Comments and Notifications settings

Now that you have subscribers reading your blog, they're likely to make comments on your posts. Unless you want to perch on your blog and watch it round the clock, you'll want to be notified when someone makes a comment.

From Overview, click on Settings, and then Basic. Let's look at your options.

Let your friends subscribe!

Now that your blog is set up, your friends will want to read your posts. They can either randomly visit your site or they can receive an email every time you post. Adding this feature (gadget) is simple:

Click on Design, then Add A Gadget

Welcome to my new blog!

After helping so many friends start blogs, I've decided to launch an instructional blog!


Blogging is fun and easy once you get started and learn a few tricks. Regardless of your skill level, you CAN be a blogger. If you follow these step-by-step instructions, you could have a new blog up sooner than you think!


Once you start blogging, you'll want to spread your wings and add new elements and try new things. This is NOT intended to be an all-inclusive, find-it-all-here resource. It IS intended to be encourage you and show you a new tip once a week.


I will try to post every Tuesday morning. If you have any questions, please post them in the comment box or email me. Your question may be the topic of my next post!


This blog will be dedicated to BLOGGER blogs. I also blog using Wordpress, but Blogger is the easiest way to get started and learn the basics.


If you're ready to go, let's start in the logical place:  Step 1