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
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