Blog Settings: Basic and Post.
Click Design tab on your menu bar.( How to: Top right, next to post new)
- On the left side under the orange tab (new post) go right down till where you see the settings tab and click it.
- More tabs open under neath SETTINGS. "Click Basic"
- Three Headings Groups opens up. (Basic, Publishing, Permissions)
- I will now explain what you must write and enter in each of the sections.
- First under the Basic Group is "TITLE" Don't change anything here ever!!!!
- Next "Description" click edit,Here you enter your description of what your blog is about and this will be the second thing Visitors will see when viewing your blog, so make it good and descriptive.( under 500 words only) and save changes on the pop up window.
- Next "Privacy" click edit and set this both the questions to "YES" and save changes.
- Second Group "Publishing" Don't change anything here ever!!!!
- If you have to change anything here, create a new blog. (Why, as explained in Step two.)
- Thirdly is "Permissions" Here your name should appear under authors and don't add any more.
- Next click edit next to "Blog Readers" and Highlight the ANYBODY option.
- Click save at bottom.
- You must have your blog set to public, so people can find and read it. (If you don't want it public, you may stop now.( Your Blog will only be seen by you ever and not indexed further by any browser.)
- Next click the "Post and Comment"tab under Settings.
- Two main Groups opens under headings Posts, Comments.
- First under "Post":
- Show at most: Click in the box 10 and posts. ( Not Dates) Later, if you see that your posts has empty spaces to the left and right colums, reduce to 5,4,3,2 or even 1. Your adds and widgets should be as long on the sides of your posts on your blog page.( You can also make more posts visible, later.)
- This makes your Blog look better.
- "Post Template"leave this empty.
- "Showcase images with Light-box" choose NO.
- "Share to Google" choose YES.
- Next under "Comments"
- "Comment location" choose EMBEDDED.
- "Who can comment" ANYONE.
- "Comment Moderation" Choose any one. This means you screen what the public comments to your blog or not. I choose Always.
- "Show word Verification" choose YES. That means if somebody wants to comment or reply on one of your posts, they have to show they human and not a spamming Robot, by typing the word displayed Google.
- "Show back links" choose YES. This will grow your viewers and page rank.
- "Comment Form message" leave blank
- The next two subjects under Settings is "Mobile and email" leave this as is. Next "Language and Formatting"Leave as is, for now.
Next post will be on the last 2 subjects. See Next Post. Step Seven.
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