How to build your own Blogger gadget ?
At Google, gadgets are simple HTML and JavaScript applications that can be embedded in web pages and other apps, including Blogger.
Every Blogger blog is a gadget container. Moreover, every blog is an OpenSocial gadget container powered by Friend Connect. That means as a gadget developer you can leverage social APIs to build engaging tools for bloggers and their audience.
When you build a gadget for Blogger, it becomes available to millions of active bloggers. Just submit your gadget to us, and it will immediately surface in Blogger.com where users can easily browse, configure, and add your gadget to their blog's sidebar.
So now that you know Blogger is a great distribution platform for your gadget, what are you waiting for? Get started building gadgets for Blogger now! Find out how to build your own Blogger gadget here!
Once you've throughougly tested your gadget, and followed Blogger's Best UI Practices, you're ready to submit your gadget.
What happens if I switch publishing from Blog*Spot to another server?
If you switch your blog's Publishing settings from Blog*Spot to an external server, your original Blog*Spot subdomain will display a page asking if you'd like to be redirected to the new URL associated with your external server. If the users click "Yes" they will be redirected to your new URL, if the users click "No" they will be redirected to Blogger.com.
What is sFTP?
sFTP, part of SSH, is a secure method for transferring files to Blogger's servers. It is our recommended method for publishing; if your host does not currently support sFTP, heckle them until they do!
What are the IPs of the Blogger publisher?
If you are using Blogger to publish to your own website and your host blocks by IP, you will need to allow through the IPs of the Blogger publishers.
74.125.66.132
74.125.112.132
Do I have to store my FTP username/password?
Yes, Blogger requires that you save your username and password in your publishing settings, if you are publishing via FTP. Otherwise certain features, such as the publishing of comments on your blog, will not work.
Thnx For Visiting !
Thnx For Visiting !
What is FTP?
FTP is the publishing method by which Blogger transfers blog files to remote servers, so you only need to know about it if you are publishing to your own website. If you are using our free BlogSpot hosting, the publishing is all taken care of for you automatically.
Blogger works with both passive FTP and SFTP (secure FTP), but not active FTP. If your hosting provider only supports active FTP, you can ask them to enable either of the other versions so that you can work with Blogger.
Blogger works with both passive FTP and SFTP (secure FTP), but not active FTP. If your hosting provider only supports active FTP, you can ask them to enable either of the other versions so that you can work with Blogger.
How do you republish my blog?
If you have an FTP blog, you will still need to republish your blog in order to reflect updates. To republish your blog, go to Posting Status:
Republish Index will only republish your blog's index (home) page, and your Atom feed, if you have one:
Republish Entire Site will do exactly that- republish all your blog's pages, including the index page, archive pages and post pages:
A status indicator will show how much of your blog has been published:
For troubleshooting purposes (or if you're just curious), you can click the See More link to view a listing of files that were published:
Republish Index will only republish your blog's index (home) page, and your Atom feed, if you have one:
Republish Entire Site will do exactly that- republish all your blog's pages, including the index page, archive pages and post pages:
A status indicator will show how much of your blog has been published:
For troubleshooting purposes (or if you're just curious), you can click the See More link to view a listing of files that were published:
What is the archive path?
The Archive Path tells Blogger where to save your blog's archives on your server. If you are saving them in a directory, be sure to include the trailing slash:
Note that, like ftp path this path is relative to your ftp root location on the server.
Note that, like ftp path this path is relative to your ftp root location on the server.
What is the FTP path?
FTP path tells Blogger where to place your blog files on your server. It should be of this format:
directory/directory/ (be sure to include the trailing slash)
If you're familiar with FTP, your "path" is your web-accessible directory. For example, it might be 'htdocs' or 'www' or 'public_html'
Or, if you want to put your blog in a subdirectory, 'htdocs/blog/' etc.
If all this sounds a bit complicated, try contacting your hosting provider for help. They can tell you how things should be set up for your specific server.
Notes:
•Do NOT use http://, ftp:// or ftp.example.com (your server's address)
•The directory you specify must already exist on your FTP Server
•This must not be an absolute path - it should be relative to your ftp root location on the server.
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Detailed Example (optional)
The path setting you use will depend entirely on how your server is configured, so this example should only be taken as an example of how to determine the correct path to use. The actual path shown here will not necessarily work on your own blog.
•Start up your favorite FTP program to access your account. If you don't have an FTP program, or don't know what that is, use Internet Explorer (on a PC) or Firefox (Mac or PC).
•To log in, you'll need to use the username and password that you set up with your hosting provider (not necessarily the same information that you use to log in to Blogger).
•In IE or Firefox, enter ftp://ftp.example.com in the address bar, substituting in the FTP address for your host. When you press Enter, it will prompt you for your username and password. Alternatively, you can enter ftp://username@ftp.example.com and it will just prompt you for the password. If you are using a different FTP program, you can probably enter all this information at once. If it asks for a default path or directory, leave that setting blank.
•Now that you've logged in, you should see a list of files and/or directories on your FTP account. Look for a folder with a name like httpdocs, www, public_html or anything that looks like it's supposed to contain web pages. On some servers, the folder is named the same as your domain, e.g. www.example.com. If you don't see an obvious candidate, ask your hosting provider where webpages are supposed to go. For this example, we'll say that the folder was called www.
•Once you find this folder name, it will be your path setting, e.g. www/. That may be all you need, if you just want your blog to be at the root level of your server, e.g. at http://www.example.com/myblog.html. (This is assuming you're publishing your blog with a filename of 'myblog.html'.)
•If you want your blog in a specific directory, you can just add that to the end of the path, like this: www/blog/. This will publish your blog to a location like this: http://www.example.com/blog/myblog.html. If the given folder does not yet exist on your account, Blogger will go ahead and create it for you.
•Once you've got your path setting figured out, you'll need to enter it not only for your Publishing settings, but also for your Archiving and Site Feed settings. Most likely, you'll just use the exact same settings on these pages. Some people though, like to put archives in a different folder, with a path like www/blog/archives/.
directory/directory/ (be sure to include the trailing slash)
If you're familiar with FTP, your "path" is your web-accessible directory. For example, it might be 'htdocs' or 'www' or 'public_html'
Or, if you want to put your blog in a subdirectory, 'htdocs/blog/' etc.
If all this sounds a bit complicated, try contacting your hosting provider for help. They can tell you how things should be set up for your specific server.
Notes:
•Do NOT use http://, ftp:// or ftp.example.com (your server's address)
•The directory you specify must already exist on your FTP Server
•This must not be an absolute path - it should be relative to your ftp root location on the server.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Detailed Example (optional)
The path setting you use will depend entirely on how your server is configured, so this example should only be taken as an example of how to determine the correct path to use. The actual path shown here will not necessarily work on your own blog.
•Start up your favorite FTP program to access your account. If you don't have an FTP program, or don't know what that is, use Internet Explorer (on a PC) or Firefox (Mac or PC).
•To log in, you'll need to use the username and password that you set up with your hosting provider (not necessarily the same information that you use to log in to Blogger).
•In IE or Firefox, enter ftp://ftp.example.com in the address bar, substituting in the FTP address for your host. When you press Enter, it will prompt you for your username and password. Alternatively, you can enter ftp://username@ftp.example.com and it will just prompt you for the password. If you are using a different FTP program, you can probably enter all this information at once. If it asks for a default path or directory, leave that setting blank.
•Now that you've logged in, you should see a list of files and/or directories on your FTP account. Look for a folder with a name like httpdocs, www, public_html or anything that looks like it's supposed to contain web pages. On some servers, the folder is named the same as your domain, e.g. www.example.com. If you don't see an obvious candidate, ask your hosting provider where webpages are supposed to go. For this example, we'll say that the folder was called www.
•Once you find this folder name, it will be your path setting, e.g. www/. That may be all you need, if you just want your blog to be at the root level of your server, e.g. at http://www.example.com/myblog.html. (This is assuming you're publishing your blog with a filename of 'myblog.html'.)
•If you want your blog in a specific directory, you can just add that to the end of the path, like this: www/blog/. This will publish your blog to a location like this: http://www.example.com/blog/myblog.html. If the given folder does not yet exist on your account, Blogger will go ahead and create it for you.
•Once you've got your path setting figured out, you'll need to enter it not only for your Publishing settings, but also for your Archiving and Site Feed settings. Most likely, you'll just use the exact same settings on these pages. Some people though, like to put archives in a different folder, with a path like www/blog/archives/.
What is a Blog, and What is Needed to Create a Good One?
What is a Blog, and What is Needed to Create a Good One?
Internet users who have desires to produce and publish their own private Internet page have to become educated
about some important strategies that will help make it profitable and
attractive to public audiences. In many cases, people have never designed a web
site before and lack of the experience that it takes to produce a good web page
that will be recognized and generate a source of income. With a little bit of
knowledge and education a first time web page designer will be able to create
Internet sites that will help make them a lot of money.
Probably one of the simplest kinds of Internet pages to produce is called a
blog, which pretty much shares topical information with Internet users. Blogs
have become very popular throughout the last few years and the number of blogs
that are published on the Internet each year continues to increase at a very
fast rate of speed. There are many things that blog owners have to consider if
they want to be successful both financially and socially.
The primary objective of all blog producers should be to decide precisely how
to build up the number of Internet guest traffic to the actual Internet site.
One of the best ways of increasing traffic flow is through the effective use of
search engines, which publish and advertise the most popular web sites on the
Internet. In order to get a search engine to put your particular web site near
the top of a visitor's search, there are a couple of things that should be
done.
The most important part for Internet page producers to remember is the quality
of the web page’s content and what is published on it. The quality and
effectiveness of a website's content will determine if the online business is
recognized by large search engines and therefore increase its amount of traffic
flow. There are a few techniques that web site designers can use to increase
their popularity to both search engines and Internet users. Internet users
should also remember that the type of text on an Internet page is very
important.
If you want your blog to be promoted by search engines, web page writers should use certain key words that visitors use to search the Internet. The titles and
subtitles of the blog posts should also be carefully written so that it will
have a higher chance of being promoted by search engines. With each web page
post that you produce on the Internet, it has to be fairly long and contain at
least two hundred words. This allows search engines to pick up more of the keywords that
Internet users will be looking for and will then link to your specific blog
site. If your blog posts are too short, then there will not be enough
information for the search engines to share with other people.
An additional and other crucial method that you can follow in order to get all
you can out of your blog post is to attract the visitor 's attention with your
writing and also to give room for comments and debate. Provide your readers
with articles that will make them want to say something and respond on your
blog. The more responses and comments that are published on your blog the more
popular it will become and more people will want to visit it.
Also, to generate some cash flow maybe think about features you could ad such
Google Adsense, or maybe incorparate links to products through Click bank or
any other affiliate program into your blog. All these things help so be sure to
give them a try.Thankyou for your time and good luck in your blogging!!!
Internet users who have desires to produce and publish their own private Internet page have to become educated
about some important strategies that will help make it profitable and
attractive to public audiences. In many cases, people have never designed a web
site before and lack of the experience that it takes to produce a good web page
that will be recognized and generate a source of income. With a little bit of
knowledge and education a first time web page designer will be able to create
Internet sites that will help make them a lot of money.
Probably one of the simplest kinds of Internet pages to produce is called a
blog, which pretty much shares topical information with Internet users. Blogs
have become very popular throughout the last few years and the number of blogs
that are published on the Internet each year continues to increase at a very
fast rate of speed. There are many things that blog owners have to consider if
they want to be successful both financially and socially.
The primary objective of all blog producers should be to decide precisely how
to build up the number of Internet guest traffic to the actual Internet site.
One of the best ways of increasing traffic flow is through the effective use of
search engines, which publish and advertise the most popular web sites on the
Internet. In order to get a search engine to put your particular web site near
the top of a visitor's search, there are a couple of things that should be
done.
The most important part for Internet page producers to remember is the quality
of the web page’s content and what is published on it. The quality and
effectiveness of a website's content will determine if the online business is
recognized by large search engines and therefore increase its amount of traffic
flow. There are a few techniques that web site designers can use to increase
their popularity to both search engines and Internet users. Internet users
should also remember that the type of text on an Internet page is very
important.
If you want your blog to be promoted by search engines, web page writers should use certain key words that visitors use to search the Internet. The titles and
subtitles of the blog posts should also be carefully written so that it will
have a higher chance of being promoted by search engines. With each web page
post that you produce on the Internet, it has to be fairly long and contain at
least two hundred words. This allows search engines to pick up more of the keywords that
Internet users will be looking for and will then link to your specific blog
site. If your blog posts are too short, then there will not be enough
information for the search engines to share with other people.
An additional and other crucial method that you can follow in order to get all
you can out of your blog post is to attract the visitor 's attention with your
writing and also to give room for comments and debate. Provide your readers
with articles that will make them want to say something and respond on your
blog. The more responses and comments that are published on your blog the more
popular it will become and more people will want to visit it.
Also, to generate some cash flow maybe think about features you could ad such
Google Adsense, or maybe incorparate links to products through Click bank or
any other affiliate program into your blog. All these things help so be sure to
give them a try.Thankyou for your time and good luck in your blogging!!!
Unique Visitors
Unique Visitors
One
of the better ways to measure the success of a blog is the number of unique
visitors coming in to your blog. In this, I emphasize unique, because if you
are a fan of your own blog, editing and posting on your blog all day and night,
it would be easy to contribute significantly to your own page views, especially
on days you spent tweaking your blog template.
In using unique visitors, it is also valuable to note that there will be
traffic spikes - like at times when your blog post gets Digged, or someone
notices your post and email the link to your post to his or her mailing list of
a million people.
One
of the better ways to measure the success of a blog is the number of unique
visitors coming in to your blog. In this, I emphasize unique, because if you
are a fan of your own blog, editing and posting on your blog all day and night,
it would be easy to contribute significantly to your own page views, especially
on days you spent tweaking your blog template.
In using unique visitors, it is also valuable to note that there will be
traffic spikes - like at times when your blog post gets Digged, or someone
notices your post and email the link to your post to his or her mailing list of
a million people.
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