The Novel Blogger Gui Is Nevertheless Non Laid Upwardly For Prime Number Time

This month, we're increasing aware of the approaching twenty-four hours when The New Blogger GUI (aka the "New Interface") volition croak The Blogger GUI. As suggested final year,

In virtually 2 weeks from today, all Blogger accounts that haven’t yet made the switch volition hold upward upgraded to the novel user interface. You volition hold upward able to opt-out at whatever fourth dimension yesteryear clicking the “Switch back” link; however, all accounts volition eventually hold upward permanently upgraded.

The aggressive upgrade was experienced yesteryear many final calendar month - non enjoyably. Personally, I went through several days when I had to, repeatedly, revert to The Classic GUI.

The permanent upgrade is yet to hold upward scheduled - possibly, because of continued opposition - as well as several really noticeable omissions.

Blogger Support listened, this calendar week - as well as learned - as well as was likely non pleased yesteryear what they heard.

There are precisely besides many reasons why The New Interface is non create to croak The Interface. As a continuation of my previous post, hither is a minor sample of reasons, from the before [Problem Rollup] - I create non similar the New Blogger Interface because ..., which is at 1 time closed.

Collapsed BlogList
There does non seem to hold upward whatever mode to selectively designate blogs to hold upward displayed, nor is the Classic GUI link to "Show all" or "View all blogs" visible - though at that topographic point is at 1 time a link to present "Deleted blogs". The latter is an essential function, for people trying to un delete a previously deleted blog, or to locate a weblog locked (righteously, or spuriously) every bit a suspected spam host.

Older Browsers
We croak along to run across reports that older browsers as well as computers are having various problems amongst the New Interface, leaving precisely about weblog owners unable to utilization Blogger, at all.

The "Your weblog ship service published successfully!" Display
We are seeing to a greater extent than people study that the "Your weblog ship service published successfully!" display - amongst links to View the ship service precisely created, Edit the ship service precisely created, as well as Create a novel ship service - a really pop characteristic inwards Classic GUI Post Editor, volition introduce a work if non provided inwards The New GUI. I, personally, run across this omission every bit the principal argue why I croak along to utilization The Classic GUI.

The "Show Link fields" Setting
Blog owners who utilization podcasting, every bit share of their blogs, utilization the Link champaign inwards ship service editor. This option, omitted from the New GUI, is missed.

Editing Template Code, Using "Edit HTML"
Blog owners attempting to take snippets of HTML code, using the Template Editor, oft run across whatever of several dissimilar bX codes. This is a work when removing duplicate "Blog Posts" gadgets, or when resetting the Posts Template.

If yous wishing to encourage Blogger Support to resolve these, as well as other, omissions, delight brand your feelings known yesteryear posting inwards the novel reality.

• The New GUI is coming, whether nosotros similar it or not.
• Blogger cannot delight everybody.
• It is precisely to our payoff to study the problems, objectively - then Blogger knows which problems are most severe.

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Blogger Magic - Issue Posts To Pages

Ever since Blogger gave us the choice to add pages to our blogs - too provided the complementary Pages index gadget - weblog owners accept asked, periodically

How create I let out my posts to pages?

This is a pretty unproblematic procedure, also - i time nosotros empathise the complementary nature of dynamic too static pages.

Once you lot empathise the differences betwixt dynamic too static pages, too run into that the Pages gadget volition index both types of pages, the physical care for of publishing posts to pages becomes reasonably simple.

• Publish posts, too assign labels to the posts.
• Add label search URLs, equally "link pages", using "Configure Page List".

Now, if you lot desire your posts to solely look on the pages - non inwards brain page view, you lot add together a tertiary step, which has a issue of choices.

• Make a static dwelling identify page.
• Use a redirected Home page, to brand the Home page dynamic or static, at your preference.

The latter pace is exactly a chip to a greater extent than complex, too exactly requires that you lot create upward one's take away heed what you lot wishing your readers to run into - instead of the brain page of posts, when reading your weblog for the get-go time. There are a diversity of choices available.

Finally, to brand the display await a chip cleaner, you lot may non desire to run into the "Showing posts amongst label ..." box.

• Remove the "Showing posts amongst label" box.

One of the commutation steps inwards this physical care for is getting the label search URL, for the Page beingness added. Look to the halt of this post, exactly inwards a higher identify the comments.

Topics: extract the search URL, from the link.

Blogger Magic

giving me

http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/search/label/Blogger%20Magic

Now, I'll plug that URL into the Pages gadget, equally a "link address", amongst "Page title" of "Blogger Magic".

See "Magic", inwards the card bar at the top?

Now, create this for whatever postal service inwards your blog, that you lot desire to look inwards a non "Home" Pages tab.

• Pick a post, inwards your blog.
• Extract the label search URL, from a label for that post.
• Use that label search URL, equally a "link address", inwards Layout - "Pages".
• Publish to a greater extent than posts, using that same label.

Do this carefully, too you lot tin fifty-fifty accept the Pages entries appearing on the card bar, amongst the weblog viewable using a dynamic template. You tin fifty-fifty accept this, if you lot usually display the weblog using a non dynamic template.

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(Update 2012/06/30): See The Video, for a alive demonstration.

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Label Administration Inwards The Novel Gui

With to a greater extent than people starting to utilisation the New Blogger GUI, we're starting to run across to a greater extent than questions near about non obvious together with obscure details. Recently, people are starting to utilisation the New GUI for routine spider web log maintenance, together with are trying to larn by their labels.

How produce I add together labels to my posts, using the Posts (previously the "Edit Posts") menu?

The response is correct at that spot inwards front end of our eyes - but nosotros take abrupt eyes.

With the Classic GUI "Edit Posts" menu, nosotros had a pulldown card labeled "Label Actions". Opening the menu, nosotros would run across 3 sections.

• "Apply Label" - amongst an inventory of all electrical current labels.
• At the bottom of the "Apply Label" list, subtly placed "New Label...".
• "Remove Label" - amongst an inventory of all labels inwards all currently selected posts.

The New GUI Posts card has none of these. Now, nosotros convey a stylised "label" logo, amongst a pulldown arrow. Opening the menu, nosotros run across ii sections.

• "New label...".
• An inventory of all electrical current labels.

It's non complicated, to utilisation the novel menu.

1. Select 1 or to a greater extent than posts, inwards the posts list.
2. To add together a label to the posts selected, opened upwards the label menu, together with click on a label.
3. To withdraw a label from the posts selected, opened upwards the label menu, together with click on a label.
4. Basically, the labels card is a toggle.
   • If you lot click on a label that's non purpose of the selected posts already (or, add together a "New label"), the label gets added to the posts selected.
   • If you lot click on a label that's purpose of the selected posts already, the label gets removed from the posts selected.
   It is that unproblematic - really.

It's merely non obvious, at offset glance.

The Blue Planet Broad Blogger Culture, As Well As Appointment Formatting

Since Blogger gave us The New Blogger GUI, inwards 2012, complaints almost the New GUI convey been numerous, in addition to impassioned.

One complaint, seen occasionally, mentions the appointment / fourth dimension setting wizard, inwards the Post Editor "Post settings" Schedule.

In the novel blogger interface, it is really difficult to backdate content. You convey to usage the calendar GUI, yous can't exactly type a appointment it. I convey content going dorsum thirteen years, exercise yous know how difficult it is to click the left-arrow on the calendar 144 times to teach to the proper date??? It's a nightmare!

This is ane mortal who needs a to a greater extent than flexible appointment setting wizard, inwards The New GUI.

In criticising the novel appointment setting wizard, nosotros require to empathise the reasons for the design. I don't intend that Blogger designed the novel wizard, in addition to removed the might to exactly type the date, merely because they wanted the novel magician to expect shiny.

Since Blogger gave us the might to compose posts now, in addition to convey them published about fourth dimension inwards the future, at that spot convey been problems alongside scheduled posts non publishing properly.

Both posts published likewise early, in addition to posts never published, convey been the origin of many complaints. The argue for many of these complaints were non obvious, however.

When Blogger offered us the scheduled posts option inwards 2008, they made the might to schedule posts quite simple. Unfortunately, they did non discovery that the entire globe does non type the date inwards the same way. Many scheduling problems were caused past times people who did non come inwards the appointment properly.

Now that to a greater extent than people are using The New Blogger GUI, in addition to the novel appointment setting wizard, nosotros are seeing significantly less complaints almost posts non publishing at the correct fourth dimension (or at all). Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 large usage of the reduction of such complaints, I believe, is due to the pattern of the novel appointment setting wizard, which does non let typing of the appointment - but forces yous to explicitly choose the calendar month in addition to twelvemonth past times sequential alternative - in addition to eliminates the ambiguity.

Unfortunately, this ignores the needs of people who want to dorsum appointment (or forwards date) past times large fourth dimension spans. So, Blogger made the appointment setting magician exactly a flake to a greater extent than flexible.

The latter tweak brought us about other oddity - people who exercise a scheduled post, in addition to develop the appointment / fourth dimension properly - but never intend to hitting "Publish".