Finishing Up Your Blog Post

This tutorial will cover finishing up your post: labeling, saving, publishing, scheduling, labeling, and dealing with the hyperlink for the post.

You also have the option to give thee posts labels, which categorize posts according to a topic. To do this, look on the right hand side of your screen. you will see a menu. Click on LABELS and type the topics covered in this post. (Next time you post, you will have the option to select from you previously used labels as well.) Now, you have a post.

At this point, you have three options: to save, to publish, or to schedule the post.

1. To save, simply click SAVE in the row with the title bar. This is useful if you are not finished with the post or have not selected a date for publish.
2. To publish, click PUBLISH I the row with the title bar. This will make the post publish to the blog immediately. When you do this, the readers will be able to see it on the blog and the material will be sent out using any subscription methods you have chosen to enable. This is called "going live."
3. To schedule a post takes a few steps, but it is not hard and totally worth the effort. Blogger allows you to create posts and decide when they go live. You do this in the menu on the right side of the screen as well. Click schedule, choose the date and time by typing them into appropriate boxes or by selecting from the drop down selections. Once you are satisfied click DONE. Now, click PUBLISH I the row with the title bar. It will not publish until the date and time you selected.