by Anne Ashley & Eryn Sutterlin
Create a
Blog: (only need to do this once)
1. Go to
www.blogger.com
2. Sign in
using your Google account
3. Click on New Blog
4. Create a
title and web address (make sure your address is available)
5. Select a template
6. Click on your new
title to start blogging
Set Up: (only need to do this once)
Set Up: (only need to do this once)
1. Select Template from left menu
2. Click Customize (orange button)
3. Select Layout from top left corner links
4. Choose from
layout options for post and gadget locations
5. You can explore
the other links to adjust widths, colors, backgrounds, etc.
6. Click Apply to Blog once you have finalized
your selections
7. Click Back to Blogger to return to your home
screen and all options
8. You can
visit this anytime to change your blog appearance
Settings:
(only need to do this once)
1. From the
homepage, select Settings
2. Select Basic where you can add a blog
description that will appear under the title on your webpage. Make sure you set your Blog Readers (bottom
of page) to Public. Click Save Changes.
3. Posts and Comments to make
sure that you can monitor comments from others before they appear on your
blog. You can also choose to remove
comments as an option if you do not want anyone to comment on your blog posts.
Click Save Settings when you are
finished.
4. Select Mobile and Email to confirm that
comments will be sent to your desired email address for approval before they
appear on the blog.
Blogging:
(posting on your blog)
1. Select Posts from left menu on homepage
2. Click on New Post (orange button top left)
3. Add your
content, links, pictures, etc.
a. This is
saved automatically
b. Select Close to save as a draft
c. Select Publish to post to the blog for all to
see
4. You can
select any post to Return to Draft
at any time and it will be removed from the live webpage
5. You can
click View Blog (grey button near
top center) to see how your published posts appear at any time on the live
webpage
Adding
Gadgets: (links, polls, marginal text, etc)
1. From the
homepage, Select Layout from the
menu on the left
2. Click Add Gadget for the location on the blog
you want to use
3. Select the
type of Gadget from the list (Link List, Text, Poll, Follow by Email, Newsreel, etc.)
4. Add your
information to the Gadget by following the directions in the window
5. Make sure
you click Save once you have finished
6. Click Save Arrangement (orange button near
top right)
7. You can
click View Blog (grey button near
top center) to see how your additions appear at any time