Blog Tricks

• You can not write HTML code just the way it looks in blogger editor because the code is interpreted as a command and blogger editor converts it to how it may look in a browser.
• You can�t resize an image to whatever size you like because you are provided with only three options i.e Small, Medium and Large size.
• The font type and font size is limited.
• You can not undo what you have done (Going backward).
• You can�t align images to the left or right of your intro paragraph.
• You can not add effects to your images, like shadow effect, rounded corners, emboss, blur etc.
• You can not post an image in its original size
• You can not insert tables in your posts because no table option exists
• You can not open a link in a new window unless you edit the HTML
• You can not add a world map to your posts
• And much more�����

You can not do all above in a compose mode unless you add or change the HTML code in your HTML editor. But editing HTML would seem difficult for a newbie whilst pretty easy for a professional. Since most people like me have limited knowledge about editing HTML, blogger editor is of little use to all of us. Luckily! Windows Live Writer comes to our rescue. It can to do what ever blogger editor can not. It contains every feature a blogger is looking for. One of the best things I like about it is that it saves a copy of your blog interface/theme and when you write posts, it will be just like writing a post straight into your blog. See the image below to understand what I mean to say,

Moreover your images can be displayed in two different ways look below,
Selecting the photo album option will display your images in a scattered style (with a view album link below your scattered images),

So go and download it right now by clicking the link below.
DOWNLOAD WINDOWS LIVE WRITER NOW!
To download the Latest version directly from windows live site then click here
TROUBLESHOOT:
If you get an error saying that �your windows installer is out dated� then run the following setup (below) before windows live setup (above)
Download Latest Windows installer here

Many bloggers including some professional ones suggest to store Blogger images on services likewww.Photobucket.com , www.tinypic.cometc. but I really don�t understand why would someone do that when one has unlimited Image storage and bandwidth inside Picasa web albums that is where Blogger saves all your images. Well its time to change the way people use Blogger and we are here to let you help make better use of resources available to you.

To create an Image Backup you will need to do the following,

• Go To Blogger
• Create a draft Post and name it Backup For Images
• Now start uploading all your images to blogger using the normal method. These images can be images that you have saved elsewhere and have link to it in your blogger template. For example: Background Image, Sidebar Headers, Icons, Header Background etc. If you scan your template you will find many image URLs inside the CSS part that starts from <b:skin> and ends at </b:skin>. An image URL/link can end as .gif  | .png  |  .jpeg   |  .bmp etc. Open each URL/link in your browser and save the image in your Hard Drive by right clicking on it and then choosing �Save Image As�
• Once you have uploaded all your images, your backup will look like that of mine,

• Now Comes the interesting part. In order to get Image URLs and use them somewhere inside your blog template or sidebar widgets, you will need to do the following,
  • Make sure you are using Firefox Browser
  • Click the Preview Link at the top-right corner of your Backup post

  

  • Once the images are displayed below the draft post, simply right click on your desired image and then choose �Copy Image Location�
  • Now paste this Image URL inside your Browser Address bar,

• Your Image URL will look something like the one below,

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7wIwo/Spr1Lxjk6I/AABu0/uS0zY4/s400/MyTricksTime.jpg

The important part in this link is s400 . If you want the image to appear in full size then change s400 to s1600 . The image will appear in its original size.

 

 (Note: You’ll only see the labels here if you have at least one post already labeled. You can label an individual post on the posting form.)
If you click the label links on the left-hand side, the list of posts will be narrowed down to show only posts with that particular label.
Each post has a checkbox next to it. If you want to make a change to multiple posts, first check all the ones that you want to affect. Then select an option from the “Label Actions…” menu.

 

1. Click the “Books” label link on the left side of the page.
2. Click the “Select All” link at the top of the list of posts.
3. From the “Label Actions…” menu, choose “Remove label > Books.”
4. From the “Label Actions…” menu, choose “Apply label > New Label…”
5. Enter “Reading” as your new label. (If you already have some posts with the label “Reading,” you can simply apply that label, without making a new label.)