This guide on how to Blog on Blogger As a blog Administrator will help you familiarize yourself with the main features of Blogger and how you could become an Admin here on this Madonna CS Forum.
To start using Blogger, simply sign in with your Google Account. (If you use Gmail, Google Groups, or orkut, you already have an account.) If you don't have a Google Account yet, you can create one now.
Blogging on Madonna CS Blog
You will see a dash board that looks like the image below.Dashboard
Your Dashboard, as always, is your starting point. This is where you will see Madonna CS Blog.
Writing a new Blog Post
Just click on the orange Pencil icon on your Dashboard to access the Post EditorViewing your posts:
The gray Post List icon will take you to a list of your published and drafted posts for a specific blog.Catching up on your favorite blogs
Below the list of your own blogs, you’ll see a list of the blogs you follow with an excerpt from their latest posts.
Everything else:
Check out the drop-down menu next to the Post List icon for a quick link to:
Overview
Posts
Pages
Comments
Stats
Earnings
Layout
Template
Settings
Overview
Posts
Pages
Comments
Stats
Earnings
Layout
Template
Settings
Write your post
Once you've signed in to Blogger, you'll see your dashboard with Madonna CS Blog. Here's what you need to do:
- Click the orange pencil icon to write a new post, and enter anything you want to share with the world.
- Next, you'll see the Post Editor page. Start by giving your post a title (optional), then enter the post itself:
- When you're done, click the Preview button at the top to make sure it's ready to go, and then click the Publish button to publish your post.
Add image to a Post
You can add an image from your computer or the Web to your blog. Click the image icon in the Post Editor toolbar. A window appears prompting you to browse for an image file on your computer, or enter the URL of an image on the Web.
Once you've selected your image, you can then choose a layout to determine how your image will appear in your post:
- The 'Left', 'Center', and 'Right' options allow you to customize the way your blog text will flow around your image.
- The 'Image size' options will determine how large the image will appear within your post.
Click UPLOAD IMAGES to add your image, and then click DONE when the notification window appears telling you that 'Your image has been added.' Blogger will then return you to the post editor, where you'll see your image ready to be published to your blog.
You can also publish images to this blog using your mobile device, Google's free photo software Picasa, or a third-party service like flickr.
Adding Video to a Blog Post
To add a video to your blog post, click the film strip icon in the Post Editor toolbar above where you compose your blog text. A window appears prompting you to 'Add a video to your blog post.'
Click Browse to select the video file from your computer that you'd like to upload. Note that Blogger accepts AVI, MPEG, QuickTime, Real and Windows Media files and that your video must be less than 100MB in size.
Before uploading your video, add a title in the 'Video Title' box and agree to the Terms and Conditions (you'll only have to do this the first time that you upload a video with Blogger). Then click UPLOAD VIDEO.
While your video uploads, you'll see a placeholder in the post editor showing where your video will appear. You'll also see a status message below the post editor letting you know that your upload is in progress. Depending on the size of your video, this usually takes about five minutes. When it is complete, your video will appear in the post editor.
If you have any question(s), kindly put it down in the comment section.