Easy steps to create blog on Google Blogger!!
If you want to express your thoughts
over internet in a form of writing, then Blog is a great option you have.
Google’s Blogger is a free &
simple blogging platform which comes with various tools. Below I have mentioned
easy steps to create a blog on Blogger.
Create Your Blog
Only prerequisite here is you need a
Google account. If you don’t have one,
you can create it from here.
Once you’re logged in, click the
nine-dot grid in the top right to open the list of Google apps and then click
the “Blogger” icon.
On the page that opens, click the
“Create Your Blog” button.
Choose a display name that people will
see when they read your blog. This doesn’t have to be your real name or your
email ID. You can change this later as well.
Once you’ve entered a name, click
“Continue to Blogger.”
You’re now all set to create your
blog. Go ahead and click the “Create New Blog” button.
The “Create a New Blog” panel will
open, where you need to choose a Title, Address, and Theme for your blog.
Address should be unique for every
blog, hence check availability of your desired blog address. In my case title is Venue4Tech - Tech Blog and Address is Venue4Tech.blogspot.com
Theme is the layout and colour scheme
for your blog. All this can be changed later, so it’s not necessary to get
these perfect right away.
Once you’ve chosen a Title, an
available Address, and a Theme, click the “Create Blog!” button.
Google will ask if you want to search
for a personalized domain name for your blog, but you don’t need to do this
right away. Click “No Thanks” to proceed. (Note - If you already have a domain
you want to point your blog to, you can do this at any point in the future, but
it’s not mandatory)
This way your blog will be created. Now
you’re ready to write your first blog post. To do this, click the “New Post”
button.
This will open the editing screen.
There are lot of things you can do here, but the basics are to enter a title
and some content.
Once you have written your post,
click “Preview” to see how it will look and click “Publish” to make your post
live. This will make it available for anyone on the internet.
You’ll be taken back to the “Posts”
section of your blog. Click on “View blog” option available on the left side pane. If you are accessing it from mobile device, click on three grid lines icon on the top left corner where you will find "View blog" option.
You will find your blog and post gone
live and available for everyone over internet.
It can take up to 24 hours for your
blog and new posts to appear in search engines, so don’t be upset if you Google
your blog’s name and it doesn’t appear in the search results right away. It
will come up soon. In the meantime, you can promote your blog on Twitter,
Facebook, and any other social media channel.
How to change the Title & Address of Your Blog
Once you created your blog, you have already given it a Title & an Address. To modify these parameters, click on the "Settings" option given at the bottom left side.
First comes the option to change the title, where you can update the title that you want. If you scroll down a bit, you'll get the option to change the address as per the availability.
Be careful about changing the
address: Any links you’ve shared previously will no longer work because the URL
will have changed. But if you haven’t published much (or anything) yet, this
won’t be a problem.
How to change Theme of your blog?
To change the Theme of your blog (the
layout, color, and so on), click the “Theme” option given at the bottom left side.
You have variety of themes to choose,
and once you’ve selected one, which will provide the general layout and colour
scheme, click “Customize” to manually make advanced changes in layout, background
etc.
There is much more at Blogger do
explore, but above listed are some basics for a beginner. You can go ahead and
find out more options, be creative with design and provide a quality content at
Blogger. I wish you good luck.
Venue4Tech
