Weblog Basics
Setting up your Blog
Go to http://blogger.com
Step One
i. Choose a user name: Use the name you are called by in class followed by ris2006
e.g. peterris2006
ii. Display name: Make this the same as your user name
e.g. peterris2006
This name will appear as the author of postings and comments.
Step Two
i. Blog Title: your name followed by Modern World History Blog
e.g. Peter’s Modern World History Blog
ii. Blog Address (URL): same as your user name
e.g. peterris2006 (write this down)
This becomes your URL so keep it simple e.g. peterris2006@blogspot.com
Step Three
i. Choose your template
ii. Make a posting. This could be a welcome message to your readers.
Fine-tuning your Weblog
Fine-tuning your blog
Log on to Blogger using you user name and password.
Go to the Dashboard.
Go to Edit Profile. To ensure your privacy uncheck “Share my profile” This is an important consideration when students set up their blogs so that their privacy is protected.
Return to the Dashboard
Select Change Setting Icon (It is a blue cog.)
You have a number of tabs most of which are for advanced use only.
Go to the Formatting tab and change to Thailand Time
Go to the Comments tab and select “Show Word Verification for Comments”. (This will stop you being spammed.)
posted by Peter Anthony @ SAS @ 4:24 PM
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