Too Clever By Half

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.

More small stuff that you might like to know

• 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.

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

And who blogs from their phones anyway? ¶ 

Do you?

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

If you've been blogging for a while, you might feel both intrigued and timid about making changes. ¶ 

You might hold back from trying a new blog theme for fear of subjecting your readers to an experiment, or to an extended period of switching things around. ¶ 

Ideally, you'd test and debug things in private, and then go live with the new design once it is ready for prime time. ¶ 

You can do that. I have done it twice (for another blog).

Blogger's back end (at www.blogger.com) includes some quirks that are confusing at best. ¶ 

A worst, they could cause you to make errors that cannot be undone.