Carla recommended the Japan-based Edublog service, bloxi.jp, and I've found it every bit as accommodating as she said it was. When I Googled "bloxi" today, to bookmark my new blogs a Flock browser, this video showed up in the top five hits.
"This is a simple explanation for how to create a mag..." (YouTube description) - a tutorial for quick and easy set up of a personal blog, and then another blog to use as a magazine site
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