Updated Resources for Creating a Blog

The initial list of Resources for Creating a Blog was published during the first week of the course. I've added in several additional blog posts with tips and links to resources for creating your blog. This week the focus has been on adding gadgets (or widgets), setting blog permissions and controlling blog comments.

List of latest blog posts on Creating a Blog.

• Basic Blogger Gadgets 
• Adding Gadgets to Blogger
• Setting Blog Permissions - Selecting Readers
• Controlling Blog Comments

List of initial blog posts on Creating a Blog.

• Understanding Blogs
  
• How to Create a Blogger Blog
• More on Blogger Reading Lists
• How to Use Google FriendConnect and Blogger Reading List
  
• Getting Started with Google Reader
  
• Understanding RSS Feeds
• Keeping Your Blog More Private
  

With these different posts and the resources available to you under blogger help, with a bit of time, the process of creating a blog will be more fun and less confusing.

Resources for Starting a Blog

I've pulled together several resources in different posts to help get you started in creating a blog for this course.

• Understanding Blogs
  
• How to Create a Blogger Blog
• More on Blogger Reading Lists
• How to Use Google FriendConnect and Blogger Reading List
  
• Getting Started with Google Reader
  
• Understanding RSS Feeds
• Keeping Your Blog More Private
  

Hopefully this will make the process of creating a blog more fun and less confusing.

More on Blogger Reading Lists

You can follow your classmates' blogs using Blogger Reading List.

Visit their blog and sign up using Google FriendConnect (How to Use Google FriendConnect and Blogger Reading List) or go to your Blogger Dashboard and add the URL from their blogs by clicking on the "Add" button.

By selecting from "All blog updates" or a specific blog, you can read what has been recently posted in that blog.

Find out more about "What is Following?" by reading the answer on Blogger Help.

How to Use Google FriendConnect and Blogger Reading List

You can sign up to follow your classmate's blogs with Google FriendConnect.

Once signed in, the Blogger Reading List (available on your Blogger Dashboard) allows you to connect with any of the sites you have joined using Google FriendConnect.

Blogger Reading List allows you to read the latest posts from the blogs you are following on your Blogger Dashboard.

The list will update whenever a new post is published on any blog in your Reading List.

You can also subscribe to any blog with a RSS feed.

For more information on using the Blogger Reading List, see their help page.