Friday, July 11, 2025

Your blog, on a phone

An old-fashioned rotary telephone
If you haven't done so lately, read your blog on a phone. ¶ 

At least some of your readers do. ¶ 

(If you haven't got a phone, there's a workaround below.) ¶ 

Do you like what you see?

Wednesday, July 2, 2025

New Blogger backup is here

Two curved arrows, one up and one down

As of July 1, backing up your blog on Blogger uses Google Takeout and includes every Blogger-related file in your account at once. ¶ 

Takeout offers some new options including ¶ 

  • ability to schedule bimonthly backups ❦ 
  • ability to back up to Drive and other cloud services ❦ 
  • ability to back up multiple blogs at once

Friday, June 27, 2025

New Blogger backup advances

Two arrows in a circular pattern

Blogger in Draft, Google's beta channel for Blogger, now backs up blog content using Google Takeout. ¶ 

Update: Looks like this is rolling out for everybody now (July 1). Takeout is now the only way to back up blog contents (posts, pages, contents).

Earlier this month, Blogger in Draft gained the ability to import backups downloaded via Takeout. Now, it exports them using Takeout only. ¶ 

If this feature migrates to regular Blogger, it will replace single-file backup.

Friday, June 20, 2025

Blogger quick takes

More small stuff that you might like to know

Thursday, June 5, 2025

Blog backups get easier

Two arrows in a circular pattern
  • Blogger now uses Google Takeout to back up every part of all your blogs at once. ¶ 
  • Takeout lets you schedule backups every two months for a year. ¶ 
  • You can still back up your theme as a single file. ¶ 
  • The Takeout backup will download more data than you need. Extra steps can manage the size of your backup.

Friday, May 23, 2025

Questions for my readers

Should I switch to a mobile-friendly blog theme? ¶ 

And who blogs from their phones anyway? ¶ 

Do you?

Friday, May 9, 2025

Hidden gems of Blogger

Blue crystals in the dark

Hidden in Blogger's labyrinthine user interface are a few interesting, and even useful, features.