The Complete Google Manual - USA - Edition 05 (2020-04)

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Step 8
❱ If you use Google+, a share box will appear after clicking Publish.
This lets you easily share your new post with your Google+ circles.
If you prefer not to, just click the Cancel button instead. You can
view your blog post by clicking View under the title.


Create a Blog with Blogger


Template Designer


Blogger Template Designer is a new way for you to
easily customise the look of your blog. You can select a
variety of templates, images, colours and column layouts
to make your blog an expression of you. To get to the
Template Designer, just click on the drop-down menu of
the grey Post List icon and select Template. From there,
you can choose and customise your template.

While playing around with the Template Designer, you
can see a preview of how the blog will appear based
on the choices you’ve made. You can expand these by
pressing the toggle to Expand Preview between the
Blogger Template Designer dashboard and the preview.
When you’re satisfied with the look of your blog, you can
make them go live by pressing Apply to Blog in the top
right hand corner of the Template Designer.

To get started with Blogger Template Designer, select
a template for your blog from one of the professionally
designed templates that are available. Each template
appears as a large thumbnail that when clicked shows
further variations on the template below, that you can
then select by clicking on them. Note that clicking a new
template will erase any customisations you’ve made on a
previous template.

Blogger on the Go


Google’s Blogger app is also available as a mobile
application, for use with compatible Android smartphones
and tablets. The mobile app enables users to post and edit
blogs, as well as share photos and links on Blogger, while
on the go, through their device of choice.

The mobile version of Blogger offers a similar amount of
functionality as the desktop version, allowing users to
edit blogs anywhere, through the app, and either publish
the blogs or save them as drafts to upload later. Other
features include: Sharing current locations on posts, this
is accomplished by tapping the My Location bar and
adding locations. Users can also share photos and links
directly to Blogger.

Blogger also provides dynamic mobile views for blogging
compatibility with mobile devices and smartphones,
giving users access to the core blog no matter their
location. NOTE: The Blogger app isn’t available for iOS
users at the time of press.
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