Posting to Your Blog

You will have to be logged in to Blogger to post. 

• Go to http://www.blogger.com/
• On the right side of the screen, use your email and password to log in.

After you have logged in, you will see a screen that looks like this:

This is called the 'Dashboard'. 

 Anytime you want to see this page from your blog, look to the top right hand corner.  Depending on which screen you are on it will either have "Dashboard" or if it looks like the shot below you can click on 'Design' and then in the new window click Dashboard. 

Now back to the Dashboard.  You will want to click on the blue box that says "New Post".  It will open up a screen similar to this one:

 Notice there are tabs across  the top that read "Posting", "Comments", "Settings" etc, We will be using the one that says "Posting".  If your screen doesn't look like the one above, just click on the "Posting" tab. 

Type in the title of your post. (Visit to Grandma's, Dishes in the Oven, whatever your post will be about)

Then click in the large box below the title.  This is where you type the information for your blog.  Across the top of this box you will see different tools you can use.  If you put your cursor over each item (but don't click) the name of each button will show.  They are mostly simple to understand and use, you can change the type font, the type size (your choices are small, normal, large, largest - pretty simple), you can choose to center or left align your type, add photos or video or even add a bullet list.

When you finish typing,  click "Publish Post". (orange box at the bottom)

Congratulations, you are a blogger!

To find out how to add photos to your posts, click here  Adding Photos

Adding Photos to Your Blog

First, open a new post.

Remember:

• From the Dashboard, click the blue box that says "New Post"
• Or click the 'Posting" tab.
• To get to the Dashboard, click "Dashboard" or "Design" in the top right hand corner.

                

Before you add a photo it is nice to hit the 'Enter' key on your keyboard once.  This will allow you to type above your photos once they are added.

Just above the text box you will see all the type icons (font, size etc)  Near the center you will see a button that looks like this:

This is the photo button, click it.

A new window will open up that looks like this:

Click on the "Browse" button.  You will then see the files on your computer.

  Select the file where your photo is stored, then select the photo you want and click "Open".  

Blogger will begin adding your photo.  You can click browse and repeat the process to add another photo.  When you have all the photos you need added it will look like this:

  Click "Add Selected" at the bottom and the photos will be added to your post.

Now you can type in your post about the photos.  If you want to type between the photos just click near the bottom right of the photo and hit 'Enter' this will add a space for you to type.

Just a note, if you plan to print your blog, the text and photos go into the layout separate so it is easier to just have all the photos and then type about them at the bottom of the post.  But if this drives you nuts (or me nuts, which it does) just fix it later when you go to print your blog.

Congratulations, you have just added photos to your blog!!