Blogs: Create A New Blog Using Your Google Account
Blogs: Create A New Blog Using Your Google Account
Blogs
Interactive. Constructivist. Collaborative. Communities.
WHAT IS A BLOG?
A blog—a shorthand term that means “Web log”—is an online,
chronological collection of personal commentary and links. A typical blog
combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other
media related to its topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an
interactive format is an important part of many blogs.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Create an account on Blogger.com
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Create your blog using various blog features and templates
Edit and publish your blog
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• Learn about the different settings
• Learn to create a collaborative blog
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When your blog is done, click the Start posting link on the Dashboard page.
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Last Updated: 4/3/2014
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Blog Overview
After you click open a blog, you are brought to the Overview page of your blog. Here you can see
your blog's activities, and Blogger’s news and tips.
• Click on the Create New Post icon to write a new post.
• Click the View Posts icon to view, edit or delete all past posts.
• Click My blogs link to view other blogs that you have created.
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1. Enter
Title.
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2. Choose
the
Compose
tab.
3. Type
content.
4. Choose
desired
Labels
and
Options
under
Post
settings,
click
Done.
5. Click
Save,
Preview
or
Publish.
Add Links
Click on the Link icon to enter web address or email address.
Insert Images
Click on the Insert Image icon, and browse for an image or multiple images from your computer
or from the web to insert to your post.
Insert Video
Click on the Insert Video icon, and browse for a YouTube video. Or copy the Embed code of
the video and paste into HTML view.
Click the Jump Break to break up a long paragraph of text with a ‘Read more’ option.
Preview Post
Click the Preview button.
Save Post
Click the Save button.
Edit Posts
Click to go to the Posts screen; move your mouse and hover over the draft or published
version of your post, and then select the Edit, View or Delete option.
Pages
Choosing the Pages option and click on New Page to create a new page.
To show pages as tabs, choose Layout > Add a Gadget (under Header)> Pages> choose Pages to
show > choose Pages Order > click Save. Then click Save Arrangement button to save changes.
Blogger pages let you publish 20 stand-alone pages linked from your blog. Once your page is
published, you will see a Widget icon on your blog after you have logged in. Widgets allow
you to edit the block of content they are referring to.
Pages widget lets you add link to your pages as tabs at the top of your blog, or as links in your
blog's sidebar. In the Pages widget, you can decide which pages will have links, and in what order
they will appear. You can also choose whether or not you want links automatically created for pages
when you create them by checking or unchecking the box to the left of New Page.
In Blog View,
click here to
Edit
Layout
Choosing the Layout option and edit layout and gadgets as desired.
5. Click on the Edit link when your item has been added.
Add a Newsreel
1. Click on Add a Gadget
2. Choose Newsreel
2. Browse to select a banner image from your computer or from the web.
3. Choose Placement position to be ‘Behind title and description’, and ‘Shrink to Fit’ if
desired.
4. Click Save when you are done.
Templates
Pick or change a template by choosing Template. Choose one of our many default templates or you
can click on the orange Customize button to get started with our easy-to-use WYSIWYG (“What
you see is what you get”) template designer. If you’d like to edit the HTML of your blog, just click the
gray Edit HTML button.
You can also choose special templates tailored for mobile devices for your blog.
Settings
Settings > Basic
This page shows your blog address and description. You can set Privacy and Permissions on this
page. Simply click Edit on the relevant sections to modify these settings.
If you allow ANYONE to post comments to your site, you may consider enabling Comment
Moderation.
Choose Yes to Show Backlinks (default). You will get an email forward icon in your blog so that
people can share postings with their friends.
Under Allow Blog Feed, choose Full to display full content of your post if desired. Select Short if
you only wish to display the first 400 characters, whichever is shorter.
To create a feed for your site, click the Feedburner link as you click on the ‘question mark’ next to
Post Feed redirect URL. This will take you to the Feedburner page. Simply follow the instruction.
Enter your blog URL to create a feed.
After you have created a feed, click on Publicize tab to create a chicklet graphic image to be put
on your blog to promote your blog.
Select a standard or a custom feed icon that you like to put on your blog.
Then choose widget o be used on Blogger, and then click Add Widget on the following screen. This
will add the icon you chose onto your blog page.
Lastly, remember to enter this newly-created feed under the Feed Address field on the Site Feed
Tab page if you have not already done so.
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is just one standard for expressing feeds as XML. Another well-
known choice is Atom. If you want a RSS feed instead of an atom feed, you can use the free service
provided by www.feedburner.com. When an updated blog site provides a feed to their reader,
people can subscribe to it using special software called ‘Newsreaders’ or ‘Aggregators’ to
automatically scan feeds for updates. A feed reader will display your feeds and the number of new
(unread) entries within each of those feeds. Example of feed readers are: My Yahoo!, NewsGator,
and Google Reader.
Stats
This gives you a summary of all the page views you have over a period of time. A chart displays
the frequencies of pageviews. It also allows you to see where your audience is coming from. Select
Don’t track your own pageviews if so desired.
Comments
If you want to delete posted comment on your blog, select Comments > Published. Choose a single
comment or multiple ones, and then click the Delete link.
Templates Resources
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Additional Resources
Read more:
http://www.ehow.com/how_8496671_connect-blogger-domain.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_11415188_export-blogger-blog-domain.html
Or, you can host the Blogger blog on the Google server and purchase a domain through Google
Checkout. To host on Google cost $10 annually as of the time of publication.
Read more:
http://www.ehow.com/how_8503736_host-own-blogger-blog.html#ixzz1rmH1NP2L
Both options enable you to have a custom domain and host your own Blogger blog.
Import/Export blog
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