What's this damn thing? It was <a title="WHO SAID HE STOLE IT FROMOr like this:
SOMEONE ELSE!"><u>Stolen From Chuck aka nitecruzr</u></a>. (Go back
and hover your cursor over the underlined text!)
<a title="Your mother should know; she doesn't like hovering!"><b>Hover for Free Sex!</b></a>to produce:
What's this damn thing? It was <a title="WHO SAID HE STOLE IT FROMOr like this:
SOMEONE ELSE!"><u>Stolen From Chuck aka nitecruzr</u></a>. (Go back
and hover your cursor over the underlined text!)
<a title="Your mother should know; she doesn't like hovering!"><b>Hover for Free Sex!</b></a>to produce:
| If your counter disappeared when you migrated, you'll need to locate the code for it in your old "classic" template. Copy it and paste it into a Page Element called the HTML/Javascript element. Save it. It will become a part of the Beta template. If it's not in the right place, you can use Drag-and-Drop to move it. END. |
| If your counter disappeared when you migrated, you'll need to locate the code for it in your old "classic" template. Copy it and paste it into a Page Element called the HTML/Javascript element. Save it. It will become a part of the Beta template. If it's not in the right place, you can use Drag-and-Drop to move it. END. |
| Not Rocket Science |
|---|
| 1. Go to your Dashboard. 2. Click on Layout. 3. Below where it says Add and Arrange Page Elements, 4. There's a blue bar with "Navbar" on it. 5. Click "Edit" out to the far right and it will offer color choices. |
| Not Rocket Science |
|---|
| 1. Go to your Dashboard. 2. Click on Layout. 3. Below where it says Add and Arrange Page Elements, 4. There's a blue bar with "Navbar" on it. 5. Click "Edit" out to the far right and it will offer color choices. |
| 1. Go into Dashboard. 2. Click on Layout. 3. Click on Edit HTML. 4. At the far left bottom under the template, 5. Click where it says, "Revert to Classic Template." 6. There is also the option below it to "View Classic Template". |
CAUTION: You will probably lose your page elements if you revert to the Classic template. Although it's possible to then "upgrade" to the Layout template again, you won't get your page elements back. What's lost will probably stay lost.
See the post concerning this hazard at When Reverting to Classic Template Was A Big Mistake"
| 1. Go into Dashboard. 2. Click on Layout. 3. Click on Edit HTML. 4. At the far left bottom under the template, 5. Click where it says, "Revert to Classic Template." 6. There is also the option below it to "View Classic Template". |
CAUTION: You will probably lose your page elements if you revert to the Classic template. Although it's possible to then "upgrade" to the Layout template again, you won't get your page elements back. What's lost will probably stay lost.
See the post concerning this hazard at When Reverting to Classic Template Was A Big Mistake"
| In New Blogger |
|---|
| 1. go to Dashboard 2. go to Layout 3. click on Fonts and colors 4. click Sidebar Title Font in box at left 5. locate Smaller and Larger at right 6. click one or more times to increase/decrease the size 7. click Save Changes when finished |
| In New Blogger |
|---|
| 1. go to Dashboard 2. go to Layout 3. click on Fonts and colors 4. click Sidebar Title Font in box at left 5. locate Smaller and Larger at right 6. click one or more times to increase/decrease the size 7. click Save Changes when finished |
| Deleting blogs is a misnomer. Deleting your blog is problematic. Spam bloggers can jump on it (probably via robots) as soon as you "delete" it. Somehow Blogger's procedures allows them not only to grab your old address, but in many cases keep the content (posts) as well! Your writing then is used as "cover" or "bait" for the lazy-ass spammers; they keep your blogful of content alive, for their gain. (They may steal your content by pulling up a cached version of your blog on the web.) Even if none of that happens to you, Google caches (for instance) will not let your dead horse be buried. Cached versions linger on for long periods, so that you haven't really made it "disappear" utterly. |
| If I wanted to delete one of my blogs, I'd replace the content with a single dummy (aka "stub") post, one that just exists, that doesn't say much. Maybe it could say "Oink!" or some other favorite message of your own. I'd leave it like that, hoping that further Google rides across the Internet to Cache everything would then cache my dummy post. |
| Deleting blogs is a misnomer. Deleting your blog is problematic. Spam bloggers can jump on it (probably via robots) as soon as you "delete" it. Somehow Blogger's procedures allows them not only to grab your old address, but in many cases keep the content (posts) as well! Your writing then is used as "cover" or "bait" for the lazy-ass spammers; they keep your blogful of content alive, for their gain. (They may steal your content by pulling up a cached version of your blog on the web.) Even if none of that happens to you, Google caches (for instance) will not let your dead horse be buried. Cached versions linger on for long periods, so that you haven't really made it "disappear" utterly. |
| If I wanted to delete one of my blogs, I'd replace the content with a single dummy (aka "stub") post, one that just exists, that doesn't say much. Maybe it could say "Oink!" or some other favorite message of your own. I'd leave it like that, hoping that further Google rides across the Internet to Cache everything would then cache my dummy post. |
| For New Blogger (Layout template), see HACKOSPHERE I have personally installed and used the hack from Hackosphere on 3 of my own blogs, including this one, and it works very well. It was demanding enough that it took me 4 times to get it right, but it was worth it. Unfortunately, I didn't need to use a summary for this post because it's so short! |
Fair Warning, though, about the above: In some cases, even short posts that you have not coded to say "Read more" at the bottom will do so, anyway. I would like to see a fix for this myself, but until it occurs, I don't mind the slight confusion. In some cases, I marked my short posts with END. at the end of the post, so even if it's marked "Read more", you can see that it's finished. |
| For classic Blogger, check expandable post summaries in Blogger help. |
| For New Blogger (Layout template), see HACKOSPHERE I have personally installed and used the hack from Hackosphere on 3 of my own blogs, including this one, and it works very well. It was demanding enough that it took me 4 times to get it right, but it was worth it. Unfortunately, I didn't need to use a summary for this post because it's so short! |
Fair Warning, though, about the above: In some cases, even short posts that you have not coded to say "Read more" at the bottom will do so, anyway. I would like to see a fix for this myself, but until it occurs, I don't mind the slight confusion. In some cases, I marked my short posts with END. at the end of the post, so even if it's marked "Read more", you can see that it's finished. |
| For classic Blogger, check expandable post summaries in Blogger help. |
| The Main Blogger contact is Slow Poke Blogger Support. |
| The Main Blogger contact is Slow Poke Blogger Support. |
| How to change the time zone setting |
|---|
| - Go to your Dashboard and log in. - Click on Change Settings. - You will be in Basic Settings. - Click on Formatting. - Look down the page and find Time Zone. - Click the arrow at the end of the box and Select the correct time zone. - Be sure to go to the bottom of the page and click on Save Settings. |
| How to change the time zone setting |
|---|
| - Go to your Dashboard and log in. - Click on Change Settings. - You will be in Basic Settings. - Click on Formatting. - Look down the page and find Time Zone. - Click the arrow at the end of the box and Select the correct time zone. - Be sure to go to the bottom of the page and click on Save Settings. |
| FOR CLASSIC BLOGGER: If you never made a backup of the template and stored it somewhere safe like in Notepad or some other plain text editor, you can reload (select again) one of Blogger's standard templates. It will merely overwrite the one that's gotten damaged. It will not damage your posts. If you have customizations (such as links, etc. in the sidebar) in your current template, copy all that so that later you can Copy just those bits and Paste it into the new template to bring it up to par with how it was supposed to be. |
| FOR NEW BLOGGER: The new system lets you download copies of the template to your hard disk, but since it's XML instead of HTML, you can't do as much with it. You can keep it safe, you can keep copies from different days. The Widgets are not there; they are evidently stored on the servers along with the posts. It's a different situation now. |
| FOR CLASSIC BLOGGER: If you never made a backup of the template and stored it somewhere safe like in Notepad or some other plain text editor, you can reload (select again) one of Blogger's standard templates. It will merely overwrite the one that's gotten damaged. It will not damage your posts. If you have customizations (such as links, etc. in the sidebar) in your current template, copy all that so that later you can Copy just those bits and Paste it into the new template to bring it up to par with how it was supposed to be. |
| FOR NEW BLOGGER: The new system lets you download copies of the template to your hard disk, but since it's XML instead of HTML, you can't do as much with it. You can keep it safe, you can keep copies from different days. The Widgets are not there; they are evidently stored on the servers along with the posts. It's a different situation now. |
You may need to clear your cache (delete temporary files and cookies), or Refresh, or restart your computer. Try the Refresh button (F5 or the double-arrow icon up above) or Ctrl-F5 first, then consider the cache. Sometimes our computer will hold an old memory of our blog and won't spit it out! See if you can shake it loose.
Of course, your trouble may just be a Blogger Quirk due to your server being disrupted or worked on. You have my pity, but that's not worth much.
It never hurts to restart your browser or even to change your browser (temporarily) just to see if it is easier with the particular problem that you have.
You may need to clear your cache (delete temporary files and cookies), or Refresh, or restart your computer. Try the Refresh button (F5 or the double-arrow icon up above) or Ctrl-F5 first, then consider the cache. Sometimes our computer will hold an old memory of our blog and won't spit it out! See if you can shake it loose.
Of course, your trouble may just be a Blogger Quirk due to your server being disrupted or worked on. You have my pity, but that's not worth much.
It never hurts to restart your browser or even to change your browser (temporarily) just to see if it is easier with the particular problem that you have.
| To AVOID the search engines |
|---|
| put this meta tag in the template anywhere between the <head> and </head> tags <meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow"> |
| nitecruzr (below) commented: |
|---|
The meta tag "noindex, nofollow" (which is what you get for selecting "No") isn't authoritative. If a search engine robot doesn't follow the rules, it may continue anyway, and index what it finds. The Google spider may obey the meta tag, and others may ignore it. See this post. If you want a private blog, you have to make it a private blog. http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2007/09/make-private-blog.html (There is also a post on Private blogs on this blog.) Chuck [Blog*Star 2006 - 2008] Real Blogger Status: http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/ |
| To AVOID the search engines |
|---|
| put this meta tag in the template anywhere between the <head> and </head> tags <meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow"> |
| nitecruzr (below) commented: |
|---|
The meta tag "noindex, nofollow" (which is what you get for selecting "No") isn't authoritative. If a search engine robot doesn't follow the rules, it may continue anyway, and index what it finds. The Google spider may obey the meta tag, and others may ignore it. See this post. If you want a private blog, you have to make it a private blog. http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2007/09/make-private-blog.html (There is also a post on Private blogs on this blog.) Chuck [Blog*Star 2006 - 2008] Real Blogger Status: http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/ |
| ONE | TWO |
| THREE | FOUR |
| ONE | TWO |
| THREE | FOUR |
This is just quick and dirty, and not quick enough for some people, since it requires that you write the code for each of your paragraphs! It would be easier to write the code only once!
So far I've been too bone-headed to figure that out.
This is just quick and dirty, and not quick enough for some people, since it requires that you write the code for each of your paragraphs! It would be easier to write the code only once!
So far I've been too bone-headed to figure that out.
| When "Enter" doesn't make a new line |
|---|
| or, WHERE'S MY PARAGRAPHS?! 1. go to Dashboard 2. click "Change Settings" 3. click "Formatting" 4. find "Convert line breaks" and click it to "Yes" 5. go to bottom and Save your change. Beware of cached versions, either in your computer memory or elsewhere. Delete the cookies, clear the cache. If the above doesn't work, there may be times when a quick and dirty fix will do, that is, to make lines break with <br />. END. |
| When "Enter" doesn't make a new line |
|---|
| or, WHERE'S MY PARAGRAPHS?! 1. go to Dashboard 2. click "Change Settings" 3. click "Formatting" 4. find "Convert line breaks" and click it to "Yes" 5. go to bottom and Save your change. Beware of cached versions, either in your computer memory or elsewhere. Delete the cookies, clear the cache. If the above doesn't work, there may be times when a quick and dirty fix will do, that is, to make lines break with <br />. END. |
| To change the name |
|---|
| 1. Go to Dashboard. 2. Go to Edit Profile. 3. Go down to Display Name. 4. Fill in your name, your nom de plume, or your fake signature. 5. Go to bottom to Save Profile. In classic Blogger be sure to republish after this is done. END. |
| To change the name |
|---|
| 1. Go to Dashboard. 2. Go to Edit Profile. 3. Go down to Display Name. 4. Fill in your name, your nom de plume, or your fake signature. 5. Go to bottom to Save Profile. In classic Blogger be sure to republish after this is done. END. |
| Using Buttons In The Post Editor |
|---|
| Many people do this: 1. Go to the site you want to link to and highlight it in the Browser's Address Box up above. Right-click and Copy the URL. 2. Go to New Post or your saved post in your blog and highlight the word or title that will serve as the link. 3. Click on the icon that looks like a chain and globe above the Post Editor. 4. Paste your copied URL into the box that appears in the far top left corner. 5. Click Okay in that box. 6. You'll see the URL in an "anchor" formula like this: <a href="http://rodentia.blogspot.com"></a> 7. If you haven't already done so, add the blog title or the text you want between the start and end tags: <a href="http://rodentia.blogspot.com">The Rat Squeaks</a> This way, you'll have entered the entire link formula almost entirely by Blogger mechanism, thereby preventing any risk of misspelling the link. |
| Using Buttons In The Post Editor |
|---|
| Many people do this: 1. Go to the site you want to link to and highlight it in the Browser's Address Box up above. Right-click and Copy the URL. 2. Go to New Post or your saved post in your blog and highlight the word or title that will serve as the link. 3. Click on the icon that looks like a chain and globe above the Post Editor. 4. Paste your copied URL into the box that appears in the far top left corner. 5. Click Okay in that box. 6. You'll see the URL in an "anchor" formula like this: <a href="http://rodentia.blogspot.com"></a> 7. If you haven't already done so, add the blog title or the text you want between the start and end tags: <a href="http://rodentia.blogspot.com">The Rat Squeaks</a> This way, you'll have entered the entire link formula almost entirely by Blogger mechanism, thereby preventing any risk of misspelling the link. |
| If you are in New Blogger, you can go to the Edit Html box, look at the bottom of it, and locate the lines Revert to Classic Template. View Classic Template. Click on one of the lines. If you don't revert, you can copy and paste the old template and then use parts of it to sort out your current version. Remember that the code parts that were in your Classic template will go instead into some of the Page Elements that you create in New Blogger. |
| If you are in New Blogger, you can go to the Edit Html box, look at the bottom of it, and locate the lines Revert to Classic Template. View Classic Template. Click on one of the lines. If you don't revert, you can copy and paste the old template and then use parts of it to sort out your current version. Remember that the code parts that were in your Classic template will go instead into some of the Page Elements that you create in New Blogger. |
| Wondering If You Can Have One Of The Deserted (Sometimes Empty) Blogs With The Great Names? Logically, you'd think Blogger would get rid of Blogs like that, but they never do. Their policy is otherwise. They're giving everyone a very long time to decide to come back and blog some more. There is no "expiration date". Blogger Employee says: "Unfortunately, there is no way to take over a Blogger domain that has already been claimed by another user, even if that user hasn't published for quite some time. Blogger accounts and Blog*Spot addresses do not expire and we like giving users the option to come back to their blogs after long absences. The only suggestion we can offer is to contact the owner of the domain you are after---if they have chosen to list their email address---to see if they are willing to delete the blog." So you need to think with more imagination. If it's the address you want, come up with one that's similar by adding a word or a letter or a number to the front or back of it. Or place hyphens or underscores between the words. The name on your blog can be anything, you know. It's only the URL that has to be unique. I don't know that most people pay attention to the URL. We just click on the links! Not many of us memorize your url and type it in from memory! I can barely type in my own from memory, frankly. Consider the Marine motto that Clint Eastwood advised new marines in the movie "Heartbreak Ridge": Improvise! Adapt! Overcome! |
| ADDENDUM |
|---|
| Yet more detail can be seen at this Blogger Help page: I need to contact another user. |
| Wondering If You Can Have One Of The Deserted (Sometimes Empty) Blogs With The Great Names? Logically, you'd think Blogger would get rid of Blogs like that, but they never do. Their policy is otherwise. They're giving everyone a very long time to decide to come back and blog some more. There is no "expiration date". Blogger Employee says: "Unfortunately, there is no way to take over a Blogger domain that has already been claimed by another user, even if that user hasn't published for quite some time. Blogger accounts and Blog*Spot addresses do not expire and we like giving users the option to come back to their blogs after long absences. The only suggestion we can offer is to contact the owner of the domain you are after---if they have chosen to list their email address---to see if they are willing to delete the blog." So you need to think with more imagination. If it's the address you want, come up with one that's similar by adding a word or a letter or a number to the front or back of it. Or place hyphens or underscores between the words. The name on your blog can be anything, you know. It's only the URL that has to be unique. I don't know that most people pay attention to the URL. We just click on the links! Not many of us memorize your url and type it in from memory! I can barely type in my own from memory, frankly. Consider the Marine motto that Clint Eastwood advised new marines in the movie "Heartbreak Ridge": Improvise! Adapt! Overcome! |
| Is This Thing On?! |
|---|
| 1. Go into your Dashboard. 2. Click on Manage Settings. 3. Click on Comments. 4. You have a long list of options here. 5. Be sure to scroll to bottom of page and Save Settings. |
| The Google Employee gave the instructions below on 07/22/08. There are three different places that you need to enable comments, and my guess is that you have not covered all three. Here is how you enable commenting from all three places: 1.) Click the 'Post Options' link in the bottom right corner of the post editor and make sure that you have allowed reader comments. 2.) From the Layout | Page Elements tab, click 'Edit' in the Blog Posts widget. A window will pop up, and from there make sure check the comments field. 3.) From the Settings | Comments tab, make sure that 'Show' comments is enabled. Clear your cache and cookies, and then you should be all set! Gatsby The Blogger Team |
| Is This Thing On?! |
|---|
| 1. Go into your Dashboard. 2. Click on Manage Settings. 3. Click on Comments. 4. You have a long list of options here. 5. Be sure to scroll to bottom of page and Save Settings. |
| The Google Employee gave the instructions below on 07/22/08. There are three different places that you need to enable comments, and my guess is that you have not covered all three. Here is how you enable commenting from all three places: 1.) Click the 'Post Options' link in the bottom right corner of the post editor and make sure that you have allowed reader comments. 2.) From the Layout | Page Elements tab, click 'Edit' in the Blog Posts widget. A window will pop up, and from there make sure check the comments field. 3.) From the Settings | Comments tab, make sure that 'Show' comments is enabled. Clear your cache and cookies, and then you should be all set! Gatsby The Blogger Team |
