Blogger tutorial.

1. Blogging 101 Bob Palmer JALT Hokkaido Language Conference Hokusei Gakuen University September 23, 2005

6. Go to: www.blogger.com

10. Congratulations! It’s time to start posting 

11. Add a title and start typing (“Compose” mode is default) I clicked here to insert the potato picture from my PC Publish here Finally, PUBLISH your post

12. Success! Now, click on View Blog in a New Window

13. Voila! Looks good, huh?

14. Let’s change some settings Click on the orange icon to return to the Dashboard

15. Click on Settings

16. Write a short description of your blog SAVE YOUR SETTINGS (bottom of page) after every change!

17. Click on Formatting - here you are Here is where you can customize date header and other formats. Leave this for later. Change the Time Zone to Asia/Tokyo. Don’t forget to save your settings!

19. Click on Archiving; set frequency to “weekly” and enable post pages Save your settings!

20. Time for some more fun  Yippee!!

21. Click on Template Here is where you can choose a new template, but not now, please… What we are interested in is the HTML code below. This is where we will add our links.

24. Copy the code below ( * Get the code here ) <h2 class=&quot;sidebar-title&quot;>Links</h2> <ul> <li><a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/&quot;>Google News</a></li> <li><a href=&quot;http://www.jalthokkaido.net&quot;>JALT Hokkaido</a></li> <li><a href=&quot;http://www.m-w.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>Merriam-Webster Online</a></li> </ul>

25. Paste the code in the open space you created previously Save your changes, and let’s have a look!

26. Republish your blog

27. View blog in a new window

28. Your page should have 3 links added to the right side. Yay!

29. Need a syllabus? Create one within a new posting - add links to web sites, sounds, movies, other activities Blogger makes it easy to add hyperlinks. Just highlight some text, click on the chain link, and add the URL. Blogger reminds you that http:// is required at the beginning.

34. Thank you, and good blogging! Questions? Email me anytime  Bob Palmer [email_address]