GMAIL

Create the Gmail Account

1. Go to www.gmail.com
2. Click on the link that says, " Create an account"

CREATE THE BLOGGER

Introduction

blogging short for web logging, is the term used for something as simple as maintaining a diary or journal online. For those not in the habit of maintaining a dairy, a blog is a place to jot down thoughts. It can be record of events that can make an interesting read a few years down the line it can be something as mundane as a daily work schedule, or ti can be something at interesting as a daily record of a journey through space.


a blog can be personal a single Peron’s notes or communal. Where a group of individuals contribute, like members of an organisation. Blogs can offer a glimpse into the life of a person, they can be informative, they can be the ramblings of a like-minded soul. in fact, they can be a lot of things, and there are as many reasons to read blogs as there are to maintain one. Given the ease with which a blog can be created online there are free tools to create and host them it is easy to understand the popularity they have attained. Blogger is google’s response to the popular need to blog. while blogger is the tool used to create blogs, the blogs themselves are hosted at blogspot. Comb logger is the result of google's acquisition of pyre labs, the creators of blogger a web logging tool, and blogspot a web log host.


The blogs hosts offer the basic tools needed to maintain a dairy or journal: you need not worry about learning to code. The user interfaces are intuitive, and anyone can master the basics with ease. Adding images and links to other pages are all easily accomplished putting up the page online, also called publishing in most cases just involves a mouse click, previous blog entries are archived for easy access.

While maintaining a blog is similar to maintaining a website people these days tend to prefer blogging sites because of the simplicity. The toughest part of maintaining a diary, of course, is finding something interesting to record. Using blogger


Creating a blog

Blogger can be accessed at www.blogger.com you need to sign up to be able to create a blog. you can sign in to blogger using your gmail.ID. Alternatively, you can also create a distinct blogger ID.

like any web page, your blog will have a URL the address by which other will access it. thanks to the popularity of blogger.com. the chances of finding your preferred blog url are slim for example. if your name is an common as kumar, forget about kumar.blogspot.com in fact, even forget about kumar1.blogspot.com so once you have compromised on a URL of your choice, you are presented with a clutch of page styles to choose from. the styles differ in the font, color, and layout, and there is a preview of each. After you have finalized the page style, you can ask google to go ahead and create the blog. Creating the blog is nothing but publishing a web page online.


The page,with the style you choose,could have been manually coded using HTML and scripts. fortunately, all the necessary functions are carried out in the background, leaving your to twiddle your thumbs as the process is gone through. simplicity, like we said, is the buzzword. once the blog is published , it can be accessed at the URL you chose and you can start posting to it.


Adding content

Adding content to your blog is accomplished through the online text editor at blogger.com.this editor allows for modifying of the font, font size and colour, applying bolding and italicization, setting paragraph alignment, adding numbers and bullets, and spell checking all at the press of a button. Adding images and links to other pages are also accomplished through the editor. You can also use the familiar shortcut keys to accomplish routine tasks like applying italics ands so on. This feature is common to all google service. Once your post is ready, it needs to be "published" so it becomes available online. You can preview your post before publishing it. Also, the content can be saved as a draft and published later.



Navigating the dashboard

Every time you log into your blogger account, after the first time. You are presented with what is called the dashboard. this is an area where you can see the blogs you already have ,add blogs settings, and add post to a blog.



blogging by email.


RSS {really simple syndication / rich site summary] is a system by which websites can inform their readers when the site is updated through this system a site can create a small file, called a feed, containing information about the updated content. Readers can use feed readers to subscribe to the RSS system of the web site. Feed readers to subscribe to the RSS system of the website.
Feed readers access the site's feed available at a particular URL and display the content to readers who can remain informed of site changes without visiting the site. Most feeds offer only four small part of the updated content, acting as an appetizer for the reader to visit the site to read all the content.

Blogger supports the RSS system, which is enabled by default you can control the feed settings or disable it from the site feed link under the settings tab. the site feed URL displayed on the page is the URL that feed readers need to be directed to access yours blog's feeds. Under the descriptions heading. You can choose to send entire blog posts to subscribers, or just a small part to when their interest so that they visit your blog and read the rest. Akin to the users signature in email article footer is additional text appended to the content in the RSS feed. if you desire to insert an article footer. it can be done in the adjoining text box. Logger also allows you to add an ad sense text ad as article footer.

Publishing options

you can choose to host the blog you create at blogger.com at some other host besides blogspot.com. Blogger allows you to configure the service so that every time you click on the publish button at blogger.com. the blog on the other host gets updated. The server settings are included under the publishing link.weblogs is a blog indexing service that keeps updated information about all blogs. Someone tracking blogs newly created or newly updated blogs can find the latest information at weblogs.com. Blogger can be configured to notify web logs every time your blog is updated. This way, your blog will figure in the recently updated blogs list a weblogs.com


Changing templates

The template tab allows you to modify the page layout of your blog. the pick new link offers more page style options than were presented during sign-up.

Customizing the template

nothing speaks more about your dedication to blogging than a customized template. Which requires modifying HTML code and, to an extent, is not recommended for newcomers to blogging. the edit current link allows you to customise the layout. Making money from your blog ad sense is a programme promoted by google that involves putting text ads on to you site and making money every time a visitor to the blogs clicks on the ad. if you intend to convert your blog into a money-making operation. Logger can help you, you can find the option to enable ad sense under the template tab. before you can start making money, you need to sign up for the ad sense programme. Then you can choose the size and colour of the ad box you're willing to show on your blog.