Blogger is quite customizable. You can access all the Blogger settings via the Blogger Dashboard. Blogger allow you to customize a number of things. The Dashboard lists all of your blogs. As an administrator or author, you can change various blog settings, control the post template, publish and edit posts.Blogger divides its settings into several areas: Basic, Posts and Comments, Mobile and Email, Language and Formatting, Search Preferences, and Other.
How to access your blogger dashboard?
To reach the Dashboard, just log in to the Blogger website. If you're already logged in, look for a link to the Dashboard in the upper-left corner of any page and click it. This link is the Blogger icon. The Dashboard shows all the blogs that you've started with Blogger.
How do I update my profile on Blogger?
- Sign in to Blogger.
- In the left menu, click Settings >> User settings.
- Under “General,” next to “User Profile”, click "Edit"
- Make your changes.
- Click Save Profile.
Blogger Dashboard Sections
Blogger Dashboard has 2 sections. Top Bar and Menu Bar
Top Bar consists of:
- Your blog name (at the top left side)
- To see how your blog will look, click View Blog .
- To create a new post, click New Post .
- Display Name displays at top right side.
In top bar, on the right side, there is a drop-down menu named "All labels", with a label search bar. "All labels" displays the list of all labels used in your posts, with the total number of appearances of label.
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| All labels, with number of times a label used in all posts |
Menu: POSTS
Displays the total number of posts, total drafts (unpublished posts) and published posts.
Once you click on Posts, it will redirect you to All posts, Published posts and Draft posts and it also gives you all other information about your posts such as tags (labels) which you add in your Blog post, Comment Count, View Count, Post Created Date, etc.
Once you click on Posts, it will redirect you to All posts, Published posts and Draft posts and it also gives you all other information about your posts such as tags (labels) which you add in your Blog post, Comment Count, View Count, Post Created Date, etc.
Posts top bar
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| Publish post, revert to draft (unpublish), or delete the post |
On top of the Posts Bar, you can see "Check Box" to select all posts, a drop down to select a "Label" used in posts, "Publish" the post, "Revert to draft", and "Delete" post options.
Posts left-side bar
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| shows the number of drafts and published posts |
Posts listing area
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| posts options |
Posts right-side bar
Displays the post current status (draft or published), display name, comment count, view count, and the date when the post created.
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| shows comment count, view count and date when post created |
Also Read This: Blogger basic settings
Menu: STATS
This page show details similar to analytics like page views, post-wise
traffic, sources of traffic (URL's and referring sites) and audience (location
of view, browsers).
Stats displays in 4 sections.
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| different options to show blog and posts pageviews |
Overview section gives an overall status of your blog traffic. You can see the Pageviews today, Yesterday, Last Month, All time history details as well as total number of followers. Posts include the title name and number of people searched for the post and other details.
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| pageview charts |
Menu: COMMENTS
In this section, you can see all the comments of your audience. You can also delete comment(s) and can reply to any comment. Blogger will display you all comments in three categories viz., Published, Awaiting Moderation and Spam.
Awaiting Moderation is the one that is yet to be verified and then published. Don’t publish any spam comment on your blog and waste your Page Rank.
Published comments can be deleted anytime later.
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| blog comment options |
Menu: EARNINGS
You can make money from a blog is through Google Adsense. There are many sources which drive you to earn money from blog. Google Adsense is the best way to earn money.
Menu: PAGES
It will show you all the pages of your blog. You can add and delete any of them. Pages
can be considered as 'Static' as they remain visible to the visitors.
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| create new page, publish a page, revert to draft or delete a page |
Pages bar on top, you can see "Check Box" to select all pages, create "New Page", "Publish" the page, "Revert to draft", and "Delete" page options.
PAGES vs. POSTS
Pages
are different from posts. Posts are the place where articles are written
and shared to the world. A page can act like a directory. A page can hold group
of similar posts, but a post is meant for specific article.
Bloggers allow
you to create only 20 pages while you can create the unlimited number of
posts. You can categorize the posts links in pages.
Menu: LAYOUT
Layout
is all about your blogs inner arrangement. Layout is very important for the customization of a blog. You can add, remove or edit gadgets on your blog. Click and drag to rearrange gadgets. To change columns and widths, use the Theme Designer.
One can place any number of Widgets, Ads, Subscribing Links, Forms, Social Media Boxes (etc.) in Layout Form.
Some of the gadget settings might not affect the appearance of your current theme.
Gadgets may include Favicon, Sidebar (Top / Bottom), Header, Footer, Search (Top), Subscription, Ads, Page Body and many more.
Menu: THEME
Start with a base theme and customize your background, layout, colors, fonts and more...
Following is the theme named Contempo, with 5 different color schemes.
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| choose a base theme for your blog |
Menu: SETTINGS
From here you can adjust the settings of your blog. Settings include "Basic", "Posts, comments and sharing", "Email", "Language and formatting", "Search preferences", "Other" and "User Settings". Choose any of them and set up your blog properly.
"Basic" Section
In "Basic" section, you can:
- edit the title
- give the description
- set the privacy setting
- edit the blog address
- choose the HTTPS
- Add the authors
"Posts, comments and sharing" Section
In "Posts, comments and sharing" section, you can:- shows the number of posts on main page
- add a post template
- set the comment location
- set "who can comment?
- set comment moderation
- set "show word verification"
- add comment form message
"Email" Section
In "Email" section, you can:
- set "posting using email"
- add comment notification email
- add email for published posts
Also Read This: Learn how to add an email subscription form in blog
"Language and Formatting" Section
In "Language and Formatting" section, you can:- set language for blog
- enable transliteration
- set time zone
- set date header format
"Search preferences" Section
In "Search preferences" section, you can:- give meta tag description
- enable search description
- set the blog's custom page not found message
- set the blog's custom redirects
- set the blog's custom robots.txt content
- set the blog's custom robots header tags
- set the blog's custom ads.txt content
"Other" Section
In "Other" section, you can:- import and backup content
- manage your videos
- delete your blog
- allow blog feed
- add post feed redirect URL
- add post feed footer
- enable title links and enclosure links
- enable or disable adult content
- set google analytics web property ID
"User settings" Section
In "User settings", you can:- edit user profile
- enable use blogger draft
- set language on blogger.com
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