Necc Bloggerbasics
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This document provides an overview of blogs and blogging basics. It defines what a blog is, lists common blog purposes and features. It also outlines the basics of setting up a blog through Blogger, including choosing a hosting solution, customizing the blog layout and appearance, adding posts and comments. The document discusses additional blogging tools and features like labels, team blogging, mobile blogging and provides some resource links for learning more.
Necc Bloggerbasics
- 1. blogger basics mike lawrence cue, inc. • • push-button publishing • •
- 2. what is a blog? A blog (a portmanteau of web log) is a website where entries are written in chronological order and displayed in reverse chronological order. Blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject such as food, politics, or local news; some function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. sources: wikipedia
- 4. We love to build
- 5. We love to create
- 6. We love to form
- 7. We love to control
- 11. educational blogs • 2 Cents Worth by David Warlick • A Digital Storytelling Blog (Bernajean Porter) • Moving at the Speed of Creativity (Wesley Fryer) • The Infinite Thinking Machine (team blog) • Weblogg-ed (Will Richardson) source: www.supportblogging.com
- 12. classroom blogs Here’s a growing list of class blogs (scroll down to “Classroom Blogs” section) http://supportblogging.com/ Links+to+School+Bloggers
- 13. creating your first blog • Google account • Visit blogger.com, login • Name your blog • Select hosting solution (blogspot.com) vs. your own server (and custom domain) • Begin posting!
- 14. your dashboard
- 16. new layouts source: www.freevlog.org via buzz.blogger.com/
- 17. Removing the NavBar (hosted) Unfortunately, the NavBar cannot be disabled in blogs hosted at blogspot.com.
- 18. Removing the NavBar (not hosted) Click on “Template” then change NavBar drop down option choice to “Off”
- 19. Posts vs. comments • Blog posts = published entries in the blog • Comments = reader’s responses to blog posts
- 21. Labels (tags) • Labels are keywords associated with individual posts. • These are often referred to as “tags” in the blogosphere. • Tags are searchable, and have become a taxonomy of sorts - referred to as a ‘folksonomy’ since they’re user-determined.
- 22. team blogs •Go to “Settings” then “Permissions” •Click •Then enter email addresses:
- 23. mail-to blogger “The Mail-to-Blogger feature turns any email account into a blog-posting application” Subject line = Post title source: help.blogger.com
- 24. moblogging
- 25. details “You send something from your phone; a subject line, a photo, and maybe a caption if you so choose to go@blogger.com and we do the rest.” - Biz Stone, Google • The first post creates a new blog for newbies. • If you already have a blog, log in to go.blogger.com • Available to US customers of Verizon, AT&T, Cingular, Sprint, or T-Mobile.