The Real Blogger Status

Mail-to-Blogger, like every Blogger / Google product, malfunctions periodically. Rare is the month when we see no posts It has been several days now that I have been unable to publish to my blog, using my Mail-to-Blogger address. Is Mail-to-Blogger down again? In the absence of a flood of complaints from other bloggers, maybe the problem doesn't strictly originate from a Blogger / Google problem. Maybe you can help to identify the problem. I setup a blog which I publish using Mail-to-Blogger , and when a problem is reported, I can see if the problem is universal or not. Maybe you can help too, by trying some basic troubleshooting techniques . Your ability to use Mail-to-Blogger may benefit. If you're sending email from a cell phone or PDA, try emailing using a desktop computer. If you're sending email using a desktop computer, try using a different computer. Try emailing from another email account, or better, an account on another service. If you're sending photos...

Last week, we had reports of another old friend ConnectException: Connection timed out. That problem was reported to be resolved. Today, we see more reports of the same symptom. At least one comment implies that the problem being reported to day is not the same as last week. Last week, the symptom of the problem was, in many cases, worked around by changing the host server name from "ftp.mysite.com" to "mysite.com", or vice versa, depending upon its current setting. That may not be the case, this weekend. Let's continue trying to enumerate the symptoms. The blog BlogSpot URL (if applicable). When was the blog setup in Blogger? (If the blog was published immediately by FTP, say so). The blog domain URL. When was the blog setup for FTP publishing? The name of the server hosting company. The Blogger FTP server setting (name or IP address of the server), in use right now. What operating system, browser, and version of Java do you use? Where are you located, an...

This blog is " bloggerstatusforreal.blogspot.com ", and is currently accessed through its custom domain URL as " blogging.nitecruzr.net ". Depending upon how you are connected to the Internet, you may be able to access it using either, one, or neither URL. Some private and / or public networks, such as schools, private companies, and / or ISPs may filter access to "*.blogspot.com" , for one reason or another. If your access to the Internet is through a network which is subject to filtering, you may be able to access your blog by using a proxy server. Using a proxy server isn't difficult.

Occasionally, we see confused queries from bloggers I setup my blog, and it looks OK in Preview. When I look at it online, it looks like crap. Help! or Nothing displays right, using Preview mode. When I look at the blog later in my browser, it looks better, but it is missing details. And there are examples of bloggers who confuse Preview mode with reality. Does this look like this post? When the post is published, it is added to the blog with the template code providing formatting. Under post editor, the template isn't part of the display. See the type face in the picture? In Preview mode, all of the text displays in Times Roman, the Blogger default font. I hate seraph fonts, but in Preview mode, without the template, that's what I'll see for the text. See the way the text wraps around the photo, where it shouldn't? One critical difference (for me), between Preview mode and reality, is Preview mode doesn't observe "<br clear=left />...

This week, we have reports of another old friend ConnectException: Connection timed out. Possibly, this is a recurrence of last month's problem , or maybe an earlier problem . If you are suffering from this problem, please provide diagnostic information: The blog BlogSpot URL (if applicable). When was the blog setup in Blogger? (If the blog was published immediately by FTP, say so). The blog domain URL. When was the blog setup for FTP publishing? The name of the server hosting company. The Blogger FTP server setting (name or IP address of the server), in use right now. What operating system, browser, and version of Java do you use? Where are you located, and what ISP do you connect through? If you have other blogs that are not having a problem publishing, the same information may be relevant too. Remember, we're looking for a solution for your problem, so be generous, and precise. And spend some time reading about possible problems with FTP Publishing . All problems aren'...

As our blogs become more a part of us, and we connect more to our friends and their blogs, we use more gadgets that connect our blogs to our friends blogs. Things like lists, bloglists, and linklists become larger, and become more important in our blogs. Responsible practices, as bloggers, include backing up our blogs and their contents. Backing up the comments, the posts , and the template , are all possible, and all are a good idea. Unfortunately, the gadgets such as lists, bloglists, and linklists aren't part of the posts (they aren't blog content), and neither are they part of the template (they aren't blog structure). So occasionally, we hear the plaintive cry I just deleted my blog. I had the posts exported to an .xml file, and I back up my template regularly, but what about the blogroll in my sidebar? Oh no!!! and right now, we have no answer to that. Other than Start over. or Maybe Blogger Support will restore the blog - if you are patient enough. >> To...

Having multiple blogs in a custom domain is a simple matter - but like all custom domain details, it's rigid in its simplicity . A custom domain array consists of a home blog, plus any number of alternate blogs. These alternate blogs are generally setup as virtual hosts, using "CNAME" referrals to "ghs.google.com" .