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Copyright ©: SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials The internet: Blogging Advanced Blogs (short for web logs) are like online diaries. People and organisations blog about themselves, things that interest them, or about their company or charity. You can blog about anything! Blogger.com

Copyright ©: SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials The internet: Blogging Advanced Most blogs are created using a free blogging site. Search for ‘free blog’ to find sites. You can also add a blog to your website. If you use a site building tool with templates, this can be easy to do.

Copyright ©: SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials The internet: Blogging Advanced Like building a website, start by choosing a template for your blog. This will give it the look and feel you want. Some blogging sites and tools let you edit your template so it uses the colours and images you want.

Copyright ©: SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials The internet: Blogging Advanced Create an ‘About’ or ‘Profile’ page for your blog. This tells visitors a little about who you are and why you have created your blog. Click to edit your description and to add a photo. Never share personal information like your address, phone numbers or date of birth. Be careful what you share online using blogs.

Copyright ©: SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials The internet: Blogging Advanced Add entries (called ‘posts’) to your blog using the ‘New post’ button. Think of a title for your post. Make it interesting, so people will want to read your entry. Type your entry. You can format it using buttons just like in a word processor.

Copyright ©: SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials The internet: Blogging Advanced If you are writing a long entry, create a ‘jump break’. This creates a split in your entry. Write a short version or summary of your entry above the jump break. Write the rest of your entry below the jump break. People will just see the text that’s above the break, and can click to see the rest. This allows them to see more posts on your page.

Copyright ©: SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials The internet: Blogging Advanced Add web links, photos, videos and more to your blog entries. These make your entries more interesting. You can link to websites with other content your readers will find interesting, or to important news.

Copyright ©: SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials The internet: Blogging Advanced Adding photos is like using a word processor. Click where you want to add your photo then click the photo button. Browse your photo library or link to a photo that is already online.

Copyright ©: SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials The internet: Blogging Advanced You can add a video that’s on your computer or link to one on a video-sharing site. Adding your own video is like adding a photo. The blogging site’s tools will let you search for and find videos on video sharing sites.

Copyright ©: SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials The internet: Blogging Advanced Add ‘tags’ or labels to each post. These are key words that describe what the post is about. Tags and labels help visitors search your blog for posts about specific things.

Copyright ©: SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials The internet: Blogging Advanced Preview your post before you publish it. This lets you check what it looks like before you share it with the world. Check your writing and spelling. Check that any web links work properly.

Copyright ©: SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials The internet: Blogging Advanced Set the options for each post. You can schedule a post to go online at a certain time and date. This is handy if you will be away for a few days. You can write some posts and have them appear just as if you were still blogging once or twice a day!

Copyright ©: SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials The internet: Blogging Advanced Choose whether to allow comments on your posts. Comments let visitors have conversations about what they think of your blog entries. Unless you want these conversations, click to select ‘Do not allow comments’.

Copyright ©: SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials The internet: Blogging Advanced Make sure you add new posts often. Good blogs get updated a lot, so people keep coming back. They have lots of interesting posts that stick to the blog’s subject.

Copyright ©: SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials The internet: Blogging Advanced Let people know about your new blog! Send s and SMS messages Post a link on social networks Give your friends and family the web address for your blog.

Copyright ©: SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials The internet: Blogging Advanced People can ‘subscribe’ to your blog. This lets people see a list of your latest blog post titles in their web browser.

Copyright ©: SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials The internet: Blogging Advanced Encourage people to click on the ‘Subscribe’ link that appears at the bottom you your blog page. This will add your blog feed to their web browser. They add your feed as a ‘favourite’ or as a button in their toolbar.

Copyright ©: SAMSUNG & Samsung Hope for Youth. All rights reserved Tutorials The internet: Blogging Advanced Well done You’ve completed the tutorial! Visit the ‘Tutorials’ section of the website for information on using other equipment and software. Or you can visit the ‘Case studies’ section and be inspired to use your new knowledge in creative ways!