October 2006
Beginner to intermediate
43 pages
1h 9m
English
Overview
Blogging with the New Google Blogger is a digital short cut that covers Google's newest version of Blogger, their free software for creating a website from which to post thoughts, interact with people, and more. This short cut serves as an introduction to the world of blogging and to the Blogger application, as well as a guide to the new version of Blogger. Readers will learn how the new version of Blogger differs from the original version and how to create a Blogger blog. Advanced users will appreciate the information on customizing blog templates, using HTML, hosting their own Blogger blog, syndicating their blogs with RSS and Atom feeds, and making money with blog advertising.
Table of Contents
Welcome to the Blogosphere
A general discussion on blogs--what they are, how they work, and why people blog
Introducing the New Version of Blogger
Introduction to Blogger; discussion of the new and changed features in the new version of Blogger
Launching Your First Blog
Detailed step-by-step instructions on how to create a Blogger blog
Creating New Blog Posts
Posting from the Blogger dashboard, posting from the Google toolbar, categorizing your posts with labels
Multimedia and Mobile Blogging
Including photos, feeds, and other media in your posts; mobloging from mobile phones
Managing Your Blog
Using the Dashboard to manage your blog, controlling who can read your blog, creating a private blog, managing comments, examining blog usage statistics
Customizing Your Blog
Choosing new Blogger templates, customizing templates, adding new page elements, coding non-standard elements with HTML
Hosting Your Own Blog
Detailed instructions on how to host a Blogger blog on your own website; also covers how to assign a dedicated domain or URL to your blog
Syndicating Your Blog
Adding RSS and Atom feeds, syndicating the feed, customizing your feed for individual posts or comments
Making Money from Your Blog
Adding Google AdSense and other advertising to your blog
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Read now
Unlock full access
More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly
O’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.Julian F.
I wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.Addison B.
I’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.Amir M.
I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.