Go to: http://wordpress.com

Click on “Sign Up Now!”

Complete form

• Username: all lowercase
• Password: best to choose a combination of letters and numbers
• Email address: this is where you will get all blog communications
• Read terms of service and check box
• Choose Gimme a blog
• Choose your domain name
  This cannot be changed; use all lowercase; whatever you choose will become part of your url; for example, I chose hrintro – so my url (address of my blog) is http://hrintro.wordpress.com
• Blog title: I chose Introhrms’s Weblog. Then I changed it later by going to “Settings” above. Now it is called Introduction to Blogging.
• Language: English
• Privacy – I uncheck
• Check your email to confirm (within 2 days); click link to activate account
• You may update profile while you wait
• Save profile
• After you have activated account, click on “view your site” or “login”
• If you clicked on “view your site,” then click “log in” under “meta”
• On your page:
  Write = write a new post
  Manage = edit posts
  Design = the fun part: choose a theme; don’t forget to click “activate” once you have chosen the theme that you like
  Comments = delete the first one if you don’t want it there – it was just a sample
  Upgrade = I haven’t done anything with this; it costs money

Click on “Save” in the right hand menu above to save your post.

“Visit Site” at any point to see what your blog looks like.

To insert a picture like the one below, just click on the first icon above beside “Add media” and follow the simple instructions: