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Show Date For All Posts in Blogger
Blogger Most bloggers prefer to display the date a post was published, which is often relevant to the subject matter of the post. Indeed, most blog templates include some elements of CSS styling for the post date (or date heading as it is often known). When using Blogger to publish your blog, the date heading is only displayed for the most recent post of any given day. This means that if you make several posts in a single day, the date heading will only ...
Continue readingPosting to Blogger while on the move!
Blogger Those using Blogger to publish their blogs have several tools at their disposal for publishing posts remotely. This is especially useful for those publishing travel-blogs, photo-blogs, or simply to break news while away from your computer. In this article, I’ll explain several different methods you could use to post to your Blogger blog while you are away from your computer including any caveats and limitations to ensure you choose the ...
Continue readingHow to create Blogger widgets for others to install on their blogs
Blogger Widgets offer interesting and functional ways of adding content to the layout of a Blogger blog. Using the Blogger widget API, many third party providers offer widgets for Blogger users to install in only a few clicks. Such widgets can be used to add content (eg: banners, slideshows, JavaScript functions) to the end-users blog, and also to help promote the sites from which they originated. Feedburner, for example, offers users the ability to ...
Continue readingBackground images and textures: 10 high quality resources
Design & Coding Background textures and images can add great interest to a web design, transforming flat background colors into something with more interest which draws the eye and completes the overall stylistic qualities you envision. When designing for the web, whether this be your latest blog makeover or a free template you will offer to your readers, chances are you’ll be on the look-out for some stylish backgrounds to use in your design. In this ...
Continue readingMake it easy – A mantra for blog designers
Design & Coding There are hundreds of articles detailing aspects of great blog design. From designing a remarkable logo through to making your footer section more functional, and even entire blogs dedicated to establishing the methods of designing blog layouts. But there is one single consideration for blog design which encompasses all aspects of a template and makes the difference between a mediocre layout and something amazing: make it easy! No matter how ...
Continue readingGet help from Blogger training videos
Blogger Many of you will already realize that Google Blogger has a dedicated channel on YouTube where (official) help videos are uploaded to help you make the most from your Blogger blog. There are currently seven videos to watch, ranging from setting up your first blog to uploading videos and purchasing a custom domain. But did you know there is also a dedicated Blogger video training site? Recognized Expert offer over 7 hours and 100 episodes worth of ...
Continue readingHow to create an “Admin Control Panel” in your Blogger template
Blogger Hiding the Blogger nav-bar is one of the most popular customizations for Blogger blogs. The advantage of this is that your blog design does not immediately appear to be powered by Blogger, and it is very useful for designs where the appearance of the nav-bar distracts from the overall design of the blog. The only downside of removing the nav-bar is that the admin links for “New post”, “Customize” and “Log Out” ...
Continue readingBlogger Label Functions (The Basics)
Blogger When publishing with Blogger, we can categorize our posts using “Labels”. Published posts which have labels attached produce a link to each label in the post-footer section which links to a page displaying all posts categorized under this label. We can also add a “Labels” widget which generates a list of all labels currently in use linking to posts in the appropriate category. Aside from the basic categorization of blog ...
Continue reading5 Related Posts Techniques for Blogger Blogs
Blogger A relatively easy method of increasing page views on your blog is to add a list of related posts below each article. This offers readers a ready-made reading list of other articles on your blog, which are of a similar theme or subject matter. For those using Blogger to publish their blogs, there are a few different methods available to display a list of related posts. These “related posts hacks” return a list of recent articles from ...
Continue readingBreaking the mold: 12 remarkable Blogger designs
Blogger, Design & Coding If I were to approach the subject of designing Blogger templates, many people would moan about the repetitive, boring and dreary styles commonly associated with BlogSpot blogs. It’s time to rethink these assumptions! In recent months, many talented and creative bloggers have created amazing and beautiful designs for their Blogger powered blogs which certainly offer WordPress designers a run for their money! For your visual pleasure, here ...
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