A ‘how to’ Guide to blogging and using Blogger.com
Blogs provide a means of journaling, exploration, story telling, information sharing, and anything you can think of involving text and pictures which can be made accessible to as many people as you want
Blogs can be:
Journals
News
Fiction
Web links
Communities
Work based forums
Personal web space
An online photo gallery
Blogger can be found at www.blogger.com and blogs created using Blogger have the following form of web address www.myblog.blogspot.com.
Let’s start blogging
Open Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape or which ever web software you are using and go to www.blogger.com.
Take a moment to look around the front-page of Blogger. Blogger.com is fairly easy to use and has useful explanations and descriptions. There is an opportunity to get more information on what a blog is. You can also take a quick tour around the website.
Follow the “Create a blog in 3 easy steps” links on the front-page by placing the mouse pointer over the link marked “Create Your Blog Now” and click.
Create an Account
The next page will request you to create an account. You must have an existing e-mail address in order to do this. This account will then enable you to establish as many different blogs as you would like. You can then return to the account to delete blogs, update blogs, or create new blogs.
To create your blogger account, you will have to input your e-mail address, and a password for your account. Just follow the instructions and directions given on the website as they provide precise guidance on creating a blog.
Finally don’t forget to tick any “terms and conditions” box, if you want to read the terms and conditions following the web link.
And click the “Continue” arrow
Note: With the growth in Blog popularity your first choice of username might not be available – do be patient and try variations until you find one that is accepted.
Name your Blog
This where you can think of what you want to call your blog. This can be related to what you will write about, or named after a favourite pet, friend. The name can either be a phrase or one word.
You will then have the opportunity to choose your blog address .This does not have to match the name/ title of your blog although it may make it easier for you and for others to remember the name.
Blogger uses a word verification box to help with security and data entry. The text for the word verification will appear slightly distorted; simply type the letters you see into the word verification box.
Click the “continue” arrow at the bottom of the page and this will lead you to the next and final step.
Note: The web address for your blog may not be available if it is already used by another blog user. As with Step 2 try different combinations of web address for your blog until you find one which is available.
Choose a template
Blogger hosts your blog for you and provides you with options of what you would like your blog to look like with a series of different templates.
You have the opportunity to select from the list a template of your choice. Not only do the templates differ in colour, but also the settings and layout of content is different. Choose your template by placing your mouse pointer over the template name (e.g. minima, minima black, son of moto) and click.
Once you’ve highlighted your choice of template click on the ‘Continue’ arrow, and CONGRATULATIONS, you have created your blog.
Note: You can always change your template later if you decide you don’t like the one you’ve chosen. Once your blogger account is finalised you’ll find that you access to wider choice of templates than the ones you see at this set up stage.
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