HOW TO CREATE A BLOG IN BLOGGER.COM
1. CREATE A GMAIL EMAIL ADDRESS FIRST
We will be using Blogger.com for creating a blog and it will be easiest if we create a free email address using Gmail.com. ((Otherwise you can use an existing email address)
a) Open The Internet and open Google. (http://www.google.co.za/)
b) When it opens you will see Gmail written in blue at the top of the page. Click on it.
c) On the Welcome to Gmail page that opens you will see a box on the bottom right hand side that says Create an account. Click on it.
d) Fill in all the information. Keep as close to your name as you can. For the password use something easy to remember such as durban followed by the year 2009.
e.g. durban2009. You could use the same password for the email and the blog so as to remember it easily.
e) For the security question make up your own question.
f) Fill in this record on the table as you go along, so that everything is clear to your Senior Citizen:
Email details / Fill in the details below:Your email address
Your email password / (this is the same as your blog password)
Blog details
Your blogspot address / http://
Your blogspot password / (same as your email password)
Your blog name
g) When you have filled in everything click on I accept. Create my account.
h) Congratulations. You now have a free Gmail email address.
2. NOW CREATE THE BLOG
Starting at the page where you are at this moment we will create a blog.
a) Right at the top of the page in the address bar, click the current address to highlight it, and simply write blogger.com. Press enter.
b) You will be taken to https://www.blogger.com/start
c) Click on the words CREATE A BLOG
d) Now just follow the prompts. Use the Gmail address you have just created for your Senior Citizen.
e) Use the same password that you used for the email address.
f) Follow all the prompts and you will have a blog before you know it!
Please note the blog address and write it down. (Your address will be .blogspot.com)
3. HOW TO WRITE YOUR FIRST POST TODAY
When you write something in a blog it is called a post
a) Click on the words NEW POST written in blue.
b) A new section will open showing you where to write. Ask your senior citizen to click just above that to the word TITLE and write something like: Hello from your name
c) Then go down to the writing part again and write a few sentences about yourself.
d) When you have finished go to the bottom and you have to click in two places. First click on SAVE
NOW. After that click on PUBLISH POST
4. HOW TO ADD A PICTURE
It is nice to be able toad a picture from your computer if you want to. Pictures are usually stored in the section called My Pictures.
a) After you have written your post click on the little blue block just above your writing. When you point to it is says ‘Add image’
b) Click on it and it takes you to a new place.
c) Click on the left where it says Add an image from your computer
d) Click on Browse. It will take you to My Pictures on your computer.
e) Choose your photo. Click on Open. After that look at the bottom of the block till you see an
orange bar that says UPLOAD IMAGE. Click next to it about accepting the terms, and then click on the words UPLOAD IMAGE. Once your image has been added click on DONE.
f) Then once the new window opens you will need to click on SAVE NOW. After that click on PUBLISH POST. Well done!!
5. HOW TO GET INTO YOUR BLOG ON ANOTHER OCCASION
We are assuming that you want to open your blog on another day.
a) Open the Internet.
b) Delete the address up to the http://
c) Write in the blog address which you should have recorded previously.
d) When it opens click on SIGN IN on the top right. You use your Gmail email address and your
password here. This takes you to the blog dashboard where you can start writing your post.
Start again with NEW POST.
HAVE FUN!!
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How to create a blog using Blogger.com