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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!


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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.]

Saturday, February 24, 2007

Change Font In Posts

In New Blogger:
1. go to Dashboard
2. go to Layout
3. click on Fonts and colors
4. click Text Font in box at left
5. locate list of font styles at right
6. click one.
7. click Save Changes when finished

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Change Font In Posts

In New Blogger:
1. go to Dashboard
2. go to Layout
3. click on Fonts and colors
4. click Text Font in box at left
5. locate list of font styles at right
6. click one.
7. click Save Changes when finished

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Thursday, February 15, 2007

How To Upgrade A Migrated Blog

There is a glitch here, brief of otherwise, so that there's no Upgrade button at present. No one can guess when Blogger will straighten it out. I couldn't proceed, either, so you'll have to learn patience.

When a blog has been Migrated to the New Blogger servers, but the template has not been Upgraded, you will not yet have access to the additional features of New Blogger. You can continue to sit on your Classic template if you wish. You do not have to Upgrade, but you can.

Current instruction page from Blogger: http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=44474



Original New Blogger Instructions
Customize Design :

To Upgrade, look for the tab beneath "Template" that says "Customize Design" and click on it to select a new template.


My Version Of Instructions
Customize:

1. Click on "Customize" in the Navbar above your blog.
2. You'll see some instructions that terminate with "Learn more about Blogger Layouts customization".
3. The last few words of that line is supposed to be a link that you can click on to proceed. If it doesn't act as a link, use the Refresh button and clear your cache and cookies to correct it!

If you have been used to a customized template, the system will save a copy of your current template. You will be stuck with this new template until you can re-customize it, bit by bit. You CANNOT replace the New template with your Classic template with Copy and Paste. They are incompatible. However, if at length you cannot stand New Blogger, you can REVERT to the Classic template. But you cannot leave the New Blogger servers nor can you refuse to migrate to them when advised to do so.

How To Upgrade A Migrated Blog

There is a glitch here, brief of otherwise, so that there's no Upgrade button at present. No one can guess when Blogger will straighten it out. I couldn't proceed, either, so you'll have to learn patience.

When a blog has been Migrated to the New Blogger servers, but the template has not been Upgraded, you will not yet have access to the additional features of New Blogger. You can continue to sit on your Classic template if you wish. You do not have to Upgrade, but you can.

Current instruction page from Blogger: http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=44474



Original New Blogger Instructions
Customize Design :

To Upgrade, look for the tab beneath "Template" that says "Customize Design" and click on it to select a new template.


My Version Of Instructions
Customize:

1. Click on "Customize" in the Navbar above your blog.
2. You'll see some instructions that terminate with "Learn more about Blogger Layouts customization".
3. The last few words of that line is supposed to be a link that you can click on to proceed. If it doesn't act as a link, use the Refresh button and clear your cache and cookies to correct it!

If you have been used to a customized template, the system will save a copy of your current template. You will be stuck with this new template until you can re-customize it, bit by bit. You CANNOT replace the New template with your Classic template with Copy and Paste. They are incompatible. However, if at length you cannot stand New Blogger, you can REVERT to the Classic template. But you cannot leave the New Blogger servers nor can you refuse to migrate to them when advised to do so.

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

The Blogger Help-Blogs List

I used to think there were only 3 or 4 such blogs, but it seems to me like there are twenty or more. I'll have to count them on fingers and toes and hope they don't exceed my grasp! Here are the ones that I've heard of, but I won't categorize or put them in any order. I may have included some bad ones or left out some good ones--but I can always revise as I go!

Useful Blogs

  1. The Real Blogger Status

  2. Blogger Tips and Tricks

  3. How Can I Do That?

  4. Some Template Tips & Tricks

  5. Compender

  6. Beta Blogger For Dummies

  7. Hackosphere

  8. The View From Here

  9. phydeaux3

  10. Freshblog

  11. Friedbeef’s Tech

  12. Beautiful Beta

  13. Hoctro's Place

  14. Logical Philosopher

  15. Beta Bloggers Resources


The Blogger Help-Blogs List

I used to think there were only 3 or 4 such blogs, but it seems to me like there are twenty or more. I'll have to count them on fingers and toes and hope they don't exceed my grasp! Here are the ones that I've heard of, but I won't categorize or put them in any order. I may have included some bad ones or left out some good ones--but I can always revise as I go!

Useful Blogs

  1. The Real Blogger Status

  2. Blogger Tips and Tricks

  3. How Can I Do That?

  4. Some Template Tips & Tricks

  5. Compender

  6. Beta Blogger For Dummies

  7. Hackosphere

  8. The View From Here

  9. phydeaux3

  10. Freshblog

  11. Friedbeef’s Tech

  12. Beautiful Beta

  13. Hoctro's Place

  14. Logical Philosopher

  15. Beta Bloggers Resources


Monday, February 12, 2007

Wishlist

If you long for the return of Previous Posts, or the links from your profile's "favorites" to the profiles of others with similar interests, or if you know of other features which have now disappeared from (or were never in) the current version of Blogger, you can contact Blogger for that purpose at:

The Wishlist

http://help.blogger.com/?page=wishlist

They may not answer you, but at least you'll have given them your two cents worth!

As of 8/07/07 FAVORITES: Blogger has returned the use of the links to other "favorite" subjects across the blog world. Some of you were always bitching about it, and maybe Blogger heard you. But they never said it was coming back!


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