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Starting your
first blog
with Blogger
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Overview: Using Google's free Blogger software, we'll start a new account and post our first blog entry in 10 minutes. Then we'll add a picture, update our profile and explore some of Blogger's very powerful features.
- Download starter files, examine downloaded files
- Examine sample blog
- Browse to www.blogger.com; click "Create your own blog now" and follow instructions on screen (tip: choose "Minima" as your first template)
- For your first post, copy and paste text from "blog entry.doc" into blogger
- Click PUBLISH, then VIEW BLOG
- Click EDIT POSTS to edit your first entry
- Download a photo from Google Images (search for "film geek")
- Optional: edit your images at www.snipshot.com
- Click ADD IMAGE icon, resize image in "compose" mode
- Click PUBLISH, then VIEW BLOG: note image is clickable
- Click TEMPLATE tab, replace "Edit-me" with your favorite links (note: if you change templates, you will need to repeat this step)
- Save template changes, republish blog
- Click BACK TO DASHBOARD, then EDIT PROFILE
- Copy & paste the following link into the "Photo URL" field:
https://pcweb.parkland.edu/photo/?ID=DD75FE1263BC0C49E2A416CEE09DA5E6
(your Parkland ID photo is available from Angel: my page > preferences >
personal information; or upload a photo to www.flickr.com)
- Copy and paste text from "bio.doc" into the "About Me" field
- Click SETTINGS > COMMENTS: who can comment=anyone; show word verification=yes; enable comment moderation=yes (add email address)
- Click SETTINGS > EMAIL: create a secret mail-to address (use the web version of Groupwise instead of the desktop version)
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