Creating a blog can be fun and easy. In fact once you get started you're not going to believe just how easy it is.

Plus it's a great way to keep in touch with friends and family. Or maybe you're interested in creating a business blog. Or perhaps you've heard about some people who are using their blog to make a living and would like to try your hand at making money blogging.

What ever your reasons for wanting to start a blog, this article how to easily create a blog will help you to get started.


1.
Step 1

Find a blog host:
When it comes to blog host there are quite a few different options available. Two of the more well known are WordPress and Blogger. I personally prefer Blogger because it's easy to work with and allows you to put advertising on your blog.
2.
Step 2

Set up an account:
You will need to visit blogger.com and click on create a blog to sign in and create your blog. If you don't already have one, you will at this time be able to create a google account.
3.
Step 3

Name your blog:
Now you will need to create a name for your blog. If you opt for a free blog the name that you choose will be followed by .blogger.com. Otherwise you have the option to purchase your own domain or .com.
This is a good way to go if your blog is going to be a business blog and you would prefer it to look more professional.
4.
Step 4

Choose a blog template:
Blogger has several different designs to choose from. Just click a circle beside the template of your choice and then click continue. You can always go back later, and change the template if you change your mind. Your blog has now been created and now you're ready to start blogging.
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Step 5

Start Posting:
Just click on the start posting button to make your first post on your new blog. If you would like to add a picture just click on the image icon which you will find on the right hand side of the toolbar that is just above your text box. Then you will have the option of adding an image from your hard drive or from the internet.
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Step 6

Publish:
After your post is finished you have the option to save it as a draft or to publish your blog to the internet. Just make sure that you've added relevant keywords so that the search engines will pick it up. Since google owns blogger I've found that my posts are usually picked fairly soon.


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By Kang Rohman. Sunday, December 23, 2007

At this opportunity, I will discuss about how to change template in blogger.com. First matter to be in considering in changing template is you have to make a backing up your old template, this good for if you feeling not match with your newly template. if you not yet known the way to back up template, please read at the post how to backup template, and also don't forget to back up your widgets (this is very important). For back up your widgets, please read at the post how to backup your widgets.


To change the template, of course you must had a new template to uploaded. If still not yet had, you can download for free template at uniQue Template or at other sites. Have ready for changing your old template with newly template? Please follow the steps below :

1. Login to blogger with your ID

2. After entering the dasboard page , click Layout




3. Then click edit HTML tab




4. Click the Download full template link. Save your template:




5. Click browse... button. Choose your new template. and then click Upload button.6 Usually go out commemoration that your data in your widgets will be delete forever (so don't forget to backup your widgets).

For example, the image will show like this :





7. Click at Convirm & Save button.

8. Finish. Please look he result.



Now you have had the new face. However of course your template is still empty, So next step is inserting your widgets manually through page element menu.

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By Kang Rohman. Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Be like my promise at my previous post that is i will posting how to backup the data in the widget / page element.

If emerging question do we require to back up the data in page element? the answer is very require to. Because if you change your old template with new template, hence the data in page element will follow to be vanished, and you'd lose all data be like : guest book, blog accessory, blog tool, and also all which have been attached in your blog forever.


Many the way to back up the data in Widgets / page element, but i'm limitation of time to comment it in detail, hence I will try explain just two way, that is backing up directly from Page element and also backup from template source code.

# Back up widgets From Page Element


Back up widgets in this way be in fact very disturbing, however than we lose various accessory and also tool which have been attached, wiser likely to do so.

Please follow the steps below :

1. Login to blogger with your ID

2. Click Layout.

3. Click menu Page Elemet, you will see the page be like this ( just example):



At representative of above seen the article edit which I give red circle, You must click at Edit in each the page element, hence will emerge popup window figuring in the code have in input to that. Pay attention the picture below :




5. Copy the code inside there, and paste to Notepad.

6. Repeat the step above at all the elements.

7. Finish.



There is the step how to back the data inside page element. This is the other way to backup your widgets.


# Back up widget through Template Source Code

I think this way is more quickly and efisian, you need a few time to do this. This is the steps :

1. Visit your blog address.

2. After you at your self blog, click the menu View at the bar menu. See the picture below :




# After click the menu View, will be out the sub menu, then click Source.

# if your browser is Internet Explorer, so there is automatically will out the notepad with your template source code. If your browser is Mozilla Firefox or Opera, so there is out the new page with your template source code For example, see the picture below :

5. Save your template source code.


6. Finish.

By Kang Rohman. Monday, November 12, 2007

If your blog want caried by google, you must doing several settings. This is how to setting your blog:

1. Login to blogger.com with your ID.


2. If your blog more than 1, click at the blog title want to setting.


3. Click Setting and then click Basic. Several form that must in the contents to the menu basic:


* Title : Content with your blog title. Example : Blog Tutorial.


* Description : Content with your description blog. Example : All about blogging can find here.


* Add your blog to our listing : chose Yes, so that every time posting always entered the Blogger.com list.


* Show Quick Editing on your blog : Chose Yes.


* Show Email post link : It is best to chose Yes, but if you chose No also it's allright.


* Show compose Mode for all your blog : Chose Yes.


* Show transliteration button for your post : chose Yes if the you wanted to be button to change normally alphabet to hindi (India) alphabet, Chose No if being the reverse.


* Click Save Settings.


* Finish.


4. Click Publishing to arrange the publishing menu.


* Blog’Spot Address : Content with your blog address. Example : kolom-tutorial.


* Send Pings : Chose Yes.


* Click Save Settings.


* Finish.


5. Click Formatting to arrange the formatting menu.


* Show : Chose the number of post want you to display in your blog. Example : Show : 6 post, it's means your posting will display in your page Totally six posting. Chose Post (don't days) at pulldown menu


* Date header Format : Chose the style of date/month what you wanted, this date/month will display above your post.


* Archive Index Date Format : Chose the style for your archive


* Timestamp Format : Chose the style of the time, what you wanted.


* Time Zone : Chose the matching zone with your place. Example for WIB : [UTC+7.00] jakarta.


* Language : Chose language what you wanted.


* Convert line break : Chose Yes, but if you chose No it's allright.


* Show Link Field : Chose No, but if you chose Yes it's allright.


* Enable Float aligment : Chose Yes, but if you chose No it's allright.


* Click Save Settings.

* Finish.


6. Click Comment to arrange the Comment menu.


* Comments : Chose Show.


* Who Comment? Chose Anyone. It's means anyone can comment to your post.


* Comments Default for Post : Chose New post Have Comments


* Back links : Chose Show. It's means you will know if another people has linked to your post.


* Backlinks default for Posts : Chose New post have Backlinks.


* Show comments in a popup window? : Chose Yes. It's means when the people click Comment link your blog not lost.


* Show word verification for comments? : It's better to chose Yes


* Enable comment moderation? : Chose No, but if you wanted chose Yes it's allright.


* Show profile images on comments? : Chose Yes. It's means the photo of commentator of blogger member can display.


* Comment Notification Address : Content with your email address.


* Click SAVE SETTINGS.


* Finish.


7. Click ARCHIVING to arrange the archiving menu.


* Archive Frequency : Chose monthly.


* enable Post Pages? : Chose Yes.


* Click SAVE SETTINGS.


* Finish.


8. Click Site Feed.


* Publish Site Feed : Chose Yes.


* Descriptions : Chose Full


* Article Footer : If you have advertising code like Google Adsense, you can insert the code here.


* Click SAVE SETTINGS.


* Finish. Read more...

By Kang Rohman. Monday, November 12, 2007

Maybe, there're some of you who still don't understand about blog, and still wondering about blog. As my kindness, I’ll try to review a little about blog. (Based on my version),
1. Blog, What it is?

Blog (abbreviation from Web log) is sites which more dominant in private characteristic. This means, most of the content will be affected (realize or not) by the characteristic of the Blogger (Blog user) himself.
Blog was made by the designers of the blog provider in order to work automatically and easily to be operated on, so for we that still was confused with the programming language to make one website still not the problem.If you could have made an email account in the internet, then in made blog then I was convinced you could.
2. How to make a blog?

As if when we start to make an ordinary e-mail, we’ll need an account first, to make a blog. Because of that reason, feel please to register yourself in free blog provider. We can find a lot of free blog provider in internet, and some blog provider which really famous nowadays, are http://www.blogger.com, http://www.wordpress.com or http://www.blogsome.com.

In this chance, I’m going to review about make a blog in http://www.blogger.com Click the picture below to register.
Saw the picture below: