Getting Started

To Get Started, view this short Training Website

Ready to set up your own page? Anxious to start your blog? Here are some instructions

Things are set for you to have some flexibility to set up the way your page looks. If you're like me, you've probably already clicked on the "edit" buttons to see what's available for you. But if you're like me you're probably not reading this, so this is for all the people who aren't like me!

So start out by clicking the "My Page" right below the title. (I'd recommend doing it in a new tab/window so you can read this at the same time!) (to do this, right-click on "My Page" and then click on "open in new tab" or "open in new window")

When you first sign up, you'll see that you don't have a picture of yourself. Pictures aren't required, but really help everyone to remember who they're talking to and make it more personal and "real." So that's the first thing I changed on mine! Below the shadow "picture" and basic information about yourself, you'll see "Change my photo or theme." Click on "my photo," and you'll get a page with all sorts of information about yourself (that you already set up...your name and birthday, etc). Right below your "full name" box, you'll see "Profile Photo" and a camera icon. Click on that icon, and then click on "upload a photo from your computer," and "browse" to find a picture of yourself from your computer. Then click "done," and you're all set! Just click "Save" at the bottom of the page to make sure it doesn't disappear...

Next, you might want to change the look of your page (like mine's definitely not the default colors!) So once you hit "save," go back to the top and click on "My Page" again. Go back to the same line where it said "Change my photo or theme," and this time click on "theme." You can choose any of the color themes you like, and then personalize it further below. Play! Have fun! Make it yours! And don't forget to save when you're done!

Back to "My Page" again...you can change other things, too. You can add photos to your page. Feel free to click the "edit" buttons and see what they do. You can't break it! (or at least you shouldn't be able to...)

Now you're ready to blog? That's the easiest thing yet! The hardest part is figuring out what you're going to write. In the list along the left-hand side, you can see "Blog Posts." Click on that, and start! Write a title, write your post, decide how private you want it to be (some people don't mind the whole world reading, while others want to write things that only their "friends" can read...it's completely up to you), and click "publish post"! It really is that easy!!