Setting up Your Blog  

Posted by Tonci in

I will tell you step by step to set up your blog. Go to your account and then choose menu 'Settings'.

Click 'Basic'.
Title: Fill with your name or your theme/niche, or anything that will make people know that your blog owned by you.
Description: Fill with description about your blog. This description must have connections with things you will write on your blog.
Add your blog to our listings? Choose 'Yes'.
Let search engines find your blog? Choose 'Yes'.
Show Quick Editing on your Blog? Choose 'Yes'.
Show Email Post links? Choose 'Yes' so your readers can easily email you posts to their friends.
Adult Content? Chose 'No'.

Ignore Global Settings and then click 'Save Settings'.

Ignore 'Publishing'.

Click 'Formatting'.
Show: Chose 5 until 7 posts per page. Too many posts will make your blog has longer time to load.
Date Header Format: Choose short like May 10, 2008.
Archive Index Date Format: Choose short like May 2008.
Timestamp Format: Choose short like 6:55 AM.
Time Zone: Choose +x or -x depend on your location.
Language: Choose you desirable language.
Convert line breaks: Choose 'Yes'.
Show Title field: Choose 'Yes'.
Show Link fields: Choose 'Yes'.
Enable float alignment: Choose 'Yes'.
Post Template: Ignore.

Make sure everything done and click 'Save Settings'.

Click 'Comments'.
Comments: Choose 'Show'.
Who Can Comment? Choose 'Anyone'.
Comments Default for Posts: Choose 'New Posts Have Comments'.
Backlinks: Choose 'Show'.
Backlinks Default for Posts: Choose 'New Posts Have Backlinks'.
Comments Timestamp Format: Choose short like May 10, 2008.
Show comments in a popup window? Choose 'Yes'.
Enable comment moderation? Choose 'No'. Let your readers write their minds.
Show word verification for comments? Choose 'No'. Don't bothersome your readers.
Show profile images on comments? Choose 'Yes'.
Comment Notification Email: Left it blank.

Make sure everything done and click 'Save Settings'.

Click 'Archiving'.
Archive Frequency: Choose 'Monthly'
Enable Post Pages? Choose 'Yes'.

After that click 'Save Settings'.

Ignore 'Site Feed', 'Email', 'OpenID' and 'Permissions'.

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