Making A Blog In Three Easy Steps

The widespread popularity of blogs has been attributed to many reasons. One among them (and a primary reason, in a sense) is the fact that a blog can be created quite easily. Yes, this means that any person who can follow simple instructions can own blogs and personalize them in a jiffy. Creating a blog requires no technical and or coding skills or knowledge and after creation, one can embellish one's blog as one sees fit.

This article reviews making a blog using the well-known Blogger (www.blogger.com/start ) platform. The Blogger platform has been chosen for a number of reasons. Firstly, it comes with no price tags or creation costs. Secondly, it comprises all the necessary tools that are required to kick-start a blog. And finally, it is highly informational and user-friendly in that it provides a detailed step by step guide for blog creation. Additional reasons include the fact that Blogger is pretty well known and recognized.

The blog creation approach in Blogger is three fold. The following are the necessary steps:

1. Create an account. 2. Name your blog. 3. Choose a template.

The first step in making a blog is to create an account. This account will act as the entry prerequisites. Blogger stresses on a Google account, which will also allow users to utilize other Google services like Gtalk, Gmail, Orkut and the like. The 'create an account' window displays a form that needs to be filled prior to the creation of the blog. The fields include commonly seen fields like an e-mail address, a password and a display name. The e-mail address that has been specified must already be in existence. The password should be at least 6 letters long for safety purposes. And one is required to re-type it. The display name is the name by which a user is known in the blogging world. An extra security measure i.e. a word verification text box is used, to prevent automated registrations. One must also accept the terms of service.

The first page in making a blog:

https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount?naui=8&service=blogger&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogger.com%2Floginz%3Fd%3D%252Fcreate-blog.g&sendvemail=true&followup=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogger.com%2Floginz%3Fd%3D%252Fhome&hl=en

The penultimate step in making a blog is very simple. The user just has to enter the name that he or she wishes the blog to be known by. The fields that are required to be filled are the blog title and the URL that is to be entered in the address bar of a browser to reach the blog in question. One also has the option of checking the availability of a particular name. If a name has already been taken, the user has no alternative but to rename the blog. The user can also use the advanced blog setup if he or she wants to host the blog in some other hosting site.

The second page in making a blog:

http://www.blogger.com/create-blog.g

The final step in creating a blog is to choose an appropriate template for the blog. One can choose from among the variety of templates that are available. After choosing a template for the blog layout, one can also change the template later or even design a custom template that can be used for the blog.

Hence, making a blog has been tuned down to as low as three steps and would take a grand total of about 10 minutes to start one's blogging journey.

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