Although this blogger service is easy to use, but for the beginners who are just learning to blog sometimes feel difficult and complicated.
Complete Blogger Tutorial for Beginners
For this reason I make this tutorial specifically for novice bloggers.My hope, this tutorial below can give a little enlightenment for building blogger especially for the beginners.
- Why choose blogger?
Before we go to the tutorial, maybe you wondering:Why use blogger.com? There are still other choices.
Indeed, in addition to blogger there are actually many other blogging services that can be used, such as Wordpress.com, etc...
Here are a few reasons:
- Because it's free for sure
- Easy to use, very suitable for beginners
- Fairly complete features
- Can be used to make money from blogs
- Safe and Reliable because blogger is one of Google's services
- And others…
- How to create a blog on blogger
The first thing to do, of course, create a blog on bloggerHow to create a blog on blogger is very easy.
What you need first is a Google account . I'm sure you already have a Google account.
If not, please create a Google account first.
If the Google account is ready, just follow to the following steps:
# 1. First login to https://blogger.com using your Google account.
# 2. After logging in, you will be given profile name options to display. You may choose your desired name. remember this is not a user name, only display name for author / writer for your blog.
# 3. Click " Continue to Blogger "
# 4. Click " New blog " to create a new blog
# 5. Enter the blog title, blog address, and select a blog theme, then click " Create a blog! "
# 6. Your blog is ready. To see your blog, just click the " View blog " button
- How to post articles
After you successfully create a blog, the next thing you need to do is start writing or posting articles.How to post articles on the blogger itself is practically very easy. Basically it's almost the same as writing an email.
If you are already accustomed to writing emails, then posting articles on bloggers is not difficult to learn.
The following are the steps:
# 1. First, you have to log in to " Blogger " first
# 2. If you are logged in, now just click the " New post" button :
Now you can write article as your passion, your hobbies, your favorites, everything you want you can write down to your article. well as long its not something illegal.
Click the " Publish " button once your article complete.
Now your article is online and people from around the web will be able to read your article.
Well it turns out writing articles in blogger is very easy right?
- Static Pages
How to make a static pageStatic pages are basically almost like posts, only they have their own differences and functions.
Simple example of function using page feature is to create pages About Me , Contact Me , Disclaimer , etc.
Here are some basic differences between Posts and Pages:
Post
- Shown on the front page of the blog
- Archived based on publish date
- Has label, publish date and author
- Devoted to content that is updated frequently
- Using a permalink URL format like this: http://yourblog.blogspot.com/xxxx/xx/post-title.html
- Please note that xxxx is the "year" and xx is the "month" where your post published.
Page
- By default it is not displayed on the front page of the blog
- Not archived based on publish date
- Has no label, date published and author
- Devoted to content that is rarely updated
- Using the permalink URL format like this: http://yourblog.blogspot.com/p/page-name.html
To create page is almost no different from posting articles on blogger.
The following are the steps:
# 1. Enter your blog dashboard.
# 2. Click the " Page" menu
# 3. Click the " New page "
# 4. Now all you have to do is fill in the Title and also the Content for the static page of your blog
# 5. Click " Publish " when you finish
As mentioned above, pages on blogger are by default not displayed on blogs. In addition there are no links that can be clicked to lead to static pages that have been created.
To display the page link, you can use the Page Widget.
The following are the steps:
# 1. Go to the menu " Layout "
# 2. Click " Add a Gadget "
# 3. Choose widget " Pages "
# 4. Check the static pages that you want to display
# 5. If so, then just click " Save "
Now a static page link has appeared on your blog.
- How to install widgets
Widget or blogger.com called Gadget is a content on the blog in addition to articles on a blog. This widget is usually located in the sidebar of the blog.Widgets on the blog can be installed, removed, and also moved according to your wishes. Besides this widget is optional, it does not have to be installed on a blog. So my friend can create a blog without installing a widget at all.
The following are the steps to install a widget or gadget on blogger:
Go to " Layout "
You can add widgets by clicking " Add a Gadget "
Blogger.com has provided several gadgets that are ready to be installed. Of course you dont required to install everything. Just select the widget that is really needed.
- What widgets need to be installed?
Most beginner bloggers are usually too excessive in installing widgets on blogger. many assume that the more widgets installed on the blog the blog will be more cool. Though the reality is actually the opposite.
The fewer widgets installed on the blog, the better. The reason is because installing too many widgets will confuse visitors, but it will also make blog loading longer.
The following are recommended widgets that should be installed on the blog:
- Popular Post Widget
- Label Widget
- Archive Widget
- Profile Widget
In addition to these widgets, there is one more widget that is quite often used in bloggers, that is HTML / JavaScript widget .
The function of this widget is to add widgets using HTML code and also JavaScript. Generally used to install third-party widgets (widgets not from blogger.com) and also to install ad banners.
I think thats it for now, acrually theres more to discover with Blogger.
just keep practicing to write article,
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