Creating a Blog with Blogger in Java

Printing Data Matrix ECC200 in Java Creating a Blog with Blogger

16 Choose the image size (small, medium, or large) 17 Select the I Accept the Terms of Service check box and click Upload

Image After the upload is complete, a confirmation box is displayed Click the Done button in the box to return to the Blogger editor As Figure 3-10 shows, the image is inserted into your entry

You can specify whether you want to allow reader comments for the entry You can also tweak the time and date that Blogger records this post For now, you can leave these options unchanged

commas Labels are posted with each blog entry (usually at the bottom) Readers of your blog can then click a label to display a page that lists each blog entry which contains that label Labels are optional, and especially useful if you blog on a wide variety of topics You re ready to publish your blog

Blogger publishes your blog to the URL you previously defined and informs you when the process is complete (See Figure 3-11)

Blogging It: Creating Your Own Blog Blogger displays your blog in a new browser window Figure 3-12 shows our results

Figure 3-12: We made it! One of us now has his own blog!

Each of your blog entries is available in the Edit Posts list, as shown in Figure 3-13 To access Edit Posts, click the Posts link in the Blogger Dashboard Or, if you re already working with your blog, click the Posting tab and then click the Edit Posts link You can perform several tasks here: Edit a post Click the Edit link beside the entry you want to edit Blogger displays the post in the WYSIWYG editor View the live version of a post Click the View link to see the individual post on your blog View the text of a post You can click the arrow to view the text of the post just below the entry

Label posts You can apply a new or existing label to one or more entries by selecting the entry s check box and then choosing the appropriate item from the Label Actions list Search for posts When you first start out with a new blog, you can easily locate a particular entry you want to work with However, when your blog grows to include a large number of entries, finding it can be a challenge Use the Search box to look up an entry Clicking the Moderate Comments link gives you access to a facility for reviewing comments posted on your blog by readers However, you need to enable comment moderation in your blog settings first (See the Working with Comments section, later in this chapter, for more details on managing comments on your site)

Blogger gives you considerable control over the template, fonts, colors, and layout of your blog Just as important, the way in which you can modify your blog design is a breeze

Perhaps the most important decision you make in your blog design is the template you decide to use When you initially created your blog, you had a limited set of templates from which to choose Here s how to update the template with one you prefer:

A directory of templates is displayed for you to select from (see Figure 3-14)

choice by clicking its radio button Note that many template designs have more than one variety Click the radio button to update the mini-design preview

Your blog is updated to reflect the new look Figure 3-24, later in this chapter, shows you the new look that the Everest Leaders blog took on You can also search around on the Web for third-party templates If you find one, click the Template tab and then the Edit HTML button On this page, you can upload a template file or paste the template s HTML code into the box that s provided Here are some sites that offer free or open source templates: wwwgeckoandflycom/blogspot-templates blogger-templatesblogspotcom wwwblogskinscom