These Web pages contain all the examples from the book Publishing a Blog with Blogger: Visual QuickProject Guide written by Elizabeth Castro.
Of course, the biggest “example file” is not actually a file, but a blog: feel free to view and read the Knowing Beans blog created with this book.
Note: The template files given below are meant to be pasted into the Template section of your blog. While you can view them as is, by clicking the links below, you'll only see the labels of the Blogger metadata, not the actual data from your blog (or mine). To really see them in action, go to your blog in Blogger, click the Template tab, and then paste the template into the text box. Finally, click Preview or Save Template Changes to apply the template to your blog. You might want to back up your current template first as described on page 51 of the book. You can download them all at once if you like.
1: starting your blog | |
| start at blogger.com (p. 2) | Blogger.com |
| publish your first post (p. 6) | Knowing Beans |
2: writing your blog | |
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3: blogging from afar | |
| blog from the toolbar (p. 30) | BlogThis! button to add to toolbar Animal Diversity Web |
| set up audioblogger (p. 32) | Audioblogger.com |
4: personalizing your blog | |
| pick a new template (p. 40) | Herbert template (original) by Jason Sutter |
| add real links to sidebar (p. 41) | Herbert template with real links |
| remove the “about me” (p. 42) | Herbert template without About me section |
| rename “archives” (p. 43) | Herbert template with renamed archives |
| add “previous posts” (p. 44) | Herbert template with previous posts section |
| change the header (p. 47) | Herbert template with a new header |
| unify the color scheme (p. 48) | Herbert template with unified color scheme |
| add a footer (p. 49) | Herbert template with a footer |
5: telling others about yourself |
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| change the template (p. 58) | Dots template (original) by Douglas Bowman |
| format the “about me” (p. 68) | Dots template with formatted “about me” |
6: getting others to contribute |
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| change the template (p. 58) | Rounders4 template (original) by Douglas Bowman |
| format members’ posts (p. 84) | Rounders4 with formatted members' posts |
7: hosting your blog yourself |
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| get a web host (p. 92) | Web Hosting Ratings |
8: getting the word out |
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| syndicate your blog (p. 108) | Shrook |
| ping weblogs.com (p. 112) | Weblogs.com |
| get indexed (p. 113) | Google's add URL page |