Techno Teacher

Hello Fellow Teachers!

If you are interested in creating a blog but don’t know how to personalize it, let me help you. I am going to teach you one way by changing your background.

Step One: Sign onto your blog. For this example I will be using Blogger.

Step Two: Once you have signed onto your blog open a new internet page and type in www.thecutestblogontheblock.com

Step Three: Off on the left hand side you will see a green box with the words “It’s ALL FREE”

Step Four: Once you have located the green box, click on the words “Free Background” and look at the list that shows up underneath those words. Since we are using Blogger for this tutorial, click on “Blogger Backgrounds”.

Step Five: After you click on “Blogger Backgrounds” look at the next page that pops up. Here you will see some sample backgrounds. If you look at the column on the right side, you will see a list of words which, when clicked, will take you to free backgrounds that are associated with the word you clicked on.

Step Six: Since we are making blogs about teaching, I have decided to click on the word “School” to see what free backgrounds they have. Once you have clicked on “School” look at the different backgrounds you can use. By clicking on “School” they give you six free background choices.

Step Seven: Find the background you like and click on it. You will be brought to a page that shows the background you chose along with directions on how to apply it to your blog. Feel free to follow the directions provided. If they aren’t easy to follow, continue reading this blog.

Step Eight: Scroll down to where you see “Copy & Paste This Code”.

Step Nine: Highlight the entire code listed under “Copy & Paste This Code”.

Step Ten: Go back to your blog page, look up on the top right corner of your blog until you find the words “New Post”, “Customize”, and “Sign Out”. After you find those three words, click on “Customize”.

Step Eleven: Click on the “Layout” tab on the left side of your screen.

Step Twelve: After you click on the “Layout” tab, find the boxes that say “Add a Gadget”, “Followers”, “Blog Archive”, and “Contributors”. Click on “Add a Gadget”.

Step Thirteen: Once you have clicked on “Add a Gadget” you will be brought to a new page that looks like this…

Step Fourteen: After the page has popped up, click on the words “HTML/JavaScript”.

Step Fifteen: Once you have clicked on the words “HTML/JavaScript” another page will appear that looks like this…

Step Sixteen: There is no need to fill in the title portion of the box. Instead paste the code you copied from “The Cutest Blog On The Block” page into the “Content” box. Once you have pasted your information click “Save” (the orange button on the bottom right corner of the box).

Step Seventeen: Once you have clicked on the “Save” button, a new page will appear with the words “Page element added. View Blog” at the top of the page. Click on the blue words “View Blog”.

Step Eighteen: View your blog with the new background and start blogging! Realize that there are many other sites you can use to add cute backgrounds. The easiest way to do this is go to Google and type in “free blog backgrounds”.