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How to report a problem - Help us help you! To ensure everyone finds the information they need as quickly as possible, here are a few guidelines to follow when you'd like to post a question or report a problem to the group: 1. ALWAYS GIVE YOUR BLOG URL!!!!!! (e.g. http://XXXX.blogspot.com) 2. It's always helpful to post as much information as you can - a specific error message (e.g. bX-XXXXX), the steps you took before you encountered the problem, which web browser you're using along with version, and what steps you have taken after. 3. If you encounter an error code (e.g. bX-XXXXX) and would like to report the problem, please include a description of what you were doing when you encountered the error, any additional information that's given with the error message, and the URL of the blog that is affected. Note that the same error codes are caused by a single issue/bug and resolved by the same fix. So, if a fix works for one user who's experiencing issue bX-ABCDEF...

Needed a place to put my list of tools I use frequently. Do I Have To Use Gmail With Blogger? http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2012/02/faq-do-i-have-to-use-gmail.html Image Information From Picasa http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2012/09/faq-image-information-from-picasa.html Guide For Setting Up Custom Domain http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2012/02/faq-guide-for-setting-up-custom-domain.html Blogger Country Specific Redirects http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2012/02/faq-blogger-country-specific-redirects.html Help Articles For The New User Interface http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2012/01/faq-help-articles-for-new-user.html Links For Blogger Forums In Other Languages http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2011/11/faq-links-for-blogger-forums-in-other.html Google Accounts Help Page and Recovery Form Updated November 2012 http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2011/07/faq-google-accounts-help-page-and.html Creating A New About Me Element Updated April 2011 http://mi...

This thread should be started by the owner of the blog marked as spam and will only apply to that original poster. If you are another user and have this problem with your blog, you need to start your own thread so that we can send in the review individually. Spam Appeal Guidelines: Given the fact that automated spam detection is not yet a perfect science, the Blogger Team is happy to investigate any reports of false positive spam reviews, posted here in the forum. That being said, before you request an appeal, it's worth describing a few examples of what Blogger regularly removes, as part of its zero tolerance policy to abusive / inappropriate content: - Affiliate marketing. - Content created wth scripts and programs, rather than by hand. - Content scraped from other sources. - Copyright Infringement (using photos of people without their permission) - Content or links referencing GPT, PTC, PTS, 'Make money from home', 'Make money fast', or other referral-based activ...

Directions and link that gets you to the Google Accounts Help page with a link to the recovery form. Note that you have to follow the steps here...if you try to go straight to the url at the bottom, it will just make you start at the beginning so you might as well follow the directions. Start here as directed: https://www.google.com/accounts/recovery Enter the email associated with the account in the password recovery form. That brings you to a CAPTCHA page. Enter the CAPTCHA. That brings you to the Password help page. On that page are two "Choose how to get back into your account" options with radio buttons: • Answer my security question • Get a password reset link at my recovery email Mishka Official Blog*Star Testing Blogger

This is a question that comes up almost everyday on the Blogger Help Forum...or I guess I should say the results of the confusion regarding this question shows up all the time. I can't even count how many times I have had to explain to users that use of Gmail is not a requirement for Blogger or any other Google product (other than Gmail). Basically, if you are already a Google account holder (on a different email from Gmail), you can use that account with Blogger and not have to bother with Gmail. If you are signing up with Blogger for the first time, it will take you to a Google account creation page and on that page, it will force you to create a Gmail account but you can add your own email address (non-Gmail) to the account as an alternate, and then immediately cancel the Gmail account after you have everything set up the way you want. I just did this myself for a new blog I created. I was forced to create a Gmail account when clicking on the Blogger invite, and then was able to...

This is a small write up from a TC for Picasa that explains some of the icons we see from Picasa so I can use it for reference. Case 1: The exclamation mark means the photo has been deleted (404 error). Typical scenario is the user deleting the Blogger album while in Google+ or visiting Picasaweb and decides to save space thinking the Blogger album is duplicate. Here is a sample of what it looks like: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-1SNkZ4X4VeM/ToUgrYzOxFI/AAAAAAAAYq0/4uiJ0KN1GKw/s640/Exclamation_Mark.jpg Case2: The circle and bar means you don't have access to view the photo (403 error). This is typically an indication that the visibility setting was changed and thus access to the photo is denied. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-LNFUaLJlvtw/ToUgsLvT4BI/AAAAAAAAYqw/nG8ExkoWxEU/s640/No_Entry.jpg Case 3: White box with red x on top means the image is blocked by the browser. This is typically caused by the user doing a right-click to hide a photo and ending up blocking a...

This is the link on the Help Center that gives you the steps to set up a custom domain. http://support.google.com/blogger/bin/static.py?hl=en&ts=1233381&page=ts.cs Mishka Official Blog*Star/Blogger TC Testing Blogger FAQs For GooglePlus

This is the help article on Blogger's Help Center explaining this new change for those that are interested and for my own reference. http://support.google.com/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2402711 Mishka Official Blog*Star/Blogger TC Testing Blogger FAQs For GooglePlus

This URL gets you to the help pages that explain some of the new features of the User Interface on Blogger. http://support.google.com/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1623800 A lot of users dislike the new UI, and there are things that still need to be fixed on it. I highly recommend users take advantage of the feedback link and give Blogger their feedback so we can have the best product out there. Mishka Official Blog*Star/Blogger TC Testing Blogger FAQs For GooglePlus

With the invent of Google+, it seems that the Google team figured out that image upload space was quickly going to become an issue. This link gives specific information on what size images don't count against your account limit. http://picasa.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=1224181 Mishka Official Blog*Star/Blogger TC Testing Blogger FAQs For GooglePlus

NOTE: These instructions are for those that are using the newest template designer templates from Blogger. I can't guarantee that this will work with third party templates and/or other versions of the Blogger template (layouts or classic). At first I was going to leave the +1 icon in, but decided after learning more about it, that it wasn't something I wanted on my blog, even though I wanted the other "share" icons to remain. So yesterday, I started looking at the code and figured out how to get rid of just that icon and leave the rest functioning. First off, you need to go to the edit html page of your blog Design area. This will bring up the template code window for your blog. Make sure you make a back up of your template at this time by using the link provided on the page. This is just so you can revert back in case you delete more than you should while following these steps. Next, you need to click the check box near the top of the html window that says "ex...

This is the link for reporting BX errors to Google. https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pDGYK68-cO4sA0J2wa9fYBQ Mishka Official Blog*Star Testing Blogger

This discussion is closed. It could be closed for a number of reasons: 1. The original poster has had their question answered. 2. The original problem is no longer an issue. 3. This discussion is out of date and therefore not relevant. 4. This discussion is an FAQ for reference only. Regardless of the reason, the discussion is closed to new posts, so if you have a similar problem to the original poster, it is recommended that you start your own thread (and only one) so that one of the volunteers here will be able to help you. Please follow the instructions on how to post a question in this help forum. You can find that FAQ at this location. References: How To Report A Problem Mishka Official Blog*Star Testing Blogger

In order to subscribe to a blog's feed you need to know the blog's feed URL. A feed is a data format used for providing users with frequently updated content. Content distributors syndicate a web feed, thereby allowing users to subscribe to it. It gives users a way to keep up with many sites on the web without having to visit each site individually to see if they have updated. Some users use their feed to check that their own blog is publishing correctly. The feed urls for blogs on Blogger are: http:// yourblogname .blogspot.com/feeds/posts/full http:// yourblogname .blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss Users should substitute their blog's name in for the bolded area in the URLs above. Mishka Official Blog*Star Testing Blogger

Contrary to popular belief, search engines do not index new content on the web instantaneously. It takes time and effort on the part of the webmaster of any site to get their site indexed and then decent page rank on the search engines. There are several things you can do to help lessen the time it takes to get indexed and decent search results (in no particular order). 1. Make sure your blog is indexable by turning on the listing options in your blog settings. 2. Submit your blog url to the various search engines. For Google, go to this site to get started- http://www.google.com/intl/en/ submit_content.html 3. Read this article from Google Webmaster Central that explains how they deal with content, indexing and search results. http://www.google.com/support/ websearch/bin/answer.py? answer=39334&topic=8996 4. Add metatags with keywords, and descriptions to your blog template- http://mishkatestrun.blogspot. com/2007/04/meta-tag-example. html 5. Link to other blogs o...

You can actually find an answer to this question in several different areas of Blogger. It just takes a few minutes to find. Help center on Blogger.com if you do a search for the word promote in the search engine provided. http://help.blogger.com/bin/ answer.py?answer=42377&topic= 12454 Many of the Top Contributors have written blog articles to help other bloggers regarding promotion and traffic. Here is just one example... http://mishkatestrun.blogspot. com/2007/04/my-solution-for- getting-traffic.html Mishka Official Blog*Star Testing Blogger

Google's Blog search engine is a great tool. It not only has blogs from Blogger but blogs from all over the web. You can use it just like you would any other search engine but the results will be limited to blogs. http://blogsearch.google.com/ You can also use the "interests" links inside an individual blogger's profile to find other users on Blogger that have the same word in their profile "interests" Another way is just connecting to other bloggers through the blogrolls and links of bloggers you already enjoy reading. Usually if you like their content and they like someone else's, you might like that someone else's too. Mishka Official Blog*Star Testing Blogger

You use this article on the Blogger Help Center. http://help.blogger.com/bin/ answer.py?hl=en&answer=41448 Mishka Official Blog*Star Testing Blogger

All websites render a bit different. This is because each browser is different, each user has different settings on their systems they are viewing sites with, and their systems themselves are different. All of these factors and combinations of them can cause an infinite number of differences on a website between what one user and another user might see. This applies to the preview screen as well. There is no way for Blogger to show a preview to each user that would be exactly how the blog post or site will look to everyone. It is just not possible. This website, however, will give you a chance to check out your blog in several different resolutions and browsers so if you are "tweaking" your site, you can see what works and what doesn't. Those of us that like to design websites or even just troubleshoot them for other users, use this site quite a bit. Hope you find it useful too.  http://browsershots.org/ Mishka Official Blog*Star Testing Blogger