How to Start a Blog on Blogger (with Pictures) – wikiHow Tech

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Click on

Sign In

. It’s in the upper-right corner of the window. Enter your Google username and password.

• If you don’t have a Google Account, click on Create Your Blog. This will take you to a screen where you can create an account to use with Blogger.
  • Select a profile type. Click on Create a Google+ profile to create a single account to use across all Google properties. If you’d like to use a pseudonym or limit your exposure on Google, click on Create a limited Blogger profile.
  • Follow the online prompts to finish creating your Google+ or limited Blogger profile.

It’s in the upper-right corner of the window. Enter your Google username and password.

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Click on

Theme

. It’s near the bottom of the menu on the left side of the page. This allows you to customize the look of your blog beyond the elements contained in the starter template.

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Click on

Settings

. It’s in the center of the menu on the left. From here, you can adjust other settings such as language, whether your blog will be included in search engine results, and whether you’re willing to receive emails.

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Click on

Basic

and then

+Add authors

. The latter link is in the lower-right corner, under the “Permissions” section of the menu. This setting allows you to add other contributors to the blog, so that the writing burden does not rest on your shoulders, alone.

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