Why I change the header
Note: I noticed that people searching for "changing header in blogspot.com" have landed in this page. For these people, to change the Header (title) of the blog, you have to sign into the Dashboard, choose the blog, then click the SETTINGS > BASIC tabs, and there you can change the header (title) of the blog. If you are referring to changing the header with a graphic, check the postsHow do I post
Alert: Individual post page (permalink) can sometimes be blank pages, and what you need to do
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 a blank page. I went the Dashboard of that blog, get to the "EDIT POST" tab, and click "VIEW" in that post, and got a blank
Blogger Beta: How to add a link list.
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 below. Click to enlarger):After you click on "Add a Page Element, a pop-up will appear where you will be given a few
Why and how you should careful when clicking on links
A reader of one of my blogs commented: "How does the link thing work? I am new at this and do not want to click on something without first knowing what will happen. (chicken.)". Well, with the amount of phishing going around these days, it is wise to be "chicken" as you may get scammed. I am going to do one thing here. I am going to create a link to my enviromental blog (hoping to get more
How to put a copyrignt notice to your blog
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 the footer. Most Blogger standard template default footer put in placed
Blogger template tutorial Part 2
Update: I see from statcounter that people searching for Blogger beta (now New Blogger) are landing on this site. For those who want to add stuff to their sidebars, etc., looking for 3 column templates, etc., but using the New Blogger templates, please visit How to add ads., hit counters, etc in New Blogger (formerly Blogger Beta)Blogger Beta (now New Blogger): 3 column templateMore Blogger Beta
Blogger template tutorial
Update: Blogger has updated their default template which uses LAYOUT. However, this post is still relevant for those using the old classic Blogger template.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,
How to build traffic to your blog
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 Dashboard, select your blog, click SETTINGS tab, then BASIC. Set "Add your blog to our listings" and "Show Email Post
How to backup your blog
Backing up your Blogger blogWhy 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 a hardware problem and caused a real scare among bloggers recently. How to
Introduction to del.icio.us
In an earlier post "How to do categories" a simple method was described using del.icio.us as a workaround for doing categories for Blogger. However, a reader has indicated that she is not familiar with del.icio.us tagging system. That is the reason for this post.Del.icio.us is a popular online public bookmarking system that is now owned by Yahoo and is a big improvement over the conventional
How to do categories
UPDATE 22 July 2008: This is an old post done before LABELS were introduced. For those blogs still using old Blogger classic template, please refer to Label (categories) list for old classic Blogger template and Scroll box for labels (categories). Currently Blogger has no provision for doing categories, a very useful feature. If you want this, you will have to hack or do a work around. There are
How to recover from an unintended delete problem
For a more comprehensive and updated post, refer to How to recover deleted post (updated).Recovering from an accidental deleteYou have accidentally deleted some posts or links, etc., or you may even have messed up your template, and you need to recover from the mistake urgently. What do you do?This is what you can do. Do a search (Google, Yahoo, etc.) for some terms in your past post and see if
Sidebar pushed to the bottom of the page
(For an updated version of this post, go to Sidebar slide to the bottom of the page: What to do?For an example of how I go about trying to solve this problem, go to Trouble shooting sidebar sliding to the bottom of the page problem. An example)A frequent complaint of bloggers is that the sidebar (profile, links, etc.) is pushed to the bottom of the page. This is a very common problem and may
Blogger for Dummies is now 3-column
Update 4 November 2006: For those looking for 3 column template for Blogger beta, please refer to post Blogger 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. See updates below.)Finally made the switch to a 3-column
How to make a blog directory for your blog
(Update: If you have an AdSense account, read the update at this post first: How BlogExplosion can "explode" traffic to your blog. Important)Here is an easy way to add a blog directory to your blog and add your blog to MyBlogDirectory (and increase traffic to your blog at the same time). Click on My Blog Directory (this has been made a hyperlink for your convenience). This will take you to My
How to get Blogger to host your profile photo
This post have been updated. Have a look at the improved post: Getting Blogger to host your photo for the profile, header, etc.If you want to have a photo for your blogspot profile, you will have to host your photo on the web with a photo hosting service like photobucket . This will involve registering for an account. If you register for a free account, you have to log into photobucket at least
How to make a post remain at the top of the page.
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, as shown in the screenshot above.UPDATE 21 January 2007: For the New Blogger (formerly
How to change order of the posts
The posts in Blogger are ordered in chronological order. So if you want to change the order of the posts, you will have to change the dates and/or time of the posts. In the Create or Edit posts mode, click the "Post and Comment Options" at the bottom left-hand corner and select the relevant date and time as shown in the screenshot.If you want to reverse the chronology of the post using scripts,
How to contact Blogger Support
Update 25 March 2010: It is no longer possible to contact Blogger Support. Google have resorted to creating Help Forums with voluntary contributions from users of their products including Blogger to provide support to other users. The Help Forums are frequented by Google Employees but most of the questions are answered by more experienced users with occasional input from Google Employees. For
Another quick way to do a table
It is difficult to do tables with Blogger as browsers count more than 1 space as a single space, as mentioned in my previous post "how to do a quick and dirty table". If you don't want to use the tag, and you don't want to use the "how to do a quick and dirty table" tip, you may want to use Excel to do your table if you have it. Enter the data into the Excel spreadsheet. Format it the
tag. If you try to enter a table like this in Blogger:Item Code PriceApple 0123 1.29Orange 1728 1.35Pear 2783 1.68browsers will count extra spaces as one space and display the table as follows:Item Code PriceApple 0123 1.29Orange 1728 1.35Pear 2783 1.68To display the table as
How to change the blog Header and the description
Many readers and participants of forums asked for ways to do the above. I though a post about it will make answering such queries easier.To change the blog header/title, and to add or change the description, sign into Dashboard. Select the blog, click SETTINGS and by default you will be in the BASIC sub-tab. There you will see the field for the Title and the Description. Edit or add in the title
How to put a new paragraph in the sidebar
To customize templates, it is good to learn HTML. (If you want to learn about html, go to W3 School for some very good html tutorials.)To add in a new paragraph with a title in the sidebar, you will first access the template editor. See post How to add stuff to the sidebar (click "BACK" button to get back to this page).Just type in any text in suitable places of the template, using Blogger
For ads after each post, where to paste the codes?
Update 8 April 2008: Please note that this post was written before the New xml Blogger template was introduced. It can however be still applicable if you are still using the old classic Blogger template.(for New Blogger (formerly Beta), please see update at bottom of the post)If you want the AdSense ads to appear after each posts, paste the codes after the <$BlogItemBody$> as shown in the
Where to paste the AdSense codes?
Update: This is an old post but is still applicable to those using the old classic Blogger template. Those using the New xml Blogger template should use the HTML/Javascript gadget (Page Element)Where to paste the AdSense codes? This will depend on where you want the ads on your site. Probably the most prominent place to place it will be just below the header, like on this site. If so:1. log into
How to add AdSense to your blog
First, you must have an AdSense account. If you don't have one, apply to join the program. There are bloggers who have got approved AdSense accounts and they may put referral buttons on their blogs, and you can apply for an account via the referral buttons on their blogs. One of the blog is AdSense Alert (close new window to get back to this page), which also have more details about the AdSense
How to redirect from old url to new url
Update 18 May 2007: For redirecting with New Blogger, refer to this new post Redirecting New Blogger blog to another siteYou want to use a new url for your blog. Your site have been indexed and have many incoming links. You want to keep you original blogspot.com url but want viewers to be automatically redirected to another website with the url http://newurl.com? This is how you do it. Paste
How to edit links in the side bar
Update: This post is for the old Blogger classic template which is no longer supported by Blogger.com. Also update at bottom of page.
The HTML for a link list for you to edit as shown below is present in most of the standard Blogger templates (click on the screenshot to enlarge it:
To create links that in your sidebar to actually lead to sites you want, you will have to edit the HTML already in
The HTML for a link list for you to edit as shown below is present in most of the standard Blogger templates (click on the screenshot to enlarge it:
To create links that in your sidebar to actually lead to sites you want, you will have to edit the HTML already in
How to do a quick and dirty table
Here is a way to do a quick and dirty table if you don't want to use the
How do I track visitors to my blog
UPDATE 19 August 2008: This post was prepared before the introduction of New Blogger and is meant for those using old classic Blogger template. For New Blogger xml template, please refer to adding advertisements and hit counter to New Blogger blog.Many bloggers are interested in knowing how often their blog was viewed. What you need is a hits counter. You can get a free hit counter here at
How to delete photo
To delete photo, you will have to remove the relevant html code that has the tag that look something like this: 
while in the Edit Html mode. An easier way is to do it in the Compose mode.sign into Dashboardselect relevant blogselect relevant postclick EDIT tabclick COMPOSE tabclick photopress DELETE key on your keyboard.Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Webpage and Blog
while in the Edit Html mode. An easier way is to do it in the Compose mode.sign into Dashboardselect relevant blogselect relevant postclick EDIT tabclick COMPOSE tabclick photopress DELETE key on your keyboard.Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Webpage and Blog
How to make a clickable link
There are more than one way to make a clickable link (hyperlink). One way is to write a HTML tag yourself in the EDIT HTML mode. When you do this, you will have a choice of making the link open in the same window or in a new windowMaking a hyperlink open in the same windowTo write a hyperlink which open in the same window, the HTML tag is of the form Description
How do I avoid anonymous comments
comments Originally uploaded by blogsmith. 1. sign in to Dashboard2. click on relevant blog3. click SETTING tab4. click COMMENTS5. set Who can comment? to ONLY REGISTERED USERSThe Weblog Handbook: Practical Advice on Creating and Maintaining Your Blog Book: Blogging for Dummies
How to post special characters
This is how to post special characters like † ‰ ♠ ♣ ♥1. sign into Dashboard2. refer to LIST or to this LIST2 or for HTML entities refer to LIST33. type the codes for the characters where you want them.4. click Preview to make sure the characters appear as you want them to be5. if so, save.For example, if you want to display A, you will have to type the following into your post
How to change URL of your blog
(See NOTE below)Steps to change a blog's URL (web address) in Blogger:1. log into Dashboard2. click on the relevant blog3. click SETTINGS tab4. click PUBLISHING5. edit url (see screenshot above. Place where you type the new URL is indicated by cursor (arrow) and also "Type new URL here" in redRemember to save settings.Your success will depend on whether the URL has already been taken up or not.
Why no line spaces?
Question: " When we are in the compose mode, we double space between paragraphs. It looks fine. When we go to the preview mode, there are no space between the paragraphs - everything is smashed together. What is happening?"Answer: Your setting for "Convert Line Breaks" must have been set to NO. Sign into Dashboard, select blog, click SETTING, then FORMATTING, somewhere in the middle of the page,
How to set number of posts to display on main page
You want to control the number of posts on the main page? This is how to do it:1. Sign into Dashboard2. Select relevant blog3. Click SETTING tab4. Click FORMATTING tab5. Select number of posts to display on main page.The Weblog Handbook: Practical Advice on Creating and Maintaining Your Blog
How to add stuff to the sidebar
To add stuff to the sidebar, one will have to temper with the template or edit the profile. For this, it will help if you know enough of HTML to be able to do some simple editing. A good place to learn HTML is the W3Schools (close new window to return to this page. Otherwise, you will just have to follow the examples. To edit the template, log into Dashboard, select the relevant blog, click the
How to delete a post
click on screenshot to enlarge itSign into Dashboard Select relevant blog Click POSTING tab Click EDIT POSTS tab Look for offending post. On the far right side of the offending post, click DELETE Publishing a Blog with Blogger: Visual QuickProject Guide
How to backup your template
Backing up your template is important, and can one day save you tons of work. Always backup your template before you make any changes to it. This way, if anything goes wrong, you can alway backtrack and everything will be as before.This is how to backup your template. Sign into Dashboard, select the relevant blog, click TEMPLATE tab and you will be in the Template Edit window. Highlight all the
How to put an image in the sidebar
UPDATE: For another better version of this post, go to Blogger Tips and Tricks - How to put images in the sidebarIf you want to load an image in the sidebar, you can't upload it the same way as if you are putting it in the content column using Blogger upload facility. You will first have to host the photo on the web, perhaps using the popular photobucket and get the url for the photo.
How to copy features from websites you like.
Question:Following is a link to a blog I really like. Landrover Enthusiast. How do I creat the side bar things he has such as "Trip Photos"; "Accessories 4 Your Rover"; etc.? How do I creat titles like he has? When you see somne features on a website that you like, and will like to copy it, the thing to do is to go to the menu bar, click VIEW > PAGE SOURCE to see the source codes. In this case,
How to comment out the profile
Update 22 May 2007: This post is for those using the old classic template. If you are using the New Blogger template, get into LAYOUT, click the EDIT link in the ABOUT ME Page Element, then click REMOVE PAGE ELEMENT.Some bloggers don't like their profile to be seen on their blog. If so, it is easy to remove or hide the profile. To remove the profile, sign into the Dashboard, select the blog,
How to submit blog to Google
Submitting your blogs to Google, Yahoo and MSNSubmit your blog url here: Add your URL to Google. A better idea is to add a Google sitemap to your blog. You can learn how to add a Google map to your blog here: "Adding Google sitemap to your blog".You may also submit your blog to Google Base and include a link back to your blog.You may also submit your url to Yahoo! search for free at http://
How do i post a photo on my blog title bar
Update 13 March 2007: Statcounter (a hit counter which gives comprehensive statistics (click "BACK" button to get back to this page) showed people looking for methods to put images in the blog title is landing on this page. My concern is that many of these seekers are already using the New Blogger template. If you are one of them, the posts you should refer to areAdding image to your New Blogger
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How BlogExplosion can 'explode' traffic to your blog
Note: AdSense users please read update at the bottom of the post.You spend all night setting up your very own blog, but in short time you realize nobody is coming to read it. Furthermore now that you have a blog what do you do next? That's where BlogExplosion comes in. Imagine joining a blogging community where people can find and read your blog, get your blog reviewed or
Pictures store
This post is used as a workaround to get Blogger to host our pictures. See How to get Blogger to host the photo for your profile, etc.
Introduction
Blogger, a free blogging service now owned by Google, is a very popular. However, beginners are often faced with "how to" problems. This site will be a collection of "how to" tips. Some of the tips are also relevant to those using other blogging services. There are many posts here and you will not see all the tips on the main page. There may not be many new posts here because of the reasons
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