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If you want to start blogging fast, but don’t want to get sidetracked by the details, then you need a Visual QuickProject Guide!

Writing in a journal is all well and good, but when you're ready to share your musings with the world (and you think the world is ready to receive them!), a blog is the way to go. For just $12.99, this compact guide shows you how! Using big, bold full-color pictures and streamlined instructions, it covers just the need-to-know essentials that will get you blogging with leading free blog software--Google’s Blogger--in a matter of minutes. Best-selling author Elizabeth Castro takes you through each step of the blogging process--from acquainting you with the interface to setting up your blog, creating your profile, posting email, adding pictures and audio, and more. Occasional sidebars and tips point out other useful blogging tips and tricks.

About the Author

Elizabeth Castro has written all four best-selling editions of HTML for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide. She is also the author of Perl and CGI for the World Wide Web and XML for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide-- both best-sellers! Liz founded Pagina Uno, a publishing house in Barcelona, Spain.

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Paperback: 144 pages
Publisher: Peachpit Press (February 6, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0321321235
ISBN-13: 978-0321321237
Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.9 x 0.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fast And Easy Way To Become a Blogger, April 28, 2005

By	Diane Cipollo (Editor at BellaOnline.com) - See all my reviews

A blog or weblog is a great way to get started on the web and Blogger.com from Google is one of the most popular software for creating weblogs. In her book, Elizabeth Castro assumes that this may be your first web project as she walks you through the basics for creating a blog at Blogger.com.

First, she gives you an overview of Blogger.com, what the software does, and why she chose it as the subject for her book. After she introduces you to the Blogger Dashboard (the control panel where all the work is done), Castro shows you how to open a Blogger account, give your weblog a name and choose a template. The template does all the work for you when creating your weblog pages. All you need is the content that you want to publish and the template places everything in the correct spot on the webpage. Castro does a great job explaining all of this with step-by-step instructions and lots of illustrations.

Once you have posted your first weblog entry, Castro moves on to more advanced Blogger features such as working with the template tags to customize the look of your blog, how to control the members and comments features, how to post an entry by email and how to use Audioblogger to post an entry via the telephone.

Now that you have your weblog ready for the public, Castro discusses hosting your blog through Blogger's BlogSpot hosting or on your own server. Finally, she shows the many ways to publicize your blog including email and site feeds.

Elizabeth Castro has written many other Visual QuickStart Guide books for Peachpit Press.

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5.0 out of 5 stars All you need to know to blog using Blogger, June 15, 2006

By	Manny Hernandez "Author of Ning For Dummies" (Bay Area, CA) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)

I have been writing on my blog using Blogger since 2002, so I am very familiar with almost all the options it provides you with to get your word out there in the blogosphere. Yet, I was able to pick up numerous new things when I read this book by Elizabeth Castro. It goes from the very basics that you'd need in order to get off the ground, all the way to incorporating audio into your blog, blogging via e-mail/telephone, customizing your blog, hosting it yourself and much, much more. It's incredible the amount of useful information that the author was able to pack in a little over 100 pages.

As an experienced Blogger user I highly recommend this title (and of course, I recommend Blogger as a blogging platform).

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4.0 out of 5 stars Learn to Blog Really Fast, September 7, 2005

By	Nelda S. Mohr (Stafford, VA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought several books on blogging because I'm scheduled to teach a class about blogging at our library in late October. This little guide is the perfect teaching tool. Although it only covers one blog host, blogger.com, most of the information can be used with any host.

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3.0 out of 5 stars No longer relevant
Elizabeth Castro is one of the best tech authors out there. Her book on HTML (HTML, XHTML, and CSS, Sixth Edition (Visual Quickstart Guide)) is an absolute classic and belongs... Read more

Published 5 months ago by Jerry Saperstein

2.0 out of 5 stars Okay, BUT Outdated (already)
Published in 2005, this book has, to an extent, become obsolete. In general the HTML hasn't changed, but during the last few years Blogger has updated its interface so what you... Read more

Published 8 months ago by Pam Tee

2.0 out of 5 stars Sorry, Out of Date
Well written and easy to use but some "settings" have changed on Blogger and it is a bummer to have to figure that out.

Time for an update.

Published 13 months ago by Robin Mingle

4.0 out of 5 stars A Bit Dated
Back in the day, this would have been a most excellent book. It still is in some respects. But, saddly, it suffers from the fact that Blogger has moved on, and like most... Read more

Published 18 months ago by Cliff Hutson

4.0 out of 5 stars Great book.
I love the Visual Quick Start series, and this book is no exception. It has jump starred my blog and I feel it is worth keeping around for hints and questions that come up. Read more

Published 23 months ago by Naomi S. Synstelien

4.0 out of 5 stars Short, Simple, Powerful
Wow, I am shocked at how much I learned about blogging in just 120 pages. The author has done a great job at getting this book down to the bare-bones, leaving nothing but the... Read more

Published 24 months ago by Lawrence Slobodzian

5.0 out of 5 stars Delightfully Simple. Really.
If you like books that combine images with easy-to-understand instructions, Publishing a Blog with Blogger is for you. Read more

Published on May 7, 2007 by Shirley Frazier

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book for Beginning Bloggers
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This book is very visual, lots of fun, and easy to read and understand---in short, perfect for the beginning blogger. Read more

Published on March 22, 2007 by O. Brown

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, Needs Updating
As others have attested, this is an excellent beginning guide. It is clear and easy to understand, in large part due to the screen shots and non-technical language. Read more

Published on December 14, 2006 by Gary W. Scott

5.0 out of 5 stars Direct and Easy
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Published on November 28, 2006 by A. J. Baltes

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