Summer Blog Tutorial

One of my favorite design techniques is to Add Images To Your Blog with Blogger’s “WYSIWYG” editor. There are multiple ways to insert an image including uploading it from the computer, Photos, Blogger, or a URL. I uploaded a free stock photo of an example PNG image, from my computer.

This is a review on the CMS, Wix.com .   A CMS is a content management system.   Review: Wix is a free platform, (that offers premium plans), where a user can create and post different styles of sites. This includes blogs, portfolios, or professional websites.  The CMS offers multiple applications that provide different tools such as different/custom fonts, SEO features, and more. These applications are Wix Editor, Wix ADI, and Velo by Wix. The platform also offers custom URLs and an accessibility checker.  Overall, Wix is a free, accessible, professional, and dynamic CMS that would benefit bloggers, artists, and business owners.

This is a tutorial on how to create a custom domain. This post was created using the Support Document on Blogger, titled Set up a custom domain . You can create and purchase a custom domain (the text within the blog's link) for your blog.  Steps to buy the domain: 1. On your preferred browser, log into your Blogger account. 2. Select the “Settings” tab on the left side bar. 3. Scroll to “Publishing” and select “Custom domain.” 4. Click “Buy A Domain.” 5. Search the domain name in the search bar, select the domain you’d like to purchase, and click “Buy.” 6. Choose your preferred purchase options and click “Check out.” Steps to update the domain: 1. Log into Blogger. 2. Select the “Settings” tab.   3. Scroll down to “Publishing” and select “Custom domain.” 4. Type in the custom domain and select “Save.”

This is a guide on how to follow blogs on Blogger. This post was created using the Support Document on Blogger, titled Manage blogs you follow . You can follow blogs to stay up-to-date with their posts! Steps: 1. Log into your Blogger account. 2. Select the “Reading List” tab on the left side bar. 3. Click the “Manage” button. 4. Select “Add.” 5. Insert the blog’s link. Click “Add another” if you would like to follow multiple blogs. Then select “Next.” 6. You will be brought to the “Following Options” page where you can select if you’d like to follow the blog(s) anonymously or publicly under your account name. 7. Select “Follow” to follow the blog(s).

This is how to manage the comments on your Blogger Blog. This post was created using the Support Document on Blogger, titled Manage your comments . Comments are feedback left on your blog. You can manage your blog’s comments in the settings or individually on each post.   Steps: 1. Open your browser of choice and sign into your Blogger account. 2. On the left sidebar, open “Settings.” 3. Scroll to the Comments section and choose your settings. Here, you can choose location, who can comment, and whether you would like to approve comments or not. 4. Click “Save.” To adjust the settings on a specific blog post…. 1. On the post’s text editor, click the “Options” menu on the right side bar. 2. Either allow comments, don’t allow comments (but keep the existing ones), or don’t allow comment (and remove the existing ones). 3. Save/preview post or publish post to save settings and post blog entry.

This is a tutorial on how to select a new theme for your blog on Blogger. This post was inspired by the Support Document on Blogger, titled Use themes to change how your blog looks . A “theme” is the style that your blog has. Here is an image of how my blog originally looked before customizing it: Here are the steps to choose your blog’s theme: 1. Open Blogger in your preferred browser and click the “sign in” link to sign in to your account. 2. When logged in, click the “Theme” tab on the left side of the screen. 3. Scroll through the different styles available. 4. Click on the theme of your choice, and select if you want to preview, customize, or apply it to your blog. 5. When applied, select “View Blog” to see your blog’s new style! Here is an image of my styled blog:

This is a tutorial on how to implement share buttons on your blog posts. This post was created using the Support Document, titled Share content on other sites . Steps: 1. Open Blogger in your favorite browser and sign in. 2. When signed in, select “Layout.” 3. Scroll to “Blog Posts” and click the pencil tool. 4. Scroll to “Show Share Buttons” and click the toggle. When the toggle is green (and towards right), the option is on. 5. Preview or save the settings.

This is a guide on how to insert photos on your blog post.   This post was inspired by the Support Document on Blogger, titled Add images & videos to your blog .   An “image” can be used in many ways such as adding style to your content. In this post, images will be used as examples/guides to help clarify the steps within the tutorial.   Steps:   1. Open your browser of choice, and sign into Blogger by clicking the “sign in” link. 2. Click the “New Post” button. 3. Add the title and content. 4. Click the Image button (shown in center.) 5. Upload a photo from either the computer, “Photos”, “Blogger”, or “By URL”. (In this tutorial the image will be uploaded from the computer.) 6. Click the “Choose Files” button and select your image. 7. Once it has loaded, click the image, and then click the “select” button. 8. You have now added a photo! It will be displayed in the text editor. 9. You can now preview, save, or publish your post.

This is a tutorial on how to create a post on your new blog! This post was created using the Support Document on Blogger, titled Create, edit, manage, or delete a post .  A “post” is an entry on a blog. Posts can be viewed on the blog’s homepage, a news feed, or their own separate page. Steps: 1. Open Blogger in your preferred browser, and click “sign in.” 2. After you sign in, you will be directed to the “posts” page. Click on the button “New Post” towards the left side of the screen.   3. A WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) text editor will open. Insert a title and the post’s content. The way your content is structured in the WYSIWYG editor, will be how it's structured on the published blog post.   4. When you’re done writing your content, you can preview how your post will look by clicking the “preview” button. 5. You will be brought to the preview page. Click the back arrow to return to the text editor. 6. When the post is complete, you can click the “save” button to save