tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26880688Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:34:37 +0000http://www.bloggertipsandtricks.com/noreply@blogger.com (Peter @ Enviroman)Blogger385125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26880688.post-9077344729033956146Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:34:00 +00002009-10-31T09:07:56.137+08:00ImagespicturesphotosFirst thing to note is that with the Blogger updated post editor, you can only upload pictures in the compose mode. To remove border from uploaded photo, you will need to edit the HTML used to display the photo and that you can only do in the Edit HTML mode where in place of the photo, you will see this script:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ONqD/~3/ni0sEkauVOw/remove-image-border-updated-post-editor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter @ Enviroman)8http://www.bloggertipsandtricks.com/2009/10/remove-image-border-updated-post-editor.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26880688.post-5890466973335640646Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:04:00 +00002009-10-31T09:09:28.437+08:00Imagespicturesphotos<!---->Previously with the old Blogger post editor, when you upload images, Blogger adds an alt="" tag for you to complete as seen in an example below:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jizoPL28qCY/SD_AiGSnP8I/AAAAAAAABfk/F5OUlKXf57E/s1600-h/comments+blogger+tips+and+tricks.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ONqD/~3/y8BvVyAm7NM/images-blogger-updated-post-editor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter @ Enviroman)13http://www.bloggertipsandtricks.com/2009/10/images-blogger-updated-post-editor.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26880688.post-3622365200308370004Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:41:00 +00002009-10-12T01:38:06.722+08:00comments<!---->A previous post described How to delete comments and another post was about a delete comment utility. However, "But I was thinking more in lines of my comment in another person's blog"That is not difficult. All that is needed is that you be logged into your Blogger account when you surf over to the post where you have left comment you want to delete. You will then see a trash can icon at http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ONqD/~3/j5-ijVkGDNI/delete-own-comments-in-others-posts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter @ Enviroman)4http://www.bloggertipsandtricks.com/2009/10/delete-own-comments-in-others-posts.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26880688.post-3445877433290766682Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:00:00 +00002009-10-11T15:21:53.602+08:00CSS HTMLcustomization"Do you know how centre the date?????"Open the template editor by going to Dashboard > Layout > Edit HTML and look for these codes:/* Posts----------------------------------------------- */h2.date-header { margin:1.5em 0 .5em;}and change it to/* Posts----------------------------------------------- */h2.date-header { margin:1.5em 0 .5em; text-align:center;}and if you also want to change the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ONqD/~3/Zq5X6g87_DU/how-to-center-date-header.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter @ Enviroman)7http://www.bloggertipsandtricks.com/2009/10/how-to-center-date-header.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26880688.post-8915082559357420369Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:34:00 +00002009-10-09T07:13:23.194+08:00hacks<!---->Found this hack to make a horizontal scrolling recent post at IdeasBubble, tested it at Star Home Improvements. Before you implement this, read this caution note.If you want this horizontal scrolling "recent posts" just below your blog Header, first you got to add extra "Add a gadget" to the blog Header section (more specific instructions at Adding "graphic" to blog Header)When you have http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ONqD/~3/fbGrqy4Ts2E/horizontal-scrolling-recent-posts-blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter @ Enviroman)3http://www.bloggertipsandtricks.com/2009/10/horizontal-scrolling-recent-posts-blog.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26880688.post-8874790958939643386Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:32:00 +00002009-10-08T08:49:50.598+08:00booksMany bloggers want to make their blog into a book and one possibility is Blog Collector. Unfortunately, Blog Collector cannot print photos.Here is another possibility - Blog2print which can also print photos. Just give them the blog URL, set the date range, choose your book cover and add an acknowledgement or dedication if so desired, and Blog2print will generate a preview of your book including http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ONqD/~3/zbLye1_rSaQ/make-blog-into-book-including-photos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter @ Enviroman)2http://www.bloggertipsandtricks.com/2009/10/make-blog-into-book-including-photos.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26880688.post-7445890189190606216Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:10:00 +00002009-10-07T21:51:01.380+08:00videomusic<!---->From a comment at Google sites to host and hotlink music files"ok I have loaded a list, how do I play more than one song?"Haven't studied how to create playlist with Google Sites (check back later), so I tried using Youtube and tested it twice - Test embedding Youtube Teresa Teng playlist (my favorite singer who unfortunately died young) as well as Test embedding Youtube Bee Gees playlist http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ONqD/~3/pfVlpMAQJMU/create-and-embed-youtube-playlist.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter @ Enviroman)4http://www.bloggertipsandtricks.com/2009/10/create-and-embed-youtube-playlist.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26880688.post-1103990224662313783Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:10:00 +00002009-10-07T12:32:05.656+08:00account problems<!---->"This sounds weird, but how do I delete my google account?"Strangely, I too had some problems when I first tested deleting a Google Account as it was not as straight forward as I thought. So here is a step-by-step instruction on how to delete your Google Account. Warning: Deleting your Google Account means you will not be able to access your Blogger account, gmail account or whatever http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ONqD/~3/QOQvoE6ebeY/how-to-delete-google-account.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter @ Enviroman)4http://www.bloggertipsandtricks.com/2009/10/how-to-delete-google-account.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26880688.post-1479869755353323553Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:59:00 +00002009-09-29T12:05:14.811+08:00tipThis is not a normal Blogger Tips and Tricks post but a post with an important safety message on which your life may depend if you ride a motorbike. I do not know how many of visitors to this blog ride motorbikes, but the post Motorcycle safety tip - keep to the side of the road as far as possible has an important safety message and a horrific video of a motorcyclist being run over by a truck. I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ONqD/~3/P-WFuQDxZ2U/motorcycle-safety-tip.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter @ Enviroman)4http://www.bloggertipsandtricks.com/2009/09/motorcycle-safety-tip.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26880688.post-5946077659771895449Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:21:00 +00002009-09-29T00:39:27.670+08:00ImagespicturesphotosHTML"I have a picture on my side bar, I would like to link it to all labels containing say books. There are five post under that label, and when my guest push the picture of the books, I would like the page to pop up only the posts with the label, Books."Well, that is easily done. First you have to be familiar with hyperlink, namely using <a href="URL of target webpage">anchor text (some text http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ONqD/~3/IvYTkr7bjY0/picture-link-label-page-any-website.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter @ Enviroman)2http://www.bloggertipsandtricks.com/2009/09/picture-link-label-page-any-website.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26880688.post-8661971311606651788Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:22:00 +00002009-09-27T11:44:52.155+08:00music<!---->Because the reliability of various third party web hosts are in question, I am now looking into using Google Sites for hosting music files for the purpose of hotlinking and embedding. I have done a test at Testing Google Sites for hosting music file for hotlinking (Click Play button , also, you may need to install Apple Quicktime) and the test is successful.Using Google Sites to host musichttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ONqD/~3/-TQnIRWVlio/google-sites-host-music-files.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter @ Enviroman)16http://www.bloggertipsandtricks.com/2009/09/google-sites-host-music-files.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26880688.post-7253365848673181425Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:45:00 +00002009-09-28T22:57:59.976+08:00<!---->For a long time, I have known that if a website is blocked (like how blogspot.com was blocked in China), one can use a proxy server to bypass the blocking, but have never tried it before. Recently, because the Malaysian government blocked Malaysia Today because the blog exposed what the Malaysian Cabinet tried to hide from the public information contained in this damning confidential http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ONqD/~3/RNaO9TKxyGc/access-blocked-sites-with-proxy-servers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter @ Enviroman)11http://www.bloggertipsandtricks.com/2009/09/access-blocked-sites-with-proxy-servers.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26880688.post-5756997442120160946Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:19:00 +00002009-09-16T22:15:28.016+08:00captcharecommendationscomments<!---->A few years back, most bloggers have to deal with unwanted spam comments, especially if they had not enabled comments moderation. Because of such widespread spam comments, most bloggers enabled captcha (word verification) for comments in which case commentators would first have to complete the word like the one you see in the screen shot below:If you allow comments for your posts and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ONqD/~3/3ND7FBZrg3Y/comments-setting-not-enable-captcha.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter @ Enviroman)17http://www.bloggertipsandtricks.com/2009/09/comments-setting-not-enable-captcha.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26880688.post-7828661621279565753Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:20:00 +00002009-09-16T04:11:36.606+08:00customizationFavicon<!---->A Favicon (short for FAVorite iCON) is a little image displayed in the browser address bar and tabs or in bookmarks, like this in the address bar of this webpage above.The very first step to installing a favicon is the creation of the image to use for the favicon which if you trying to create in the small size allowed for favicons, is no easy task (unless you use an existing photo and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ONqD/~3/ts1xxKZi5sg/easy-favicons-ready-to-use.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter @ Enviroman)4http://www.bloggertipsandtricks.com/2009/09/easy-favicons-ready-to-use.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26880688.post-5039939451823732782Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:27:00 +00002009-09-15T22:49:42.532+08:00picturesphotosHTMLlanguages"why is it that my images are big but when i upload them they become so small?"When you use Blogger's photo upload icon to display images, you can chose 3 different default sizes - large, medium and small. If your image is very large, Blogger will shrink it to a smaller size for display. However, if you are in the COMPOSE mode, you can use your mouse to grab the edge or the side and drag-drop it http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ONqD/~3/Y_ZkT-Sv_d0/display-images-in-larger-sizes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter @ Enviroman)13http://www.bloggertipsandtricks.com/2009/09/display-images-in-larger-sizes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26880688.post-1954497769466345Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:31:00 +00002009-09-14T06:32:24.112+08:00sitemaphttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ONqD/~3/GFjxg_w7FzI/sitemap-toc-for-blogger-tips-and-tricks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter @ Enviroman)1http://www.bloggertipsandtricks.com/2009/09/sitemap-toc-for-blogger-tips-and-tricks.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26880688.post-6887893997149362899Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:21:00 +00002009-09-10T21:15:51.105+08:00bX- error codeserror messages<!---->Are you facing problems and getting bX- error codes? Press ctrl+F and type in the error code to search a list of error codes below which are links to explanations for troubleshooting. For example, if after pressing ctrl+F keys, a little window will open and as you type in "bX-3r3e" you will find the link to bX-3r3ejc like in the screen shot below: bbX-lgwejbX-1us3c3bX-1zu2vybX-2bdp09bX-http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ONqD/~3/e8o9xi3dfVI/bx-error-codes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter @ Enviroman)3http://www.bloggertipsandtricks.com/2009/09/bx-error-codes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26880688.post-7252721976883630929Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:24:00 +00002009-09-02T21:41:32.240+08:00sitemapThanks to Amanda of Blogger Buster, I learned about this simple Best Table of Content (TOC) or sitemap for Blogger which I tested by creating a sitemap for my very first "Blogger related" blog, Blogger for Dummies (which I reluctantly had to change title to Dummies Guide to Blogger because of trademark issues). You can see the link to the sitemap at the top of the second sidebar of my very first http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ONqD/~3/k1L6hp445k8/blogger-for-dummies-sitemap-toc.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter @ Enviroman)26http://www.bloggertipsandtricks.com/2009/09/blogger-for-dummies-sitemap-toc.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26880688.post-4886813561615447767Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:47:00 +00002009-08-30T14:25:54.131+08:00Imagespicturesphotos<!---->Summary: Upload photo via photo upload icon, publish. Open post. Click on photo, press ctrl+U to display source code, copy photo URL from source code.Nearly all bloggers would be familiar with uploading photo via Blogger photo upload icon . However, you can only display the photo in 3 limited sizes - small, medium and large. (Update: this is referring to uploading photo in the old post http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ONqD/~3/ZCPh8F_cMxE/using-blogger-to-host-images.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter @ Enviroman)16http://www.bloggertipsandtricks.com/2009/08/using-blogger-to-host-images.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26880688.post-7922057009020472787Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:31:00 +00002009-08-29T04:08:18.735+08:00restorebackup<!---->There have been frequent incidences of bloggers accidentally deleting their blogs or having Blogger deleted their blogs, etc., so it is good practice to backup your blog so that you can restore it when such calamities happened. Previously we had to use Blog Collector to backup blog. However, Blog Collector had its limitations plus restoring the blog is tedious. Furthermore, Blog Collector http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ONqD/~3/ag8tehU53B8/how-backup-and-restore-blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter @ Enviroman)14http://www.bloggertipsandtricks.com/2009/08/how-backup-and-restore-blog.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26880688.post-8189627393031691223Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:28:00 +00002009-08-28T12:58:02.152+08:00Blogger accountprofile<!---->"How do I associate my blogspot blog with a new gmail address? I want to keep the content and change the gmail account." (the answer to this will also be applicable for those who have more than 1 blog but will like different PROFILE for different blogs)If you want to use a different email address, whether gmail or other email address, to access Blogger, all you have to do is to sign into http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ONqD/~3/bOKhlLuIG1E/how-to-change-email-address-for-blogger.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter @ Enviroman)1http://www.bloggertipsandtricks.com/2009/08/how-to-change-email-address-for-blogger.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26880688.post-1355639213605173072Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:33:00 +00002009-10-31T09:06:52.815+08:00Blogger birthdaypost editortoolbarphotos<!---->Blogger has launched a new post editor (as a 10th birthday gift?) which they say is an improvement over the old pre-birthday post editor. You can switch to the new post editor by signing into Dashboard and go to SETTINGS > BASIC. At the bottom in Global Settings (this means your choice is not limited to a single blog but to all the blogs in your Blogger account), you will find the choice http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ONqD/~3/5KfBnhFK108/new-blogger-post-editor-birthday-gift.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter @ Enviroman)35http://www.bloggertipsandtricks.com/2009/08/new-blogger-post-editor-birthday-gift.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26880688.post-1196633667169616493Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:09:00 +00002009-08-26T12:01:21.742+08:00visitor countertrack visitors<!---->Installing separate visitor counter for each individual blog post is a frequent blogger request. So far, we can only install visitor counter for the whole blog, not for individual post. However, with Google Analytics which store an enormous amount of data plus allow you to analyze the data in great number of ways, it is now possible to have a pseudo individual post visitor counter (or on http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ONqD/~3/WDCERhas1Ro/individual-post-visitor-counter-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter @ Enviroman)0http://www.bloggertipsandtricks.com/2009/08/individual-post-visitor-counter-with.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26880688.post-1861646512090452110Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:27:00 +00002009-09-17T19:22:17.976+08:00Blogger accountaccount problemsGoogle accountaccess problemsFor those who accidentally deleted their Google account or deleted Google account because they forgot their Blogger account is tied to the Google account, but now want to restore access to Blogger, do not give up hope.If you want your Google account restored, please go to Accounts Help contact form as soon as possible.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ONqD/~3/V-U43S9BjC8/restore-deleted-google-gmail-blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter @ Enviroman)7http://www.bloggertipsandtricks.com/2009/08/restore-deleted-google-gmail-blog.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26880688.post-1283707908941832629Sun, 23 Aug 2009 05:34:00 +00002009-08-23T14:07:56.106+08:00undelete<!---->Blogger has not too long ago introduced 3 new functions - Import blog, Export blog, Delete blog accessible via Dashboard > Settings > Basic (see screen shot below):If you want to delete the blog, just click on Delete blog and it will be done. Now Blogger has also made it easier for you to recover (undelete) your deleted blog. If you go to the Dashboard, you will see a list of your blogs, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ONqD/~3/6m5nu3V4Xsg/recover-deleted-blog-undelete.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Peter @ Enviroman)0http://www.bloggertipsandtricks.com/2009/08/recover-deleted-blog-undelete.html