BLOGGING SKILL:
BOOK I:
Setting Up Your Blogging
Chapter 1: Starting a Blogger Blog
- Starting a Blog with Blogger
- Writing a Post
- Publishing Your Post
- Previewing your post
- Viewing Your Blog Post
- Selecting the Dashboard Settings
- Customizing Your Blog
- Starting a Blogger Blog
In This Chapter▶ Signing up with Blogger to get started▶ Writing, publishing, and viewing your first blog post▶ Managing your blog settings▶ Customizing your blog template to match your stylePart of the beauty of a blog is how quickly and easily you can get going. You can go from zero to blog in about ten minutes by using good blog
software, especially if you go with hosted blog software. One such is Blogger,
which is the focus of this chapter. I show you how to set up a blog with
Blogger, write and publish blog posts by using its interface, manage your settings, and customize your template to make your space on the web unique.
If you’re unfamiliar with hosted blog software versus server-based software,
flip to Chapter 3 for an introduction to blog software. In Chapter 5, you can
find an introduction to WordPress, which offers both hosted and serverbased blogging software. And in Chapter 6, you discover Tumblr, a short
form of blogging called micro blogging.Starting a Blog with BloggerYou can’t find a better place to get introduced to blogging than Blogger
(www.blogger.com). It’s free, fast, and easy to use. Because you can get
started so easily, you can use Blogger to play with code and discover how
blogging works without having to invest a lot of time and energy in web servers and complicated installation processes.
Blogger promises to get you blogging in three steps: Create an account, name
your blog, and choose a template.
Each hosted blog software platform has a different process for getting started,
but each one requires the same kind of information: your contact information
and a name for your blog.
Creating an account
Before signing up with Blogger, you need login information (a username and
password), which you can get in a couple of ways:✓ Through a Google account: If you have an account with one of Google’s
services, such as Gmail, you can log in to Blogger by using that account
information. (Blogger was acquired by the popular search engine company in 2002.)✓ Through Blogger: If you don’t have a Google account, you get one when
you sign up with Blogger.
To sign up for Blogger when you don’t have a Google account, follow these steps:1. Click the Get Started button on the Blogger home page (www.
blogger.com).
2. Type your e-mail address in the Email Address text box. Re-type your
e-mail into the second e-mail text box.
3. Choose a password and type it in the Enter a Password text box.When you type your password, Blogger indicates whether you need to
increase the password strength — meaning how difficult it would be for
someone to guess your password. Click the Password Strength link for
more information about creating a more secure password.4. Retype the password in the Retype Password text box.
5. Type the name that you want to associate with your blog in the
Display Name text box.
6. Select the Email Notifications check box if you want to receive informational e-mails from Blogger.If you don’t want to receive these e-mails, leave the check box deselected.7. Type your numeric birth date into the Birthday text box.
8. In the Word Verification text box, enter the word shown as an image.
9. Select the Acceptance of Terms check box.You can read the Terms of Service to see what you’re agreeing to by
clicking the Terms of Service link.10. Click Continue to start a new blog, and then move on to the following
section in this chapter.To sign up for Blogger by using an existing Google account, follow these
steps:1. Type your Google account username and password into the appropriate text boxes on the Blogger home page (www.blogger.com).
Chapter 4: Starting a Blogger Blog
2. Click Sign In.The Blogger Dashboard appears.3. Click the New Blog link in the Dashboard, and then check out the following section in this chapter.
Chapter 1: Starting a Blogger Blog
- Starting a Blog with Blogger
- Writing a Post
- Publishing Your Post
- Previewing your post
- Viewing Your Blog Post
- Selecting the Dashboard Settings
- Customizing Your Blog
- Starting a Blogger Blog
In This Chapter▶ Signing up with Blogger to get started▶ Writing, publishing, and viewing your first blog post▶ Managing your blog settings▶ Customizing your blog template to match your stylePart of the beauty of a blog is how quickly and easily you can get going. You can go from zero to blog in about ten minutes by using good blog
software, especially if you go with hosted blog software. One such is Blogger,
which is the focus of this chapter. I show you how to set up a blog with
Blogger, write and publish blog posts by using its interface, manage your settings, and customize your template to make your space on the web unique.
If you’re unfamiliar with hosted blog software versus server-based software,
flip to Chapter 3 for an introduction to blog software. In Chapter 5, you can
find an introduction to WordPress, which offers both hosted and serverbased blogging software. And in Chapter 6, you discover Tumblr, a short
form of blogging called micro blogging.Starting a Blog with BloggerYou can’t find a better place to get introduced to blogging than Blogger
(www.blogger.com). It’s free, fast, and easy to use. Because you can get
started so easily, you can use Blogger to play with code and discover how
blogging works without having to invest a lot of time and energy in web servers and complicated installation processes.
Blogger promises to get you blogging in three steps: Create an account, name
your blog, and choose a template.
Each hosted blog software platform has a different process for getting started,
but each one requires the same kind of information: your contact information
and a name for your blog.
Creating an account
Before signing up with Blogger, you need login information (a username and
password), which you can get in a couple of ways:✓ Through a Google account: If you have an account with one of Google’s
services, such as Gmail, you can log in to Blogger by using that account
information. (Blogger was acquired by the popular search engine company in 2002.)✓ Through Blogger: If you don’t have a Google account, you get one when
you sign up with Blogger.
To sign up for Blogger when you don’t have a Google account, follow these steps:1. Click the Get Started button on the Blogger home page (www.
blogger.com).
2. Type your e-mail address in the Email Address text box. Re-type your
e-mail into the second e-mail text box.
3. Choose a password and type it in the Enter a Password text box.When you type your password, Blogger indicates whether you need to
increase the password strength — meaning how difficult it would be for
someone to guess your password. Click the Password Strength link for
more information about creating a more secure password.4. Retype the password in the Retype Password text box.
5. Type the name that you want to associate with your blog in the
Display Name text box.
6. Select the Email Notifications check box if you want to receive informational e-mails from Blogger.If you don’t want to receive these e-mails, leave the check box deselected.7. Type your numeric birth date into the Birthday text box.
8. In the Word Verification text box, enter the word shown as an image.
9. Select the Acceptance of Terms check box.You can read the Terms of Service to see what you’re agreeing to by
clicking the Terms of Service link.10. Click Continue to start a new blog, and then move on to the following
section in this chapter.To sign up for Blogger by using an existing Google account, follow these
steps:1. Type your Google account username and password into the appropriate text boxes on the Blogger home page (www.blogger.com).
Chapter 4: Starting a Blogger Blog
2. Click Sign In.The Blogger Dashboard appears.3. Click the New Blog link in the Dashboard, and then check out the following section in this chapter.
In This Chapter▶ Signing up with Blogger to get started▶ Writing, publishing, and viewing your first blog post▶ Managing your blog settings▶ Customizing your blog template to match your stylePart of the beauty of a blog is how quickly and easily you can get going. You can go from zero to blog in about ten minutes by using good blog
software, especially if you go with hosted blog software. One such is Blogger,
which is the focus of this chapter. I show you how to set up a blog with
Blogger, write and publish blog posts by using its interface, manage your settings, and customize your template to make your space on the web unique.
If you’re unfamiliar with hosted blog software versus server-based software,
flip to Chapter 3 for an introduction to blog software. In Chapter 5, you can
find an introduction to WordPress, which offers both hosted and serverbased blogging software. And in Chapter 6, you discover Tumblr, a short
form of blogging called micro blogging.Starting a Blog with BloggerYou can’t find a better place to get introduced to blogging than Blogger
(www.blogger.com). It’s free, fast, and easy to use. Because you can get
started so easily, you can use Blogger to play with code and discover how
blogging works without having to invest a lot of time and energy in web servers and complicated installation processes.
Blogger promises to get you blogging in three steps: Create an account, name
your blog, and choose a template.
Each hosted blog software platform has a different process for getting started,
but each one requires the same kind of information: your contact information
and a name for your blog.
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