There are many things that the Internet has facilitated since its implementation and normalization. We read, communicate and even make the purchase through any device that is capable of connecting to the network of networks; but above all we can use it as a speaker to reflect our thoughts , our opinion or even help others with our knowledge. To give a speaker to all this, the most common is the use of a blog.
Although many resort to social networks, many others have found in blogs the most appropriate place to get carried away by the letters and write long and hard about everything that worries them, interests them or they are curious, even that content that can be very useful to the user, both novice and expert in the subject matter.
Portals like Blogger , bought by Google over a decade ago, offer this possibility completely free, so that anyone who wants it, has total freedom to express how much and how you want and to create your own personal blog .
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How to register a new account in Blogger to create a free blog?
This may have caught your attention and, precisely, you have entered here trying to know how to create an account in Blogger step by step . With this guide we have prepared you will know how to do it without problem; but you will also learn to create your own blog from the beginning and write your first post using the tools that this system makes available to you. After following all the instructions that we will do next, you can take full advantage of Blogger .
Since Blogger belongs to Google for a few years now, to be able to enter and take advantage of its services you need to have a Google account . If you do not own it, you will not be allowed to take advantage of its services or even consider its use. Don’t worry, if you want here I tell you how to create an account in Gmail .
Of course, it is best to register in the internet giant’s system beforehand. In fact, if you have an Android smartphone, it is more than likely that you already have an account. Be that as it may, follow the steps below to register a Blogger account , you will see that it is very simple.
1 – Enter the Blogger website
The starting point is as clear as simple, you need to enter the main Blogger page . To do so, you just have to open your trusted web browser and, in the address bar available at the top, enter the following URL: https://www.blogger.com .
2 – Log in
- Instead of entering any registration process, go to the upper right of the window and click on “Login”.
- You will appear in another Google window with the accounts that you have linked to your team, in case you do not have any previously linked or want to use a different one to those that appear, click on the following icon and then “Use another account”.
- Now, enter the email address of the account you want to link to your profile at Blogger and click on « Next «.
3 – Enter your password
To finish signing in with your Google account, it is essential that you enter the password that you set when registering it. Do it and click on “ Next ” again to continue.
4 – Confirm your profile type
Blogger needs you to indicate the type of profile that you want to show to other readers. Here you can decide between a Google+ profile , which you will have to create by clicking on « Create a Google+ profile «, or a Blogger profile , to register by clicking on «Create a limited Blogger profile».
If you choose the second option, the most advisable to treat this portal as something independent, you will have to indicate the name to show to the other readers and users by entering it in the field that appears on the screen. Type it and click on «Continue on Blogger».
5 – Welcome to Blogger!
You are already in the blog creation platform, Blogger. Now you can start creating your own personal blog to write about what you want and when you feel like it, with the total freedom and versatility that characterizes this popular platform.
How to create and configure a blog with Blogger easy and fast?
Ok, we have already created our account on the free service or cms of Blogger, but … And now what? Well now we must create and configure our blog so that go taking the aspect that we want, it is not very complicated, but we must take into account some steps to follow to start off on our new adventure as bloggers !.
1 – Sign in to Blogger
Again, the first step is the clearest. Open your internet browser and type in the address bar the Blogger URL: https://www.blogger.com to access our new account, for this we go to the top left and do click on “ Login ” a form will be opened below to enter our Gmail account and password.
2 – Blog creation begins
If you had previously logged in to the device you are on, when you access the Blogger website you will see how, automatically, you appear in your user panel. Once inside that panel, just click on the orange button with the text «Create a blog» that appears in the center of the screen.
3 – First details
Now is the time to choose a name for your blog, an address and a theme or template . It is important that you decide well how you want to baptize it to distill what you want to communicate. The address, on the other hand, will be part of the URL that others will see in the address bar and the theme is what will give one style or another to the appearance of your blog.
Fill in the two fields and choose from all available themes. Keep in mind that the address field must be unique and that, in addition, it will have the addition or extension “blogspot.com”, as an example would be, www.miblogpersonal.blogspot. com.
If a blog with the name you enter already exists, it will notify us with the following message « This blog address is not available. «, you can try other alternative names until the message appears « This blog address is available. «. Once you have done so, click on the « Create blog » button to continue.
4 – Connect domain
Now, Google will ask you if you want to connect your own domain name to be able to connect it to your new blog. You can do without this step or click on « Search » to see one, this means that we can have our own domain without the termination blogspot.com and connect it to Blogger cms. If you do, you will have to choose one of all that Google lists you, select it and pay for it.
If not, you just have to click on “ No, thanks ” to continue. If it is your first time in this, we recommend that you continue here and, for now, do not pay for a domain, in the future you can opt for this option, passing all your posts and content created to the new domain.
5 – You already have a blog!
Your blog on Blogger is already created! After the previous steps, there is already a corner on the internet where you can write as much as you please and as you please (always keeping within Google’s policies of respect and privacy).
How to create your first blogger post?
1 – Access your user panel in Blogger
Enter the Blogger website as we have previously indicated and, once inside, click on «Login» to choose your account and enter the password for Access your panel. If your account is already linked, you will go directly to your user panel in Blogger at the same time you type the URL in the address bar.
2 – Create your entry
Now, click on the «New post» button that appears right next to your profile picture and the text « You are using Blogger as (username) «.
3 – Write!
Once you have completed the previous step, you will find yourself facing an empty document. This is the body of the text with which you will fill in the first post of your blog. Write as much as you want and remember that you can give different formats to the characters, enter images, video, emoticons, adjust alignment, use lists and even insert quotes using the buttons available on the toolbar. If you prefer, even you can click on “HTML” to edit using web code.
When you have your entry almost ready, fill in the “Post title” field with the title you want to appear heading your text and finally click on “ Publish »to launch the internet. Remember that, in addition, you can click on «Save» to leave it ready and continue at another time before publishing it, or even on « Preview » to see if it convinces you how the layout is remaining.
4 – Post published!
You have already released your blog. It is time to experiment with all the tools of the Blogger content manager to give the way you want to your publications and try all kinds of formats. The rest, now, is in your hands. Go for it all!