Category: AZ
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Announcing Blogger Mobile Templates
Posted by Jiho Han, Software Engineer A few months ago we introduced mobile templates to Blogger in Draft. Today, we’re excited to announce that not only will these templates be available to everyone, we’ll be supporting all 27 Template Designer templates. We invite you to make your blog smartphone-friendly by going to the Dashboard >…
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Add the +1 Button to Your Blog
Posted by Marcos Almeida, Software Engineer “+1” is often used as a digital shorthand for “this is pretty cool.” It’s also a way for friends, contacts, and the rest of the world to find great things on Google search. Google launched the +1 button back in March as a way to help share web content…
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Add a virtual tip jar to your blog
Posted by Peng Ying, Developer Programs Engineer Update 6/10: We’ve updated our gadget’s Terms of Service and you will need to agree to these new terms before you can add or continue to use the gadget. We know that most of you blog for the sake of sharing your thoughts and opinions, however a little side…
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Blogger is back
Update (5/31 7:45PM PST): We’ve published an incident report on Blogger Status. Update (5/15 10:55PM PST): Blogger should be back to normal for the vast majority of people affected by this issue — if posts are still missing, please check your drafts (you may need to republish). We are in the process of restoring comments…
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Updates and Fixes, May 5th
Posted by Brett Wiltshire, Product Operations April showers bring May flowers, and updates to Blogger! Here’s the run down of the latest changes available to everyone right now: Add location info to your posts with geotagging Geotagging has been available for a while on Blogger in Draft, but is now available to all users with…
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An important note about legacy accounts
Posted by Brett Wiltshire, Product Operations (This message only applies to a tiny fraction of users who haven’t logged in to Blogger since 2007. If you’ve logged in to Blogger at least one time since 2007, you won’t be affected and can disregard this message.) There was a time early on in Blogger’s life where…
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YouTube Us!
Posted by Brett Wiltshire, Product Operations If it’s been a while since you’ve checked out the Blogger YouTube channel, you may want to head over and have a look around as we’ve given the whole site a facelift. Beyond our shiny new theme and graphics, we’ve added thirteen hot-off-the-press videos that cover a wide range…
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Dynamic Views, the Chrome Extension
Posted by Mike Lawther, Chrome Engineer Last week we announced five exciting new ways to view your blog content, which take advantage of the latest web technologies to provide a richer experience for your readers. You can already see these views in action by appending /view to the end of any Blogger URL, but today…
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Google to Acquire Blogger
Update: This was an April Fool’s post. The acquisition was in 2003 🙂 — Posted by Brett Wiltshire, Blogger CEO [Cross-post from google.blogspot.com] This morning we’re beyond thrilled to announce that Blogger has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Google, the Internet search company. This is exciting news not only for all of…
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Fresh new perspectives for your blog
Today we’re previewing five new dynamic templates in Blogger that you’ll soon be able to customize and use for your blog. These new views use the latest in web technology, including AJAX, HTML5 and CSS3, to deliver a host of benefits to you and your readers: Infinite scrolling: read more posts without having to reload…