How to: Set up Your Blogger Profile

This tutorial will cover how to set up your Blogger Profile.  This is an important step in ensuring that other bloggers can find you.  Case in point ~ if you were to leave a comment on someone's blog but your profile was not properly set up then the blogger would have no way of finding you.  Setting up your Blogger Profile with your blog address and other contact info will help you gain added exposure for you blog and it's content.

Here are the basic steps to access your Blogger Profile...

1. Begin by navigating to the backend of your blog ~ you can do this by clicking on the "Design" link on the main page of your blog...

2. In this area you will see a small arrow next to your name or blog title in the top right hand side...

3. Click on the arrow to bring up a small menu...

4.  Now click on the "Blogger profile" link...

5.  Your profile will show up in a new window.  To edit your profile click on the "Edit Profile" button...

If you've never activated your profile then you may be prompted to do so.

6. Here you can add all sorts of information including your profile image, email address, and any blogs you own that you want to appear under your profile...

7. To add a blog to your profile just click on the "Select blogs to display" link...

8.  There you can check and un-check boxes next to the blog titles to select which ones will appear...

This is especially handy for bloggers like me who have other blogs they use for testing and customer examples that they don't want to show up under their profile. 

9. Once you've made your selection/s then click the "Save Settings" button to keep your changes...

10. To return to your profile and view your updates click on the "Back to  Edit Profile" button...

11. Complete filling out your profile and then click the "Save Profile" button by scrolling down to the bottom of the page...

12. In the next window click on "View Updated Profile" to view your changes...

That's it! I will be adding more information to this area, including more descriptions on the options offered within the Profile area, so you can check back for that in the future.

Best,

Setting Up Mobil Viewing on Your Blog

I've just learned that Blogger is currently testing a new feature for viewing blogs on mobile devices. Up until this point, if you tried to view a blog through your mobile device, it appeared huge and was difficult to read in such a large state. This new feature reduces blogs down to a more readable size and organizes postings in a cohesive manner.

To set up this feature on your own blog follow the simple steps below...

First you'll need to log into your blog and then click on this link: http://draft.blogger.com/home This area is called "Blogger Draft" and appears to be a duplicate of the regular "Dashboard" area of our blogs.

There you will click on the "Settings tab" and then the blue "Email & Mobile" link...

At the top of this page you'll see a new section titled "Mobile Template (beta)"...

*In the online world "beta" usually denotes something new and in the testing stages.*

In this area you'll want to click the small button next to "Yes, On mobile devices, show the mobile version of my template"...

Be sure to scroll down the to the bottom and click the orange "Save Settings" button...

Once saved, you can then return to the top of the page and preview a sampling of your blog by clicking the blue "Mobile Preview" button...

Something else I noticed in this preview is that certain features, like the image navigation area at the top of my blog, will not show up in mobile view so some of the navigation is missing however is does display a nice reduced version of blog and that's pretty sweet!

Enjoy~

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