Creating a Blog onBloglines.com

ECHS

C. Edge

E-mail Address

• First, make sure that you have a working e-mail address that you can check immediately after registering.

• If you do not have one, set one up for free at:– www.yahoo.com– www.hotmail.com– www.google.com

Step 2

• Open up your search engine for the internet.

• Place your cursor in the search bar.

• Log into www.bloglines.com

Step 3

• Click on the “Sign up now. It’s free!” link in the middle of the page.

Step 4

• Enter your information to “Create an Account”– E-mail address– Password (at least 6 characters)– Time Zone (-0500 Eastern)

• Click “Register”

Step 5

• Check your e-mail to verify your account.

Step 6

• Click the link in your e-mail to verify your account.

Step 7

• Choose the feeds you would like to subscribe to.– This brings new content to you each day

rather than you having to go look for it.

• Then click “Subscribe to My Feeds”

• You do not have to subscribe at this time if you don’t want to.

Step 8

• Type in the feed for the class blog for an additional feed to subscribe to.

• www.scedge.wordpress.com

• Click “Subscribe”

Step 9

• It tells you that you have not set up a clip blog.

• Click on the Click Here link to set this up.

Step 10

• Click on Blog in the sidebar menu to the left.

• Next, click on Blog.

• Finally, click on New Post.

• Make a note of your blogs web address in the top right-hand corner.

Step 11

• A pop up box will appear.

• You can either type your blog directly into the box (which I DO NOT recommend) or you can copy and paste from a previously typed word document.

• Click Publish to Blog.

Step 12

• E-mail me a copy of your blog’s web address which is found in the upper right-hand corner of your homepage.