blogpilot

Go to www.learnerblogs.org or www.edublogs.orgChoose a username, a blog title (can be changed later if needed) and enter a valid email address. Click create. The page will refresh and confirm the details of the new blog. The password is emailed. For some reason Yahoo Mail treats this email as SPAM/Junk and it ends up in the Bulk folder (hotmail and other systems may do the same).

Once you have the email it gives details of the url (address) of the site and the admin password. Log into the site and change the password in the Users section.

Additional Users (Author account for pupils)
If you want an author account and password you need to create another blog (as above). This creates another user and this user can be added as an author to your main blog. The secondary blog you’ve just create will probably never be used. Again log in to the newly created blog and change its password.

On the main blog. Go to Users -> Authors & Users and use the Add User From Community option to add the user you’ve just created as an Author.

Making it easier to post a message.
Adding a ‘post a comment’ link on to the blogroll
Point the mouse at the Write option at the top of the page. Right click and choose copy link. Click on the Links option. Choose add a link. Right click on the URI box and click paste. Type a name in the Link name box eg # Post a message. (The symbol makes the link stand out slightly). Click on Add Link. You may want to delete the other links already on the system.

Stopping Comments.
Go to Options -> Discussion. Untick the top three options.

Style.
Go to Presentation. Select a style.

Removing Sample Post.
Go to Manage -> Posts. Delete “Hello World”

About Page.
Go to Manage -> Pages. Edit the About entry.