How to Create A Blog with Blogger.Com
1.
If you don't have a person
gmail account (must not be your education gmail, such as University of
Minnesota gmail account), go ahead and create new gmail account now. It's important that
you don't use your official education account as it doesn't have all the
features that personal gmail accounts do.
IMPORTANT: When you use your personal gmail account and your
personal blog, you should use a different browser than the one that you use for
your official education/university gmail, otherwise this causes problems. e.g.
I use Firefox for my University of MN gmail, and Chrome for my personal gmail
and personal blog.
2. Once you have created a personal gmail account, link to
the https://blogger.com/start website
On the "Create a Google
Account" screen enter in the information required, namely:
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On the "Choose a
template" screen:
From the dashboard you can:
How to Create A Blog with Blogger.Com
1.
If you don't have a person
gmail account (must not be your education gmail, such as University of
Minnesota gmail account), go ahead and create new gmail account now. It's important that
you don't use your official education account as it doesn't have all the
features that personal gmail accounts do.
IMPORTANT: When you use your personal gmail account and your
personal blog, you should use a different browser than the one that you use for
your official education/university gmail, otherwise this causes problems. e.g.
I use Firefox for my University of MN gmail, and Chrome for my personal gmail
and personal blog.
2. Once you have created a personal gmail account, link to
the https://blogger.com/start website
3.
Click on the orange arrow that says "create your blog
now."
On the "Create a Google
Account" screen enter in the information required, namely:
1.
Enter your personal gmail email address, which should
be the one that you want to use to be paired with your blog that you are going
to create [must not be your official education one. You'll have to retype your
email address in the second box.
2.
Enter password (it's a good idea to write this down somewhere
safe -- or email it to yourself and then save the email so you can refer to it
later if you forget it). You have to retype the password in the second box.
3.
Enter a display name
4.
Choose a user name. If you prefer people not to know who you
actually are, then choose a fictitious name. e.g. 2tech4me
5.
Accept the terms (it is safe to do and won't generate junk
mail).
6.
Word verification: type the letters that appear as a graphic
above the verification box. This is there to ensure that the blog is being
created by a person and not automatically being generated by a computer.
7.
Click on the "Continue" arrow
On the "Name your blog" screen:
1.
Enter title: This is the title that will appear at the top of
your blog page and will also be the default name that will appear in users'
browsers when they bookmark/add to favorites you blog, so choose something that
will give readers a clear idea of what your blog is about
2.
Blog address: pick something that you'll remember easily and
that is easy to type.
3.
Click on the "Continue" arrow
On the "Choose a
template" screen:
1.
Scroll through the selections and click on the little radio
button next to the name of the template that you choose. e.g. I chose the
snapshot template. Note: you can change the template later if you decide you
don't like the one you have selected, so don't spend too much time at this
point worrying what will look best!
2.
Click on the "Continue" arrow
On the "Your blog has just been
created!" screen:
1.
Click on the "Start Blogging" arrow
2.
A window will appear that looks much like a word processing
window. Start typing, and use the formatting bar at the top to help you format
your entry. e.g. You can change font size, type of font, color, justification,
create links and so on. Experiment with these to see what they do.
3.
When finished, click on "Publish Post"
4.
Once you have posted an entry, a screen will appear telling you
"Your blog post published successfully!
5.
To see the results, click on the link to "View Blog."
6.
To get back to your blog so that you can add a new entry or edit
the existing blog, click on the little orange "B" next to the search
field at the top left of your browser window. If you are already logged in,
this will take you to your blog Dashboard. If you aren't logged in, then you
will first need to log in (using the user name and password that you set up
when you created your blog -- that's why it's important to write down what
these are when you first create your blog).
From the dashboard you can:
o
create a new post (a new blog entry): click on the "NEW
POST" button
o
change your blog settings (don't worry about this now, but do
explore later)
o
edit your existing posts: to do this, click on "Edit
Posts" --> this takes you to a screen that gives you the option of
creating a new post or editing your entries. To edit entry, click on the
"Edit" link next to the entry. This opens the blog in editing mode,
and you can go ahead and edit
o
to post blog once you are done editing, click on the orange
"Publish Post" button (which takes you to "Your blog post
published successfully!" window, and from there, click to "View
Blog").
Posting a photo or other image on
your blog
1.
When you are in the compose window to create a blog, you will
see a little picture/icon that looks like a mountain on the tool bar (right
next to the spell check icon). Click on that
1.
When you are in the compose window to create a blog, you will
see a little picture/icon that looks like a mountain on the tool bar (right
next to the spell check icon). Click on that
2.
This opens a box that gives you a choice to add an image from
your computer or an image from the web. The easiest is from your computer. So
click on the button that says "browse."
3.
Navigate to where you have a picture saved on your computer and
select it.
4.
Back in the upload image window, select the layout (if you want
the picture to be left, center, or right, or none). I like the option of having
the text wrap around the picture as it reduces scrolling -- but this is a
personal choice -- no "right" way!. Also select if you want the image
to be small, medium or large. My advice: go small or medium, but avoid large as
it makes the blog take too long to load.
5.
Click the "Upload Image" button. It will take a little
while for it to load, but that should do it! (you may need to refresh the page
for you to see that the image has been uploaded).
Signing in once you have your blog
set up
When you want to blog again on another day,
just go to blogger.com -->
at the top of the page that opens, you will see "Sign in to use Blogger
with your Google Account."
When you want to blog again on another day,
just go to blogger.com -->
at the top of the page that opens, you will see "Sign in to use Blogger
with your Google Account."
·
Fill in your username and password (that you created in step 3
above).
·
Click "Sign In"
Posting comments on other people's blogs
To post a comment on a blog:
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1.
Once you are on a person's blog, click on the "Post a
Comment" link that usually appears below their blog entry.
2.
This will open a comment in the box. It's useful to click on the
link next to this that says, "show original post" as it enables you
to see what the person wrote in their blog as you are composing your comment on
this.
3.
Click in the comment box and type your comments.
4.
Enter your blogger.com user name and password below the comment
box, and then click on the blue "login and publish" button (Reason:
In order to post a comment on a blogger.com blog, you need to have your own
blogger account). If you are already logged in, then all you need to do is
click on the "Publish Your Comment" button.
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