1. http://www.blogger.com/ Blogger

2. Setting Up Your First Blog Go to blogger.com Free blog hosting site run by Google Click on the orange Create Your Blog Now arrow to get started. 3. 1. Create a Google Account Key in your email address. Enter a password. Key in a display name. This is the name that will be used to sign your blog posts. 4. 1. Create a Google Account Key in the CAPTCHA Completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart Accept the terms of service. Click on the orange Continue button. 5. 2. Name Your Blog Key in your blogs title. Key in your blogs URL. something. blogspot.com Click on the orange Continue arrow. 6. 3. Choose a Template Choose a template. You can always change your template later. Click on the orange Continue arrow. 7. 4. Celebrate Thats it. No, really. Thats it. Click on the orange Start Posting arrow to start your first post. 8. Create a Post Creating a post is a lot like composing an email message. Key in the posts title. Then key in the posts text. FYI: Blogger automatically saves your posts as you type them. 9. Formatting Your Posts Text Formatting your posts text is much like formatting text in Microsoft Word or Outlook. You can add pictures, change fonts, add hyperlinks, check your spelling, and much more. 10. Publish Your Post Key in any appropriate labels. Scroll down and click on Post Options This lets you choose if you want to allow people to post comments to your blog post. You can also set the date and time your post will be published. Then click on the orange Publish Post button. 11. How do I edit what I've written? You can edit your posts from the Posting | Edit Posts tab. From there, click the "Edit" link next to the post you'd like to edit: 12. That will take you to the posting form, where you can make any changes you like. When you're done editing, be sure to Publish your post: 13. How do I delete a post? To delete a specific post, first go to your blog via the Dashboard, then locate the post you'd like deleted, and click the Delete link all the way to the right: 14. How do I post a picture to my blog? You can now upload photos to your blog(s) using Blogger Images; just click the image icon in the post editor's toolbar. 15. When you click this icon, you'll get a window that allows you to select an image or multiple images from your computer. Click the Browse button to locate the ones you want. Alternatively, you can enter the URL of an image that's already online and insert it into your post. 16. If you click the link to choose a layout, you can customize the way your images will appear in your post: The left, center and right options determine how the text of your post flows around the pictures. The size option lets you scale the pictures to different sizes within this posting area. Note that the picture will still be uploaded in its full size; this option just determines how it's scaled within the content of your post. 17. How do I post a video to my blog? If you've got your own videos on your computer that you want to share on your blog, Blogger now allows you to upload video directly! 1. Click the video slate icon on the post editor toolbar. 2. In the popup window, click "Browse" to find the video on your computer. 18. Embedding a YouTube Video If you'd like to share a video from YouTube, you can do that, too. To embed a video from YouTube, just copy the code from the "Embed" box on the video's YouTube page. You can find the "Embed" box in the "About This Video" box when you're watching the video. You can also get the code from the "Embed HTML" box on the "Edit Video" page if the video belongs to your YouTube account. To embed a YouTube video within a blog post, first click "Edit HTML" from within the post editor. Next, paste the video's code into the body of your post. 19. Now What? Thats it. Youre done. To view your finished blog, Click on the View Blog link or tab, or Point your web browser to your blogspot address. 20. Our Finished Blog 21. Coming Back for More Remember: blogger.com = where you make changes to your blog. blogspot.com = where you view your finished blog. The next time you return to blogger.com, key in your Google username and password. 22. Whats Next? Click the Posts link to see a list of every post youve made. Click on the green plus sign icon to create a new post. Click on the Settings link to change your blogs settings. 23. help.blogger.com For more information, visit help.blogger.com 24. Time to create your blog!