Blogger Tips and Tricks
I finally made the decision to migrate my old (classic) Blogger account to the new (formerly beta)account dispite many horror stories of not seeing blogs in the Dashboard, problems editing post,taking hours or even days to migrate, etc. Fortunately the migration went smoothly and this blog is now in the new Blogger account, but still …
Note: This is for blogs using the old classic Blogger template. For those using the New Blogger template, refer to Putting a copyright notice that automatically update. You may also be interested in What to do when your blog content is copied and how to discourage copying. In practice, copyright notices are normally placed at …
It is now very easy to add a link list to a Blogger beta blog. Just sign into Dashboard, in the relevant blog, click LAYOUT and you will be taken to the Layout page, where you will see “Add a page Element” in the sidebar section. Click on the “Add a Page Element” (See screenshot …
Recently I answered a question on the Google Blogger Help forum by including a link to How to build traffic to your blog (click “BACK” button to get back to this page). She alerted me to the fact that the link leads to a blank page. I checked and found that it does lead to …
You have shed blood, sweat and tears to put up your blog, you wouldn’t want the blog to languish in a corner. You want people to read it. You want traffic. How does one increase traffic to one’s blog? There are a number of settings you can do in Blogger towards this end. Sign into …
Backing up your Blogger blog Why is it important to backup your blog? You got to protect it from accidental delete (not rare). Another matter to consider is the stability of the blogging and web hosting service and its hardware. Blogger, even though backed up by the giant Google, faced some hiccups recently because of …
Blogger templateA template is a set of HTML files which define the appearance and functionality of the blog. You can use the templates that are provide by Blogger, customize the provided template or write your own. To access Blogger template, log into the Dashboard, select the blog, click TEMPLATE tab. You will see the template …
Update 4 November 2006: For those looking for 3 column template for Blogger beta, please refer to postBlogger Beta: 3 column templateMore new Blogger (formerly beta) templates modified by StavangerNew Blogger template for posting large photos, etc. (note: Blogger for Dummies went back from 3 column to 2 column is back to 3 column again. …
Update 2: This post is not meant for custom domain. This is my comment to JC’s comment on redirecting to a custom domain: “JC I am guessing from what you posted that you are asking Blogger to redirect a blogspot blog to a domain you have already purchased. This post is for those who have …
Posts are sequenced chronologically, with newer posts appearing at the top. If you want a particular post to be always at the top (sticky post), you will have to play with the dates. When you create that sticky post, at the bottom, click POST AND COMMENT OPTIONS, then predate your post to the latest possible, …
How to make a post to stay at the top of the page. Read More »
