HOW TO START A BLOG

1. First you have to have an email ID to login to blogger.com

2. If you have created ID in yahoo, gmail, rediff or in any site you can use it for login purpose. But
best suggested is to create a gmail account.

3. Once you have created a personal gmail account, link to the https://blogger.com/start website.

4. Click on orange arrow "create your blog now"

5. On the "Create a Google Account" screen enter in the information required, namely:

• Enter your personal gmail email address, which should be the one that you want to use to be paired with your blog that you are going to create [must not be your official education one. You'll have to retype your email address in the second box.
• Enter password (it's a good idea to write this down somewhere safe -- or email it to yourself and then save the email so you can refer to it later if you forget it). You have to retype the password in the second box.
• Enter a display name
• Choose a user name. If you prefer people not to know who you actually are, then choose a fictitious name. e.g. 2tech4me
• Accept the terms (it is safe to do and won't generate junk mail).
• Word verification: type the letters that appear as a graphic above the verification box. This is there to ensure that the blog is being created by a person and not automatically being generated by a computer.
• Click on the "Continue" arrow

 6. Now on  "Name your blog" screen:

• Enter title: This is the title that will appear at the top of your blog page and will also be the default name that will appear in users' browsers when they bookmark/add to favorites you blog, so choose something that will give readers a clear idea of what your blog is about
• Blog address: pick something that you'll remember easily and that is easy to type.
• Click on the "Continue" arrow

7.  On the "Choose a template" screen:

• Scroll through the selections and click on the little radio button next to the name of the template that you choose. e.g. I chose the snapshot template. Note: you can change the template later if you decide you don't like the one you have selected, so don't spend too much time at this point worrying what will look best!
• Click on the "Continue" arrow

8. On the "Your blog has just been created!" screen:

• Click on the "Start Blogging" arrow

9. A window will appear that looks much like a word processing window. Start typing, and use the formatting bar at the top to help you format your entry. e.g. You can change font size, type of font, color, justification, create links and so on. Experiment with these to see what they do.

• When finished, click on "Publish Post"

10. Once you have posted an entry, a screen will appear telling you "Your blog post published successfully!"

• To see the results, click on the link to "View Blog."

11. Now you can do all this through blogger:

• create a new post (a new blog entry): click on the "NEW POST" button
• change your blog settings (don't worry about this now, but do explore later)
• edit your existing posts: to do this, click on "Edit Posts" --> this takes you to a screen that gives you the option of creating a new post or editing your entries. To edit entry, click on the "Edit" link next to the entry. This opens the blog in editing mode, and you can go ahead and edit
• to post blog once you are done editing, click on the orange "Publish Post" button (which takes you to "Your blog post published successfully!" window, and from there, click to "View Blog").

1. You will see a little picture/icon that looks like a mountain on the tool bar (right next to the spell check icon). Click on that
2. This opens a box that gives you a choice to add an image from your computer or an image from the web. The easiest is from your computer. So click on the button that says "browse."
3. Navigate to where you have a picture saved on your computer and select it.
4. Back in the upload image window, select the layout (if you want the picture to be left, center, or right, or none). I like the option of having the text wrap around the picture as it reduces scrolling -- but this is a personal choice -- no "right" way!. Also select if you want the image to be small, medium or large. My advice: go small or medium, but avoid large as it makes the blog take too long to load.
5. Click the "Upload Image" button. It will take a little while for it to load, but that should do it! (you may need to refresh the page for you to see that the image has been uploaded).