SharePoint 2010: How to Create a Blog

SharePoint 2010: How to Create a Blog

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This article will show you how to create a personal blog or a blog site inside of SharePoint 2010. This enables you to share internal/private information in a blog setting across your organization.

Create a Personal Blog

To create a personal blog from your SharePoint Profile you have to

  1. On any SharePoint site, click the user menu.
  2. Click "My Profile".
  3. Click the "Content" tab.
  4. Click the "Create Blog" link to create your personal blog site.

If the "Create Blog" link is not displayed on the "Content" tab of your profile page, your organization might not allow personal blogging sites.

Create a Blog Site

To create a blog site in SharePoint 2010 you have to

  1. Click "Site Actions" in the top bar to open the Site Actions menu.
  2. Under "All Categories", click "Blog".
  3. Enter a title for the site.
  4. Enter a URL for the site.
  5. Click "Create". Alternatively, you can click "More options" to set further site creation parameters, and then click "Create" to create the blog site.

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  • Luigi Bruno edited Revision 1. Comment: Added the "How To" Wiki Message Template. Filled in the page.

  • Ed Price - MSFT edited Revision 2. Comment: Retired stub. A few tweaks to grammar (capitalization and punctuation)

  • Thank you. Simple and Useful.

  • Luigi Bruno edited Revision 4. Comment: Added the "How To" tag.

  • Luigi Bruno edited Revision 5. Comment: Added the "Create a Blog Site" section.

  • Gokan Ozcifci edited Revision 6. Comment: Made some design changes

  • Ed Price - MSFT edited Revision 7. Comment: Sentence style

  • Luigi Bruno edited Revision 8. Comment: Added the "Other Languages" section. Added the "Multi Language Wiki Articles" tag.

  • Thanks, usefull!

  • Simple, but usefull!

  • usefull

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