote Text (whatever you want to quote) of the person that you are quoting.
[/quote] -- This is the Closing Indicator that you are quoting someone elses text. |
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What Are Backlinks?
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Backlinks are a method of viewing other websites that have a link to a specific Blog Entry at ChristianBlog.Com
Each time somebody from the internet clicks on a link from the other website to the specific Blog Entry a backlink is recorded.
This allows Blog Authors the ability to see where other people have mentioned their Blog Entries at. |
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What Is A Blog Title?
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What Is A Blog Title?
A Blog Title is the name you would like to term your new Blog Entry.
It should be directly related to your Blog Entry text.
It must not contain your real name, your usesersname, or any other method of identification. |
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Why Does My Blog Entry Not Show Up On The Home Page?
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There are a number of possible reasons why your Blog Entires do not show up on the home page:
1. They were removed by the ChristianBlog.Com Moderator Team
2. They were removed by the ChristianBlog.Com Content Review Team
3. Your account has received a warning for violation of any of our Site Policies
4. It was reported by a number of fellow members for violating Site Policies.
5. It contains what we feel might be "Confrontational Content" which is not a highlight feature of ChristianBlog.Com (whereas encouragement and uplifting is). What we decide is and is not is solely our choice and might change from day-to-day ;)
6. It contains information another member of the website has recently blogged about, or is in direct relationship to another Blog Entry, or similar situations.
7. It's content is borderline violations of our "Blogging Verses Discussion Forums" section of our Blog Posting Policy (this is very common).
8. You marked the Blog Entry as an "Adult Only" or "Private" Blog Entry.
9. Your Blog Entry has excessive CAPitalization or excessive non-text characters (i.e.: !!!!'s or .... or ____)
10. Your Blog Entry is part of a multi-part series.
Regardless of the reason, removal decisions are final, and in no way shold be seen as a negative aspect against your membership status at ChristianBlog.Com. |
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Can I Disable The Ability For Others To Contact Me?
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Yes, when you are logged into the website, go to your "Manage Privacy Settings" and change all of the settings to "Disable".
This will make it so that your friends list is disabled, your private messages are disabled, and your shoutouts are disabled. |
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How Do I Invite People To My FriendsList?
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When you are logged into ChristianBlog.Com:
(1) View the persons bio page (My.Profile)
(2) you will see a button called "Invite -username- To Join Your Friends List".
(3) Press the button and then complete the short form presented.
(4) Wait for the other member to either approve or deny your invitation. |
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If I Disable My.Friends, Why Can People Not Send Me A Message?
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Your My.Message System utilize your My.Friends system to control the permissions of who can contact you.
You'll notice that only those people in your My.Friends list are able to send you a message inside of your My.Messages system.
If you disable your My.Friends system, you thereby disable anybody (other than the ChristianBlog Support Staff) from sending you a message. |
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Who Can Join My Friendslist?
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Anybody who you authorize can join your friends list!
You simply have to request that they join your friends list (or vise-versa) then the request has to be approved!
It is a very simple process! |
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Can I Have A Photograph From My Gallery Be My Avatar?
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Yes!
(1) Log into ChristianBlog.Com
(2) Click on "My.Gallery" at the top of the website
(3) Under the photograph you would like to be your avatar, simply click on the "Set As My Default Avatar" option.
This will generate your selected photograph into your new Avatar! |
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How Do I Upload A Photograph To My.Gallery?
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To upload a new photography/image into your gallery follow the below steps:
Log into ChristianBlog.Com
Click on the "My.Gallery" at the top of the website
Click on "Add Gallery Photograph"
That will take you to a page that says "Your My.Gallery Upload".
Enter something in the "Description"
Than press the "Browse" button just below that.
Click the little box besides the "I Agree With All Site Policies".
Than make sure you read the "Notice" just below the button that says "Press to upload your photograh".
So long as your photograph is within the boundries of the "Notice" press the button that says "Press to upload your photograh".
If your photograph is without the boundires of the "Notice" and it still happens, double-check the issues addressed within the "Notice". |
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What Is The Biggest Photo I Can Upload?
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We highly suggest you try to limit the pixel size of your photographs to under 400px in width, and under 200k in size.
Anything larger than this might be denied by our service and cause a white/blank screen to occur. |
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When I Try To Upload A Photograph, I Get A White/Blank Screen. Why?
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This is normally (99.99999% of the time) caused by the fact you are uploading a photograph that is either:
(a) larger in dimensions that what we accept
or
(b) larger in actual file-byte-size than what we accept.
We highly recommend you not attempt to upload any photograph that is larger than 400 pixels in width and no more than 200KB in file-byte-size, to avoid getting the white/blank screen. |
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Are Discussions Monitored Like The Blogs Are?
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Yes,
ChristianBlog.Com monitors ALL content submitted - including blog entries, photographs, shoutouts, and discussions.
Should you find something you feel should not be posted at ChristianBlog.Com please utilize the "Reporting" feature. |
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I Posted A Discussion And Now It Is Gone. Where Did It Go?
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ChristianBlog.Com has a fairly strict set of rules (non-published) about what we consider "acceptable discussions" when it comes to the open-style factors of our Discussions System.
Because of this, we sometimes need to make the decision to remove certain Discussion posts that are outside the boundaries of what we consider should be discussed.
We give clear notice that we reserve all rights to remove Discussions at any time for any reason.
Please do not be upset if your Discussion post is removed. Simply try another topic or approach the topic from a different angle, and you might have better luck the second time around! |
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I Posted A Discussion And Would Like To Delete It.
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| Sorry but we do not allow the deletion of Open Discussion entries to be deleted. |
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Why Are There Restrictions On Using The Discussions System?
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ChristianBlog.Com is about blogging (oddly enough) so in order to keep the primary focus of our website about blogging, we have found the need to place restrictions on our Discussion Systems.
In times past, certain members have utilized only our Discussion Systems -- and in manners that our website was never intended to be used.
Because of these reasons, ChristianBlog.Com does place limitations within our Discussion Systems. This should be seen as a positive decision and not a negative one for the vast majority of our members - as this helps keep the focus of our website on blogging, and not just on randomized discussions. |
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What Is The My.Status Thing?
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My.Status allows you to share with others what you are doing in your life. Unlike a "Shoutout" which is typically a friend-to-friend message, a "My.Status" is something only you can add to your own profile.
The My.Status can be used to show a brief message that you are at work, at school, in a meeting, at the movies, cooking dinner, or just about anything at all. |
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Can I Disable The My.Status System For My Account?
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No.
Simply put, if you do not think the feature is something you will use... just don't use it :) |
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Can I Edit A My.Status Message?
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| Nope... so think carefully before you hit that submit button ;) |
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Can I Remove A My.Status Message?
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| Nope... so think carefully before you hit that submit button ;) |
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Can I Submit A My.Status Message From Another Website?
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Not at this time.
We are working on creating a remote API feature, but do not have a release date at this time. |
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What Is The Max-length Of A My.Status Message?
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| Because ChristianBlog.Com has choosen to follow SMS Standards (a method of sending content via a phone message - which is not yet supported) we are limited to a max-lenth of 140 chracters. |
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What Keyboard Chacters Are Allowed?
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Because ChristianBlog.Com has chosen to follow SMS Standards (a method of sending content via a phone message - which is not yet supported) we are limited to allowing only the a-z and 0-9 characters.
In essence, exactly what you would find on a phone key pad.
We also allow these three non-key-pad characters, but only if you are submitting a My.Status message directly from ChristianBlog.Com - in other words, they are not allowed/acceptable characters if you are using the Remote.ChristianBlog.Com My.Status System.
exclamation point (!)
period (.)
dash (-) |
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Can Team Members Be Reported?
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ChristianBlog.Com is a "Peer Monitored Website" - meaning that our very members help monitor the website.
Should you find a time when you feel a member of the ChristianBlog.Com Team has violated our Global Policies, we expect our members to report the possible violations, just as they would any other member.
The Report will be handled exactly the same way it would against any other member, and the Team Member will be excused from the decision about the Reported content. |
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I Would Like To Join The Team... What Do I Have To Do?
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ChristianBlog.Com has a small group of people that we consider "Team Members" - who help to keep the website running smoothly on a day-to-day basis!
While we tend to keep a small team, we do (sometimes) find the need to add new Team Members.
If you would like to consider placing an application to join any of the ChristianBlog.Com teams, please review the following website page for more information:
http://www.christianblog.com/teams/info.php |
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Can I Advertise A Book Or CD At ChristianBlog.Com?
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ChristianBlog.Com has a very reasonable advertisement pricing for authors and musicians.
Please visit http://www.christianblog.com/advertisers/ for further details. |
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How Do I Contact ChristianBlog.Com?
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ChristianBlog.Com can be contacted in two ways:
Existing members should contact us via our internal private message system (My.Messages). Simply click on the "My.Messages" at the top of the website (when you are logged into ChristianBlog.Com) and then click on the "Contact Technical Support" and send us your message.
For those who are not yet ChristianBlog.Com members please send an email to: support@christianblog.com -- expect at least a 48-hour response time. |
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