How to Create a Blog Using Blogger

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."

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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.

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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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E. Your blog will be created. Nice job!!

• Click the orange "Start posting" 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.

• You will see

  

  
  

• 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.

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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 goto 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.

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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.