Blogging

1. Set up your own blog and add your first post. The handout will help you step through this.

2. Register your blog address by email with Talking Visuals Admin mailto:TalkingVisuals@gmail.com and begin your Talking Visuals 2.0 journey.

Regarding blog registration – Blog registration is not automatic on our end. After everybody registers, we still need to manually add blogs to the blogroll. We plan to do this daily and will regularly check to see if we catch any new ones as we move forward in this program. There is no need for you to email us unless you see that your blog doesn’t get posted within two days.

People frequently confuse the *title* of their blog with the *address* of the blog.

The ADDRESS is found in the address bar of your browser - Internet Explorer. It should look like http://bcpltestblog.blogspot.com/ where bcpltestblog is whatever name you gave your blog when you registered it at Blogger.com. This is the address we need from you so we can post your blog on the participants blogroll .

The TITLE is the name that displays on your blog’s main page. In the example I gave, the blog has a title of “Ellen’s Test Blog.” You can see that it can be different than the ADDRESS.
If you have other questions, post them in the comments section of this post. Part of the program is working on this and learning with your colleagues.

Some helpful links:
Blogger Basics: http://help.blogger.com/bin/topic.py?topic=8912
Blogger Basics: How do I post a picture: http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=41641&topic=10271
Blogger Basics: I can’t log in: http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?ansswer=41971&topic=10269
Blogger Basics: Posting and Editing: http://help.blogger.com/bin/topic.py?topic=8915
How do I post to my blog? http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=41378&topic=8915
How do I add a photo to my profile: http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=42093&topic=8928
Please share this with anyone who might not otherwise receive it. Good luck and let us know how it’s going.
The Talking Visuals Online Team
TalkingVisuals@gmail.com