How to Create a Blog Using Blogger
Adapted from Vance Steven's page at http://www.homestead.com/prosites-vstevens/files/efi/blogger_tutorial.htm A. Learn about blogging. Then start the process of creating a Blog. Visit http://www.blogger.com Find "Whats a Blog?" Click on "Take a Quick Tour." You'll learn the basics of blogging. When you finish the tour, you're ready to create your own Blog. Click on "Create Your Blog Now."
___________________________________________________________________ B. Create an account. Your username can't have spaces, but letter and numbers are good because it has to be unique. Use any email address. Fake is OK, but a real one will help with recovering passwords. NOTE: WRITE DOWN YOUR USERNAME AND PASSWORD NOW! Click the orange "Continue" arrow.
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C. Name your blog. Give your blog a title. Give your blog an address. You can use the login you just created. This is the address where your blog will be found on the Net. Don't use any spaces, apostrophes, colons, spaces or other special characters. Type the letters you see for word verification. Click the orange "Continue" arrow.
___________________________________________________________________ D. Choose a template. Scroll down to look at the possible styles. Click on Preview to see what they look like. Choose one you like by clicking the radio button. Click the orange "Continue" arrow.
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F. Make your first post to your blog. Fill in a title for your first post. Type whatever you like. (We might post about the article you read for homework!) Play around with the editing tools. Notice you can change fonts, styles, colors, etc. You can spellcheck too. (Please do!) You can also make a link to another Web site. Highlight the text. Then choose the chain link button. Type in the Web address you want to link to. Simple! If you have an image on your computer or on the Internet, you can link to that too. When finished, click on the orange "Publish Post" button.
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Click on "View Blog." You will see your blog on the Internet. Congratulations! WRITE DOWN THIS URL (WEB ADDRESS) NOW! WRITE YOUR NAME AND URL ON THE LIST I PASS AROUND. __________________________________________________________________ G. Make changes to your posting or make a new posting to your Blog. Click on "Get your own blog" at the top right of your window. Under "Blog Name," click on the link to go to your Blog Click the "Edit" button in front of the posting you want to edit. Make any changes you like to your posting. Click the "Publish Post" button.
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___________________________________________________________________ H. End a session and start a new one. Click the "sign out" button in the Dashboard. Quit your browser. Open your browser and go to http://www.blogger.com Sign in. You will be at the Dashboard ready to work on your blog.
___________________________________________________________________ I. Create your profile. This is how people with similar interests to yours can find you! Login to Blogger.com At the Dashboard, click on "Edit Profile." Complete all the information. (Note: You must leave a "check" in the box "Share my profile" if you want others with similar interests to find your Blog.) To add a photo to your profile: Easiest way is to link to a photo you've put into one of your Blog postings.
Please add notes below for any part of these instructions that were not clear. I will revise them based on your comments. Thanks! Michael
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