Idiots Guide to Setting up a Blog with Blogger
The easiest way to create a blog is at Blogger.com – there’s no cost and the interface is fairly easy to use.
This is a simple guide to creating a blog in Blogger.
The number of designs that you can use is more limited than for instance Wordpress blogs and there’s less flexibility, but you don’t have to pay for hosting, it’s simpler and it’s a good place to start!
Registering at Blogspot
To set up your blog, first go to to Blogger.com – https://www.blogger.com/start
Blogger is now owned by Google, so if you already have a Google Acount, you can use that, but if not, you will need to create a new account.
Once you’ve created your account, you can create your blog. You can create as many blogs as you like, each one has to have a unique name and url.
Creating your blog
Step 1 is to give your blog a name. eg myblog.blogspot.com. All blogger blogs end in blogspot.com
Step 2 is to choose a template from the designs available. The designs are somewhat limited!
Some templates have different colour options which you can view by clicking the radio button and then preview template.
You’re now ready to create your first post, but let’s take an overview first.
An overview of the Blogger.com interface
The basic interface (below) has 4 main tabs.
Go to the next page for info as to how to post to your blog.
Example blogs: