Blogger- Blogs I'm Following Link

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         Ana Lucia's "The Double Life"

Estimados Estudiantes,

Today I teach you how to connect your blogs with your classmates' blogs.  I call this step "Blogs I'm Following."  Below, I've copied and pasted instructional information off the internet; then, I tried it myself with Hissie's "Stop Your Sobbing" Blog. 

* You can create pages for consistent content like “About” or “Contact.” Pages can appear on your blog as tabs at the top or links on the side.

Note: You cannot use specific posts as pages.

Step 1: Show your pages

  1. Sign in to Blogger Links to an external site..
  2. In the top left, click the Down arrow .
  3. Select the blog to update.
  4. In the left menu, click Layout.
  5. In the section you want your pages to show, click Add a Gadget.
  6. In the window, next to "Pages", click Add .
  7. Set your settings and click Save.
  8. At the top right, click Save arrangement.

To change where your pages will appear, drag the gadget to its new location.

Here is what I did:

Step One:  Click on blogger - blogger b - icon.png- to go to your - All Posts - Dashboard:

Step Two:  Click on blogger - layout - icon.png

Step Three:  Scroll Down to find the Main Menu

in the right hand column you should find sidebar-right-1

* Click on blogger - add a gadget - icon.png

Step Four - Scroll down to find "Pages." It looks like this:

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* Click on blogger - plus - add - sign - icon.png

This is where I ended up - The Configure Page List:

blogger - Configure Page List.png

Step Five:

* Enter the title of your page - I put "Blogs I'm Following"

* Uncheck "Home"

* Click on "Add External Link"

You should end up here:

Blogger - new page - web address.png

Step Six:

* Under Page Title,  enter the name of your classmate's blog

* Under Web Address, enter the blogspot.com URL address

* I practiced with another "guest student" - Her name is Ana Lucia - This is what it will look like:

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* Don't forget to click on blogger - save link.png

You'll end up with something that looks like this:

blogger - configure page list - save.png

* Don't forget to click on blogger - save - cancel - back.png

* Don't forget to click on blogger - save arrangement.png

Step Seven - To go back and edit:

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* Click on Edit

Step Eight - To check My Work - When I go back to "View the Blog," I should find "The Double Life" under "Blogs I'm Following":

blogger - blogs I'm following - the double life.png

This is going to be great. You will see.

Paz,

JL