Thank you to GiBee at Kisses of Sunshine. She brings you the answer you so desperately crave (with a bit of editing from me per her request). The Blogger navbar (short for navigation bar) is the horizontal bar that appears automatically at the top of every Blogger blog. This navbar allows users to search, flag [...]
Blogger Blogs: Make Sure Everyone Can Post a Comment on Your Blog
September 14, 2007 By 6 Comments
It’s incredibly frustrating when you are all set to leave a comment and then . . . WHAT?!? I have to be a registered user of this site? Never mind. That scenario happens more than you realize and it may be happening at your site and you don’t even know it. Please follow these directions [...]
When I view my Blogger blog I see on my side bar little tools on each item I’ve added to the template. Is this something I can get rid of?
August 22, 2007 By 1 Comment
Don’t worry, your readers can’t see the tools that show up when you look at your site. The tools show up because you are logged in to Blogger and it recognizes that you are the owner of the site. The tools are there so you can easily click and edit. Readers who aren’t you won’t [...]
I’m at Homeschool Blogger and I notice that that site is never included in your directions. Is that blog community not good for customizing?
June 21, 2007 By Leave a Comment
It would be fantastic if we could address every platform every time, but we can’t–time and expertise just don’t allow for it. As we answer questions, Shannon and I write about what we know and we don’t write about what we don’t know. We know Typepad and Blogger and I can usually find some information [...]
My blog is covering several topics. I’d like to start a new blog for my main topics (e.g., a book review blog). Is it possible to transfer my existing posts and comments to a new blog without losing anything?
June 5, 2007 By 1 Comment
Moving to Typepad from Blogger allows you to import your content and your comments. You’ll have to get your hands dirty in your code and you’ll definitely want to make a back-up just in case, but it’s really not too hard. Typepad’s instructions are very straight forward. Unfortunately, Blogger does not have an import feature–either [...]
How do I deal with Spam comments on my WordPress blog?
Thank you to Jordan McCollum at Momma Blogga for this answer! On WordPress.com, they automatically filter spam comments using a plugin called Akismet. Sometimes spam comments aren’t marked as such. Mark them as spam to help Akismet block comments from that bot. On a self-hosted WordPress blog (WordPress.org), you need a WordPress.com API key to [...]