As mentioned in NKOTB Part 1, I dunno much about blogging and how blogger works.. But I wanted to be special *halaahh*... So, I googled around... Learned from edittag and barebones.... Finally did it.. and here is the recap:
Step By Step (ooh.. baby... :P):
1. Create a Blogger Account
Simply sign up on www.blogger.com. Just follow the instructions.. It takes less than 5 minutes to register ;P
2. Import Posts from Previous Blog
As part of documenting.... I wanna import posts from my previous blog... Although they might have been so trivial.. :P
According to this website (my previous blog):
To export posts from your blog, click the Edit Posts shortcut link for the blog on your Blogs tab. Then click the Import/Export link to enter the Export area.
To save the exported data to a file, you can right-click the Export link and choose Save Target As... to choose a location. On the Macintosh, hold down the option key while clicking on the link.
This will give you a file that contains your blog posts. The file can be saved on your local computer as a backup, or imported into another blog.
I tried 'em on.., but dunno why it didn't work.. Until I've read in Blogger's forum that the only way to import posts is by copy-paste.. I know it's so time consuming.. But since I've got like 18 entries.., it took less than an hour to do it... :p Unfortunately, I cannot copy-paste the comments....
3. Layout v Template
They both related to the appearance of the blog... By default, we will be directed to Bloggers Layout.. Here, we can choose 16 available templates... Blogger has make it easier for us to use these templates.. There's a drag n drop menu on the template so that we could personalize our blog's layout. On the page element.., we could add contents according our preference such as labels, polls, video, etc...
However......., should we wanna to use templates outside those available templates, we should change from layout to template.. Coz many of third-party templates will only work if we're using a classic template..
Two steps to migrate from layout to template:
i. Click Layout then Edit HTML.
At the bottom of the box, there is a link: revert to classic template.
Should this link is clicked, there's a message: "if you revert to your classic template, you will be able to recover your current design. Click OK to revert. Then, click "OK".
ii. Paste copied code from free templates provider
After setting were saved succesfully, we could paste copied code from free templates provider into Edit HTML menu. Then, save template changes.
Many free templates available could be found (thx Google :P) eg..
4. Contents
As I mentioned before, new blogger has made us easier to add desirable contents (see point 3).. However, since I used classic blogger (in order to enable me to use free templates^^), I need to access HTML function... And thing is..., I'm not familiar with it.. And again, thanks to edittag and barebones, I could make a bit of modifications :P
a. Categories
I think categories or labels is an essential feature required in the blog. The idea is to get organized of course... :P However...., I ever found difficulties in adding labels on my blog's page.. (I used classic template).. But the problem could be solved by adding HTML link to location code. For more info, click here.
b. Link
We could add useful sites or our friends' blog link in our page. Similar with adding categories, adding links could use HTML link to location code.
c. Other FeaturesWe could also add many other features, such as video, shoutbox and hit counter... For video, could use Vodpod. Shoutbox could use oggix, while hit counter could use ezystat... There are many other providers available though.. Just google 'em :P.. However, some of them require us to register (free^^).. Once we get the embedded code, we could copy paste 'em into edit HTML menu.. Not as complicated as it seems.. :)
Okey..., I think that's the basic... Basically.., this blog is still on progress as well.. :P Well...., I guess I need to learn more... :)
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