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==How to publish on Blogger==
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Start by choosing a license for your blog at http://creativecommons.org/choose/. The resulting page will contain the appropriate icons and HTML code. Keep this page open in a separate tab or browser window.
  
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'''1. Go to blogger.com and sign in with your Google account. Once signed in, you will be directed to the dashboard. Select 'Design' of the blog you wish to CC license:'''
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|'''Step one: Choose a license'''
 
  
Start by choosing a license for your work at the Creative Commons website.
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[http://creativecommons.org/license/ Choose a license for your blog]
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'''2. Under the 'Design' tab, select 'Edit HTML':'''
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|'''Step two: Copy the code'''
 
  
On the "Mark your content" page of the license process, copy the code provided by highlighting it with your mouse and hitting ctrl-c (command-c on a Mac).  
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'''3. Refer back to the CC license chooser result. Copy the HTML code provided by highlighting it with your mouse and hitting ctrl-c (command-c on a Mac).'''
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|'''Step three: Paste code into your Blogger Template'''
 
  
Log into the Dashboard of your Blogger blog, click "Layout" then "Edit HTML". Near the end of the template code, before you see </body></html>, paste in the code copied in the previous step by clicking the page and hitting ctrl-v (command-v on a Mac).
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'''4. Go back to Blogger 'Edit HTML' page. In the 'Edit Template' section, scroll down near the end of the template code, before you see </html> (or </body></html>), and paste in the code copied in the previous step by hitting ctrl-v (command-v on a Mac):'''
  
Click "Save Template Changes" then republish your blog to add your license to your Blogger site.  
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'''5. Click 'Save Template'. If you 'View Blog', you should see the CC license icon with accompanying information (if you filled out the metadata fields in the license chooser) at the bottom of your blog:'''
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===Community resources===
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* This great slide show by Erica Starr takes you through the process of choosing and adding a CC license to Blogger: http://www.slideshare.net/EricaStarr1/how-to-use-creative-commons-licenses

Latest revision as of 17:14, 2 May 2013

How to publish on Blogger

Start by choosing a license for your blog at http://creativecommons.org/choose/. The resulting page will contain the appropriate icons and HTML code. Keep this page open in a separate tab or browser window.

1. Go to blogger.com and sign in with your Google account. Once signed in, you will be directed to the dashboard. Select 'Design' of the blog you wish to CC license:

Blogger publish1.jpg

2. Under the 'Design' tab, select 'Edit HTML':

Blogger publish2.jpg

3. Refer back to the CC license chooser result. Copy the HTML code provided by highlighting it with your mouse and hitting ctrl-c (command-c on a Mac).

Blogger publish3.jpg

4. Go back to Blogger 'Edit HTML' page. In the 'Edit Template' section, scroll down near the end of the template code, before you see </html> (or </body></html>), and paste in the code copied in the previous step by hitting ctrl-v (command-v on a Mac):

Blogger publish4.jpg

5. Click 'Save Template'. If you 'View Blog', you should see the CC license icon with accompanying information (if you filled out the metadata fields in the license chooser) at the bottom of your blog:

Blogger publish5.jpg

Community resources