Creating a Blog Using Blogger.com

POSTING

Create a New Post
*Choose Create tab
*Add title to the "Title" box
*Add body of entry
*If you are not ready to publish what you are working on you click on "Save Now"
*If you are ready to publish, click on "Publish Post"
*You can add labels for your post by typing words in "Labels for this post:" box

Edit Posts
*Choose Edit Posts tab
*Make changes and "Save" or "Publish"

SETTINGS
You might want to change some of the settings to make your blog more secure.

Basic
*"Add your blog to our listing" - change to No

Comments
*"Enable Comment Moderation" - default is No. If you want to see moderate comments before they are visible to others change to Yes
*"Show Word Verification" - default is No. If you want to make sure that spammers are not adding comments change to Yes

Email
You can add new posts to your blog via email by creating an email address at blogger.com

*Fill in the box following "Mail-to-Blogger Address"
*If you want the post to auto publish directly to your blog click in the Publish box
* The subject line in your email becomes the title of your post

TEMPLATE
Page Elements:
You can add a number of elements to your page such as a link list, pictures and text lists
Click on "Add a Page Element" to see the elements that are available.


To add a Link List:
*Click on "Add A Page Element"
*Click on "Add to Blog" under "Link List"
*Type "Title" in box (eg. "Blogs of Classmates")
*Type "New Site URL" in box (blog address)
*Type "New Site Name" in box (classmates initials)
*Click on "Add Link" to add another link to the same category
*Click on "Save Changes" - Choose sorting option if desired

Click on "View Blog" at any time to see what you blog looks like with the changes you have made. Be aware that only "Published" posts will show up.

ADDING LINKS TO DOCUMENTS

Using box.net
Using Google Docs