Creating a blog is as simple of choosing a name. Go to http://www.blogger.com and log in with your York credentials. The URL of your blog will be http://your-project-name.blogspot.co.uk/
As you create your blog you will be asked to choose a theme to use. We recommend using the Simple theme, although there are many available.
You can then create "information pages" about your blog, add a logo and set the colour scheme and add "Widgets" to your layout.
Finally, you may want to change your Time Zone to United Kingdom ( London ) in Settings >> Language & Formats.
You are now ready to either add colleagues as authors in Settings >> Basic... or to start posting blog posts.
Slightly Advanced Settings
Those wanting full control of the look and feel can edit the template's HTML although this isn't necessary.
The HTML used on the Collaborative Tools Project blog, which has a York-like look and feel is available at the bottom of this page which you can copy and paste into your blog in the Settings > Template and then alter the colour scheme to suit your department. This code also hides the Blogger toolbar.
If you need any help adding the HTML code to your blog, get in touch with tom.smith@york.ac.uk.