1. The document provides steps for setting up a personal digital portfolio using Google's Blogger platform. It explains how to create a Blogger account and blog, customize the blog template and layout, upload a background image, and edit fonts. 2. Specific instructions are given for setting up a new blog on Blogger by selecting the "New Blog" button and entering a title and address. 3. The template designer allows customizing blog templates, backgrounds, layouts, text formats, and page widths. Fonts can be edited by selecting the "Advanced" option and choosing a new title font.

1. How to Configure a Personal Digital Portfolio Using Google’s Blogger
A digital portfolio is an electronic assortment of polished, finalized instances of work that
can be represented in text or visual form, normally revolved around a specific field or point of
interest. Keeping an updated, vibrant, well organized portfolio is integral in expanding your
social network and career opportunities. So to help you get one started, these following steps
have been provided to help you form your own digital portfolio with blogger.com. What you
choose to incorporate is completely dependent on you and what you wish to accomplish.
How to Setup your Blogger Site
Go to Blogger.com, where you will see a prompt on the right-hand side of the screen that
asks for you to log on with your Google credentials. If you do not have an account with
Google, you will not be able to proceed. However it is a relatively simple, quick process,
and can be made by simply going to gmail.com
How to Setup a New Blog
1. After you have successfully logged in, simply select the New Blog button on the Blogger
1. Going to Blogger.com/home.
2. Simply selecting the Blogger icon in the high, far left-hand side.
3. In the pop-up window, to create your portfolio, simply enter a desired Title and
available address.
4. Once you successfully created your blog by following the above step, the pop-up
window will close, and a message will appear, displaying the text “Your blog has
been created!” along with two links: Start Posting and Dismiss. Click Dismiss to
close the message, and then the Start Blogging link that appears immediately in
its place.
5. The site will transport you to a directory of your existing blogs.
How to Upload a Background image for the Biography Site
1. On your blogger homepage, on the top, far right-hand side of the window, select your
name to pull down your profile tab.
2. Hover over your current, default profile picture, and then select Change photo.
3. After traversing to a new pop-up window, select Upload photos from the list on the left.
4. At this point, simply click Select photos from your computer, find the location of your
desired image on the hard drive.
5. Once image is uploaded, simply select Set as profile photo. You may choose to crop or
edit your image before applying it as your new profile image.

2. How to Access and Manage the Template Designer
1. From the home blogger page, which again you can access by selecting the Blogger icon
on the top, left-hand side of the screen, select a blog you wish to access the Template
Designer from.
2. On the left, select Template, and then the Customize button that appears in the center of
the screen. This will access the Blogger Template Designer.
On this page, there are a myriad of options that allow you to customize each personal blog on
both pc and mobile devices:
Templates
This tab allows you to select a formatting template from a selection of pre-established formats
and color schemes.
Backgrounds
This tab allows you to set and customize any image as your background.
Layout
This tab allows you to modify the layout of your blog, from arranging the size and placement of
specific chunks of your blog through customizing the body and footer layout.
Advanced
This tab allows you to define the different texting formats (font, text color, background color) for
your website.
Adjust widths
This tab allows you to define the page width for your blogger site.

3. How to Edit your Font
1. Within the Blogger Template Designer, select the Advancedbutton on the menu on the
left.
2. Another menu will appear on the left, allowing you to select which component of your
site you would like to edit. From this menu, select Blog Title.
3. From this page, you may select your desired font from the Title Font window, and may
use the options below to modify text size and formatting.
4. After you have chosen your desired font you would like for your blog, simply select the
button Apply to Blog in the far, right hand-side.
In Conclusion
While the steps to modifying and customizing each blog is relatively simple and straightforward,
do not let that be of any indicator that you are limited in what you can express when you start to
fully understand the system and become comfortable with it. Now it is up to your creative mind
and varied works to make up your digital portfolio.