Create an Acount.
User name / Password. The user name is the name you will use to log in. It should not contain any spaces. It doesn't have to be your name, just something you can remember. Since there are millions of blogs already on Blogger, your first choice of a user name may be taken. The password must be at least 6 characters long.
It's best to use a mix of letters and numbers in a password, such as all4one or tea4two, but make sure you can remember it. For example, will you remember that it's tea4two and not teafor2 or perhaps tea42 or maybe tea4too?
Display name. The display name doesn't have to be your real name, either. It is the by line for your blog. You can use your real name or an assumed persona, like Mimi Smartypants did.
Email address. This must be a valid email address. Don't worry about spam. You won't get it from Blogger and they won't give your email address out. This address is used to send you password reminders (if you forget it) and notices of comments if you chose to be notified.
Terms of service. Nobody reads these things, but you're agreeing to them so it might be a good idea to know if there is anything dangerous in there. This one says the service is free but they may charge for some things, you have to supply your own computer and Internet access (I know you're disappointed with this one), they will let you know if anything major changes, they will respect your privacy, you
own your content and are responsible for it, they don't guarantee anything and you can't sue them if something goes wrong, they have no storage limits (that's nice!), you have to obey the lay, either party can terminate the agreement, and you can advertise on your blog.
Blog
To create the blog on Blogger.com, you only need to supply a blog title and address. If you have a website, you can create the blog there and maintain it through the Blogger interface.
Blog title. The blog title is the phrase that appears at the top of the blog web page and also in the title bar of the window. Pick a good one!
Blog address (URL). A URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is what you type in to the address window of a browser to find a website. A URL can't have any spaces in it. When you type in your URL, press the Check Availability link to make sure it isn't already taken.
A URL identifies what is known as the domain name for a website and can be divided into subdomains. For Blogger the domain name is blogspot.com. Subdomains are created by adding a name to the front of the domain, separated by a dot. You are creating a subdomain within blogspot.com to host your blog. For example, if you pick fredtexas as a subdomain, to access your blog people would type in fredtexas.blogspot.com. (That is you could if I hadn't already taken it,
so you'll have to pick another.)
Picking a good URL isn't easy and the fact that one of the millions of blogs already on Blogger probably used your dream URL doesn't make it easier. Here are some tips for picking a URL:
Keep it as short as possible. While you might want the title of your blog to be Another Fine Mess You've Gotten Me Into, you probably don't want to use that for the URL, even without the apostrophe. Instead you could use AnotherFineMess.blogspot.com. (That is you could if somebody hadn't taken it, put up three posts in 2002 and then abandoned it. See “Sustainable” on page 3.)
2. Make it easy to spell. You can use DisraeliGears.blogspot.com for your Cream fan blog, but you'll probably have to spell it for everyone. (That is you could if somebody hadn't already taken it, put up three posts in 2006 and then abandoned it. See “Sustainable” on page 3.) Or, since Crazy- Cats.blogspot.com is taken, you can use KrazyKats.blogspot.com but every time you tell somebody about your blog, you'll have to tell them to use K instead of C. (That is you could if somebody hadn't already taken it, put up one post in 2002 and then abandoned it. See “Sustainable” on page 3.)
3. Avoid hyphens. Although you can use hyphens, it's best to avoid them if possible. Just like spelling, you'll have to explain it each time. Since AnotherFineMess.blogspot.com is taken, you could use Another- Fine-Mess.blogspot.com instead, but you'll have to explain about the hyphens. (That is you could if somebody hadn't already taken it, put up one post in 2003 and then abandoned it. See “Sustainable” on page 3.)
As you can see, coming up with a good URL might be the hardest part of blogging.
But once you find one, the rest is easy.
Next Step Here.
0 comments:
Post a Comment