Task 6 - Create a Logo for Your Blog & Upload It

In Task 6 you will create a logo for your blog to give your site a more professional look. You can either use an online logo maker or use design software to create your logo, if you have it.

A great open source design software you can download and use for free is Gimp. It takes a little time to learn but it is very powerful.

There are also several online logo sites where you can create a logo in minutes. Some are free, some charge. It all depends on you.

One free online logo maker you can use is http://www.logomaker.com/  but there are others. Here you can create and use your logo in low resolution. If you want higher resolution you have to pay for it.

Here is the logo I created with logomaker:

Play around with your design until you find something that works for you.

Try to create several logos for your blog. Tweak them, use different colors and see how they change, change sizes of certain objects, etc. Eventually you will need to decide which one you will use but giving yourself several options helps you better evaluate what you really want out of your logo.

Here are some sample logos that were generated with http://www.freelogoservices.com.

Since this particular blog is about building or constructing student blogs, I chose "construction" as my logo theme. I still need to work out the details and chose which one I like best and possibly edit it, or just throw them all out and start again but it's a start. For now I will use the logo I created with Logo Generator:

So what are you waiting for? Create a great logo that will make your blog look more professional than ever.

Uploading Your Logo to Blogger
Once you have the perfect logo and you have saved it to your hard drive, it is now time to put it on your site. In Blogger this is very simple. Use the following steps to place your logo at the top of your blogger website:

1. Login to Blogger and go to the Design tab or menu.
2. Find the "Header" and click edit.
3. Upload the image from your hard drive. 
4. Choose whether you want to replace your text based title or use it along with your image. 
5. Press save. 

Now go to your Blog and refresh the page so the new logo becomes visible. That´s it. You are all done. You now have a logo on your website (blog) that makes it look more professional.