Blogger is Google's blogging platform. You can register for a blog at Blogger.com and your blog will be created at blogname.blogspot.com- Blogger Basics
- Your Dashboard
- Creating Pages / Creating Posts
- Posting Images
- Posting YouTube Videos
- Adding Gadgets to your sidebar
- Video Guides
- Additional Info and EFL Blogger Blogs
Blogger >basics
Creating a Blogger Blog
Go to Blogger.com and sign in with your gmail ID and password. This is the first screen you'll see.
Click 'Create Your Blog Now'
Choose any blog title you wish (it can be simple like Jeff's TTP Blog')
The Blog address will be more challenging. You need to check availability for any address you choose. No spaces allowed.
When you have found one, click 'create blog' and you'll see this page. Click which template looks nicest to you. This can be changed later.
Click 'Start Blogging'
Your DashboardYour dashboard is were you can control all aspects of you blog. To get there click the orange B in the upper left corner of your screen.
Your Dashboard looks like this
Most of the time, when you create content on your blog, you will create a 'post by clicking 'New Post' at the upper right corner of your blog page or on your Dashbaord.
Blogger 'Pages' are used to create things like an About page or a Contact me page. Pages are usually shown on the top menu, but do not appear on the main page stream of content. Blogger's Page guide is here. In the screenshot below. 'About', Resources, Skills, etc .are 'pages'.
To create a page, click 'Edit Posts' (confusing, I know).
...and then 'Edit Pages'
...and 'New Page'.
To add pages to your top menu, click Design
Add the 'Pages' Gadget to the top menu block of your blog
Create 'New Post' and choose the 'Componse' tab. Then click the Image icon.
Select 'upload' and choose file. Find the file(s) on your computer. You can select mulitple images if you like. Then click 'Add Selected.
Once the photo has been loaded if you mouse over it, you can select the site, orientation (left center right), add a caption, or remove it.
Posting a YouTube video on your blog
Click the blogger icon
Another window will pop up with either some code or a screenshot of the selected video. Either way, click 'Publish Post'. That's it.
Adding Gadgets to your Blogger Blog
From your Blogger Dashboard, click Design
Make sure your on the 'Page Elements' Tab
Click 'Add a Gadget' on the side bar
Look through the different categories, select gadgets of interest
Adjust settings if deisred. Then Click 'Save'.
Click and drag the gadget into the order you want.
Click Save again in the upper right.
Creating a blog and posting
Controlling Blog privacy
Changing the appearance of your blog.
There is lots of help information at: http://www.google.com/support/blogger/
Specific help can be found at the links below
You can see examples below of English teachers from around the world who have a blogger blog
- Graham Stanley, Spain
- Nelba Quintana, Argentina
- Doris Molero, Venezuela
- FCE Blog, Claudia Ceraso, Argentina
- Michael Ivy, Italy
- English with Rosa
- Michael Ivy, Rome
- Daniel Kirk, Japan
- Maria Jordano, Spain
- Larry Rhoe, China
- Michael Coghlin, Australia
- Nancy McKeand, USA
- Jimbo (Jim Hall), Japan
- Dennis Newson, CTJ Online, Germany
- Marie Irene, Venezuela
- Vance Stevens, UAE
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