Blogger is a popular free blogging software by Google. Newbies should avoid pasting from Microsoft Word and not trust the preview. Advanced users can try new features on Blogger in Draft and search for tips and hacks on independent forums. Third-party gadgets and apps can also be used to achieve desired results. Users can also request new features on Google Product Ideas for Blogger.
Blog, short for weblog – a compound word formed from web and log – has become a popular writing format for many types of periodical writing, including diaries, journals, articles, etc. Blogger is a type of blogging software. It’s a free Google product, and Blogger users can enjoy a hosted blog for free. There are a number of Blogger tricks that can make your use smoother, easier, and better.
First, for blogging newbies, there are a few Blogger tricks that come in the form of don’ts. The first is not to paste material into Blogger from Microsoft Word®. Many people are used to composing in Word® and with other blogging software you can, but with Blogger you make a real mess of the HTML and your posts won’t look the way you want them to. Instead, you can compose directly in the Blogger interface or, if that sounds risky, in NotePad® or TextEdit®.
The second tip for newbies is not to trust the preview. It is incorrect on spacing and fonts. If you were to compose a post in, say TextEdit® and leave a line of space between each paragraph, when previewed in Blogger, that space would appear to be gone and you might feel compelled to insert it after each paragraph. This would effectively result in two spaces between paragraphs. Also, the post title appears as a serif font when published as sans serif.
Blogger tricks for more advanced users include checking out Blogger in Draft, Google’s cutting-edge Blogger development page. This is where you can try out features that are under development. Examples of new features in 2010 include new customizable templates with accompanying layouts for one, two and three columns. Background templates and images from iStockphoto® are also new.
Blogger tips and tricks are also available in many independent forums, so the next trick is to periodically check what other people are doing when searching the Internet in general. It’s likely that the people running sites that appear in these searches have tried out the latest features and then pushed themselves to extend them even further than the developers imagined. Here you can find tricks, but also “hacks”. It’s best to wait and see how others fare with the “hack” suggestions before trying them yourself. But for those looking to remove the Blogger toolbar, add animated .gifs to Blogger, or add a favicon, your search is likely to lead to a solution.
Another Blogger trick is when you want to do something and can’t figure out how, look for a third-party gadget or app to fix it. Blogger extras are listed according to the operating system they work with. Finally, when you can’t find a Blogger hack to achieve your desired end, there is a hack for that as well. What you do is go to the Google Product Ideas for Blogger page. Here you can request features and new gadgets. Logged in users can vote on each other’s requests, so if new ideas aren’t accepted at a certain time, a user may still be able to make a statement by voting on each other’s ideas.
Protect your devices with Threat Protection by NordVPN
