An easy steps to get started blogging

1. GETTING STARTED WITH BLOGGING PROF. DR. MOHAMED AMIN EMBI CENTRE FOR ACADEMIC ADVANCEMENT

2. STEP 1

3. Go to: http://www.blogger.com/

4. STEP 2 Signup/Registration

5. 1 To start create your blog, you need to have Google account. Click ‘Get Started’ to create your account.

6. Now, you can start create an account by fill in the account form. 2 Then, click ‘CONTINUE’. 3

7. 4 Select your country. 6 Click ‘Send verification code to my mobile phone and the code number will send directly to your mobile phone. 5 Enter your mobile phone number start with your country code.

8. 7 Once you received verification code, enter it here. Then click ‘Verify’. 8

9. STEP 3 Name your blog

10. 1 Enter your blog title. You also can change your blog title later. 2 Click here to check the availability of your blog title. Then, click ‘CONTINUE’. 3

11. STEP 4 Choose your template

12. 1 Choose your template and you can change it later. 2 Then, click continue.

13. Now your blog has been created. You can start posting and coustomize your blog. Click here to start blogging. 3 4

14. STEP 5 Start posting

15. 1 To start posting, click ‘New Post’ on the top of your right hand of your blog page.

16. 2 Insert your page title. Type your text here. 3 Then, you can publish your post by click ‘Publish Post’ or you can ‘Save now’ or ‘Preview’ before you publish. 4

17. To edit your text, you can insert link, image or video. 5 You can upload videos from your file or from YouTube.

18. STEP 6 Comment a post

19. 2 This page will appear and you can start comment here. 1 To start comment, open the post you want to comment and click ‘Comment’. Then, click ‘Post Comment’ or you can ‘Preview’ the comment first before you publish it. 3

20. STEP 7 Customized your blog(add gadget)

21. To start customized your blog, click ‘Design’ on the top of your right hand of your blog page. 1

22. This page will open and you can click and drag the page element of your blog. 2 3 Then, you can ‘Preview’ and ‘Save’.

23. 4 You can add gadget on your blog. You can choose many different gadgets here.

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