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MFBQ

Most Frequent Blogger Questions



I don't know more than I know--sometimes I know even less!
Click to see the incredible list,

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.]

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Create A New Post?

I need to create a new post, but how?

METHOD 1:
In your Navbar, click on New Post.

OR

METHOD 2:
On your Dashboard, click New Post under the relevant blog.

OR

METHOD 3:
1. When logged in to your blog, click on Customize in the Navbar.
2. Then click on Posting
3. and then click on Edit Posts

OR

METHOD 4:
If those icons aren't showing, check to see if the pencil icon under each post is
visible? If so,

1. Click on the pencil
2. you should be able to see Create and Edit Posts up above
3. Click on Create.

BUT

If these icons aren't showing and you've done all that you can about Refreshing (Ctrl-F5), clearing the cache and cookies, trying another browser, and so forth (see my EMERGENCY STEPS at the top of this blog), you may only be able to get help from a direct appeal to Blogger Support. Though that process is often slow, they're at:

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

OR

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


[Be sure you're logged in to your blog, of course, when you try any of the methods above.]

Create A New Post?

I need to create a new post, but how?

METHOD 1:
In your Navbar, click on New Post.

OR

METHOD 2:
On your Dashboard, click New Post under the relevant blog.

OR

METHOD 3:
1. When logged in to your blog, click on Customize in the Navbar.
2. Then click on Posting
3. and then click on Edit Posts

OR

METHOD 4:
If those icons aren't showing, check to see if the pencil icon under each post is
visible? If so,

1. Click on the pencil
2. you should be able to see Create and Edit Posts up above
3. Click on Create.

BUT

If these icons aren't showing and you've done all that you can about Refreshing (Ctrl-F5), clearing the cache and cookies, trying another browser, and so forth (see my EMERGENCY STEPS at the top of this blog), you may only be able to get help from a direct appeal to Blogger Support. Though that process is often slow, they're at:

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

OR

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


[Be sure you're logged in to your blog, of course, when you try any of the methods above.]

Monday, January 15, 2007

Language Settings

Dashboard Number One

1. click on Settings
2. click on Formatting
3. go down the page 6 boxes to find Language
4. to the right of Language click the box and you'll see a long list of languages on the drop-down menu.
5. Don't forget to Save Settings at page bottom.


An identical, but alternate, option
On your Dashboard under your Profile Photo, you'll see the following:

1. Edit Profile
2. My Account
3. Change Language

Click #1 of the three items and go all the way to the small print at the bottom of the page. Click "Language" and you'll find the same dropdown menu as the one in Settings. Why have it in two places? I have no idea!!!



END.

Language Settings

Dashboard Number One

1. click on Settings
2. click on Formatting
3. go down the page 6 boxes to find Language
4. to the right of Language click the box and you'll see a long list of languages on the drop-down menu.
5. Don't forget to Save Settings at page bottom.


An identical, but alternate, option
On your Dashboard under your Profile Photo, you'll see the following:

1. Edit Profile
2. My Account
3. Change Language

Click #1 of the three items and go all the way to the small print at the bottom of the page. Click "Language" and you'll find the same dropdown menu as the one in Settings. Why have it in two places? I have no idea!!!



END.

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Page Elements--Html/Javascript & Text

The Html/Javascript Page Element Is Better!

At first I chose some Text Page Elements for my information at the top of the blog, but I have since changed it to an HTML/JAVASCRIPT Page Element. For some reason, both require line breaks in order to separate the text into paragraphs. Fair enough, I can do that. But the Text element loses those line breaks every time you return to do some editing, and that's crappy.

So if you had paragraphs or any kind of one-line-at-a-time "grocery list", you'd have to revamp the post to restore it to what you started with! Not hard, just time-consuming!

Text page elements are only good for a straightforward paragraph of information or for some other kind of information that you don't have to edit often.

In the HTML page element, nothing changes or is lost, and you can just edit what you meant to without a lot of special revamping. This is important to a ceaseless reviser like me--I often re-edit!

It is misleading to all users that we are able to put HTML into a Text page element when it's so problematic to do so! And there should have been a warning about this difficulty with making paragraphs. Anyway, fair warning from me!

Page Elements--Html/Javascript & Text

The Html/Javascript Page Element Is Better!

At first I chose some Text Page Elements for my information at the top of the blog, but I have since changed it to an HTML/JAVASCRIPT Page Element. For some reason, both require line breaks in order to separate the text into paragraphs. Fair enough, I can do that. But the Text element loses those line breaks every time you return to do some editing, and that's crappy.

So if you had paragraphs or any kind of one-line-at-a-time "grocery list", you'd have to revamp the post to restore it to what you started with! Not hard, just time-consuming!

Text page elements are only good for a straightforward paragraph of information or for some other kind of information that you don't have to edit often.

In the HTML page element, nothing changes or is lost, and you can just edit what you meant to without a lot of special revamping. This is important to a ceaseless reviser like me--I often re-edit!

It is misleading to all users that we are able to put HTML into a Text page element when it's so problematic to do so! And there should have been a warning about this difficulty with making paragraphs. Anyway, fair warning from me!

Change Your "About Me" Title

Trips Into Space?!

I'm not certain if you can change it in Classic Blogger, but in New Blogger you can easily change your About Me to read something else. Mine reads "Lies About Me". Yours could say "My Trips Into Space", or whatever you like.

You cannot however change the "See My Complete Profile" because that is one of the things that belongs to Blogger and isn't accessible to you or me, not that I have been able to discover. Sad, but true.

In New (beta) Blogger:

1. Unless you have been an idiot and deleted the "crossed tools" editing icon (wrench and screwdriver), go to the crossed tools under your "About Me" section.
2. Click on the editing icon.
3. A popup window will open with various information fields that you've probably already filled in when you created your blog.
4. The title "About Me" appears at the top and you can delete and/or replace it.
5. Click on Save Changes before you're through.

The change will usually be instantly visible when the popup window closes. If not, try Refresh (F5). You can go back to this editng box as many times as you need to.

See also: Have 2 or More Profiles On One Account"