Learning How to Make Blog - Section 4

Section 4

Let's move on to the settings tab. There are sub headers that include basic, publishing, formatting, comments, archiving, site feed, email, and permissions. The basic page is the one you will arrive on each time you click on the settings tab. On this page you will type a brief description of your blog. This will display directly under the title of your blog on your blog page and is viewed by all that visit your site. Check the settings below the description. I usually leave them as is except for the show email posts link. I change it to yes. There is a brief description of what each item does listed by the yes/no button. Save your settings. This is also the page to delete your blog if you ever wish to. The publishing tab will be used if you wanted to redirect another personal web address to your blog site. We will save this step for when you get more comfortable. The formatting page includes a time zone adjustment that you can set for your time zone, a show link field which you will want to set to yes if you will want to include any clickable links in your posts, and a post template for more advanced backgrounds. Be sure to save changes where needed and if you would like eight or ten of your posts shown on the first page of your blog, adjust the number in the box before you save settings.The comments section is loaded with choices pertaining to other viewers who would like to leave a message on your blog. I generally leave the default settings as is except for enable comment moderation. Google will email you when a comment is made to your blog so I retype my email address here. Clicking the question mark will give you more information on this. Filling in a comment form message is a great idea to provide boundaries for your visitors or to just introduce yourself and say hello.