October 13th, 2011 | by A Googler | published in Google Analytics, Google Blogger Buzz, Uncategorized
Having a solid understanding of the traffic and visitor engagement statistics of your blog is one of the best ways to help it grow, and that’s why today we’re excited to announce that you can now easily connect your Google Analytics account with y…
October 12th, 2011 | by A Googler | published in Google Blogger Buzz, Uncategorized
When we enabled a brand new photo viewing experience, called Lightbox, by default a few weeks ago, we heard from a number of Bloggers who preferred to use their own, previously installed Lightbox solution, or who simply wanted to continue blogging with…
October 6th, 2011 | by A Googler | published in Google Blogger Buzz, Uncategorized
Hi Bloggers!Last week, we launched Dynamic Views in an effort to make it easier for readers to enjoy and discover your posts. You responded. As of today, hundreds of thousands of blogs have changed their blog template to Dynamic Views. The clear favori…
September 27th, 2011 | by A Googler | published in Google Blogger Buzz, Uncategorized
As we said a few weeks ago when we launched a completely rebuilt, streamlined authoring and editing experience, we’re in the process of bringing you a much improved and modernized Blogger. The next phase of these updates starts today with seven new ways to display your blog, called Dynamic Views.
Built with the latest in web technology (AJAX, HTML5 and CSS3), Dynamic Views is a unique browsing experience that will inspire your readers to explore your blog in new ways. The interactive layouts make it easier for readers to enjoy and discover your posts, loading 40 percent faster than traditional templates and bringing older entries to the surface so they seem fresh again.
Dynamic Views is much more than just new templates. With just a couple clicks, you’ll get infinite scrolling (say goodbye to the “Older posts” link), images that load as you browse, integrated search, sorting by date, label and author, lightbox-style posts for easy viewing, keyboard shortcuts for quickly flipping through posts, and one-click sharing to Google+ and other social sites on every post.
No two blogs are the same, so you can choose from seven different views that display text and photos differently. For example, if you have lots of photos on your blog, you may prefer Flipcard or Snapshot. If your blog is more text-heavy, then Classic, Sidebar (what you’re seeing now on Blogger Buzz) or Timeslide may be preferable. Here’s a quick description of each of the new views, along with links to some of our favorite blogs where you can check each of them out in action.
Enter the name of your favorite Blogger blog below and click Preview to check it out with Dynamic Views.
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Adding a Dynamic View to your blog is as easy as changing your template. Log in to Blogger, click on the Template tab on your dashboard, and select whichever view you want to set as your default. Note that readers can still choose to navigate your blog in a different view by selecting from the pulldown in the upper left of the screen.
If you want to add your own touch to any of these new views, you can upload a header image and customize the background colors. We’ll be adding more ways to customize Dynamic Views in the coming weeks.
We hope you enjoy the latest update to Blogger, and that, as always, you tell us what you think by completing this short survey.
Note: In addition to Blogger Buzz, several other official Google blogs will be featuring Dynamic Views through the weeks and months ahead, including the Gmail Blog, Google Voice Blog, and Docs Blog. We’re excited to bring Dynamic Views into the fold and we’ll be looking at how to incorporate this new technology across Google’s blog network in the long term.
Update: Dynamic Views are now customizable! Add a custom header, change the background, colors, fonts, and more.
Posted by Antin Harasymiv, Software Engineer
September 23rd, 2011 | by A Googler | published in Google Blogger Buzz, Uncategorized
Editor’s Note: Rebecca is one of the bloggers we’ve featured on Blogs of Note. After she was Noted, Rebecca received many new followers and emails asking her about her tips for blogging, so she’s graciously written up this blog post for anyone lo…
September 19th, 2011 | by Brett Wiltshire | published in Google Blogger Buzz
Posted by Marcos Almeida, Software EngineerUpdated 09/21/11: After listening to your feedback we’ve decided to roll back and make improvements to the Lightbox feature. We will update this blog as soon as the feature relaunches.Introducing Lightbox, the…
September 8th, 2011 | by A Googler | published in Google Blogger Buzz, Uncategorized
Today we’re excited to announce the new Blogger app for iOS. With the Blogger app, you can write a new blog post and publish it immediately or save it as a draft right from your iOS device. You can also open a blog post you’ve been working on from yo…
August 31st, 2011 | by A Googler | published in Google Blogger Buzz
Posted by: Chang Kim, Product ManagerAs you may have heard, things are starting to look a little different across many Google products—and today, Blogger is the next product to get a makeover.It’s been a few years since we made major updates to Blo…
August 1st, 2011 | by Brett Wiltshire | published in Google Blogger Buzz
Posted by Brett Wiltshire, Product OperationsHello Bloggers!Over the last few days we’ve rolled out a handful of updates, all of which are available to everyone right now. Here’s the rundown:Favicon graduates from DraftAs we announced on the Blogge…
July 28th, 2011 | by Brett Wiltshire | published in Google Blogger Buzz
Guest post by David KutcherEditor’s note: We invited David Kutcher, an innovative web developer from Northampton MA, to write a guest blog post to share how he uses Blogger to create robust, beautiful and easy to use websites for his clients.Hi, my n…
July 25th, 2011 | by Brett Wiltshire | published in Google Blogger Buzz
Posted by Brett Wiltshire, Product OperationsIn keeping with Google’s public commitment to make copyright work better online, our team has been working on improving the copyright environment for bloggers and copyright owners alike. As access to the w…
July 21st, 2011 | by Lisa Ding | published in Google Blogger Buzz, Uncategorized
Post by Lisa Ding, Community ManagerOf the blogs that I read every day, more than half are blogs that link me to news articles, websites, or other blog posts on the web. It used to be that bloggers were expected to write original content. While origina…
July 15th, 2011 | by Lisa Ding | published in Google Blogger Buzz, Uncategorized
Posted by Inci Atrek, User Education SpecialistHi Bloggers,At the beginning, life can seem a bit lonely in the blogosphere, so kudos to you for taking that first step and starting a blog. Whether your purpose has evolved over the years or you’ve stuc…
July 14th, 2011 | by Brett Wiltshire | published in Google Blogger Buzz
Posted by Brett Wiltshire, Product OperationsOur team has been thinking a lot recently about browser support, and wanted to make you aware of our new plan moving forward. For web applications like Blogger to continue to evolve at a rapid pace, our engi…
July 12th, 2011 | by Lisa Ding | published in Google Blogger Buzz
Posted by Lisa Ding, Community ManagerI wouldn’t consider myself a “fashionista,” but I do follow a good fashion blog or two.Aside from The Sartorialist, which is one of the most frequently-viewed blogs on Blogger, I’m an avid follower of The M…