Blogger Getting
Started Guide
1. http://youtu.be/NXx4zbid45Q (Welcome_to_Blogger_s_new_look)
2. http://youtu.be/wX4KSiQbVW4 (How_to_publish_a_blog_post)
3. http://youtu.be/iDjuwLjIlCM (How_to_create_and_edit_pages)
4. http://youtu.be/Vq9zG8OaKvU (Manage_comments_on_your_blog)
5. http://youtu.be/2A2NATnKhss (Import_and_export_your_blog)
6.
Welcome to Blogger! This guide can walk you through how to create a blog,
and help you familiarize yourself with the main features of Blogger.
To start using Blogger, simply sign in with
your Google Account. (If you use Gmail, Google Groups, or orkut, you already
have an account.) If you don't have a Google Account yet, you can create one now.
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Overview
To start
a blog with Blogger, visit the Blogger homepage, enter your username and password, and
click Sign in. Enter a display name and accept Blogger's
Terms of Service. Then click the Create a Blog link
and get started!
Pick an address (URL) and a blog title. Then, choose your favorite blog
template (this is how your blog will look when you publish it). Now get
creative, add information to your personal profile, and customize how your blog
looks, if you feel up to it. Start blogging now!
Your Dashboard, as always, is your starting point. This is where all your blogs
are listed, and you can click on the icons next to them to perform various
actions on each blog, such as:
·
Writing a new post: Just click on the orange Pencil icon on your Dashboard to access the Post
Editor.
·
Viewing your posts: The gray Post List icon will take you to a list of your published and
drafted posts for a specific blog.
·
Catching up on your favorite blogs: Below the list of your own blogs, you’ll see a list of the blogs you
follow with an excerpt from their latest posts.
·
Everything else: Check out the drop-down menu next to the Post List icon for a quick link
to:
o
Overview
o
Posts
o
Pages
o
Comments
o
Stats
o
Earnings
o
Layout
o
Template
o
Settings
Note that
the Earnings tab will only show if AdSense supports your language.
Overview
On the Overview tab, you can see your blog’s activity,
news and tips from the Blogger team, and recent Blogs of Note.
Once you've signed in to Blogger, you'll see your dashboard with your list
of blogs. Here's what you need to do:
1. Click the orange pencil icon to write a new post, and enter anything you
want to share with the world.
2.
Next, you'll see the Post Editor page.
Start by giving your post a title (optional), then enter the post itself:
3. When you're done, click the Preview button
at the top to make sure it's ready to go, and then click the Publish button to publish your post.
Add an image
You can add an image from your computer or the Web to your blog. Click the
image icon in the Post Editor toolbar. A window appears prompting you to browse
for an image file on your computer, or enter the URL of an image on the Web.
Once you've selected your image, you can then choose a layout to determine
how your image will appear in your post:
·
The 'Left', 'Center', and 'Right'
options allow you to customize the way your blog text will flow around your
image.
·
The 'Image size' options will determine
how large the image will appear within your post.
Click UPLOAD IMAGES to add your image, and then click DONE when the notification window appears telling
you that 'Your image has been added.' Blogger will then return you to the post
editor, where you'll see your image ready to be published to your blog.
You can
also publish images to your blog using your mobile device, Google's free photo
software Picasa,
or a third-party service like flickr.
To add a video to your blog post, click the film strip icon in the Post
Editor toolbar above where you compose your blog text. A window appears
prompting you to 'Add a video to your blog post.'
Click Browse to select the video file from your computer
that you'd like to upload. Note that Blogger accepts AVI, MPEG, QuickTime, Real
and Windows Media files and that your video must be less than 100MB in size.
Before
uploading your video, add a title in the 'Video Title' box and agree to the
Terms and Conditions (you'll only have to do this the first time that you
upload a video with Blogger). Then click UPLOAD VIDEO.
While your video uploads, you'll see a placeholder in the post editor
showing where your video will appear. You'll also see a status message below
the post editor letting you know that your upload is in progress. Depending on
the size of your video, this usually takes about five minutes. When it is
complete, your video will appear in the post editor.
Your template is a fun way to customize your blog. When creating a new
blog, you're first asked to choose a default template, this is the basic design
of your blog. You can choose from many templates for your blog; simply pick the
one that best fits your needs.
Once on
the Template tab, you can either click on the orange Customize button to get started with our
easy-to-use WYSIWYG (“What you see is what you get”) template designer, or
choose one of our many default templates. If you’d like to edit the HTML of
your blog, just click the gray Edit HTML button.
In
addition, you can customize your blog's design using our intuitive
drag-and-drop interface. You can also add powerful gadgets such as slideshows,
user polls, or even AdSense ads. If you want more precise control over your
blog's layout, you can also use the Edit HTML feature. To edit your blog's
layout, follow these steps:
1. Click Layout from the drop-down menu
on your dashboard below the blog you would like to customize.
2. From there, click Edit to edit
existing gadgets, or Add a Gadget to
add new ones.
3. To add a new gadget after you've clicked Add a Gadget, simply
click the plus sign next to your desired gadget. You can choose from gadgets by
category, or search for a specific gadget in the top right of the pop-up
window.
4. Once you've added the necessary information to your selected gadget, click
the orange Save arrangement button. Your
layout changes will appear instantly.
By
default, your blog is completely public, and can be read by anyone on the
internet. However, if you want to keep it private, you can do that, too. You
can change these settings on the Settings | Basic tab.
1. Under the 'Blog Readers' section, you'll probably see 'Anybody' selected as
the default. When you change this to 'Only these readers,' you'll get an Add Readers button.
2. Click the Add Readers button and then
enter the email address of a person to whom you'd like to grant access to your
blog. To add multiple people, separate their addresses with commas.
3. For each address entered, the Google Account associated with that address
will be given access to view your blog. If an address is not associated with an
account, that person will receive an invitation email with a link allowing them
do one of three things:
o
Sign in to an existing account.
o
Create a new account.
o
View your blog as a guest (no account
required).
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