Customize Your Blog!

It's time to give your blog the makeover it deserves and add some cool features.

1. Write a Welcome Message

• Once logged in, click the "layout" link below your blog title, or, if you are looking at your blog, "customize" in the top right navigation menu.
• It will automatically be on the "Page Elements" tab.
  
• You will see a representation of the layout of your blog, with boxes for each content piece.
• Click "add a Gadget"
• From the list, choose "Text".
• Write a welcome message for your blog, and click "save"

2. Add Some Links

• Click add a widget
• Choose "links"
• In the title field, type "Cool Interactive Websites", or "My Favorite Websites" or another appropriate title
• For the number of links, types 5
• In the bottom two fields, type the URL of the site and the name of the site as you would like it to appear
• Click "Add a Link" to add more links
• Repeat until you have five or more links

3. Add one other Gadget

4. Pick New Colors

• Click the Fonts and Colors tab under layout.
• Try out different fonts and color scemes until you find a winning combo. You can always click "reset to default" later if your don't like what you've done.

4. Back in the layout page move things around a bit and experiment until you have a layout that you link.