Blogger’s Template HTML Editor.
Bringing Google+ Comments to Blogger
Posted:
April 18, 2013
Cross-posted from the Google Official blog
Posted by +Yonatan Zunger, Principal Engineer
In all cases, you and your readers will only see the comments you have permission to see. Giving people these kinds of controls not only encourages more meaningful sharing—it can lead to more blog traffic.
Reading
and responding to comments can be one of the most rewarding aspects of
blogging. Not only do they help you connect with your readers, they can
also inspire later blog entries. The challenge, oftentimes, is following
all the conversations around your content—on Google+, for instance, as well as on your website. So we're making things a lot simpler.
Starting
today, you can bring Google+ Comments to your Blogger blog. Once you've
enabled the feature through your Blogger Dashboard, you'll enjoy a
number of important benefits:
View your blog and Google+ comments, all in one place
Now
when you're browsing your blog's comment threads, you'll see activity
from direct visitors, and from people talking about your content on
Google+. For example, if there's a public Google+ discussion about one
of your blog entries, those comments and replies will also appear on
your Blogger blog. This way you can engage with more of your readers,
all in one place.
Help readers comment and connect with their circles
Your
blog readers will now have the option to comment publicly, or privately
to their circles on Google+. And when they're browsing blog comments,
they can view all of them, just the top ones, or only those from the
people in their circles.
In all cases, you and your readers will only see the comments you have permission to see. Giving people these kinds of controls not only encourages more meaningful sharing—it can lead to more blog traffic.
To
get started with Google+ Comments, just visit the Google+ tab of your
Blogger Dashboard, and check “Use Google+ Comments.” (Older comments
will continue to appear in the new widget.)
You can also visit any post on the Official Google Blog (like this one), or on Blogger Buzz (like this one), to see Google+ Comments in action.
You can also visit any post on the Official Google Blog (like this one), or on Blogger Buzz (like this one), to see Google+ Comments in action.
Happy commenting!
Improvements to the Blogger template HTML editor
Posted:
April 09, 2013
Posted by: +Samantha Schaffer and +Renee Kwang, Software Engineer Interns.
Whether you’re a web developer who builds blog templates for a living, or a web-savvy blog owner who prefers to make changes to your template using HTML, CSS or JavaScript, you may be interested in some enhancements that we made to Blogger’s Template HTML Editor.
Your blog’s HTML template is the source code that controls the appearance of your blog. This template can be customized to appear however you’d like. The improved HTML template editor now supports line numbering, syntax highlighting, auto-indentation and code folding to make editing your template much easier.
Suppose we wanted to move the date of a blog post underneath the post title, similar to the Blogger Buzz blog. To do this, follow these steps:
Whether you’re a web developer who builds blog templates for a living, or a web-savvy blog owner who prefers to make changes to your template using HTML, CSS or JavaScript, you may be interested in some enhancements that we made to Blogger’s Template HTML Editor.
Your blog’s HTML template is the source code that controls the appearance of your blog. This template can be customized to appear however you’d like. The improved HTML template editor now supports line numbering, syntax highlighting, auto-indentation and code folding to make editing your template much easier.
Suppose we wanted to move the date of a blog post underneath the post title, similar to the Blogger Buzz blog. To do this, follow these steps:
