Time Zone -- How To Change or Set It

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.

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Time Zone -- How To Change or Set It

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.

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Backup The Template

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.

If this works out, then you can make a new Safety Copy of the template! You know, right-click your mouse, then Select All, then right click again, and Copy. Keep it in memory and go straight to where you're placing the copy so that you can Paste it in there and save that file. Call it SafetyTemplate.txt or anything else you won't forget!

Attach date to filename:

Later you may want to keep several copies at a time, so you can attach a number or the date of the save to the file. Name it something you can remember.

Today is 09/04/06.

A saved template file might therefore be SafetyTemplate090406.txt

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.

Backup The Template

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.

If this works out, then you can make a new Safety Copy of the template! You know, right-click your mouse, then Select All, then right click again, and Copy. Keep it in memory and go straight to where you're placing the copy so that you can Paste it in there and save that file. Call it SafetyTemplate.txt or anything else you won't forget!

Attach date to filename:

Later you may want to keep several copies at a time, so you can attach a number or the date of the save to the file. Name it something you can remember.

Today is 09/04/06.

A saved template file might therefore be SafetyTemplate090406.txt

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.

Clear Cache

Refresh/ Clear Cache/ Restart/ Delete Temporary Files/

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.

The preceding may work wonders (sometimes) for links or icons that have disappeared from your screen.

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.

For those of you unaquainted with the cache or the "Temporary Internet Files", go to the Tools tab up above and click it. At the bottom of that revealed menu will be "Internet Options". On that menu you will find where to click to Delete Cookies or Delete Temporary Internet files (which is the cache). I know, it's double lingo for the same stuff!

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.

For more information on how and why to clear your cache, see:

Windows IE Clear Cache

and

CLEAR CACHE IN FIREFOX AND OTHER BROWSERS.

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Clear Cache

Refresh/ Clear Cache/ Restart/ Delete Temporary Files/

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.

The preceding may work wonders (sometimes) for links or icons that have disappeared from your screen.

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.

For those of you unaquainted with the cache or the "Temporary Internet Files", go to the Tools tab up above and click it. At the bottom of that revealed menu will be "Internet Options". On that menu you will find where to click to Delete Cookies or Delete Temporary Internet files (which is the cache). I know, it's double lingo for the same stuff!

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.

For more information on how and why to clear your cache, see:

Windows IE Clear Cache

and

CLEAR CACHE IN FIREFOX AND OTHER BROWSERS.

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Clear Cache in Different Browsers

Clearing cache in different browsers:

(Stolen from: delite, who says she stole it from Google)

To clear your cache in Internet Explorer:


1. Log out of your AdSense account. Close all other open browser
windows.
2. Click the 'Tools' menu at the top of your browser, and select
'Internet Options.'
3. Click the 'General' tab at the top of the dialogue box.
4. Click 'Delete Files' under 'Temporary Internet files.'
5. Select 'Delete all offline content' by checking the box.
6. Click 'OK.'


To clear your cache in Mozilla Firefox:


1. Log out of your AdSense account. Close all other open browser
windows.
2. Click the 'Tools' menu at the top of your browser, and select
'Options.'
3. Click 'Privacy.'
4. Click 'Clear' next to 'Cache.'
5. Click 'OK.'


To clear your cache in Mozilla and Netscape:


1. Log out of your AdSense account. Close all other open browser windows.
2. Click the 'Edit' menu at the top of your browser, and select 'Preferences.'
3. Click the '+' next to 'Advanced.'
4. Select 'Cache' under 'Advanced.'
5. Click 'Clear Cache.'
6. Click 'OK.'


To clear your cache in Safari:


1. Log out of your AdSense account. Close all other open browser windows.
2. Open the 'Safari' menu on your browser's toolbar.
3. Select 'Empty Cache.'
4. Click 'Empty' in the dialogue box.


In some cases, it may be necessary to clear your cache more than once.