Setting up a Group Blog

You need to do this as part of the induction exercise you're doing for Sarah Sutherland. It's pretty easy, so don't worry.

First, everyone needs to set up an account with Blogger/Google - even if you don't do your own personal blog, you need an account to participate in a group blog.

Once you've done that, get one person in the group to set up a group blog. Perhaps you should pick the person who's most comfortable with the technology. That person should go through the process described in the previous post - choosing a name, picking a template, writing a first post etc.

The person who sets the blog up will be the blog Admin. The blog will be set up on their account and they will have ultimate control over the settings/design. However, the Admin can invite other people to post to that blog.

To do this, the Admin needs to click on the Settings tab/link - you should see this on the Dashboard page after you log in. Next, click on the Permissions tab. You go to a page which lets you add authors. You do this by entering their email address.

Potential authors are then sent an email by Blogger - this contains a link. They then need to click on that link, then enter their Blogger account details - user name and password. Once that's done, they'll be added as an author to that group blog.

If you're not the admin on a blog, you're treated as a guest author - you can add and edit posts - but you can't mess around with the general settings. Only the Admin can do that.