How to create a new blog and start posting!

Go to http://www.blogger.com/ and click on GET STARTED. The screen below will appear. You will

have to create a Google Account if you don’t already have one.

To do this, enter all the information you can, eg your email address, create a password etc.. Your “display name” is how you wish your name to appear to others on the site. So you might choose your full name eg Rebecca Germaine or more formal title eg Miss Germaine

Enter the letters you see in the Word Verification Box and Tick the “accept the terms and conditions” box. Click on the Orange Continue button (unseen on the picture above, but it is just slightly down the page if it was scrolled down)

Then you will see a screen like the one below. This is where you have to decide on what to call your blog and what web address you want it to have. When finished, click on the orange continue button

Then you will see a screen like this. Choose a design you like (You can change this design anytime later, using much more creative options - see separate post). Click the orange continue button

Hopefully you will now see a screen like this. Click on the orange Start Blogging Button to start blogging.

This is what the screen will look like if you click on that “Start blogging” or “new post” button. This is for creating individual posts (like diary entries) for your blog

Congratulations! You now have a blog, and you can create posts ON that blog!