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How to set up a simple website in under an hour
A blog (short for weblog) is basically a very simple website. Most blogs are free to set up, and don’t need any special software. People use them for many different purposes, including online diaries, journalism, writing showcases, political activism and group collaborations.
This workshop will take you through the basics of blogging, from setting up a free account, to posting some writing on the internet.
At the end of the workshop, you’ll have
opened a free blog account with www.blogger.com
posted some of work on the internet
practised creative formatting
Afterwards, you’ll be able to change your website at any time via the internet.
What you’ll need:
an email address
basic Word skills (including copying and pasting text)
basic internet surfing skills
Please bring to the workshop:
o your email address
o five poems or pieces of prose. These should either be brought on a floppy disk or USB flash drive, or sent as an email attachment to Jules two days before the workshop
o ideas for your website address. This will have the format http://www.yourname.blogspot.com/. Have a few alternatives in mind, in case your name is already taken.
