Stats

If you run a public blog, don't forget to check out your stats! Extremely interesting as you can see which parts of the world your blog is being viewed in, as well as how many page-views each post got.

Posts

The most fun part, your posts section. You can edit every post here. Give your post a title, a body, and boom, you’ve got a diary entry! There are no rules. Art is subjective.

Write whatever you please. Put all the photos you want to into the body of your entry. Everything's temporary, including your posts. You can always change them later. You can always delete them.

Layout

This is where you can add or edit gadgets on your blog. A gadget is a section with a title. Drag and drop to move gadgets around. Gadgets are interesting, check them out. There's an image gadget, where you can easily input an image. There is a link gadget which enables you to link pages or affiliates. There's even a text gadget, where you can write a blurb about what your blog is about.

Here's where you control the header of your blog, which is like a title. You can either use text or an image.

You can also edit what appears in the body text of your posts. How the date is formatted is changed here.

Theme

The theme is a fun aspect of your diary. In this section, you control the layout of your diary. The theme designer is where you choose the main design, but you can edit details of it later as well. If you click on customize, you can edit the column widths of your body and sidebar.

Under the advanced tab, you can find colours and fonts you may want to change to customize to your own style. Background image, body layout, sidebars and footer is all edited here.

Settings

This is where you can control access to your blog. You can also edit comment moderation. You can edit your blog authors. It’s this really cool aspect: two people can run a blog. 

You can add a favicon to your blog here. A favicon is a tiny image next to your web URL which displays on your browser. I always change my time zone here. You can edit the number of posts which show up on your main page.

How to start a blog

It’s as simple as going to Blogspot.com and signing up! Before you sign up, I suggest you think of a name for your blog. Is it a public or private blog? You can change this in settings later. What’s your theme?

I named my secret blog 5am Girl. It is a daily record, text only, of what has happened during that day. I add to every entry at random times throughout the day.

The idea is to write what you know. Write about your interests, what you love. Or conversely, you could write, like me, about the daily ongoings in your life. You could even start a picture blog, with images only, if you so chose. The possibilities are truly endless here. ✨ 

Why Blogspot?

Blogspot is the best hosting website if you ask me. It’s free, no ads and user-friendly.

You can write entries as short or as long as you like. You can even input photos into your entries. You can edit and delete entries. It keeps track of the time and date you post at. You can search for things within your blog.

Blogspot has become an invaluable tool in my life. I don't know what I'd do without it.

Reasons to write in a diary:

1. Helps organize your thoughts

2. Reflection upon your day

3. Releases feelings and emotions

4. Keeps a record of your life

Contact

📍 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦 

📧  victorialouisehanson@gmail.com

About

I started this website because I want girls to get into blogging. It’s something that changed my life and I think everyone should blog!

On this website, you’ll find practical tips and tricks to help you start your own blog.

Remember: it’s all gonna end, but the internet is forever. 🛜 💕