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Add a custom favicon to your Blogger blog
Blogger, Design & Coding When you publish a blog with Blogger, the default favicon which appears in your browser navigation bar is Blogger’s favicon (the unmistakable orange and white logo). Many Blogger users choose to display their own favicon instead of Bloggers, in order to “brand” their blog with memorable icons in keeping with their blog’s design. It is actually quite easy to add our own favicon to our Blogger blogs, and instantly adds a ...
Continue readingShould you be worried that Blogger will delete your blog?
Blogger A real concern for Blogger users is whether Blogger could (and would) delete their blog without warning or explanation. Indeed, there are many forums where people have posted their horror stories regarding the deletion of their Blogger blogs. After reading such stories, many Blogger users begin to panic and make arrangements to “defect” to WordPress believing this to be safer place to home the hard work they have put into their ...
Continue readingBlogger Tip: How to Display Only Post Titles on Main, Search and Aensure the serchive Pages
Blogger, Design & Coding Many bloggers choose to clean up the layout of their non-item pages by choosing to display only the post titles. This has the effect of teasing readers with a catchy title, encouraging them to link through and read the main article, while ensuring the main pages feature a clean and organized layout. Blogger blogs do not have the function of displaying excerpts on the home, archive and search pages in the same manner as WordPress blogs. While ...
Continue readingTweetbacks and Re-Tweets for Blogger blogs
Blogger Twitter has grown to be one of the most successful social media services, so it’s no wonder bloggers seek to utilize many Twitter based applications to enhance the community aspect of their blogs. Tweetbacks and re-Tweets are particularly good functions to include in our blogs: Tweetbacks demonstrate how posts are discussed and syndicated through Twitter, while re-Tweets offer an easier means for readers to Tweet about our posts. While ...
Continue readingBlogger makes Mobile Blogging a Whole Lot Easier!
Blogger Although we have been able to post to our Blogger blogs using mobile devices for a few years now, the service was never quite perfect. Many bloggers outside the US were unable to post by SMS due to cellular network restrictions, while posting by email had certain issues too (such as the lack of including images in posts). However, this past weekend the Blogger team have made a massive update for mobile bloggers, creating a simple, easy and user ...
Continue readingBuilding a Small Business Website with Blogger – Part 1
Blogger, Making Money In the past few years, we’ve seen a dramatic rise in the number of companies who have a presence online. Almost every major retailer now offers the service to purchase their products online, while consumers are more likely to look up local businesses online rather than reach for a bulky telephone directory. For small businesses or companies who previously have little experience with web design and site building, the process of building a ...
Continue readingBlogger Tip: How to add a welcome message above your posts
Blogger, Design & Coding An increasing trend in blog design is the “welcome message” which appears on the home page, explaining to new readers what the blog is about, and possibly with links to subscription/about pages which offer more incentive for return visits. If you are using Blogger to publish your blog, you could add an extra widget above the main posts section in which such a welcome message may be added and edited with ease. Once this section is ...
Continue readingBook Preview : Google Blogger For Dummies
Blogger Susan Gunelius, a former writer for BloggingTips and owner of many blogs including Women On Business, contacted me recently about her latest book Google Blogger For Dummies. The book is part of the famous ‘Dummies’ series, which I’m sure you are all familar with. It’s currently available on Amazon for $16.49 and will be available from most online and retail bookstores from February 3rd (such as Barnes & Noble etc). ...
Continue readingBlogger in 2008 and Beyond…
Blogger 2008 could easily be seen as the year in which Google’s influence became truly apparent for the Blogger platform. In these past twelve months we have seen Google features become well integrated into this free blogging platform, making it a true “Google” product and incorporating features which both new and seasoned bloggers alike have found both useful and functional for their daily posting needs. In this post, I’ll offer ...
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Discussion Options for Blogger: Comments, Tweetbacks and more!
Blogger Like most blogging systems, Google Blogger includes many features by default and offers users the opportunity to add more functions should they be required. By default, Blogger offers several options to encourage reader discussion of our blogs including: star ratings; reactions; polls (as sidebar widgets); comments and “Links to this post” (trackbacks). Despite this array of discussion options, you may find that certain needs for ...
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