How to create a blog (Simplified)

Writing a blog

There are many blogging services out there on the Internet, but today I shall be showing you how to create a blog on Google's service called 'Blogger'. Blogger is one of the most easiest blogging services out there at the moment, and is regularly updated. 

Getting started!

The first thing to do is sign up for a Google account (if you do not have one). This will be your username and password for blogger. 

After you have signed up for a Google account, go to www.blogger.com and click sign in with the credentials that you have just used to sign up for Google. 

Once you are on the page, you will be greeted with the blogger interface. 

Now, click the new blog button that is on the left hand side, and a pop up should appear. 

You can now choose what you want to call your blog, for example "Ben Mason's Unit 2". Now, you can choose what address you want for you blog (this will be the url of your website).

Now for the fun part!

You can choose a template design for your blog, this is how your blog will look. There are many templates out there, but Google has some templates that you can use to get you started. 


Starting a post
To start a post, all you need to do is click on the orange button with pencil. Like this ->



This is the post section. This is the part where you can write, add pictures, add links, and even quote text. Think of it like Microsoft Word. You have the all the options like adding a different font, making it bold, italic, or underlined. You can also add pictures by clicking the little picture icon on the toolbar where "link" is. You also need to add a specific name to your post, in the title section.

If you are experience with html, you can also code the post with html by adding cool, fancy things to it. 

This tab on the right hand side is called "post settings". This is where you can add labels to your post. For example, if you post was about unit 2, then you will add the label "Unit 2" and "Cisco", because it is part of the document. If you made tabs on your website that link to specific labels, then the post will be under that label. For example, if you added a Cisco tab on your website, and then added the label "Cisco" in the labels section of your post. It will automatically come under the the Cisco tab. This just makes everything a bit more easier for visitors and for people surfing the web. 

You can also schedule your post for a specific time of day, adding search descriptions and more. 



Once you have finished your post, click publish, or you can save it and come back to it later. Blogger has a automatic save function, but just to be on the safe side, click save just before you close the document. 

This is pretty much the basics of how to sign up for a blogging service and how to use it.