New Blogger Gui 2011 Progress: It's Straightaway A Production Blogger Option

Last month, Blogger released the initial access to their novel (2011) GUI, equally a component of Draft Blogger. Today, it was released equally an choice inwards Production Blogger.

As you lot may convey heard, things are starting to hold off a picayune dissimilar across many Google products—and today, Blogger is the side yesteryear side production to larn a makeover.

Right now, nosotros tin switch betwixt the Classic GUI as well as the New GUI inwards Production Blogger, amongst only a span mouse clicks. For many, the mightiness to deed back, when required, is the most of import component of the initial deed forward. Very few military machine officers volition conception an all out onslaught on the enemy's positions, without or as well as thence reconnaissance, first.

You start out from the familiar Classic Blogger "Dashboard" - amongst the advice "The former Blogger interface volition move removed inwards the coming months. Upgrade Now.". Just click on the "Upgrade Now" link.
And, at that spot it is! This display, which nosotros may intend of equally the "Dashboard" (see the listing of blogs, as well as below, the Reading List?) is directly called the "Blog List". For each weblog inwards the weblog list, you'll uncovering an array of buttons as well as links, as well as a clit downward carte (left of "View blog") amongst to a greater extent than options.
If you lot desire to become dorsum to the Classic interface, only click on the gear icon, inwards the upper correct corner of near every display, as well as choose "Old Blogger interface".
And now, you're back. Not also terrifying, getting inwards as well as out quickly.
On near every New GUI display, you'll encounter a "gear" icon inwards the upper correct corner. Clicking on the gear, you'll encounter a clit downward menu, amongst "Send feedback" as well as "Old Blogger interface" equally carte entries.

So at that spot you lot convey your outset glimpse. In betwixt the outset as well as final photos, you'll uncovering may - or may non - uncovering the features that you lot consider necessary.

You volition desire to uncovering 2 caveats, equally you lot depository fiscal establishment stand upwards for out the novel GUI.

1. This is the outset major alter to Blogger, released since their new browser back upwards policy. You'll desire to upgrade your browser, if advised to practice that.
2. You may ask to check your cookie filters, to ensure this version of Blogger operates successfully on your computer.

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It's The Vacation Flavor Again, As Well As It's Fourth Dimension To Decorate Our Blogs

The Winter Holiday flavor is approaching, in addition to this calendar week we're seeing queries past times but about spider web log owners, getting ready.

Why create my readers meet a search display - instead of my blog?

and

How create I larn far snowfall on my blog?

and a few owners, in addition to visitors

Why does my browser freeze or lag when viewing this blog?

Many spider web log owners, who issue craft, family, in addition to personal themed blogs, but accept to brand their blogs reverberate their vacation wishes for their readers. Only later, they may re intend their decision.

Some of us inwards Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken recollect this flavor final year, though non fondly. Many spider web log owners, having previously decorated their blogs alongside Falling Leaves (Thanksgiving), Falling Snow (Christmas), in addition to subsequently Falling Hearts (Valentines Day), flora themselves spending fourth dimension inwards the forum, asking why nobody could meet their blogs. The reply that they flora was that their blogs, previously decorated alongside the Falling Leaves / Snow / Hearts animations, were redirecting their readers to websites which were non relevant to their readers interests or needs.

The owners of computers poorly protected against malicious software installation, when redirected from their friends vacation decorated blogs to the hijackers websites, flora themselves subsequently consulting their local figurer guru. The gurus spent fourth dimension (not e'er without expense) removing but about unwanted software, installed past times the hijackers websites.

The charming affair close the hijacks is that the Falling Leaves / Snow / Hearts gadgets, when installed, did non at in ane trial redirect the diverse visitors to the malicious websites. This especial appeared to betoken really devious planning past times the hijackers, who had waited, patiently, acre thousands of spider web log owners had installed their trickery, earlier activating the hijack.

This caused but about confusion inwards the forums. H5N1 normal occupation of job diagnosis - which many of those of you, who accept requested assist here, may recognise - is the brief in addition to really unproblematic question

What changes accept you lot made to the blog, recently?

Most spider web log owners, naturally, answered

Nothing interesting.

Later, when a malicious Falling Leaves / Snow / Heart accessory was identified, alongside the stern advice

Get rid of that!

The reply would be

I installed that vi months ago! Surely, that's non the problem??!!

Only after large numbers of people had reported problems alongside their blogs, in addition to nosotros flora the Falling Leaves / Snow / Heart accessory on the job blogs, did nosotros suggest everybody

Remove all Falling Leaves / Snow / Heart accessories, from your blogs, immediately.

Besides the blatant spider web log hijack threat, there's but about other effect for you lot to consider. The animation - falling hearts / leaves / snowfall - requires intense processor activity. If people halt visiting your blog, because their browsers freeze up, you'll demand to revisit your decorative decision.

So, equally this years vacation flavor starts, we'll suggest everybody to beware of whatsoever animated accessory, such equally (but non express to) Falling Leaves / Snow / Hearts. Install whatsoever 3rd political party accessory alongside assist in addition to discrimination. And recollect everything installed, for a long fourth dimension afterwards.

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Holiday Decorations As Well As Your Blog, #2

Last week, I issued my annual reminder to weblog owners, to regard their weblog vacation decorations amongst care. That reminder mainly focuses on the to a greater extent than controversial number of blog hijacks, as well as estimator hacking. Besides the long term as well as subtle estimator hacking, your readers, visiting your weblog decorated amongst the latest animation, volition convey a to a greater extent than immediate as well as obvious work to regard - browser freezes as well as other estimator overload problems.

Besides the blatant weblog hijack threat, there's to a greater extent than or less other challenge from the animation, for y'all to consider. The animation - falling hearts / leaves / snowfall - requires intense processor activity. Every fourth dimension 1 oculus / foliage / snowflake changes seat on the covert (ie, "falls"), the processor has to redraw the screen, amongst the oculus / foliage / snowflake inwards the novel location. Similar to one Designer Templates problem, many computers volition operate a chip slower when displaying a weblog amongst decorative animation.

People who set out blogs, that are appropriate for these decorations, tend to convey readers who may non convey purchased a novel estimator for a yoke years. Older computers tend to endure marginally able to bargain amongst the charge generated past times the latest browser updates as well as other newer software - as well as adding animation on your weblog may endure only also much extra load.

Similar to the resultant from weblog owners who install automatically playing background music, your visitors may create upwards one's hear that reading your weblog makes only also much problem for them.

If people halt visiting your blog, because their browsers freeze up, you'll ask to revisit your decorative decision. Maybe, thinking almost it forthwith is a improve idea.

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Blog Owners Amongst Former Browsers May Desire To Avoid Trying The Novel Gui

In general, it's skillful to endure adventurous - exactly non always. Sometimes, listening to our friends, to endure adventurous, gets us into trouble. We're beingness urged to "Try the updated Blogger interface", past times our "friends" - aka Blogger - inwards our Classic GUI dashboard. Blog owners who are nonetheless using an older browser, that's admittedly unsupported past times Blogger, may discovery themselves alongside a problem, when they "Try the updated Blogger interface".

Clicking on the link, to "Try the updated Blogger interface", you'll discovery yourself viewing a rather monolithic as well as ominous warning.

Your browser is no longer supported past times Blogger. Some parts of Blogger volition non piece of employment as well as you lot may sense problems.
If you lot are having problems, endeavor Google Chrome. | Dismiss

Now, you're at a betoken of no return. If your browser is current, you lot tin e'er accept a expect at the New GUI, therefore click "Old Blogger interface", behind the gear picture - as well as you'll endure none the worse. If your browser is out of date, when you lot give-up the ghost to The New GUI, you lot may non come across the gear picture (or anything else).

If you lot cannot operate the "Old Blogger interface" bill of fare item, you lot tin operate the Blogger Classic GUI Recovery URL.

www.blogger.com/opt-in-new-ui.g?useNewUi=false

One day, though, you lot volition need to deed forward.

• Install Chrome, or a dissimilar browser at electrical flow version, therefore switch back.
• Upgrade the electrical flow browser.

You stimulate got to deed forward, eventually. Don't wait, forever.

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The Novel Gui (2011) Is Instantly The Electrical Flow Gui

When the New Blogger GUI (2011) was first introduced, it was optional. New Blogger spider web log owners, together with other Blogger employment organization human relationship holders, would teach the (currently available) Classic GUI past times default, amongst the offer

Try the updated Blogger interface

at the tiptop of the dashboard. When inwards the "updated Blogger interface", nosotros would run into the reassuring link to

Switch back

at the tiptop of the spider web log listing or dashboard.

Blogger has at in 1 trial taken the adjacent step, to making the New GUI (2011) but The GUI. The "Switch back" link, at the top, is at in 1 trial gone. If yous desire to teach dorsum to the (former) Classic GUI, yous uncovering the gear ikon at the tiptop correct of the spider web log listing or dashboard display. Clicking on the gear, you'll run into a to a greater extent than robust pulldown menu, amongst the pick "Old Blogger interface".

An alternate fashion to deed forwards would live on to piece of work the New GUI Use URL

www.blogger.com/opt-in-new-ui.g?useNewUi=true

If yous are trying the "updated Blogger interface" from an out of engagement browser, yous may non live on able to access the gear icon. In this case, yous may uncovering the Classic GUI Recovery URL useful.

www.blogger.com/opt-in-new-ui.g?useNewUi=false

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Confusion Over Newer Browser Versions Unaccepted

Occasionally, nosotros encounter confused spider web log owners reporting a work alongside using Blogger, because of their browser version.

I am seeing an fault when I endeavour to role Blogger.

Your browser is no longer supported past times Blogger. Some parts of Blogger volition non move in addition to yous may sense problems.

I precisely upgraded, terminal week, to the latest version of Internet Explorer! What now?

And this is ane spider web log possessor who does non empathize Blogger, in addition to their browser back upwards policy.

With the free of each novel browser version, Blogger has to labouriously re banking venture stand upwards for each dissimilar characteristic inwards Blogger, in addition to re code for specifically discovered problems, caused past times diverse code changes, inwards the novel version. If whatever browser build / version is non recognised equally supported, past times the Blogger code, it defaults to an fault message - such equally reported above.

It would survive dainty if Blogger could seat down explicitly what work is active.

We would promise for Blogger to authoritatively seat down why whatever specific browser version is unsupported.

• For older browser versions

  Your browser is no longer supported past times Blogger.

• For newer versions

  Your browser is non soundless supported past times Blogger.

That would survive the ideal solution - but it's but non possible, given all of the dissimilar browser brands in addition to versions, to build that distinction, alongside consummate consistency.

Blogger Engineers tin exclusively rail in addition to thence many dissimilar browser versions.

Blogger Support has to exceed along upwards alongside the browser update war, in addition to thence they can't allow the browser updates amass. At whatever time, at that topographic point tin be, at most, ane novel browser version that remains untested. At the same time, the release of unsupported older versions is continually increasing.

Historically, dissimilar browser build / versions were non explicitly defined past times a label such as

• This is Firefox V12.
• This is Internet Explorer V8.
• This is Internet Explorer V9.

Different browsers exercise non explicitly position each version.

The dissimilar browser brands in addition to versions bring to survive deduced past times specific code in addition to private testing, inwards the browser HTML in addition to dorsum code. This makes it impossible for Blogger code to reliably position whatever browser equally beingness besides novel (and untested), equally opposed to besides one-time (and unsupported). And it leaves us having to settle for seeing

Your browser is no longer supported past times Blogger. Some parts of Blogger volition non move in addition to yous may sense problems.

after nosotros upgrade to the latest in addition to greatest version.

Internet Explorer V8 / V9 Together With The Novel Blogger Gui

Back when Internet Explorer V8 was outset released past times Microsoft, as well as Blogger had even as well as then to update their code to let for its peccadilloes, unopen to Blogger weblog owners used the Internet Explorer "Compatibility View" switch, to brand their browsers function amongst Blogger (when they were using the Blogger "Classic" GUI).

We've latterly been seeing an increasing release of people inwards problems amongst The New GUI.

With Blogger code written for Internet Explorer V8 / V9, people who purpose Internet Explorer V7 - or purpose V8 / V9 that runs equally if V7 (with "Compatibility View" enabled) - are having problems using the New Blogger GUI.

The close popularly recommended solution for problems similar the White Screen Of Death has been to switch dorsum to the Classic GUI. H5N1 to a greater extent than effective long term solution, for people using Internet Explorer inwards Compatibility Mode, would endure to halt using Compatibility Mode.

1. From the Internet Explorer menu, pick out "Tools" - "Compatibility View Settings".
2. In Internet Explorer, click on the "broken page" icon, at the destination of the address bar.
3. Remove "blogger.com" from the "Compatibility View Settings" list.

Don't bring Internet Explorer function similar IE V7, forthwith that Blogger has updated their code - as well as IE V7 is non supported.

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Blog Owners Reporting The Novel Blogger Gui Display Is Garbled

We convey late seen a few reports inwards Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken, concerning the New GUI display, which is broken for simply about spider web log owners.

When I login to Blogger, the interface doesn't display properly. Everything is shifted together with simply about buttons look to live on missing.

The reporting volume, mentioning this symptom, is depression - but it's non random, or zero.

From what nosotros tin tell, this occupation started presently subsequently the latest Microsoft Windows updates, a calendar week ago. not depend upon Microsoft, to furnish y'all updated tertiary political party drivers.

If y'all are unable to run the Blogger Interface because the display is unreadable, amongst components missing or mislocated, you're going to convey to update the video drivers on your computer, using drivers obtained from the manufacturer - non from Microsoft. This is non a occupation caused yesteryear Blogger.

If the browser involved inwards the occupation is Internet Explorer, y'all likewise may postulate to check your Compatibility View setting.

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Template Designer Upgrades Necessitate Supporting Updates To The Private Spider Web Log Templates

This week, we're seeing a pocket-size inundation of occupation reports inwards Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken nearly problems alongside the Template Designer.

Every fourth dimension I modify something, I accept to refresh the page inwards gild for it to demo up. It won't "Save" when I endeavour to salvage the layout changes. It simply says "Saving..." at the altitude of the page as well as fades away, but doesn't genuinely salvage whatever changes.

Many problems involve changes made to the template, using the Designer, which aren't beingness saved - or are broken when saved. Most of the people reporting these problems accept made changes to the template, previously - or then are then experienced at making changes, they can't believe that their latest changes could always accept problems.

Interestingly, this history of changes is non a coincidence - as well as it's probable that or then of the changes helps to crusade these problems.

Take a hold off at the template code inwards your blog, or then time. You'll discovery a lot of code which doesn't hold off similar CSS, HTML, or XML. Some of it is code which supports the diverse spider web log features that are adjusted or configured using the Template Designer.

Many template features involve 2 sets of code.

1. The Template Designer wizard, business office of the Blogger dashboard, is mutual code used past times all spider web log owners.
2. The blog template, post service template, as well as / or widget template, is business office of the private blogs. Some template code does zip but back upwards the Template Designer - as well as permit y'all configure your spider web log layout,

Every fourth dimension Blogger Engineering adds or updates template features, they accept to brand changes to both sets of code.

Blogger Engineering does non edit each private blog, afterwards they upgrade the Template Designer. They brand changes to the principal template code - as well as their changes replicate into the private spider web log templates. These changes replicate much to a greater extent than consistently, when the private templates accept non been changed.

The to a greater extent than custom a template is, alongside changes applied by the spider web log owner, or maybe in a 3rd political party template, the less probable it is to properly update, to back upwards each succeeding Template Designer update.

Any fourth dimension Blogger Engineering updates the Template Designer, to add together a novel feature, or maybe to support a novel browser version, their updates may involve changes which are non properly applied to all blogs - as well as the Template Designer stops working, inwards or then blogs.

When the Template Designer stops working, the park recommendation is to refresh the post service or widget template - or maybe to upgrade the spider web log template - as well as things get-go rolling again. And the spider web log possessor goes dorsum to tweaking the template, until something breaks again.

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Switching Dorsum To The Classic Blogger Gui, As Well As 400 Bad Request

Those Blogger weblog owners who transcend away along to locomote an older browser, in addition to who receive got decided to cheque out the New Blogger GUI (2011), may last familiar alongside the ominous advice

Your browser is no longer supported past times Blogger. Some parts of Blogger volition non piece of occupation in addition to you lot may sense problems.

If you lot are having problems, sweat Google Chrome.

Some of you lot receive got opted to cheque out the New GUI, fifty-fifty when faced alongside the alert - in addition to receive got been faced alongside a mutual frigidity reality.

I mistakenly clicked on the "Try the updated Blogger interface" link in addition to directly I exactly receive got a blank concealment because my figurer is outdated.

Having seen a steady inundation of the latter complaint, inward a non GUI Recovery process.

www.blogger.com/opt-in-new-ui.g?useNewUi=false

The latter URL, in addition to its mirror image

www.blogger.com/opt-in-new-ui.g?useNewUi=true

can last used past times anybody, equally a non GUI physical care for to deed dorsum in addition to forth betwixt the Classic in addition to New Blogger GUIs. Unfortunately, non everybody tin dismiss create this.

Blogger Browser Back Upward Policy, Too Ongoing Browser Development

Last month, Blogger announced their novel browser back upward policy.

Starting adjacent calendar month Blogger.com volition entirely back upward modern browsers.

While seemingly dismissive as well as rude, this modify volition ultimately Pb to a to a greater extent than stable Blogger sense for all of us.

In considering the novel policy, I had been latterly planning to update several of my computers, which purpose Firefox V3.6, to V4. When I went to the Mozilla website to download a re-create of Firefox V4, I constitute to my surprise that Mozilla is currently offering Firefox V6, alongside only V3.6 beingness offered equally a instant choice.

We quest to recall that non entirely Blogger may non require us to upgrade our browsers. Both Microsoft as well as Mozilla, as well as likely the other browser companies too, are going to periodically restrain our selection of supported browser build as well as version.

Not all browser updates incorporate entirely shiny GUI changes - many updates are made for safety as well as stability. And around browser brands are non supported past times Blogger - as well as volition campaign entirely confusion as well as pain, when used. Right now, Blogger supports iv browser brands.

• Chrome
• Firefox
• Internet Explorer
• Safari

If you lot convey express tech skills, purpose a supported browser.

The to a greater extent than browsers you lot hold on whatever computer, the to a greater extent than updates you'll live on doing. It's all for your benefit, though.

For a canonical listing of browser versions supported past times Blogger, click here.

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New Blogger Gui 2011 Pain: Postal Service Editor Together With Labels

As people are starting to role the New GUI (2011), we're seeing questions well-nigh apparent restrictions on labels, inwards the novel post service editor.

Why can't I role an apostrophe inwards my labels?

and

Why can't I convey a label "Red & Blue" whatever more?

Not all weblog owners appreciate the particular nature of for sure characters, inwards HTML. Nevertheless, nosotros are all affected past times how these particular characters are treated.

There are v particular characters, that you can't operate into equally elementary text, when you lot code HTML.

• The quote symbol " must live on entered equally """
• The apostrophe ' must live on entered equally "'" (If you lot are reading this inwards Internet Explorer, you lot may non run into this properly!)
• The ampersand & must live on entered equally "&"
• The less than sign < must live on entered equally "&lt;"
• The greater than sign > must live on entered equally "&gt;"

To brand post service editor code less complex, together with to a greater extent than stable, Blogger has evidently written the latest post service editor, to turn down labels amongst whatever of the v particular characters. This is peradventure business office of the novel Blogger browser back upward policy, which seems to live on to a greater extent than prevalent inwards diverse New GUI (2011) features.

We've seen problems amongst role of the ampersand together with apostrophe before, inwards other Blogger features. People convey been reporting problems amongst both characters, inwards both the weblog Name together with Title settings, for years. My Recipes blog, currently addressed equally "recipes.nitecruzr.net", used to live on titled "Chuck's Kitchen" - exactly is directly (illiterately) titled "Chucks Kitchen", because of chronic problems amongst the apostrophe.

When you lot edit a post service created inwards the classic post service editor (pre New GUI 2011), together with the post service contains labels which include either an ampersand ("&") or an apostrophe ("'"), you're belike going to run into an error.

These characters are non allowed inwards a post service label: &.

One weblog possessor did study that the New GUI Posts carte du jour does non convey this restriction, correct now. You tin sack evidently add together a label, using the "New label..." sorcerer inwards the Posts menu, containing an ampersand or apostrophe. Two caveats come upward to mind, here.

1. You convey to take whatever such labels inwards post service editor, together with re apply the label using Posts, each fourth dimension you lot edit a post.
2. I, personally, would non live on surprised if the Posts sorcerer were to convey this restriction applied, inwards the future.

My proffer is that you lot instruct used to including exclusively elementary alphanumeric characters, ("a" - "z", together with "0" - "9") inwards your labels.

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New Blogger Gui 2011 Progress: It's Straightaway A Production Blogger Option

Last month, Blogger released the initial access to their novel (2011) GUI, equally a component of Draft Blogger. Today, it was released equally an choice inwards Production Blogger.

As you lot may convey heard, things are starting to hold off a picayune dissimilar across many Google products—and today, Blogger is the side yesteryear side production to larn a makeover.

Right now, nosotros tin switch betwixt the Classic GUI as well as the New GUI inwards Production Blogger, amongst only a span mouse clicks. For many, the mightiness to deed back, when required, is the most of import component of the initial deed forward. Very few military machine officers volition conception an all out onslaught on the enemy's positions, without or as well as thence reconnaissance, first.

You start out from the familiar Classic Blogger "Dashboard" - amongst the advice "The former Blogger interface volition move removed inwards the coming months. Upgrade Now.". Just click on the "Upgrade Now" link.
And, at that spot it is! This display, which nosotros may intend of equally the "Dashboard" (see the listing of blogs, as well as below, the Reading List?) is directly called the "Blog List". For each weblog inwards the weblog list, you'll uncovering an array of buttons as well as links, as well as a clit downward carte (left of "View blog") amongst to a greater extent than options.
If you lot desire to become dorsum to the Classic interface, only click on the gear icon, inwards the upper correct corner of near every display, as well as choose "Old Blogger interface".
And now, you're back. Not also terrifying, getting inwards as well as out quickly.
On near every New GUI display, you'll encounter a "gear" icon inwards the upper correct corner. Clicking on the gear, you'll encounter a clit downward menu, amongst "Send feedback" as well as "Old Blogger interface" equally carte entries.

So at that spot you lot convey your outset glimpse. In betwixt the outset as well as final photos, you'll uncovering may - or may non - uncovering the features that you lot consider necessary.

You volition desire to uncovering 2 caveats, equally you lot depository fiscal establishment stand upwards for out the novel GUI.

1. This is the outset major alter to Blogger, released since their new browser back upwards policy. You'll desire to upgrade your browser, if advised to practice that.
2. You may ask to check your cookie filters, to ensure this version of Blogger operates successfully on your computer.

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Blogger Browser Back Upward Policy, Too Ongoing Browser Development

Last month, Blogger announced their novel browser back upward policy.

Starting adjacent calendar month Blogger.com volition entirely back upward modern browsers.

While seemingly dismissive as well as rude, this modify volition ultimately Pb to a to a greater extent than stable Blogger sense for all of us.

In considering the novel policy, I had been latterly planning to update several of my computers, which purpose Firefox V3.6, to V4. When I went to the Mozilla website to download a re-create of Firefox V4, I constitute to my surprise that Mozilla is currently offering Firefox V6, alongside only V3.6 beingness offered equally a instant choice.

We quest to recall that non entirely Blogger may non require us to upgrade our browsers. Both Microsoft as well as Mozilla, as well as likely the other browser companies too, are going to periodically restrain our selection of supported browser build as well as version.

Not all browser updates incorporate entirely shiny GUI changes - many updates are made for safety as well as stability. And around browser brands are non supported past times Blogger - as well as volition campaign entirely confusion as well as pain, when used. Right now, Blogger supports iv browser brands.

• Chrome
• Firefox
• Internet Explorer
• Safari

If you lot convey express tech skills, purpose a supported browser.

The to a greater extent than browsers you lot hold on whatever computer, the to a greater extent than updates you'll live on doing. It's all for your benefit, though.

For a canonical listing of browser versions supported past times Blogger, click here.

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New Blogger Gui 2011 Pain: Postal Service Editor Together With Labels

As people are starting to role the New GUI (2011), we're seeing questions well-nigh apparent restrictions on labels, inwards the novel post service editor.

Why can't I role an apostrophe inwards my labels?

and

Why can't I convey a label "Red & Blue" whatever more?

Not all weblog owners appreciate the particular nature of for sure characters, inwards HTML. Nevertheless, nosotros are all affected past times how these particular characters are treated.

There are v particular characters, that you can't operate into equally elementary text, when you lot code HTML.

• The quote symbol " must live on entered equally "&quot;"
• The apostrophe ' must live on entered equally "&apos;" (If you lot are reading this inwards Internet Explorer, you lot may non run into this properly!)
• The ampersand & must live on entered equally "&amp;"
• The less than sign < must live on entered equally "&lt;"
• The greater than sign > must live on entered equally "&gt;"

To brand post service editor code less complex, together with to a greater extent than stable, Blogger has evidently written the latest post service editor, to turn down labels amongst whatever of the v particular characters. This is peradventure business office of the novel Blogger browser back upward policy, which seems to live on to a greater extent than prevalent inwards diverse New GUI (2011) features.

We've seen problems amongst role of the ampersand together with apostrophe before, inwards other Blogger features. People convey been reporting problems amongst both characters, inwards both the weblog Name together with Title settings, for years. My Recipes blog, currently addressed equally "recipes.nitecruzr.net", used to live on titled "Chuck's Kitchen" - exactly is directly (illiterately) titled "Chucks Kitchen", because of chronic problems amongst the apostrophe.

When you lot edit a post service created inwards the classic post service editor (pre New GUI 2011), together with the post service contains labels which include either an ampersand ("&") or an apostrophe ("'"), you're belike going to run into an error.

These characters are non allowed inwards a post service label: &.

One weblog possessor did study that the New GUI Posts carte du jour does non convey this restriction, correct now. You tin sack evidently add together a label, using the "New label..." sorcerer inwards the Posts menu, containing an ampersand or apostrophe. Two caveats come upward to mind, here.

1. You convey to take whatever such labels inwards post service editor, together with re apply the label using Posts, each fourth dimension you lot edit a post.
2. I, personally, would non live on surprised if the Posts sorcerer were to convey this restriction applied, inwards the future.

My proffer is that you lot instruct used to including exclusively elementary alphanumeric characters, ("a" - "z", together with "0" - "9") inwards your labels.

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New Blogger Gui 2011 Progress: It's Straightaway A Production Blogger Option

Last month, Blogger released the initial access to their novel (2011) GUI, equally a component of Draft Blogger. Today, it was released equally an choice inwards Production Blogger.

As you lot may convey heard, things are starting to hold off a picayune dissimilar across many Google products—and today, Blogger is the side yesteryear side production to larn a makeover.

Right now, nosotros tin switch betwixt the Classic GUI as well as the New GUI inwards Production Blogger, amongst only a span mouse clicks. For many, the mightiness to deed back, when required, is the most of import component of the initial deed forward. Very few military machine officers volition conception an all out onslaught on the enemy's positions, without or as well as thence reconnaissance, first.

You start out from the familiar Classic Blogger "Dashboard" - amongst the advice "The former Blogger interface volition move removed inwards the coming months. Upgrade Now.". Just click on the "Upgrade Now" link.
And, at that spot it is! This display, which nosotros may intend of equally the "Dashboard" (see the listing of blogs, as well as below, the Reading List?) is directly called the "Blog List". For each weblog inwards the weblog list, you'll uncovering an array of buttons as well as links, as well as a clit downward carte (left of "View blog") amongst to a greater extent than options.
If you lot desire to become dorsum to the Classic interface, only click on the gear icon, inwards the upper correct corner of near every display, as well as choose "Old Blogger interface".
And now, you're back. Not also terrifying, getting inwards as well as out quickly.
On near every New GUI display, you'll encounter a "gear" icon inwards the upper correct corner. Clicking on the gear, you'll encounter a clit downward menu, amongst "Send feedback" as well as "Old Blogger interface" equally carte entries.

So at that spot you lot convey your outset glimpse. In betwixt the outset as well as final photos, you'll uncovering may - or may non - uncovering the features that you lot consider necessary.

You volition desire to uncovering 2 caveats, equally you lot depository fiscal establishment stand upwards for out the novel GUI.

1. This is the outset major alter to Blogger, released since their new browser back upwards policy. You'll desire to upgrade your browser, if advised to practice that.
2. You may ask to check your cookie filters, to ensure this version of Blogger operates successfully on your computer.

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