How do I create my blog?!?
In 3 minutes from now, you can be online with your first web log, also known as a blog, visible from any computer on the planet with Internet access.
Now that you've got a pretty good idea about why you've decided to publish a web log and, perhaps, what type of blog you'd like to create, it's time to get your first post online!The first step is to register
You must be at least 13 years of age to create a blog on mo'time.
1) On the home page of mo'time, in the central section just under the header, you will see a button that says "Create your blog!" You can also click here if you want to get started right away. The registration page will open in a new browser window.
2) Clicking on the button, you will be brought to the form where you will be asked to choose your username and your password. Enter your email address, read and accept our privacy policy and terms of use, certify that you are over 13 years old, type in the three letter verification in the appropriate field and click the "Create new Account". (The three distorted letters are generated and entered into the field to thwart software robots from registering false account on the system.)
3) Our system will immediately send an email to the address indicated in order to confirm your registration. Download your email, open up our email, click on the verification link. It will open your browser to a page that says, "Your registration has been successfully confirmed. You can login using your username and password."
4) Enter your username and password and click log-in.
5) You will be brought to the Quick Launch page, one of the 2 main screens to manage your mo'time activities.
6) Click on the "Add new blog" button in "Blogs" section of the page. You can create up to three blogs, returning to this page and clicking the "Add new blog" button for each blog you would like to create.
7) Ok... You're almost there...
Create your new blog
Assuming that everything has gone according to plan so far, you should be looking at a page entitled "Create a new blog".
Here you will choose your blog's title, URL ("uniform resource locator", a fancy expression which means your Internet address) and a description of your blog.
Choose whether you want your blog to appear in the "Recently updated" list on the home page, and click the "Create" button to save your new blog's settings.
All of these settngs may be modified by you at anytime in the future, so don't worry about locking yourself into a choice.
Choose a template for your blog
You will have arrived at the template choosing page after having created your blog on the previous screen.
The "template" just refers to the ready-made graphic layout for your web log. Here you will see the thumbnail graphics of various layouts. Clicking on the adjacent text link, you can preview a pop-up with an enlargement of the template so you can have a closer look before deciding. (Just close the pop-up when you have finished examining it.)
When you have decided on your template, just click the "Click to choose" button or the thumbnail itself.
Don't worry about locking yourself in to any one "look and feel". You can change your template whenever the mood strikes, and you will not lose any of your posts or archives!
You are now ready to publish your first post.
Note for expert members: After logging in and arriving in your blog's control panel for the first time, you will have full access to the source code of your template and can customize it to your heart's delight.
Next: Posting and other features...