Enter a title for your blog in Java

Print Data Matrix 2d barcode in Java Enter a title for your blog

Some people opt for descriptive titles (Rich Wagner s Blog), and others prefer creative ones (Tales from the Cheese Monkey Soup or Encapsulate Obscurity)

By default, Blogger hosts your blog for you, freeing you from dealing with another Web services provider As a result, the name you enter here is the start of the Web address for your blog, followed by the blogspotcom suffix You often want to use a portion or all of your blog title However, because each blog address must be unique, click the Check Availability link to see whether anyone has previously taken your pick Because Everest Leaders started out on MySpace (refer to 1 in this minibook) as everestdude, I decided to choose it as the blog address Alternatively, if you already have a Web hosting provider, you can click the Advanced Setup link This link takes you to a new page in which you can provide the server address and other details The advantage to this route is that you can specify your own, unique domain name Additionally, hosting your blog enables you to remove the Blogger navbar at the top of the page Click the Continue button to move on Figure 3-4 shows the Choose a Template page that s displayed

This initial list is only a sampling of all available templates If you don t see any that thrill you, don t worry Just pick one of them now and you can change the look later If you want to see a sample site of a template, click the Preview Template link After you click the Continue button, a page is displayed (see Figure 3-5) that lets you know that your blog has been created

Blogger takes you to the Create Post page for typing your first entry Before starting to type a new post, take a moment to look around at the Web page (shown in Figure 3-6) You ll find access to all the common tasks you do as you work on your blog

The WYSIWYG editor acts as a mini-word processor, allowing you to use the toolbar to format your text the way you want See Figure 3-7 for descriptions of each of the commands available as you compose an entry

Create link Set text color Italicize text Bold text Select a font size Select a font Left align Center align Right align Justify Insert image Tweak or edit your HTML code (advanced users only)

Figure 3-7: Typing a blog entry by using the WYSIWYG editor Save a draft of current entry Publish entry to your live blog Create a numbered list Add labels for post Preview entry without saving or publishing Remove unwanted formatting from a text selection Blockquote text Create a bulleted list

Not all browsers support the WYSIWYG editor If your browser doesn t provide support, a plain-text-only version is displayed

Link button If you don t have a link to make, skip to Step 12 A dialog box (see Figure 3-8) appears for you to enter the URL of the link

13 If you want to insert an image, position your text cursor at the insertion point you want and then click the Image button If you don t have an image to add now, move on to Step 14 The Add an Image box is displayed, as shown in Figure 3-9

locate the file on your drive You can also add an image posted on Flickr or elsewhere on the Web by entering its URL on the right (See the section Posting to your blog from Flickr, later in this chapter) If you have multiple images, you can click the Add Another Image link to upload each of these images at the same time