Apr 12 2008

Setting up Google docs to edit and publish your posts

Published by Mike Temple at 11:01 am under Google, New stuff

This is a fairly straightforward procedure

http://www.webware.com/i/bto/20070606/google_docs_logo.jpg http://www.redwoodenergy.org/solarworksguide/alternate_site/solar_works_images/arrow_right.gif http://edublogs.org/wp-content/themes/homepage20/images/logo100000.gif

  1. make sure you have a google account - free
  2. go to google docs and start a new document - like Word
  3. write your information for your post
  4. save the file - not sure if you really have to do this, but it makes sense
  5. click on the ’share’ button on the rhs menus
  6. click ‘publish as web page’
  7. click ‘change your blog site settings’
  8. choose ‘my own server/custom’
  9. API is moveable type API
  10. URL - put in your address where is says ‘Your site/Path’
  11. mine looks like this http://miketemple123.edublogs.org/TO/xmlrpc.php - ie set up for a Wordpress API
  12. Under existing blog settings, put in your edublogs username and password
  13. Add in your blog title
  14. Tick ‘include document title
  15. click OK
  16. Now when you’ve finished your post, click ’share’ and then ‘publish as a web page’ then publish to blog
  17. let me know what you think of this - applications please


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One Response to “Setting up Google docs to edit and publish your posts”

  1.   dogtraxon 12 Apr 2008 at 11:49 am

    I wonder if this, or some version of this, works with the Slideshow and Spreadsheet formats, too?
    It would be great to share slideshows via Google, directly into the blog.

    Kevin

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