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UPDATING
BLOGGER
BLOGS
STEPBYSTEPINSTRUCTIONS
PREPAREDBY :
DavidJKingabyT/AKingServ
Address:
23StKildasRoad
Brentwood,Essex
CM159EX
Tel: 01277219915
Mob: 07712877310
Email:[email protected]
Web: http://www.KingServ.org
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CONTENTS
Contents................................................................................................................................. 2
Introduction........................................................................................................................... 3
BloggerBlogs......................................................................................................................... 3
Assumptions.......................................................................................................................... 3
BloggerTasks&Actions.......................................................................................................... 4
ReceivingtheBloggeremail................................................................................................... 4
ForthosewithoutanAccount 5Forthosewithanaccount 6
LogonandMainOptions........................................................................................................ 7
CreatingaNewPost............................................................................................................... 8
QuickStart 9MoreComplexEntries 10
EditPosts............................................................................................................................. 12
Groupactions 13IndividualActions 13
EmailOptions....................................................................................................................... 14
Optionsavailable 15
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INTRODUCTION
BLOGGER
BLOGS
Blogger is a blogging service provided by Google and is one of many freely available services that provide individuals and
organisations an opportunity to maintain ajournal or newsfeed online. Having been acquired by Google they are now fully
integratedintermsoflogonalthoughotherwiseremaindistinctfromotherGoogleservices.
IrecommendBloggeroverotherfreelyavailableservicesforonereasononlyoverthepastfewyearsGooglehavemanagedto
continue innovating(oracquiring innovation)andgeneratingrevenuestreams thatallowthem toprovidetheirwiderangeof
services freely under a single logon. Although it remains entirely possible that this may change in the future it seems
improbableatthistime.
ASSUMPTIONS
Therestofthisdocumentassumesthat:
TheBloggerinterfaceremainssubstantiallyunchangedfromitscurrentversion(March2009);
ABloghasalreadybeenestablished(probablybyKingServ)
YouhavereceivedaninvitationemailfromtheBloggersystem;andthat
YouhavesomefamiliaritywithusingtheInternetthroughabrowserandaccessingandfindingfilesonyourcomputer.
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BLOGGERTASKS& ACTIONS
Thefollowingsectionswillshowyouhowto:
RespondtotheBloggeremail;
Logonandunderstandmainoptionsavailable;
Changemainsettings;
Postablogornewsitem
RECEIVINGTHE BLOGGEREMAIL
Theemailwillbesenttotheemailaddressagreedwiththeadministratorandthecontentwilllooksomethinglike:
TheBloggeruserXXXXhasinvitedyoutocontributetotheblog:XXXXXXXXXTocontributetothisblog,visit:http://www.blogger.com/i.g?inviteID=nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn&blogID=nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Youwillneedtosign inwithaGoogleAccount toconfirmthe invitationandstartposting tothisblog.IfyoudonothaveaGoogleAccountyet,wewillshowyouhowtogetoneinminutes.TolearnmoreaboutBloggerandstartingyourownfreeblogvisithttp://www.blogger.com.
Eitherclickingonthelink,orcopyingitandpastingintoyourpreferredbrowser,willbringupthefollowingscreen:
Figure1 Optionswheninvitedtocontribute
from
which
you
will
see
you
have
two
routes
available
to
you:
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FORTHOSEWITHOUTANACCOUNT
InthisinstanceyouareinvitedtoclickonCreateyouraccountnowwhichwilltakeyoutothefollowingscreen:
Figure2 Creatinganaccount
Theformshouldbecompletedasfollows:
Emailaddressthisoughttobeaaddressthatyouwillreadilyrecallandthatisactive;
Passwordthisoughttobestrongenoughthatitisnotobvioustoothers,bearinmindthatifothersareabletologon
using your ID it isnot onlyyourreputation asanauthoratstakebutpossibly thecredibility of the Blog. Ideally the
passwordwillbeamixtureofalphabeticandnumericcharacters;
DisplayName this is thename thatyouwantyourBlogs tobe associatedwith and willappear on allpostingsyou
make;
WordVerificationthiscaptchacodeneedstobeaccurately interpretedbeforeyoucanproceeddoreadcarefully
theyarenotalwaysobvious;andfinally
AcceptanceofTerms.
OnceallarecompletedthenclickingContinuewilltakeyoutothenextstageforthosewithanaccountalthoughyouwillalso
needto
verify
your
email
address.
To
verify
your
email
address,
simply
check
your
email
and
you
will
find
an
email
that
looks
somethinglike:
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WelcometoGoogleAccounts. Toactivateyouraccountandverifyyouremailaddress,pleaseclickthefollowinglink:http://www.google.com/accounts/VE?service=blogger&c=ZXZXZXnnnZXZXZXXnnn=en_GB
Note:Please keep your verification link in case youneed to recoveraccess to youraccount (forexample,ifyouforgetyourusernameorpassword).Ifyou'vereceivedthisemailinerror,it'slikelythatanotheruserenteredyouremailaddresswhiletryingtocreateanaccountforadifferentemailaddress.Ifyoudon'tclicktheverificationlink,theaccountwon'tbeactivated.Ifyoudecide touse thisaccountordelete it,you'llfirstneed to reset theaccountpasswordbyenteringyouremailaddressathttps://www.google.com/accounts/ForgotPasswd?fpOnly=1&continue=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.blo
gger.com%2Floginz%3Fd%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.blogger.com%252Fi.g%253FblogID%n
nnZXZXZXZXZXZX%1234inviteID%123123XX12313%26a%3DADD_SERVICE_FLAG&followup=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogger.com%2Floginz%3Fd%3D%252Fhome%26a%3DSERVICE_ONLY&hl=en_GB
&service=blogger&dEM=blogger_test%40kingserv.org. If clicking on the linkabovedoesnotwork, copyandpaste theURL inanewbrowserwindowinstead..
Followtheinstructionsasstatedabove(basicallyeitherclickonthelink,orcopyandpasteitintoyourbrowser)andtheaccount
willbeestablished.
FORTHOSEWITHAN ACCOUNT
Youwill
be
presented
with
the
following
screen
(prefilled
with
your
account
name
if
you
are
already
loggedin
or
have
just
createdyouraccount:
Figure3 Loggingonforfirsttime
Youmaysometimesalsobeaskedtocompleteafurtherwordverification(captcha)atthispointbutwillthenbenavigatedto
thefollowingscreen:
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Figure4 MainDashboardView
Thisscreenwill includealltheBlogsthatyouhaveaccesstounderyourchosen logon ID. Manyoftheareasonherearenot
essentialtomaintenanceoftheblogandareoptionaltoyouasauser,guidelinesare,therefore,outofscopeofthisdocument
althoughaddingapersonalprofile,photoetcareintuitiveifyoucaretodoso.
LOGONAND
MAIN
OPTIONS
Tologinyousimplytypehttp://www.blogger.com inyourbrowseraddressbarandyouwillbepresentedwiththisscreen:
Figure5 Mainloginscreen
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LoginbytypingyourUsername(emailaddresspreviouslysetup)andpasswordinthetoprightofthescreenandthenclickSign
In. YouwillthenbeshownthemaindashboardasseeninFigure4fromwhichthefollowingoptionsareavailable:
CreateaBlogthis isoutsidethescopeofthisdocumentbutonceyouhavefoundhoweasy it istoupdateyoumay
wellfeel
compelled
to
set
one
up
yourself;
ViewBlogthiswillopenupthelatestupdatedviewoftheblogforyoutolookat;
NewpostthiswilltakeyoustraighttotheBlogentryscreentocomposeanewitem;
EditPostsprovidesalistofallentrieswhichyouareabletoeditordelete;and
Settingswhichprovidesalimitedsubsetofoptionsavailabletothemainblogadministrator:
Emailyoucansetup toallowentries tobeposteddirectlybyemailto theblogandthenprovidethisemail
addresstoothertrustedparties. Thisoughttobeusedsparinglysincepoorformattingandeditingdiscipleby
emailuserscanleadtheblogintodisrepute;
Permissionsyoucanremoveyournamefromthelistofapprovedblogcontributors.
OnlythosehighlightedinBoldabovearediscussedinmoredetailbelowasbeingrelevanttomanagingblogentries.
CREATINGANE WPOST
TakingtheCreateaNewPostoptionfmthemenusaboveyouwillbepresentedwiththefollowingscreen:
Figure6 Mainblogentryscreen
As a general rule most of the functions available in this screen ought not to be used since they are governed by a default
template,but
each
are
discussed
below
the
Quick
Start
guide:
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QUICKSTART
Ablogentrycanbesimpletext,withorwithoutmajorformattingorpictures. Insuchacasethemostimportantconsiderationis
to
ensure
that
you
do
not
import
styling
from
an
external
application
that
may
conflict
with
the
format
of
the
Bog
if
you
do
pastefromaprogramme likeWordorOutlookthenpleasefollowoption2belowotherwiseOption1willhaveyouposting in
seconds:
OPTION1
TypeashortbutusefultitleintheTitleblockmakeitsomethingthatcatchestheeyeofyourintendedaudience;
Type your article or report in the main box using simple formatting options only (do not change the font setting or colour
without giving serious thought to how the entire blog will look); feel free to use the bold, italic, number list and bullet list
options.
ClickonPublishPostthatsit.
OPTION2
AsinOption1,firstofallgivethearticleausefultitle.
ClickonEditHTMLtoswitchfromthestandardComposewindow(youdonotneedtounderstandHTMLtodothis)andthen
pasteyourtextinaboveanyothertextthatisalreadythere(aspartofthetemplate)followedbyacarriagereturn(ortwo). This
hastheeffectofstrippingoutanypreexistingformattingasyoucanseeherewhereIhavepastedintheabovetwoparagraphs:
Figure7 FormattedtextpastedinHTMLviewremovesformats
Youcan
now
switch
to
Compose
View
and
apply
local
formatting,
adding
line
spaces
etc
using
the
same
options
in
Option
1
aboveandthenPublishPost.
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ICONOR OPTION DESCRIPTION
Thesenextoptionsdonotrequirepreselectionoftextandworkratherdifferently.
ThisIconisusedtoaddpicturestoyourblogentrysomethingthatistobeencouragedsincea
suitablepicturealwaysmakestheblogmoreappealingtoviewers. Bydefaultthesepictureswill
alwaysappearatthetopofyourentryandthiscanonlybechangedbyeitheraddingthepictures
firstandthencreatingthetextaroundthemorbysubsequentlyeditingtheentry inHTMLview
(notadvisedforthefainthe
here.
From here you can
upload the picture file
and choose
arted). Clickingtheiconwillbringupascreenasshowntotheright
its relative
a
x
wingyourlocal
itsfilename,ifyouwanttoaddmorethanoneimagethenclickAdd
to
cifywhetheryouwantthemtogotop
e
termsofserviceifpromptedtodoso(thisisnotalwaysasked)andclick
ThisworksinasimilarwaytothePictureIconabove
will be able to track this progress on the
size nd location as
follows:
ClickChooseFileanda
filee plorerwindowwill
opensho
filesystem;navigate
throughthistofindthe
imageyouwantandclick
anotherimageandanotherChooseFilebuttonwillappear. Asanalternativeyoucanadd
imagesfromtheinternetifyouknowtheirinternetaddress(URL)althoughtakecarethatthe
imageyouwanttouseisfreeoryouhavegoodreasontobelievetherewouldbenoobjection
youusingit.
Havingselectedtheimagesyouwanttouseyoucanspe
right,topleftortopcentreusingthelayoutoptionsandwhetheryouwantasmall,mediumor
largeimageasaguidelinemediumisnormallyappropriateandlargecansometimesexceedth
widthofablogentry.
Nextticktoacceptthe
UploadImageaconfirmationscreenwillthenappearstatingthatyourimagehasbeenadded
anddisplayingathumbnail,clickDoneandyouwillbereturnedtotheeditingwindowwhere
youwillnowseetheimageinsitu.
to add a Video although the dialogue box is slightly
different
as
you
can
see.
Once
again
you
are
prompted to Choose file which will open a file
explorerwindowonyour computerfromwhichyou
canaddyourfile. Pleasenotethefiletypeandsize
constraints and ensure that your video has a title
that will tell potential viewers what they will be
seeing if they click to play. This will normally take
quite a while longer (several minutes) to load and
process than a simple picture (normally seconds)
althoughdepending onyour browser capabilities you
statusbaratthebottomofyourbrowser(orbetterstillgomakeacupofteaorcoffee,youwill
havetime!)
Once
the
video
is
in
place
in
the
compose
window
(even
ifnot
finished
processing)
you can position it using the alignment buttons and add text above or below in the normal
manner.
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ICONOR OPTION DESCRIPTION
little misleading since although it does show a preview of your blog entry it is not
renderedusingthesamefontsasyourblogstylewouldnormallyshow. Itis,however,usefulfor
wantto
allow readers to post comments about your entry and what date/time you want the entry to
usedbysearchenginesintheirindexing. Ifyouarearegularblogcontributoronthesubjectof,
routinelyautosave in its latestversionbut ifyouhavejustmadeasubstantialedit
yououghttoconsiderclickingthisbuttonjustincase. Thiswillsavetheblogentrytoyourlist
elaunchedyourblogtotheworldwideweb.
This is a
judginghowthetext(andanypicturesorvidoes)arelaidoutrelativetooneanother.
Clickingthiswillopenupanextensionmenuallowingyoutospecifywhetherornotyou
appeartohavebeenmadeinthepastorwhenyouwanttheposttobepublishedinthefuture.
Addingkeywordsherewillhelpvisitorsfindblogentriesthatarerelevanttothemandwillalsobe
letssay,OrigamiclubmeetingsthenyoumightconsideraddingOrigamiasalabeltoeverypost
youmake.
Bloggerdoes
ofposts (see EditPostsbelow)where itwillbemarkedasdraftuntilsuch timeasyoueither
puyblishordeleteit.
Pressthisandyouhav
EDIT
POSTS
WhenselectingthisoptionfromthemainPostingmenuyouwillbepresentedwithascreenlikethis:
Figure8 EditPostsscreenshot
Youwillseeallpoststothebloglistedinthisview grantedadminprivilegesyouwillbeunable
to
edit
others
entries
in
any
way
indeed,
you
will
even
be
unable
to
view
others
draft
entries.
This
view
can
be
used
for
a
numberofpurposesasfollows:
althoughunlessyouhavebeen
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GROUPACTIONS
Anumberofpostscanbeselectedsimultaneously byeitherclicking:
Anumberof
SelectAll,o
checkboxesontheleft;
r
Oneofthelabelsontheleft.
Thiswillthenallowyoutoperformthesameactiontoalltheselectedpostssimultaneously.
numberofvisiblepostsbeforedoingthisyoucanfirstofallnarrowtheviewbychangingtheviewfrom
ne).
them:
Labelthem(clickon LabelActionstogetadropdown listofexisting labelsalreadyused intheBlogortheoptionto
Ifyouwanttolimitthe
Allpoststooneofthefollowing:
Drafts(i.e.thoseyouhaveyettocommittobepublished),
Scheduled(i.e.thosetobepublishedatafuturedate/time),
Imported(notnormallyused)or
Published(those
already
onli
Havingselectedanumberofpostsyoucannowdothefollowingwith
Publishthem;
Deletethem;or
createaNewLabel)
INDIVIDUALACTIONS
Allofthegroupactionsabovecanbeappliedtoasinglepostifonlytheonecheckboxisticked. Youmayalso:
Edit(seenotesaboveforthis);
Viewcomments(withanoptiontodeletethem);or
Openthepostupto
Viewthepost;
Deletethepost.
byclickingtherelevantlinks:
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EMAILOPTIONS
UnlessyouhavebeengivenAdminprivilegesclickingon SettingsfromthemainDashboardwindowoftheBlogwillonlygive
youone
option
and
that
is
to
establish
an
email
address
that
can
be
used
to
make
posts
to
the
blog
without
going
through
the
Editingprocessabove.
Figure9 Creatingsecretemailaddress
Thereisasecurityissuetoconsiderinsettingthisoptionupsincealthoughhavingtheemailaddresswillnotallowanybody
accesstothedashboarditwillallowthemtopostmaterialontotheBloginyourname. Beforeproceeding,therefore,care
shouldbetakeninestablishingasecretWords elementfortheemailaddressthatissecureandknownonlytoyouorthose
youtrusttopostinyourname.
Having typedasecretwordcombination(usingnospacesandpreferablyamixtureofalphanumeric characters)clicking Save
Settingswillimmediatelyenabletheemailaddress. YoucannowsimplyuseyourstandardemailclienttocomposeaBlogpost
andsendittotheemailaddressyouhavesetup([email protected]).
BUT
ifthisseemstooeasytobetruethenyouareatleastpartlycorrect. Inusingthisfacilitygreatcaremustbetakento:
Ensure that the Subject line of the email is suitable to be used as the blog post subject and is not, for example,
somethinglikeFwd:Resultsofyesterdaysmeeting;
Keepformattingrelativelysimpleforexamplethefollowingstandardformatsappeartotranslateokay:
Fontcolours;
Different fonts (yourdefault font will turn into thedefault for the blog, different fonts willbe represented as
accuratelyastheviewersbrowserspermitbutdoremembernottousedifferentfontswithoutgoodreason);
Indentedtext;
Bulletornumberlists;
Tables;and
Hyperlinks
Deleteall
standard
signature
blocks;
TurnoffanyAntiVirusstampsonoutgoingmail;
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Avoidaddingimagesinlinesincealthoughaplaceholderwillshowwherethepicturewasitwillnotdisplaythepicture
picturescanbeaddedasattachmentsinsteadandwillappearatthetopofthepost.
Ofcourse,onceyouhavesenttheemailyoucanalwayslogontoBloggerandeditthepostonline.
OPTIONSAVAILABLE
Thereare3availableoptionsforthisservice:
Publishemailimmediatelyyoushouldonlyhaveitsettothisifyoucanabsolutelytrustthatalltheaboveconditions
forgoodqualitypostingsaregoingtobesatisfied;
Saveemailsasdraftpoststhissettingshouldbeusedif:
youareunabletoturnoffsecuritysignatureblocks,
youhaveissuedtheemailaddresstoothersIorderforthemtocreatedraftentriesthatyouwillthenpolishoff
online;or
thereis
any
other
reason
you
can
think
of
bear
in
mind
that
this
is
the
safe
approach
to
using
this
facility;
Disabled you would certainly use this if somebody has hacked your email address and is posting spam or other
unwanteditemsontoyourblog.