Creating a blog in my My Site
A blog is a great way to publish short articles about yourself, the work that you are doing, and the experiences that you have. Your blog posts allow others in the organization to learn from your experiences, replicating the good things that you have done and avoiding the mistakes that you have made.
Getting ready
This recipe works for:
SharePoint 2010 Standard Edition
SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Edition
Office 365 (SharePoint Online)
This recipe uses your My Site to create a blog. However, the blog-site template is available in SharePoint Foundation, so if you don't have a My Site you can still create a blog in another SharePoint site instead.
If you have a My Site, then you will already have the necessary permission to be able to create a blog in it.
How to do it...
From within any SharePoint site. Click on your name (top-right of the page). Select the My Site link from the menu that is displayed.
Select the My Content link.
Click on the link to Create Blog under the...