How to Set Up Your Blog

How to Set Up Your Online Reading Journal – aka Your Blog!

1) Go to www.blogger.com.

2) If you already have a Google account, use it to log in. If you do not, follow the on-screen instructions to create one. Make sure you write down your Google account name and password for later use.

3) Once you’ve logged in to blogger.com, follow the on-screen instructions to create a “new blog.”

            The title of your blog can be anything you want

            The unique part of your address should be something simple like gregsworldhistoryblog

            Your full blog address will be:

                        http://__________.blogspot.com

                        example: http://gregsworldhistoryblog.blogspot.com

4) Now that your blog exists, open up your email account and email the address to me. Remember, your address begins with http:// and ends with .blogspot.com. My email address is pandrews@ndnu.edu.

5) Log out of your blog and log back in again to make sure it all works OK. Then click on the pencil to make your first post. All your first post has to say is “Yay – I’m done!” or something like that.

6) You’re done!