<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127056735527760380</id><updated>2024-10-04T19:19:11.172-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Blogging 101</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://somtnblogging.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1127056735527760380/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://somtnblogging.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09342155495187087278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127056735527760380.post-7983777482982462037</id><published>2008-08-19T23:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-27T12:18:17.180-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Blogger VS Wordpress</title><content type='html'>Here is a wonderful article that breaks down different features offered by both Blogger and Wordpress. It will help you make an informed decision about which Blogging application you want to use.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://pulsed.blogspot.com/2007/07/blogger-wordpress-chart.html&quot;&gt;http://pulsed.blogspot.com/2007/07/blogger-wordpress-chart.html&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://somtnblogging.blogspot.com/feeds/7983777482982462037/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/1127056735527760380/7983777482982462037' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1127056735527760380/posts/default/7983777482982462037'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1127056735527760380/posts/default/7983777482982462037'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://somtnblogging.blogspot.com/2008/08/blogger-vs-wordpress.html' title='Blogger VS Wordpress'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09342155495187087278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127056735527760380.post-6322711526388674388</id><published>2008-08-19T22:00:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-27T12:19:08.322-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Where to Find Blogger Templates</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pyzam.com/bloggertemplates&quot;&gt;Pyzam&lt;/a&gt; {You will most likely lose your widgets and customizations, so be prepared for that}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://thecutestblogontheblock.com/&quot;&gt;The Cutest Blog on the Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can also Google the term &quot;Blogger Templates&quot; and you will find more templates than you know what to do with.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://somtnblogging.blogspot.com/feeds/6322711526388674388/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/1127056735527760380/6322711526388674388' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1127056735527760380/posts/default/6322711526388674388'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1127056735527760380/posts/default/6322711526388674388'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://somtnblogging.blogspot.com/2008/08/where-to-find-blogger-templates.html' title='Where to Find Blogger Templates'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09342155495187087278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127056735527760380.post-1043931445702443841</id><published>2008-08-19T21:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-26T14:30:38.568-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Statistics</title><content type='html'>Wordpress has some page statistics included, but if you are curious how many people visit your Blogger site, you will need a third party tracking application.&lt;br /&gt;Here are a few that I have either used or heard of:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feedburner.com/&quot;&gt;Feedburner&lt;/a&gt; {My personal fav}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.com/analytics/&quot;&gt;Google Analytics&lt;/a&gt; {Some heavy duty statistics here}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;ve never used these personally, but they could be worth a shot:&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sitetracker.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SiteTracker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://sitemeter.com/&quot;&gt;Site Meter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bravenet.com/webtools/counter/index.php&quot;&gt;Bravenet Hit Counter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freestats.com/&quot;&gt;FreeStats&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.statcounter.com/&quot;&gt;StatCounter &lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://somtnblogging.blogspot.com/feeds/1043931445702443841/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/1127056735527760380/1043931445702443841' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1127056735527760380/posts/default/1043931445702443841'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1127056735527760380/posts/default/1043931445702443841'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://somtnblogging.blogspot.com/2008/08/statistics.html' title='Statistics'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09342155495187087278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127056735527760380.post-258756431330626969</id><published>2008-08-19T20:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-26T14:31:12.246-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Photo Editing / Photo Hosting</title><content type='html'>&lt;font size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Photo Editing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://picasaweb.google.com/&quot;&gt;Picasa&lt;/a&gt; (Edit pics, host pics, slideshow capability, the whole 9) 1 GB of space online&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.photoshop.com/express/landing.html&quot;&gt;Online Photoshop&lt;/a&gt; Adobe Photoshop has an online tool where you can do editing as well as host up to 2 GB of pictures.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.picnik.com/&quot;&gt;Picnik&lt;/a&gt; - Online photo editing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://scrapblog.com/&quot;&gt;Scrapblog&lt;/a&gt; - Make a cute header image, save, and add it to your blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Photo Hosting&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;{Note that a lot of photo hosting sites have some editing capabilities as well}&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://Slide.com&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Slide.com&lt;/a&gt; - Slideshows, and other cute blog add-ons&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://Photobucket.com&quot;&gt;Photobucket&lt;/a&gt; - 1 GB Limit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://imageshack.us&quot;&gt;ImageShack&lt;/a&gt; - Unlimited amount of files, but low bandwidth allowance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://flickr.com&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Flickr&lt;/a&gt; - Can only view the 200 most recently uploaded photos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.zooomr.com/&quot;&gt;Zooomr&lt;/a&gt; - Unlimited upload ability, but not quite as user friendly.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://somtnblogging.blogspot.com/feeds/258756431330626969/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/1127056735527760380/258756431330626969' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1127056735527760380/posts/default/258756431330626969'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1127056735527760380/posts/default/258756431330626969'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://somtnblogging.blogspot.com/2008/08/photo-editing-photo-hosting.html' title='Photo Editing / Photo Hosting'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09342155495187087278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127056735527760380.post-4869891563986710954</id><published>2008-08-19T19:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-27T12:20:58.691-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Video Hosting</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;http://youtube.com&quot;&gt;YouTube&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://video.google.com/&quot;&gt;Google Video&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blogger has a video hosting option as well.&lt;br /&gt;I have also seen that a few of the photo hosting websites offer video as well.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://somtnblogging.blogspot.com/feeds/4869891563986710954/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/1127056735527760380/4869891563986710954' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1127056735527760380/posts/default/4869891563986710954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1127056735527760380/posts/default/4869891563986710954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://somtnblogging.blogspot.com/2008/08/video-hosting.html' title='Video Hosting'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09342155495187087278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127056735527760380.post-4981394853727101572</id><published>2008-08-19T18:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-27T12:29:14.103-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Blogging Resources</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blogcoach.org/&quot;&gt;Blog Coach&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;At BlogCoach, you&#39;ll find helpful, informative articles about blogging, blogging resources, and a friendly community full of plain-talking bloggers and web publishers eager to help you grow your blog.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://tips-for-new-bloggers.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;Tips for New Bloggers&lt;/a&gt; - Lots of great features to make your blog your own.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://bloggerbuster.com/&quot;&gt;Blogger Buster&lt;/a&gt; - Great website of all things blogger.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://somtnblogging.blogspot.com/feeds/4981394853727101572/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/1127056735527760380/4981394853727101572' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1127056735527760380/posts/default/4981394853727101572'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1127056735527760380/posts/default/4981394853727101572'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://somtnblogging.blogspot.com/2008/08/blogging-resources.html' title='Blogging Resources'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09342155495187087278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127056735527760380.post-3091202903815867393</id><published>2008-08-19T17:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-27T13:00:05.429-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My Favorite tricks</title><content type='html'>Here are links to some of my favorite little tricks in Blogger.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://tips-for-new-bloggers.blogspot.com/2007/02/adding-favicon-icon-to-blogger-url.html&quot;&gt;Adding a Favicon for your Blog &lt;/a&gt;{The little icon next to the address in the address bar}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://tips-for-new-bloggers.blogspot.com/2007/03/hide-or-remove-navbar-in-blogger.html&quot;&gt;Remove the navigation bar at the top of the blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://tips-for-new-bloggers.blogspot.com/2007/02/add-blogger-search-box.html&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Add a Google Search Box to your blog&lt;/a&gt; {Good if you removed the navigation bar}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bloggerbuster.com/2008/02/how-to-create-post-summaries-in-blogger.html&quot;&gt;Create Post Summaries in Blogger&lt;/a&gt; - In other words, display part of the post and then your reader can click &quot;Read More&quot; to see the rest of your post. Really great if you have written a long post or have a lot of pictures in a post. A little more complicated as far as these customizations go.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://somtnblogging.blogspot.com/feeds/3091202903815867393/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/1127056735527760380/3091202903815867393' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1127056735527760380/posts/default/3091202903815867393'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1127056735527760380/posts/default/3091202903815867393'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://somtnblogging.blogspot.com/2008/08/my-favorite-tricks.html' title='My Favorite tricks'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09342155495187087278</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>