Figure 3-20: Setting up the e-mail posting option for your blog in Java

Generate Data Matrix 2d barcode in Java Figure 3-20: Setting up the e-mail posting option for your blog

You cannot include pictures or other attachments with your e-mail Blogger strips them out during the posting process

If you upload and share your photos on Flickrcom, you don t have to upload your images to Blogger again in order to post them on your blog Flickr has a feature that enables you to post a photo directly from Flickr onto your Blogger blog To do so, follow these steps:

When you do this the first time, Flickr takes you through a setup process to link your Flickr account to your Blogger account You re asked to confirm the setup link by e-mail

click the name of your blog in the drop-down list (see Figure 3-22) Next, a new page appears that allows you to compose a blog entry inside Flickr (see Figure 3-23)

Perhaps the most noteworthy setting is the Comments page (see Figure 3-25), which enables you configure how you want to deal with comments Reader comments are a major component of many blogs because they provide Interaction between the blogger and the audience reading the blogs A sense of community for people coming to your site

Here some questions to consider as you configure your comment support: Do you want to allow comments The biggest decision you need to make is whether you want to allow people to comment on your blog entries By default, this feature is enabled However, if you prefer to disable comments, click the Hide button in the Comments section to turn it off (You can also enable or disable comments for individual blog entries, as discussed in the section Creating a Blog with Blogger, earlier in this chapter) Who do you want to be able to make comments After you decide to allow comments, decide who can post: any ol Joe or Jody, only registered Blogger users, or members of the blog (for Team Blogs, which is configured by clicking the Permissions link) Do you want to review comments before they re posted By default, a comment is automatically posted publicly within moments after the reader saves it However, if you re concerned about inappropriate comments being posted on your site, you can choose to review comments first

The Moderate Comments page, accessible from the Postings tab, is the location for reviewing new comments However, you need to enable moderated comments first by choosing the Yes option in the Enable Comment Moderation box Do you want to display comments in a pop-up window I recommend clicking the Yes button in the Show comments in a Popup Window section If you don t, the comments page you display looks visually like Bloggercom, not like your template style However, the popup window looks visually more neutral (see Figure 3-26), thus working well with a variety of styles

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Bay is one of the best examples of why the World Wide Web is revolutionary It does more than just make purchasing books or DVDs more convenient: Sometimes, it makes other types of commerce possible Before the Internet became popular, buying used or hard-to-find items was an activity relegated to garage sales, flea markets, collector s shows, or outof-date printed catalogs Because of the geographical limitations, it would be virtually impossible for Mickey, a Seattle-based collector, to try to sell a rare movie poster to Donald, an interested buyer in Leominster, Massachusetts Mickey wouldn t know that Donald, living 3,500 miles away, would have any interest Donald, unless he happened to stumble into a flea market in the Pacific Northwest, would never know that a rare print of his favorite poster was even available Enter eBay Like a matchmaker of the commerce world, eBay eliminates the age-old geographical hurdles that have always existed In this chapter, you ll discover the world of eBay and get started in selling your own goods on the world s most popular online auction site If you want to dive deeper into the world of eBay, check out the many titles about eBay published by Wiley, including eBay For Dummies, 5th Edition, and Starting an eBay Business For Dummies, 2nd Edition, both by Marsha Collier