Murdoch University Blogs

Steps to set up your blog

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PART A - GET A BLOG

1. Decide whether your blog should be part of Murdoch Blogs.

2. Think about the decisions to make before you get a new blog .

3. Decide the web address for the blog.

This will be in the form http://blogs.murdoch.edu.au/yourblogname . Choose carefully because this cannot be changed and it cannot be re-used, even after you delete your blog.

4. Decide the name of your blog and the tagline (eg. Murdoch University Blogs: blogs for Murdoch University staff and students)

5. Click on the “Get a blog” button on the sidebar.

This video shows you how to get a blog, How to get a blog at blogs.murdoch.edu.au .

PART B - FINISH SETTING UP

6. Alter the settings for your blog,  to decide things like who can see your blog, how you will deal with comments and the time zone.

7. Decide on the way your blog will look - the theme.

8. Change or delete the default post, page and comment - unless you want your first post to say “Hello World!”.

This video shows you how to personalise your blog, Personalising your blog on blogs.murdoch.edu.au.

PART C - CUSTOMISE AND PERSONALISE

8. Add an image you create to the top of the blog if you want to.

9. Add some widgets to the sidebar - like a search box, a list of posts, a list of categories - to make your content more findable.

10. Activate plugins to add functions like statistics, email subscription to comments and the ability to search and insert photos from Flickr.

11. Add some content by creating your first pages or posts