A few things about Blogger's post-and-page editor
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There are undo and
redo buttons
on the editing toolbar.
on the editing toolbar.
Use undo in Blogger, not "go back" on your browser, if you accidentally
wipe out your blog post.
Some of the icons in the editing toolbar are hard to understand (what's
this one
?), but each of them shows a short description "tool tip" on hover (it's
"Insert special characters").
?), but each of them shows a short description "tool tip" on hover (it's
"Insert special characters").
There's a
Format
HTML tool
in the HTML editing
toolbar
that will neaten up the code with spaces and line returns.
in the HTML editing
toolbar
that will neaten up the code with spaces and line returns.
That makes it easier to read without actually changing the code, the blog post, or the way things look in Compose mode.
The HTML editing toobar has a
search-and-replace feature
that is very powerful. It even does regular expressions (regex).
that is very powerful. It even does regular expressions (regex).
You can crop, format, rotate, and
change many attributes of photographs
by adding formatting parameters to the image urls.
When you insert an image directly
from Google Photos
(Insert image > Photos), Blogger clones a copy of the image. That's what goes into the blog
and the
Media Manager.
The copy persists unchanged even if you edit or delete the original in Photos.
You can search for a special typographical character or emoji by
drawing it (Insert special character
> Draw a symbol here)
> Draw a symbol here)
If you
drag an image into the editor
from a blog post that is already published, Blogger will copy the image,
including metadata such as alt text.
You may still need to resize the image.
Do you like this sort of thing? Let me know in the comments.
I loved these tips.
ReplyDeleteNice tips!
ReplyDeleteYes, good tips. Please continue with them if you can.
ReplyDeleteOkay, thanks. I''ll try to come up with some more short stuff!
ReplyDeleteI like anything in list form but yes, short, quick text is much easier to digest. Sometimes long explainations gets in the way of the point.
ReplyDeleteI didn't even realize the undo button can bring back a post that got wiped out. I usually close the post without saving it, open the post again and that work most of the time. I guess I'll have to try the undo button sometimes.
Thanks for the tips. Have a lovely day.
Short quick vs long is one of the key challenges of my professional life.
DeleteSpeaking of undo, I find that the old CNTRL+Z trick on the keyboard works too to undo things in the post editor. Works inside theme template editor too.
ReplyDeleteHowever, note that if you've inserted an image into the post, then undoing it in the post will only remove the code that inserts the image in the post but the image will still remain in your account but will not be seen in the blog.
As for post editor, I prefer using the HTML view rather than the other one as I can actually see which HTML tags are being used (whether it's a paragraph or a line break etc. when entering a new line), and for removing any unnecessary codes that Blogger automatically inserts (like for example while inserting and image it adds unnecessary inline style attribute to image link to force in some unnecessary padding). Not a big deal but I like to keep things clean and control styles via CSS.
Also I noticed that if I add a caption to the image through the post editor it adds it via unnecessary tables and cells element, which is odd. So I just add the caption in HTML view using a div element inside the image's container div element which usually has a class="separator" in blogger.
Ctrl-z (or cmd-z Mac) is the equivalent of the revert back arrow.
DeleteAnd these days I find myself using HTML mode at some point with almost every post, even if it is only to remove the code lint that Blogger sometimes generates.
DeleteStill Compose is the mainstay for me, and I suspect most of us. Not everyone is as handy as you!
But I don't find any option for inserting HTML tables in post editor. So what I do is make the table in Word or Excel and then copy+ paste it into Blogger post editor. Unfortunately ot also copies lot of unnecessary styles from word when pasting. And if I remove the styles using the remove all styles button (the button with a T which is striked off) then it removes the table and cells and leaves only the text behind.
ReplyDeleteHave any of you tried to insert tables in Blogger without it copying unnecessary styles from Word or Excel? Does paste without formatting work for you? I'm trying to find a way without having to manually remove the styles attributes in HTML view.
Tables are indeed painful. Oddly, a native table generator was, briefly, included in a draft version of Blogger.
DeleteI don't know why it was dropped.