How to set up a blog and create your first posts!

 STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO SETTING UP A BLOG AND CREATING A NEW POST

1)       

       Go to www.blogger.com and click on GET STARTED.  The screen below will appear.  You will have to create a Google Account if you don’t already have one.

To do this, enter all the information you can, eg your email address, create a password etc..  Your “display name” is how you wish your name to appear to others on the site.  So you might choose your full name eg Rebecca Germaine or more formal title eg Miss Germaine etc..

Enter the letters you see in the Word Verification Box and Tick the “accept the terms and conditions” box.  Click on the Orange Continue button (unseen on the picture above, but it is just slightly down the page if it was scrolled down)

Then you will see a screen like the one below.  This is where you have to decide on what to call your blog and what web address you want it to have.  When finished, click on the orange continue button.

Then you will see a screen like this.  Choose a design you like (You can change this design anytime later, using much more creative options  - see separate post).  Click the orange continue button.

Hopefully you will now see a screen like this.  Click on the orange Start Blogging Button to start blogging!

 This is what the screen will look like if you click on that “Start blogging” or “new post” button.  This is for creating individual posts (like diary entries) for your blog.  The TITLE box is for your to name your post (diary entry) eg "Christmas Revision Work".  The large middle box is for your to write your information / entry in.  When finished, click on the Orange Publish button and you are done!  If you want to check you work then, you can click on VIEW BLOG to see what your work looks like.