Setting up a Blogger Account

The first thing you need to do is get yourself a Google Gmail Account. This is a really handy on line email account that you can access anywhere in the world from any computer in the world. It has a ton of storage space and you can use it to chat to others who also have gmail accounts.

Some people like to have a separate Gmail addresses or use their School email account to separate your private log in from your school one. There are reasons for and against both ways of setting up a blog log in.

Gmail Account

The big thing to remember with this one is you HAVE TO WRITE DOWN YOUR USERNAME AND PASSWORD as you go because you may have to change it and you don't want to forget what you have decided on.

One you have a Google log in go to http://www.blogger.com/home

Then go to Blogger and make yourself a blog. It is quite straight forward but again write down your username and password.

Here is a download printout that are much more detailed that hopefully will spell it out more clearly if you are stuck...

DOWNLOAD THE PAPER VERSION OF THE INSTRUCTIONS HERE

It may be useful to print it off and have it sitting next to you as you begin.

Click the orange download button to download the instructions to your desktop.

If you like this clever way to embed a document in a blog John Sutton explains how to with a great video in this blog post.

Adding a new blog post with a photo

To add a new blog post. Go to your overview page and click on the pencil in the top left corner.

Write the title, click on the little photo icon, navigate to your photos to upload some and write some words in the big text box.

When you're done click PUBLISH.

Adding a hyperlink from text or a photo

To add a hyperlink from some text.

1. Go to the web page you want to link to and copy the URL web address.

2. Open up the blog post and type the text that you want to hyperlink.

3. Highlight that text.

4. Click on Link in the Menu Bar and copy in the link from the other web site.

5. Tick the OPEN THIS LINK IN A NEW WINDOW Box and OK.

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Publish publish the page and now the words become a hyperlink to a new website.

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You can also add a hyperlink to photos.

1. Upload the photo. Here is how you do that.

2. Copy the URL web address of where you want the hyperlink to go to.

3. Highlight the photo and click on LINK in the Menu Bar.

4. Add the link that you have copied that you want the photo to link to.

5. Tick the OPEN THIS LINK IN A NEW WINDOW Box and OK.

When you publish the post and click on the link it will take you to the new web page.