Updating Blogger Blogs

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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
http://www.blogger.com/http://www.blogger.com/


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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;
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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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.

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