Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Setting up your blog...

I will do a brief demo in the classroom before we go to the lab! Listen carefully, be patient and be willing to ask for help and/or help others.




Please set up your page. You can always come back to "Design"/"Template" if you want to change the look and/or title of your page.


You will need to add the following items to your blog:


Gadget: Blog Archive (This is basically a table of contents, listing each post you add to your blog.)


Select the following for your format:
  • Hierarchy
  • Show Post Titles
  • Weekly
  • Show End Date
Gadget: Link List (This will be a good place for you to link to pages that relate to your blog.)
 You can change the name of this, if you like, just be sure the name lets reader know what those links are.


Gadget: Link List renamed "Class Links"
Here you will add the link for the Asmussen Blog Hub 2015, and others as the year progresses.




Page: Add a Gadget called Pages. Now, add Pages from the left menu on the Design screen.


A new page titled it "About Me."  (The content you include on this page will explain who you are (not personal information!) in relationship to your blog focus. Let your reader know why you're interested in this topic, what experiences lead you to this, what you hope to gain for yourself, etc. Don't repeat the content from your "About this Blog.")




A new page: Title it "About this Blog" (The content you include on this page will explain what your blog focus is, who might be your audience and what the blog can do for them. Don't repeat the content from your "About Me.")


Now, you need to go back again to the Pages gadget (and edit) to actually add these pages to the "Pages" section of your blog.






We will start our 3 posts per week next week (9/8-9/14). This week your responsible for writing the pages "About Me" and "About this Blog."




Happy Blogging!
Ms. A.