Go to blogger.com

Under the POSTING tab, click on CREATE

Enter a TITLE for your blog entry (Use down style, don't use up style or ALL CAPS)

Down style means that only the first word and proper nouns are capitalized. Up style means the first letter of all major words is capitalized. My preferred style is down style.

In the area below, paste your story from your text document.

Click the PREVIEW link on the right side of the window to view your entry.

When you are satisfied with your post, click SAVE NOW. DO NOT click PUBLISH POST. Your instructor will publish the best posts to the class blog. Not everyone will get published.

Don't forget to add labels (aka keywords, tags) to your post. These labels create index pages based within our blog, and give readers an alternative way to search and our content. It also helps with search engine optimization (SEO).

Add style to your blog

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is used to format text. Use the bold and emphasize inline HTML elements to emphasize meaningful words in your post.

I want to help build a semantic web, so I follow pretty strict rules when it comes to writing HTML. You will be graded on your use of semantic markup.

The correct way to give text emphasis is to use the em inline HTML element:

Used for denoting emphasized text. In most instances where you'd want to italicize text (using the HTML element i or otherwise) you should use the em element instead. Notable exceptions are stylistic italicizing of proper titles, foreign languages, etc. where italicizing is used for differentiation instead of emphasis. In those cases, no proper HTML elements exist, so an i element or a span element with a custom class may be preferable. From Mezzoblue's Markup Guide.

<em>This is emphasized text.</em>

The correct way to make text bold is to use the strong inline HTML element:

Used for denoting stronger emphasis than the em element. In most instances where you'd want to bold text (using the HTML element b or otherwise) you should use the strong element instead. Notable exceptions are stylistic bolding of examples, first occurrences of names in an article, etc. where bolding is used for differentiation instead of emphasis. In those cases, no proper HTML elements exist, so b element or a span element with a custom class may be preferable. From Mezzoblue's Markup Guide.

<strong>This is bold text.</strong>

Read more about HTML elements and attributes in Mezzoblue's Markup Guide.

Add links to give your post dimension

Read all about linking in Linking makes the web go round.