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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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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!---

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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, January 29, 2009

Hide Blogs on the Profile List?

How Can I Show Some, Hide Others?
  1. Go to Dashboard
  2. Click on Edit Profile
  3. About 4 items down, it says "show my blogs" and that's where
  4. You then click where it says "Select blogs to display"
  5. A list appears and you should click on the ones you wish to display.
  6. Be sure to "Save settings" in the bottom right corner of the screen.

Hide Blogs on the Profile List?

How Can I Show Some, Hide Others?
  1. Go to Dashboard
  2. Click on Edit Profile
  3. About 4 items down, it says "show my blogs" and that's where
  4. You then click where it says "Select blogs to display"
  5. A list appears and you should click on the ones you wish to display.
  6. Be sure to "Save settings" in the bottom right corner of the screen.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Small/Large Photos

"How do I get my pictures to enlarge when I click on them?"

I don't keep track of all the other photo hosts, but Blogger downloads your photo in a sort of dual system so that a small image is made that fits the area (post or sidebar) and then you can click on it for the full-size large version. I used to do the same thing by hand when I made my own web sites by making both a small and large version of a picture and placing them in the format below. You can see it in the html code of your blog if you look at it in Edit Html mode; it will look something like this:

<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/
_AVxLoZ0mR_0/Rb_W1nLeYQI/AAAAAAAAAIg/
qCR5JYhLf6o/s1600-h/dgblues.jpg">
<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_
5025971925707284738" style="
DISPLAY:block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR:
hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center"alt=""
src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AVxLoZ0mR_0/
rb_W1nLeYQI/AAAAAAAAAIg/qCR5JYhLf6o/
s400/dgblues.jpg" border="0" /></a>


If you click the small image (the blue text above) you'll see the large photo (red text above), otherwise the small image is already showing.

END.

Small/Large Photos

"How do I get my pictures to enlarge when I click on them?"

I don't keep track of all the other photo hosts, but Blogger downloads your photo in a sort of dual system so that a small image is made that fits the area (post or sidebar) and then you can click on it for the full-size large version. I used to do the same thing by hand when I made my own web sites by making both a small and large version of a picture and placing them in the format below. You can see it in the html code of your blog if you look at it in Edit Html mode; it will look something like this:

<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/
_AVxLoZ0mR_0/Rb_W1nLeYQI/AAAAAAAAAIg/
qCR5JYhLf6o/s1600-h/dgblues.jpg">
<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_
5025971925707284738" style="
DISPLAY:block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR:
hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center"alt=""
src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AVxLoZ0mR_0/
rb_W1nLeYQI/AAAAAAAAAIg/qCR5JYhLf6o/
s400/dgblues.jpg" border="0" /></a>


If you click the small image (the blue text above) you'll see the large photo (red text above), otherwise the small image is already showing.

END.

Monday, January 5, 2009

Change Color, Font, And Size of Text

When you select "Fonts and Colors" on the Layout page, "Text color" is the first in the vertical list, but "text font" is further down (sixth on my list); if you click on that link, a list of fonts (not previously showing) should appear in place of the color boxes out to the right. Furthest to the right are boxes to check for Smaller, Larger, Bold, and Italic. If you still aren't seeing what you expect, never underestimate the value of "clearing the cache and cookies" to update your screen.

Change Color, Font, And Size of Text

When you select "Fonts and Colors" on the Layout page, "Text color" is the first in the vertical list, but "text font" is further down (sixth on my list); if you click on that link, a list of fonts (not previously showing) should appear in place of the color boxes out to the right. Furthest to the right are boxes to check for Smaller, Larger, Bold, and Italic. If you still aren't seeing what you expect, never underestimate the value of "clearing the cache and cookies" to update your screen.