Starting A Blog 108 - Adding Favicons In Blogger

When you first start your blog, it will have a generic favicon (Favorite Icon).  Part of making your blog stand out is having a custom favicon.  So what is a favicon?  A favicon is a little symbol that sits next to your blog's name in the url bar, or in it's browser tab.  Also when someone bookmarks your site, the favicon will help give them a quick reference as to which site is yours.

Designing a favicon can be a task in and of itself.  I suggest you take a look at some favicon designs to get yourself started.  Of course you don't want to copy anyone else's design, but looking at other great designs can give you a jumping off point so you know what good favicon design looks like.

Take a look at these links to get a feel for good favicon design:

Inspire Yourself: 50 Remarkable Favicons

88 Outstanding Favicons

• Your favicon should stand out.  It can either be a symbol that represents your blog, or a Letter, or both.  Mine is a simple H for Hot Shot Blogger.  
• Some Favicons have no background, others have a colorful background.
• If you're just using a letter, then pick a font that is easy to read, but not your typical Times New Roman or Arial.

1) Once you've made a favicon you're happy with, it's time to upload it.  Go to your Blogger dashboard, and then go to Layout.

2) Look for the box that says 'Favicon' and click 'Edit'  This should bring up a new box.

3) In the Configure Favicon Box that pops up, you'll need to click 'Browse' and find the Favicon file you created and saved to your computer.  When you're done, click 'Save'.

4) Your favicon is now installed on your blog, but you're not done yet.  The odds are that if you go to view your blog, the favicon will not yet show up for you, and you'll still see the generic Blogger favicon.  What you need to do is go into your browser properties or options and delete the cookies and empty your cache.  Once you've done this, you can go back and view your blog, and the new Favicon should now be showing up.  Congratulations!  Your blog is now another step above the rest!

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Starting A Blog 106 - Pages

Blogs used to be simple web pages with one page and different url's for every post you created on that one page.  Now blogs are an enormously awesome tool for creating free websites in a simple, fast manner, because you can now create multiple pages (as seen on this site... Home, Starting A Blog, Monetizing, etc).  So how do you do this?  It's super simple.

1) Go into your posting editor as discussed in Starting A Blog 105 - Posting.

2) Notice that there are three tabs in this window: 'New Post,' 'Edit Posts,' and 'Edit Pages.'  Click on 'Edit Pages'.  You now have the option to create a 'New Page' or work on existing pages.

3) When you create a new page you get a window that looks just like the 'New Post' window!  Simple.  Make a title for your page such as 'FAQ' or 'Contact' or whatever you want, and begin adding content.  As you can see from this site, I've used the pages to organize the posts I've written so that users like you can browse the posts easily and find what they need easily.

4) Just like in a regular post you can create links, pictures, videos, and any number of other interesting things!

5) You'll be asked at some point in the process of creating a new page if you want tabs or if you want your pages listed in a column.  That's up to preference, but mine is tabs (as you can see if you look at the top of this page).

That's it!  If you've mastered the posting tutorial, than creating new pages should be a breeze!  Or, in case you want a visual demo of how this is done, check out the short video tutorial below!



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Starting A Blog 104 - Template Designer

Setting up the basic blog and blog settings can be a bore.  Here's where we start to get into the fun part, or at least I think so.

In this post we're going to discuss the basic way that your blog looks.  We'll get into layout in a later post.

1) Log into your blogger dashboard if you're not already logged in.  Click your blog.  Look in the top right hand corner of your blog.  There should be a link that says, "Design".  Click on it.  Now you're in your blog design area.

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Starting A Blog 102 - Comments

If you're writing a blog on a controversial issue, perhaps you don't want people to be able to comment on your blog posts.  But, if you're aiming to make money from your blog with advertisements (as we'll go into in another post), then you will probably want to pick a less controversial topic, and enable comments on your blog.

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Starting A Blog 101

So you've decided to start a blog, maybe to make money, maybe for your own personal uses whatever those may be.  I'm here to take you through the basics in this post of getting a basic blog up and running.  We'll cover more in depth topics in later posts.

1) The first thing you need to do is assess your skill level. 

Are you a beginner, or have you done this before and know a lot about html and other website design?  If you're a beginner or just want an easy to use blog, then use blogger.com (this blog is made with blogger).  

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Starting A Blog For Profit

So you've decided to start a blog for profit.  Maybe you're new to blogging, and this will be your first blog, or maybe you're a seasoned veteran and have just decided to see if you can make some money off of your hobby.  Either way, you've come to the right place.

Blogging for profit breaks down into these main components, each of which we will be going more in depth into in other blog posts.

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