Icon beside your post title

This is a super cute addition to your blog. You don't see this very often, but it's super easy to do and adds a very personalized feel to your blog.

1. Make your icon. It needs to be a png. file,  32 x 32 pixels (or close to that). Then upload it to photobucket or some other photo hosting site. Get the direct link to the picture.

2. Go to Blogger >Layout>HTML. Okay now hit Ctrl+F on your keyboard. It will bring up a search bar in the bottom left hand corner. In that search bar put in .post h3 {   Here is what you should see

.post h3 {
  margin:.25em 0 0;
  padding:0 0 4px;
  font-size:140%;
  font-weight:normal;
  line-height:1.4em;
  color:$titlecolor;
}

Highlight everything UNDER the .post h3 { and paste this code:

  background:url(YOUR IMAGE DIRECT LINK URL) no-repeat;
  margin:.25em 0 0;
  padding:0 0 10px 36px;
  font-size:140%;
  font-weight:normal;
  line-height:1.4em;
  color:$titlecolor;

}

Where it says YOUR IMAGE DIRECT LINK URL delete that and add in your direct link from photobucket. Be careful not to erase the two ( ). You have to have those make sure your link goes in between them.  Now preview your template and it should work. Then save your template.

Signature in every post

The Dashboard - Blogger

Blogger's user interface is called the dashboard. This is the place where all the blogging magic happens. It is a central hub for all that is blogging. If your like me and become addicted to blogging and decide to set up multiple blogs they will all be listed on one page...the dashboard. If you follow other blogs they will all be listed on one page...the dashboard and whenever you want to post, edit etc you go to one page...the dashboard. Get where I'm going with this? EVERYTHING goes back to the dashboard. So here's a time saving tip, add you blogger dashboard page to your favorites and instead of logging in every time just hit your favs' and it will take you right there.

So let's get familiar with it.

This is where you will come to post a new blog entry, edit existing blog entries, adjust your settings, edit your layout, and monetize your blog.  So let's post a new entry. Click on NEW POST then you'll see this

So First of all enter the title of your post. Then type out your blog entry. Where is says labels for this post type in all the descriptive words you can think of. Then hit publish post and that's all there is to it.

And then then this screen will pop up. To view your post hit the view post.  This is what our fist blog post looks like. This is the very basic minima template. We will have a completely different look a few tutorials down the line.

Now if you need to edit your post or change any settings or your layout you will use the tabs seen below.

We'll get more into that later!

A new blog from scratch

Go to www.blogger.com

Select Create a blog

Input your existing email account
a password for your new google account that you are creating right now
a display name
type the security password
check mark that you agree with the terms and hit continue

Now is where the fun starts! Name your blog. This will be the title that shows up for you in your dashboard. Then type in your blog address that you want (no spaces) and hit the check availability button.  If it is not available just keep trying other names until you find a good one :) Then hit the continue arrow.

It's default selection should be the minima template, but make sure that is selected then hit the continue arrow.

YOU DID IT!!! you are the proud owner of a brand spankin new blog! Now if you want to pretty it up keep reading.