The Real Blogger Status

Many people have asked how they can have a Welcome or Index page in their blog. I have a Welcome page, on PChuck's Network , or on this blog , for instance. The most obvious way to do this is to set the post date far into the future, so it always displays above any other posts, including ones which you may make in the future. This is, fortunately, not hard to do. You can change the post date on any blog post , any time you feel the need.

In my work as a network troubleshooter , I work on many problems similar to this photo upload problems situation. We have: Multiple people. Multiple computers, all different . Different browsers used. Clearing cookies. Some work in Compose mode, others Edit Html. Incanting various runes and spells, while they work. and some are successful in uploading photos, others not. WTF? In my professional opinion (FWTW), this indicates at least two separate problems, in various combinations, causing variant symptoms. Maybe we have a breakthru. In Google - Blogger Help - Publishing, we have pictures by trial and error... maybe help? , by Theodor. By trial and error I found that when starting a posting by first - giving some enters - upload allt the pictures - AFTER THAT adding my texts has been working most of the times. That agrees with MY experiences anyway. This is how I make a post with pictures. I look at all of my pictures. Sort them in the right sequence. Upload in reverse sequence. T...

This is frustrating as hell. I've been suspecting this situation since 5/2, when Geeta reported Temporarily Out of Service . Being as I'm not an employee of Blogger, just another Blogger like everybody else, I have to sit on the sidelines with everybody , and watch the fun (NOT). I can only remind each person with a hijack situation, to Report The Problem To Blogger Support . And anybody who has a clue about this situation, if it differs from what I am writing here, Please! let us know . But I suffer, as does everybody else, while I wait for my turn at being hijacked. And wonder WTF I'm doing to protect myself (if I am), and why I haven't been hijacked. Why (how) are all of these blogs getting hijacked ? The Possibilities The bad guys are attacking thru Blogger client (unpaid staff) personal computers . The bad guys are attacking thru Blogger or Blogspot servers. The bad guys have brute forced a security hole in a Blogger or Blogspot server. A recently applied Blo...

What is a stub post? My first one was, originally, Drop Back And Kick . This is a better example. Just a simple post. No images, fancy formatting, or anything interesting. What is a stub website? One that contains just one stub post - or no posts, and just a Welcome message . You'll see stubs in the test forums. Test.

I'd hate to be the guy who stood in a crowded theatre (concert hall) and yelled FIRE so I'm sort of wondering if this advice is superfluous. But knowing computer security, it's all possible. All of the shite that I write about is very real. And right now we're all smelling a lot of smoke . Hijacking blogs is ONE practical use for malware. Now, if there is a security weakness in Blogger that we don't know about it, that's up for Blogger Support to find and fix. And we have to pray that they do, and we have to feed them clues, when we have any, about what to look for. Which means, if we discover that our blog has been hijacked, we have to report the problem . If there is a security weakness on our end, we need to know about that too. And fix the problem. Here are several possible problems. Weak passwords, that are susceptible to password cracking, generally brute force activity. Strengthen your password ! Password logging malware. This is a very common ...

Not everybody is aware of this detail, but Blogger One Button Publishing has 2 components: The Blogger web site creation database, ie "Blogger.com". The Blogger hosted web sites, ie "Blogspot.com". Look carefully at your blog address. Is it "whatever.blogger.com"? Nope, it's probably "whatever.blogspot.com". Or it's something else entirely, in which case you've already done what I'm discussing. If you've had your blog for a while, and you tire of the limitations and problems that are common with Blogspot web sites, Storage limitation, ie 300MB of pictures maximum. Name limitation, ie "whatever.blogspot.com". The ugly Navbar at the top of the page. Then you may be ready to publish your blog externally, ie outside of "Blogspot.com". But, if you're going to switch to external publishing, think first. If you ever tire of external publishing, and want to move back to your original blogspot.com address, yo...

In No Ticket Number For Help Form Entries? , I expressed my dismay in submitting problem reports, and getting back acknowledgement, but without a ticket number. Today, I submitted a Spam Blog Notification, and got an interesting botmail (and the typo is in my original report): Re: [#545569] Spam Blog Nitification Hi there, Thanks for contacting Blogger Support. We will review your message and respond as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience. Sincerely, Blogger Support Did they restore the ticket number, and simplify the message content? Or does this vary depending upon which of the selections in the list is used: My blog is gone! I can't post. (I'm on Blog*Spot) I can't post. (I'm on my own server) I can't post pictures. Template or Display Problems Comments and Backlinks Profile Issues Team Blogs Mail Features (BlogSend, Blogger Mobile, Mail-to-Blogger) Add-Ons (Blogger for Word, Picasa, hit counters, etc.) AdSense Issues Blogger is Down! Report a TOS violati...