Blogs

Blogs are small articles also known as posts that are used by individuals to express their opinions, thoughts, experiences ,feelings by using text ,multimedia or combination of both .There is no fix categorization when it comes to  blogging.Some people might prefer to write technical blogs concentrating on single technology or field, while others might incorporate multiple topics like food,travel,technical in one single blog,to each his own.

For writing blogs, a person should first create an account on any of the blogging sites like Blogger by Google,Open Diary by Bruce Abelson,Live Journal by Brad Fitzpatrick.

Steps to create Blog on Blogger

1. Login to your Gmail Account

2.Click on the Apps button on the  top right corner of your account.It looks like the leftmost symbol in the picture below

Google Apps button(leftmost)

3.On click of Apps Button multiple options will be displayed in a drop down menu

Menu displayed on click of Apps Button

4.Click on the "More" option displayed at the bottom of the menu being displayed .Something similar to the image displayed below will be shown in your window.

On click of "More" option

5.Click on Blogger tab.

6.After clicking on Blogger tab you will be asked to select a title for your blog,try multiple titles because most of the titles are already taken ,so be creative.

7.After selecting the title,it is time to select a template for the blog,Google provides multiple templates that can be applied to your blog as it is or can also be customized according to individuals creativity.The best part about these templates is that they can be changed anytime you want.

8.Once the template is selected just click on new post,the symbol on the leftmost in the picture below 

New Post(leftmost)

9.Various option that comes up in the main menu is being displayed in the picture below.You can insert images,links,videos,make the font bold,italic by using the options provided.There is also an interesting option called "HTML" in the menu which stores the HTML code of your blog.

Main menu of Post

HTML Code looks like this 

HTML Code

10.Once the post is written click on the  preview button to see how it looks,modify it if you want to make some changes or publish it if you are happy with your work.That's it,you officially have a blog now.

My apologies for the images going out of the screen,but it was difficult to keep them visible and in the window .

References -

https://shwetashwetakhatri.blogspot.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog