tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32193114901531109232024-03-13T14:07:58.345-07:00The Blogger BlogA blog about how to blog. Includes tips on gaining more readers, pros and cons of new Blogger features, and the occasional widget review.
You'll also find out the difference between a "gadget" and "widget", or if there really is one.M. Gabriellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15037904928803580672noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219311490153110923.post-9449079311226694412012-10-03T16:03:00.001-07:002012-10-03T16:04:47.568-07:00Post Dashboard tutorial<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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To get to this page, find the blog you want to edit and click the button next to New Post--it looks like a stack of pages. </div>
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M. Gabriellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15037904928803580672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219311490153110923.post-57546228112703906172012-09-09T15:28:00.000-07:002012-09-09T15:28:22.486-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello again, dear followers! I'm re-starting the Blogger Blog now that there's a new, sleeker format out. The dashboard overview will be published Wednesday. Comment with your Blogger question!<br />
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Hi everyone! Here's the breakdown of your blog's dashboard. This shouldn't be confused with your Blogger dashboard--same concept, but the latter is an overview of all your blogs, while the first is the overview of a specific blog. </div>
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Sorry for the cramped writing--if it's too confusing let me know and I'll fix it. Somehow.</div>
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M. Gabriellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15037904928803580672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219311490153110923.post-77805762218812965512011-07-01T20:14:00.000-07:002011-07-12T20:28:28.264-07:00So. The Blogger in Draft dashboard has had yet another makeover; the new layout is rather similar to the last--so similar, in fact, that I re-loaded the page because I thought it wasn't working properly. (Am I talking like a British person? If so it's because I've been reading a lot of Jane Austen lately. :)<br />
Anyway, here's the disambiguation of the newest dashboard:<br />
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Coming up next: A new PerkUp post, and a GadgetGuru one after that.<br />
Also, what would you bloggers (new or otherwise) like to see? What button have you been staring at for the past months, too scared to press in case it blows up your hard drive (I know the feeling)? Post a comment on this post, or in the box on the right sidebar. I'll answer anything as best as I can (or ask someone who does know).<br />
Thanks for reading! :)<br />
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Hi everyone! In case you hadn't noticed, the Blogger website has had a complete overhaul in the past few weeks. As far as I can tell, the new design came out in the past few days. I, being quite behind on homework, packing for a semi-vacation, and editing my main character's perfect boyfriend out of my novel (which is due on the 30th--gulp!), haven't been on Blogger since last Thursday--I know, it's shameful! I hope none of you will ever neglect your blogs for so long.<br />
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Anyway, in case you'd logged on to write an update on your change of kitty wet food and found a new grey-and-orange Blogger dashboard, no panicking! :) Yes, you knew I'd say that. If you're willing to click around a bit, everything is basically the same. Some colors have changed, and a couple of buttons have been added, deleted or moved to different places, it's true. If you've already figured everything out and want to <a href="https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGE2ZlByWjVzS1FrSFpGb3AxZVVZb0E6MQ">send feedback, click here.</a> Yay for you! If you want to use the old version of Blogger in Draft until I post a tutorial (which will almost certainly be after the 26th, and most likely around the 1st or 2nd of July because of my novel),<a href="http://www.blogger.com/home"> I appreciate your dedication to my blog and thank you by giving you the link here</a>.<br />
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This will take you to the Basic settings page in Blogger in Draft. I'm sure there's a more efficient way to get there, but this works. (If you <i>do</i> find a better way, please drop me a comment!)<br />
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I hope that mini-tutorial will hold you until July. (Summer! Yay!) Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go edit some writing for a poetry class.<br />
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M. Gabriellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15037904928803580672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219311490153110923.post-86104685794256410612011-05-27T17:28:00.000-07:002011-06-06T19:53:14.250-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Sorry I haven't posted in so long! (No, really, I am.)<br />
Here's a blog tutorial for the Formatting page of the Settings tab. I should cover Publishing next, because my plan was to start with Basic and work right, but I have no idea how the Custom Domain thing works and I don't want to gloss over it, because there are only two buttons on the Publishing page. Anyway, here's my latest<br />
Blog Tutorial: Settings: Formatting<br />
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To start, go to your<a href="http://draft.blogger.com/"> Blogger dashboard.</a><br />
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(If you usually use Blogger.com, <i>don't panic, </i>in case you wanted to. I think I've said this before, but in case you're a new reader, (yay! Hello! *waves*) the only difference between Blogger and Blogger in Draft is that new features are launched first in Blogger in Draft so the Blogger elves can test them (the features, not the elves) on us Draft users. That's why I might be talking about something that you can't find on your own Blogger page.)<br />
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Find the name of the blog you want to format, and click Settings.<br />
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M. Gabriellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15037904928803580672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219311490153110923.post-53148132368305253452011-05-15T11:18:00.000-07:002011-06-06T19:53:24.432-07:00NetWorkIt: The Unpaper Trail<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Get out into the blogging world. Find out what other people are buzzing about, get inspired, and see what's going on out there. Start with a friend's blog, or if all the people you know are technically challenged, try the Blogs of Note list on Blogger.com. Or, go to <a href="http://blogsearch.google.com/">blogsearch.google.com</a> and search a topic that you're interested in, such as "Cooking".</div>
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Comment, comment, comment! On other blogs, that is. I can't stress this enough. (Or can I?) Why? If you got a comment on your blog, what would you do? Yeah, yeah, after jumping up and down and screaming "I got a comment!" Right. Click on the commenter. "Who is this friendly person who deigned to comment on my lowly blog? Hey, their site is kind of cool!" Exactly. Now you're getting it! So, if you comment on someone's blog, that's what can happen. </div>
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Note: Some people don't check the comments on their blog, and some aren't interested in being friendly. Don't be one of <i>those</i> people! (Disregard the last sentence if you get more than thirty comments a day on your blog.)</div>
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When you find a blog you're interested in, follow it! Almost everyone has a "Follower" gadget installed somewhere on their blog. (If you do not, put one on your blog as soon as you finish this post. That's an order!) If they are follower-gadget-less, <u>don't panic</u>! Go up to the top of their blog, and find the little colored bar along the top. On the left will be a search box. a little orange "B" and then the word "Follow". Click it, and proceed to follow as usual. </div>
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Make sure that you've listed your blog as public on your profile (HowTo tutorial for that coming soon), and don't change your follower settings to private on any blog you're following. That way people can see your profile on the blog you're following. When they click you, they'll see your blog and (hopefully) click on it. Voila!</div>
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Step Four: Promote.</div>
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Put a link to your blog on Facebook (or MySpace, or whatever social networking site you use). Better yet, add the Facebook Share gadget so people can post your blog to their Facebook pages.</div>
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Add the Yahoo Buzz Gadget. True, the word "Yahoo" sounds a little like the air coming out of a big purple balloon, but people still use it. Lots of them.</div>
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Put the Subscribe gadget up so people can easily access your RSS feed. (This just means they can get an email with your post in it each time you publish.)</div>
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Step Four and a Half: Profiles.</div>
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This step can be a little complicated. You're welcome to skip it; however, it's brought me many readers.</div>
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If you're a member of any website, it will usually let you post a link where people can reach you. I have two fairly popular sites listed below--if you're not on Google or Goodreads, skip those paragraphs.</div>
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Let's start with Google profiles. Go to <a href="http://Google.com/">Google.com</a>. Click on Settings (in the top right corner) and then Google Account Settings. Click on Edit Profile--it's on the top left, right under your name. Scroll down to Add Custom Links To My Profiles, under Links. Open your blog in a new browser and copy and paste the link into the Url, then type the name of your blog into the Link Name box. Save Changes. </div>
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Now try Goodreads. Go to <a href="http://goodreads.com/">goodreads.com</a>. Put your mouse over Hi (your name here), in the top right corner. Next click on My Profile. Click the Edit Profile button, which is next to (your name here)'s Profile. Scroll down to My Website, under Age and Birthday Privacy. Copy and paste your blog URL into the box, and Save Changes. </div>
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Most sites have a place to put your blog or website. People browsing your profile will see the link and click on it, probably because they're nosy. Or maybe they just like you. (Is there really any difference?)</div>
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Step Five: Invite.</div>
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Go to a blog you're following. Find their follower gadget. Click Options--it's right under your name. Click Invite Friends. From here you can add your Google, Facebook, or Yahoo friends, or invite them by email. They'll get an invitation to your blog, and come see what you're up to. </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">NetWorkIt is a part of PerkUp--it has ideas and instructions for nudging your blog off your adoring knee and into Blogger land.</span></div>
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Part 2 of How To Spruce Up Your Blog And Attract More Readers, (from now on called PerkUp) featuring a cool background (Yes, thank you, I did finish my essay. I got a 91 on it. :) I am currently not working on my research paper and French homework). <br />
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So. You put in a hit counter. Good job. If you haven't (tsk tsk!) <a href="http://howtoblog-spot.blogspot.com/2010/12/perk-up-your-blog-and-increase-readers.html">click here.</a><br />
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Next, we're (I hate it when people use the royal we. And why is it called the "royal" we anyway?) <i>I</i> am covering how to make people who find your blog STAY there, instead of just bouncing off on to Facebook or their email. If your posts are funny, interesting, entertaining, striking, refreshing, or riveting (sorry if I left out your favorite adjective- drop me a comment and I'll add it) that helps a lot, but the funny-ness or interesting-ness of the rest of your blog is what can make people think your blog is worth reading. I'm not saying to add every single gadget that catches your eye, make your text highlighter yellow and type in all caps; simplicity can be perfect, but please I'm begging you just look at the options before writing it off as too hard. <br />
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Instructions for all of the following can be found <a href="http://howtoblog-spot.blogspot.com/2010/06/next-up-template-designer_21.html.">here.</a> These are suggestions, not tutorials.<br />
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◊ Check out the Templates section to change the style of your post background. <br />
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◊ Find a background or solid color you like. You can now upload your own images--the bigger the better--on template designer, so no whining that you can't get anything suitable. <br />
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◊ Consider changing the color of your blog title (mine is The Blogger Blog, if you're not familiar with the terminology yet) and description (the text right below the blog title). <br />
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And speaking of gadgets… fun stuff to add! I'll be starting a new thread (in addition to PerkUp, NetWorkIt and Blog Tutorials [otherwise known as HowTo]) reviewing gadgets called GadgetGuru (in which I will explain the difference between a gadget and a widget--come on, you know you've been wondering).<br />
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So, here are a few of my favorite gadgets and where to find them. For the "Add an HTML gadget" tutorial, <a href="http://howtoblog-spot.blogspot.com/2010/12/create-html-gadget.html">click here.</a><br />
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The SocialVibe gadget: Found at http://www.socialvibe.com/, or by searching SocialVibe in the Add A Gadget screen. <br />
Why to add it: To use the SovialVibe gadget, you choose a cause, such as Charity Water (making sure people all over the world have clean water to drink) Surfrider foundation (contributing to keeping beaches and oceans clean) and World Wildlife Fund (delivering science-based solutions to preserve near-extinct species and habitats). You add the cause gadget to your page, and when people click on it, they answer a series of questions (Ex, what is your favorite PowerBar flavor) provided by advertisers. The advertisers then donate money to your chosen cause through SocialVibe. For each person who answers questions on your blog, you get (in the Charity: Water case) 183 gallons of water added to the total on your gadget.<br />
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The Abowman Hamster, of course. Found at Abowman.com.<br />
Why to add it: You can customize the color of everything from the hamster wheel to it's food. This hamster wanders around its gadget looking cute, occasionally running on its wheel. Click once on the gadget to give it one piece of food, two times for two pieces, etc. Click the wheel to make it run. Abowman has a a fish gadget too--it's basically the same except without the wheel.<br />
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The Blogroll gadget: Found at Blogger.com, by clicking Add A Gadget and scrolling down to Blogroll.<br />
Why to add it: Although it's a default Blogger gadget, which are usually utilitarian and not terribly exciting, Blogroll makes a pretty cool addition. Not only do your readers get the inside scoop onto why you're not posting (because you're looking at all the other cool blogs out there-including mine!) they'll click on things that catch their eye--e.g., <a href="http://thevintagevalley.blogspot.com/">Allie's Vintage Valley</a> blog. Although this does draw people away from your page, Allie will want to see where her new readers are getting referred to, bringing her back to you. Hopefully Allie will then return the favor and mention you on The Vintage Valley. Voila--karma. This <i>is</i> venturing into the networking section, so I'll move on-- even though I'm sure you're all dying to read it.<br />
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Count Up Timer: Found through <a href="http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/countuptimer.">Widgetbox</a>.<br />
Why to add it: There are thousands of Count Up timers; if you're good with HTML (I'm not) you could make your own, but this one is right here. It's pretty simple--just set a date, and it tells you how much time has passed since then. You can change what it says also; default is "x days, x hours, x minutes, x seconds have gone by since the day I was born" but everything is replaceable.<br />
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Cue Widgetbox rant, please. Oh wait! No. No rants on Widgetbox yet... Excuse me while I write it down in another window.<br />
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Okay, back now. GadgetGuru is almost ready for it's kickoff! Yay! I was considering making GadgetGuru, HowTo, NetWorkIt and PerkUp their own separate blogs, but someone's already claimed GadgetGuru. Plus I really don't need <i>four</i> more blogs; I update the ones I have rarely enough.<br />
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M. Gabriellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15037904928803580672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219311490153110923.post-3563233298273588412011-01-05T19:53:00.000-08:002011-01-19T16:14:13.204-08:00Blog Tutorial: New Feature: Mobile Templates!<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To turn on mobile templates, go to your Draft homepage- draft.blogger.com. (This tutorial will not work unless you start at your Draft homepage--it has not been released on the main Blogger site yet.) </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you see a pop-up that says "Turn On Mobile Templates" next to the blog you'd like to enable them for, click on it (make sure it's the right blog).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aX_sY8R7dp0/TTd-LlXvMXI/AAAAAAAAASY/KhWIntXoTl4/s1600/New+home.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aX_sY8R7dp0/TTd-LlXvMXI/AAAAAAAAASY/KhWIntXoTl4/s640/New+home.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Otherwise, find the name of the blog you want to turn on the templates for and click "Settings".<br />
Next, click "Email and Mobile".<br />
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Click the "Turn On Mobile Templates" button...<br />
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You're done!<br />
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Now, why would you want to turn on mobile templates?<br />
I knew that was coming. If a hypothetical person, I'll call her Amy--if Amy had a SmartPhone (iPhone, Droid, etc) and she used it for blog surfing a lot, it would take a while for the blogs to load (especially if they had big images and stuff-like my Blogger Blog). After Amy waited for the page to finish loading, she'd have to zoom in to be able to read the text, and would probably be frustrated by the time it took to find exactly what she wanted to read.<br />
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If, however, Amy chose to enable Mobile Templates, all backgrounds and gadgets would be eliminated, allowing Amy's SmartPhone to load your blog very quickly and Amy to see your blog posts in a comprehensive format (as well as a readable font size). (If you're concerned about the size of pictures in your posts, they're scaled down to a thumbnail size. Amy can click on the photos to see them at full size.)<br />
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Thank you, Amy.<br />
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Wow, that sounded like a really corny commercial. But it's true. I know when I'm looking at blog on my (*cough* mother's) iPhone, I get fed up with waiting for stuff to load. Well, I used to- I gave up on blogs a while ago. It's way easier to stay updated with your favorite blogs if they're using mobile templates.<br />
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One more thing-readers <u>will</u> still see your regular blog if they're using a full sized computer.M. Gabriellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15037904928803580672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219311490153110923.post-80176541284176283772010-12-05T18:57:00.000-08:002010-12-05T18:57:27.217-08:00Perk up your blog and increase readers, Part 1So, you've got a blog. You've emailed all your friends about it, and they've dutifully made an account so they can be your follower. You've even made your blog public in the hopes that some lost soul traipsing about the big wide internet will come and read it. I know, it's a scary thought.<br />
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But now you're over the thrilling brand-new-blog scent (I know, isn't it lovely?) and you want some readers. So where do you get them?<br />
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I have two answers to this: number one is to perk up your blog so that it will catch people's eyes; and number two networking.<br />
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How To Perk Up Your Blog: (I always forget, is "to" capitalized if you put it in a title?) I like to start with a single widget: the hit counter. This is probably the most basic widget out there. All it does is every time someone new comes to your blog, it adds another number to the little list next to your post. Of course, there are tons of different counters out there, and tons of ways to customize them.<br />
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You can either copy and paste the html text below into a gadget <a href="http://draft.blogger.com/publish-confirmation.g?blogID=3219311490153110923&postID=8810236190815997332&timestamp=1291604112953&javascriptEnabled=true">(see the HTML gadget post)</a> or get your own counter. I like http://www.e-zeeinternet.com/.<br />
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From that website, you'll have to answer these questions:<br />
Page Counter Will Be Placed On: paste in the link to your blog. You don't need to put in a "www" before it.<br />
Number of digits to show: (Adds Leading Zeros) exactly what it sounds like. I recombined the 5 digit option, in case you ever hit the featured list on Blogger. (when you do, don't forget to tell everyone how you got started on Blogger! :)<br />
Do You Want To Count: Unique visitors counts each computer that visits your blog as a separate person. Pageviews will tell you how many times people have looked at your blog. Unique visitors is recommended. (Yes, you can add a Blogger-provided gadget for this and see it all on the stats page, but the feature where your pageviews aren't tracked is broken again. Plus you don't have an option for unique visitors on Blogger.)<br />
The last two questions you can answer based on your own knowledge of your blog, hopefully. Now scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the "GET COUNTER CODE!" button.<br />
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Copy the text and paste it into your "HTML" gadget back on your "Design" page. If you don't know how to do this, see the "HTML widget" post <a href="http://draft.blogger.com/publish-confirmation.g?blogID=3219311490153110923&postID=8810236190815997332&timestamp=1291604112953&javascriptEnabled=true">over HERE.</a><br />
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Here's a simple counter code if you don't want to find your own right now.<br />
<!-- Counter Code START --><a href="http://www.e-zeeinternet.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.e-zeeinternet.com/count.php?page=569682&style=default&nbdigits=4" alt="HTML Hit Counter" border="0" ></a><br><a href="http://www.e-zeeinternet.com/" title="HTML Hit Counter" target="_blank" style="font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; color: #000000; text-decoration: none;">HTML Hit Counter</a><!-- Counter Code END --><br />
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Click Save.<br />
Congratulations! You just finished Step One of How To Perk Up Your Blog. Now go over to "New Post" and write about it! Don't forget to link back to me... :)<br />
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Part 2, which just might feature a cool background, will be out as soon as I finish an essay.<br />
Be back soon!M. Gabriellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15037904928803580672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219311490153110923.post-88102361908159973322010-12-05T18:55:00.000-08:002010-12-05T18:55:12.953-08:00Create an HTML gadget<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Start at your<a href="http://draft.blogger.com/"> blogger dashboard.</a> Find the name of the blog you want to add a gadget to, then click Design.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aX_sY8R7dp0/TPxQKrLkz4I/AAAAAAAAAR4/4ENRNOEUc6w/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aX_sY8R7dp0/TPxQKrLkz4I/AAAAAAAAAR4/4ENRNOEUc6w/s640/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aX_sY8R7dp0/TPxQI4HfdSI/AAAAAAAAARw/zpM5bGWS92g/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aX_sY8R7dp0/TPxQI4HfdSI/AAAAAAAAARw/zpM5bGWS92g/s400/3.jpg" width="365" /></a></div>M. Gabriellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15037904928803580672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219311490153110923.post-35360675963230965602010-12-05T18:03:00.000-08:002010-12-05T18:03:52.001-08:00Settings page: Basic settings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This post covers everything in the Basic part of your settings page. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you can't read the text on the images, click the picture to get a bigger version. <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aX_sY8R7dp0/TPxDw5AIDuI/AAAAAAAAARs/Mo12Lq3pQe8/s1600/draft.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="552" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aX_sY8R7dp0/TPxDw5AIDuI/AAAAAAAAARs/Mo12Lq3pQe8/s640/draft.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aX_sY8R7dp0/TPxDvsWU2_I/AAAAAAAAARo/mqZxtRQl-Ms/s1600/settings1-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="552" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aX_sY8R7dp0/TPxDvsWU2_I/AAAAAAAAARo/mqZxtRQl-Ms/s640/settings1-1.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aX_sY8R7dp0/TPxDutJJZFI/AAAAAAAAARk/E7fH9rxS2bk/s1600/settings1-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aX_sY8R7dp0/TPxDutJJZFI/AAAAAAAAARk/E7fH9rxS2bk/s640/settings1-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>M. Gabriellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15037904928803580672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219311490153110923.post-21610043903797228152010-07-23T16:32:00.000-07:002010-10-26T18:41:08.924-07:00Blogger Tutorial: New Feature: the Share Button<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">To get started, go to your Blogger dashboard (blogger.com)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. </span></div><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aX_sY8R7dp0/TE3TFtZh4BI/AAAAAAAAAQE/5DALdTPxEv0/s1600/button1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="486" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aX_sY8R7dp0/TE3TFtZh4BI/AAAAAAAAAQE/5DALdTPxEv0/s640/button1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Find the name of the blog you want to add the Share Button to (ex, The Blogger Blog, then click Design under that blog title.</span></span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aX_sY8R7dp0/TE3TGmiNlpI/AAAAAAAAAQI/uekUSY16LCE/s1600/button2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="486" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aX_sY8R7dp0/TE3TGmiNlpI/AAAAAAAAAQI/uekUSY16LCE/s640/button2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Next, click 'Edit' under 'Blog Posts'.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aX_sY8R7dp0/TEoh5ewdkFI/AAAAAAAAAPc/StWuriOmbrc/s1600/button4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aX_sY8R7dp0/TEoh5ewdkFI/AAAAAAAAAPc/StWuriOmbrc/s640/button4.jpg" width="584" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Click the checkmark next to 'Show Share Buttons', then scroll down to the bottom of the page and click 'Save'.<br />
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You're done.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">There's an ever-expanding pool of non-Blogger ways to share your blog, including buttons that you paste directly into your posts,widgets to put on your sidebar, links from Facebook, etc. So why use the Blogger one? For me, the Blogger "Share Buttons" are better for two reasons-they're more convenient (you don't have to find them, mess around with the settings, and copy and paste the HTML code onto your blog; plus they appear at the bottom of each post no matter what) and they're more reliable (interactive third party gadgets tend to malfunction constantly). </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Although the "Share Buttons" are pretty basic and you can't customize them, I find that when I there's a large selection of sites to include in my gadget (the basics such as Twitter and Facebook, as well as the less used StumbleUpon and digg-the list goes on and on) I either get overwhelmed and quit or add so many sites that my computer crashes. Either way, the Blogger button is easier. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">If you have a high-traffic blog or you're connected on some lesser-known sites, however, I would recommend adding the "Share Buttons" to your blog as well as a more detailed third-party widget. My favorites are <a href="http://www.addtoany.com/">AddtoAny</a>, <a href="http://www.addthis.com/">AddThis</a>, and <a href="http://sharethis.com/">ShareThis</a>, mostly because of their formatting and options. </span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>M. Gabriellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15037904928803580672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219311490153110923.post-31742591670140456712010-06-21T12:30:00.002-07:002010-06-26T11:25:12.400-07:00Blog Tutorial: Template Designer<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is your Blogger Dashboard. To get to your Dashboard, go to Blogger.com.<br />
Find the name of the blog you want, then click Try It Now on the pop-up or Design to get started with Template Designer.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Next, click the Template Designer button.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is Template Designer. The first tab, Templates, enables you to change the kind of background your posts and widgets are on. I have my posts on a white background, but not my gadgets (or widgets). If I wanted everything to be on a transparent background, I would click Picture Window. You can change your background image in the next tab. Don't forget to click the arrow to see more layouts.<br />
Next, click on Background.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aX_sY8R7dp0/TCFSsljkmXI/AAAAAAAAAOc/9jKVCEjwY10/s1600/TD4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="486" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aX_sY8R7dp0/TCFSsljkmXI/AAAAAAAAAOc/9jKVCEjwY10/s640/TD4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here you can change the colors on your page. (Individual colors and fonts of posts, titles, etc. can be changed in the Advanced tab at the bottom left.) If you want to use a pre-made theme, click the colored boxes to see which one you like best (recommended); otherwise you can click the box directly under "Main color theme" to customize it. Note: it's best to pick out your background image (explained in the next screen) and then change your colors to go with the picture. </td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aX_sY8R7dp0/TCFStH8F9fI/AAAAAAAAAOg/yKIxTENnwpM/s1600/TD5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="486" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aX_sY8R7dp0/TCFStH8F9fI/AAAAAAAAAOg/yKIxTENnwpM/s640/TD5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here you can change your background image. Click the tabs (abstract, the arts, etc.) to see different background pictures- don't forget to scroll down to the bottom! If you want your background to be a solid color, click "No Image" (highlighted in blue), then pick the color you want (explained in the previous screen). When you find the image you want, click on it, then click "Done".</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aX_sY8R7dp0/TCFStoG_5iI/AAAAAAAAAOk/YtaeVNmGckc/s1600/TD6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="486" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aX_sY8R7dp0/TCFStoG_5iI/AAAAAAAAAOk/YtaeVNmGckc/s640/TD6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here you can change the layout of gadgets on your page. For example, if you wanted all your gadgets at the bottom and top of your page, you would click the layout with a red border in the picture. If you wanted one column of gadgets on each side of your posts, you'd click the one beneath it. NOTE: changing your layout will re-arrange your gadgets.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here you can change the width of parts of your blog by dragging the sliders, or typing in a number in the boxes next of the sliders. Keep in mind that the width of pictures, videos, and other things you may want to post, as well as the width of your gadgets. Also, some people's monitors might be to small too small to fit the entire blog on their screen.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the last part of Template Designer. Here you can change the fonts and colors of parts of your blog, such as backgrounds, text in your posts, and the titles of your gadgets. Note: you can change the fonts and colors of individual posts while you are writing them. What specific tabs (page text, backgrounds, etc.) do will be explained in a separate post. Another note: when you click on Page Text (or background, etc.) the part of the page that will be affected by changes you make in that screen will be highlighted by a red checked border.</td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Click the F for a list of fonts, then click the name of the font you want.</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Click the different sized T's to change the size of highlighted text.</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Click B or I to make your text Bold or Italic. </span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The ABC with a line through adds a strikethrough to your highlighted text.</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Click the A with a black rectangle under it for a list of colors, click a colored square to change your text color.</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The icon next to the A can be clicked to change your post background color. </span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Select some text and click Link to make words clickable.</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Click the tiny picture icon to upload a picture. </span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Click the movie icon to upload a movie.</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Click the ripped-in-half page to insert a Text Break. A text break will display the words "read more" where it is inserted, and the text below the break will be hidden. When "read more" is clicked, the full post will be displayed.</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Click the different sized lines to make your text stick to the right or left, or be centered or justified.</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Click the 1 2 3 to insert a numbered list</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Click the three dots to insert a bulleted list.</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Click the " sign to make text quoted- it will be indented.</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Click the T with an X to remove any formatting, such as color or font changes. </span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpLast" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Click the ABC to to a spell check, and the red book to look up a word in the dictionary.</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpLast" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpLast" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you don't want people to be able to comment on <i>this post</i>, click "Don't Allow" under "Reader comments".</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpLast" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> If you want a space to appear where you hit "return" or "enter" in your post, click "Press "enter" for line breaks" (recommended) under "Edit HTML Line Breaks". If you click "Use <br /> tags", you'll have to use the HTML tag for "enter" (<br />) every time you want to have a break in the text of your post.</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpLast" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you are planning on writing a technical blog, click "Show HTML literally"(not recommended for regular bloggers) under "Compose Settings". It will show tags you've typed instead of interpreting them(ex, show the <br /> tag instead of putting a space in your text as if you'd hit return). </span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpLast" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you want the post to automatically say it was posted when you hit "publish post", click "Automatic" under "Post date and time". If you click "scheduled at", you can have your post be published at any date in the future, or say it was published on any day in the past.</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpLast" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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