Sunday, February 26, 2006

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

Sunday, February 12, 2006

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

Tuesday, February 7, 2006

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.

Monday, February 6, 2006

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,

Wednesday, February 1, 2006

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,