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MFBQ

Most Frequent Blogger Questions



I don't know more than I know--sometimes I know even less!
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All The Things I Don't Know!


If some portion of this blog is unreadable in Firefox, Internet Explorer, or whatever, tell it to go to hell then try another browser!!!

BLOGGER SUPPORT
http://help.blogger.com/?page=contact


BLOGGER PROBLEM REPORT FORM http://help.blogger.com/?page=troubleshooter.cs&problem=&contact_type=bug_with_blogger_beta&Submit=Submit

BLOGGER HELP FORM
http://help.blogger.com/?page=troubleshooter.cs&problem=&contact_type=other&Submit=Submit


Tell BLOGGER WISHLIST about a feature you'd like to see in Blogger!

Email Me if you have questions! And make sure the subject line or first two words in the message identify you as an MFBQ reader, so your email won't be mistaken as Squid, Squod, or Spam!

Email your questions to me here!

EMERGENCY STEPS

Kick-starting The Blog
1. Refresh (F5) or Ctrl-F5
2. Clear cache (delete temporary Internet files) and cookies in Tools-Internet Options.
3. Add a question mark to the end of your blog's internet address in the address box and see if it will show the latest update. (Can also be done with other people's url's in the address window.)
4. Republish (if in classic Blogger)
5. Reboot
6. Log out and log back in again (may change to an untroubled server)
7. Change browser (IE, Firefox, others)

---Not necessary to do all of these at once!---

Blogger may make problems for some computers about accepting cookies, especially when you are using the new versions of Internet Explorer or Firefox browsers. Difficulties with accepting scripts may be caused by security systems, antivirus programs, firewalls, and some add-ons. Check all your settings.

You may need to change your browser settings, or to list www.blogger.com and blogger.com as "trusted sites" in your Internet Options-Security so that scripting can occur.

USEFUL BLOGGER HELP FILE

http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=41971&topic=8914

[For Newbies or anyone else who gets lost in the rain in Juarez.]

Thursday, December 13, 2007

People Can't See My Profile?

Maybe it's not activated.
  1. Go back to your Dashboard.
  2. On the far left, click on Edit Profile (to the right of your photo).
  3. Make sure you've clicked "Share my profile".
  4. At bottom of page, click "Save Profile".

People Can't See My Profile?

Maybe it's not activated.
  1. Go back to your Dashboard.
  2. On the far left, click on Edit Profile (to the right of your photo).
  3. Make sure you've clicked "Share my profile".
  4. At bottom of page, click "Save Profile".

Saturday, December 8, 2007

Remove Blogger Help Group Message

To delete a word (or the whole message) you left in Blogger Help Group (BHG)

[You can do it, but there's no direct way to do so.]

Revise your message
1. Copy your message and revise it.
2. Copy the new text and/or code.
3. Paste the revised info into a new message.
4. If it works out right, delete (Remove) the original message.


Remove Message In Blogger Help Group:
1. Click on "more options" in the upper right corner of your own message.
2. Click on "Remove" in the list of options in blue text.
3. Click on "Yes, remove it now".
4. Click the "Confirm" button.


If it feels like you're telling it to do the above 3 times at least, welcome to the club!

Remove Blogger Help Group Message

To delete a word (or the whole message) you left in Blogger Help Group (BHG)

[You can do it, but there's no direct way to do so.]

Revise your message
1. Copy your message and revise it.
2. Copy the new text and/or code.
3. Paste the revised info into a new message.
4. If it works out right, delete (Remove) the original message.


Remove Message In Blogger Help Group:
1. Click on "more options" in the upper right corner of your own message.
2. Click on "Remove" in the list of options in blue text.
3. Click on "Yes, remove it now".
4. Click the "Confirm" button.


If it feels like you're telling it to do the above 3 times at least, welcome to the club!

Thursday, December 6, 2007

Body (Or Background) Color

The background color for your blog is not located with the other color changes in "Fonts and Colors". Oddly enough, to change the blog's background color requires going into the template--you'd think it would be among the other clickable changes. Some new bloggers may not like the idea of revising the template code, but eventually you will want something bad enough to dare! When the time comes for this change, look for a section resembling this below (from one of my other blogs):

body {
background:oldlace; url("xxxhttp://www.blogblog.com/harbor/rocks.jpg") no-repeat right bottom;
background-attachment:fixed;
margin:0;
padding:0;
font:x-small Georgia, Serif;
color:$textcolor;
font-size/* */:/**/small;
font-size: /**/small;
}

or, similarly, this (from the code for this blog):

body {
background:#123;
margin:0;
text-align:center;
line-height: 1.5em;
font: x-small Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Sans-serif;
color:$mainTextColor;
font-size/* */:/**/small;
font-size: /**/small;
}

It's the "body" where you want to make the change or else create the color. Find or alter the color statement--whether you use a number or name doesn't matter. If you have to add the "background: color;", just be sure it's inside the brackets like you see in the two examples above.


See also my post about Fonts And Colors

END.

Dashboard Example

These are some old instructions and I'll update it when I feel like it. The screen has changed. Sorry.


Above screenshot shows several blogs on the left, the Edit Profile section on the right, and the Language drop-down menu below that.

Edit Profile, to state the obvious, is where you go to paste the url for your Profile Photo.

Dashboard Example

These are some old instructions and I'll update it when I feel like it. The screen has changed. Sorry.


Above screenshot shows several blogs on the left, the Edit Profile section on the right, and the Language drop-down menu below that.

Edit Profile, to state the obvious, is where you go to paste the url for your Profile Photo.