How to set up a Blogger/Google account...

So, you say you want to post at BHO but can't quite figure out how? Or you used to be a regular but now Blogger won't let you sign in? Here is the problem and your solution...

Last year Blogger was bought out by Google, and now you need a Google account to log in, but Blogger doesn't prompt you to re-register from BHO's comment page, you have to go either through the Blogger new user sign-up process again, or go directly to the Google page. I'll talk you through it.

Going through Blogger:

Advantage - you can set up a "display name" so that when you post it shows up as "Sarah" instead of hotmama@yahoo.com.

Disadvantage: Blogger makes the process a little more confusing than Google by making it appear to be a 3-step process that requires you making a blog of your own. In reality, you only need to go through Step 1 to set up an account which allows you to leave comments. When it gets to Step 2 just close the window. You are done.

Going through Google:

Advantage: No confusing Step 1, 2 or 3. It's a straight forward 1-step process.

Disadvantage: It doesn't give you the option of creating a "display name" so if you sign-up with the email address hotmama@yahoo.com, your name will be displayed as "hotmama" when you comment at BHO until you go to Blogger and sign-in with your Google account and set-up a display name.

Whichever way you decide to do it, when you come back to BHO to leave a comment, you simply type in the email address (not display name) and password you used to set up your Google/Blogger account in the required fields on the comment page.

Please let me know if you have any problems doing this and I'll be happy to assist you.