how to create a blog
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This document explains how easy it is to create a blog and start updating it. It was used in the Cultural Journalism Course which was part of the project "Caravan of Poetry and Music 2011".TRANSCRIPT
how to create your own blog
- how to open a blog (basics)- "lost in the web"- how to write an article - google services
Crea un account Google
Con questa procedura verrà creato un account Google che potrai utilizzare per gli altri servizi diGoogle. Se già disponi di un account Google, ad esempio un account Gmail, Google Gruppi o Orkut,devi innanzitutto eseguire l'accesso.
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(deve esistere già)
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Blogger e ad altri servizi di
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Immetti una password
Sicurezza della password:
Deve contenere almeno 8
caratteri.
Immetti nuovamente la password
Nome visualizzato Il nome utilizzato per firmare
i post del tuo blog.
Compleanno DD/MM/YYYY (e.g.
"18/07/2011")
Verifica parola
Digita i caratteri che vedi
nell'immagine a sinistra.
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CREA UN ACCOUNT NOME DEL BLOG SCEGLI UN MODELLO
CONTINUA
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CREATE YOUR BLOG NOW
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Name your blog
Blog title
Your blog's title will appear on your published blog, on your dashboard and in your profile.
Blog address (URL) http:// .blogspot.com
Check Availability
The URL you select will be used by visitors to access your blog. Learn more
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Be creativeMake it easy
the gadgets can personalise your page:
- don't fulfill the page of gadgets; use only needed ones- use gadgets that can help you readers- use gadgets that link you to other webpages or blogs
Just to know:
here you can edit basic option fot the displaying of your posts.
You can personalise it more, but it needs knowledge or patience. How?
- knowing some html coding
- asking to "google" how oher people solved their problems (you can copy and paste parts of codes, following the instructions)
- getting support at blogger support website www.google.com/support/blogger
The basic "blogger" post is composed by title and text. Some other blogs can have an "abstract" filed. Editing the html you can have it here too.
It is suggested to write an abstract anyway, at the beguinning of the article, summarising the contents or get people curious.
You can find your own style to highlight it (bold, italic, colored, etc).
Try to use the same style options for all the posts
Whatch the preview before posting you article. If somebody is following you through RSS the article will be immediatly displayed on their blogs.
Text input:
It works as a basic "word":
- choose fonts (try to use the same for alla the website)
- text size
- text colour
- insert links, pictures or movies (not too many, tha page has to stay "light")
- insert quotes
+
- post date pubblication
- decide what to do about readers comments
To inserto pictures:
0. resize the pictures you have. Don't pubblish too heavy pictures otherwise slow connections will make your blog very slow.
1. click the "picture" button
To inserto pictures:
2. choose the picture source:
- from you pc- already uploaded in the blog- from a web album- from another site, copying the images url
To inserto pictures:
3. place your picture:
- you can resize the picture. Be carefull: it won't resize the picture itself but it will show it smaller. if the picture is too big, resize it on your pc and upload it again
- place the pictures within the text or separated, on the right, on the left, centered...
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tanto per dire
1 Post, last published on Jul 18, 2011 – View Blog
– Edit Posts – Comments – Settings – Design – Monetize – Stats
Reading List
Blogs I'm Following Blogger Buzz Blogs of Note
Blogs Items
All blog updates Welcome to the Reading List. Here are all the updates from any blogs
you follow and sites you've joined using Google FriendConnect.
You are not currently following any blogs. Use the "add" button below toenter blogs you'd like to follow in your Reading List. Learn more
What is Following? View in Google Reader
Other Stuff
Mobile Devices
Learn how to start mobile blogging
Tools and Resources
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Google Reader
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You can use your blog as a presentation page, having a section about you, your works, your studies and the links at your social networks or linkedin.
You can create defferent blogs. Be carefull not to mix "professional" and "private" posts.
You can have two different blogs if you want to communicate with family and friends and to spread your works and your studies. In this case one blog can also give visibility to the other one.
Follow news and other blogs to get ideas, to keep informed.
Having a nice selections of linked websites can help your visitors to get the information they want and may transform your blog in a reference point for users.
Follow by Email (New!)
Popular Posts (New!)
Blog's stats (New!)
Pages
AdSense
Followers Already added
Search Box
HTML/JavaScript
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Add a Gadget
Basics
Featured
Most Popular
More Gadgets
Add your own
Basics
Make it easy for readers to follow your blog by email.
By Blogger
Displays a list of popular posts on your blog.
By Blogger
Displays your blog's stats.
By Blogger
Displays a list of stand-alone pages on your blog.
By Blogger
Earn revenue by displaying relevant ads on your blog.
By Blogger
Displays a list of users who follow your blog
By Blogger
Search over your blog, your blogroll, and everything you've linked to.
By Google Custom Search
Add third-party functionality or other code to your blog.
By Blogger
Add some words to your blog - like a welcome message - with our rich
text editor.
By Blogger
? Help
(search for gadgets)
Picture
Slideshow
Video Bar
Poll
Blog List
Link List
List
Feed
Newsreel
Labels
Subscription Links
Logo
Add a picture from your computer or from somewhere else on the web.
By Blogger
Add a slideshow of your photos to your blog.
By Blogger
Display clips from YouTube and Google Video for your readers to watch
without leaving the page.
By Blogger
Survey your visitors by adding a poll to your blog.
By Blogger
Show off what you read with a blogroll of your favorite blogs.
By Blogger
Add a collection of your favorite sites, blogs, or web pages.
By Blogger
Add a list of your favorite books, movies, or anything you like.
By Blogger
Add content from an RSS or Atom feed to your blog.
By Blogger
Automatically add current headlines from Google News to your blog.
By Blogger
Show all the labels of posts in your blog.
By Blogger
Let your readers easily subscribe to your blog with popular feed readers
By Blogger
For any helphttp://www.google.com/support/blogger/
Other free blog providerswww.wordpress.com
your blog
your blog
facebook- profile- page- group- events
other blogslinkedin
rss feeds
picasa/flickr youtube
how to write an article:
- choose the topic: keep an idea-notebook; think about the topic; clean up extra ideas, they can be saved for new articles.
- set the article structure abstract/headline introduction body end keep in mind the 5W+1H: Who is it about? What (what's the story)? When did/will it take place? Where did/will it take place? How did/will it happen? Why did/will it happen?
- break
- read and cut (try to keep it short)
- post it!
suggestions:
- labels/tags:keep macro-areas, don't do too much into details. Use tags (or labels) as "sub-areas" of your blog.
- add links to other websites
- use words that can be found easily from the search engines
- color the page with pictures or short movies
- keep the articles short (500 - 800 words)
- talk easy
- put the info sources
- always put the name of the authors of the texts and pictures you "borrow"