Publishing A Blog With Blogger: Visual QuickProject Guide

by Elizabeth Castro

Introduces brand-new Blogger users to the world of the online journal with large color illustrations and acquaints them with the interface and standard options of Blogger--the free blogging software by Google--then walks them through blog setup, creating their profile, posting email, adding pictures and audio, and explains how to use BlogThis, a new feature that posts from a blog to anywhere on the Web. Original. (Beginner)

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference

127 pages, Paperback

First published January 27, 2005

About the author

Studied Spanish, Catalan, and Basque at University of Pennsylvania and University of California at Berkeley. Moved to Barcelona in 1987, found job in computer company translating documentation and software. Started Página Uno in 1990: publisher of Mac related books in Spanish. Moved back to US in 1993 to edit 5th edition of The Macintosh Bible. Wrote first edition of HTML Visual QuickStart Guide in 1995, now worldwide bestseller with more than 1 million copies sold in many languages. Also written books on Perl/CGI, XML, Blogger, iPhoto.

Most recently, wrote EPUB Straight to the Point, and accompanying miniguides, to help people publish ebook versions of their books.

Reviews

[Rena Sherwood · Rating 2 out of 5]

I bought this in 2006, when I decided to start a blog. I'd go on to have about five, but was forced to abandon all of them when GoogleAds suddenly reduced their pay rate ... and then did it again. Even in 2006, this book was out of date. I'd go to follow the directions, and discovered Blogger had changed so much that the directions were now irrelevant.

I did learn a bit about basic coding from this book, which is why I gave it two stars instead of one. I'd been away from the internet for five years due to homelessness. When I became rehomed, and realized that I needed the internet to find a job, man, was I in for a culture shock. This book helped ease some of the pain of that shock.

I remember reading the word "blog" and thought it was some sort of in- joke. It sounded like the noise you would make if a tentacle wrapped around your neck. "Giant squid around here? Don't be redic -- BLOG!"

[Aldean · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a publishing opportunity that I am not sure needed to be seized. I read through this on a couple of lunch breaks when I was working at the bookstore, and the best thing I can say about it is that it convinced me that I needed to publish a blog with Blogger (I no have five, for no apparent reason other than because I can). But for a complete novice with design and web publishing, this could be a helpful shot in the arm, though one could probably get the same info in nearly as clear a format from the Blogger help menus.

[Amanda Skinner · Rating 3 out of 5]

As happens so often with technology, things change quickly. Much of the information in this book was unhelpful because blogger has changed it's format. Many things are not listed in the same places that it shows in the book.

I picked up a couple useful tips. Though I think I need a beginners guide to HTML as all of that went over my head.

[Rahmat Romadon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Suka nge-blog? Bwt para penulis blog khususnya yg menggunakan Google Blogger buku ini bisa dijadikan referensi untuk mengkustomisasi blog yg sudah kita buat di web - kita tdk hrs menjadi pakar CSS dulu untuk menjadi blogger yg handal. Isinya simpel, mudah dipahami dengan penjelasan visual.

[Kristy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was so well written. When it comes to learning stuff like this I either give up or have to read the book several times. Not the case with this one. I've added her other books to my To-Read list.

[Angie crosby · Rating 3 out of 5]

okay if you are a complete beginner

[Teena in Toronto · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very good book if you are just starting to use Blogger. Though I've been using it for over a year, I discovered a couple things I didn't know.

[Louis Lapides]

Good review on Blogger. I've used Blogger before and I needed a quick refresher course. Great resources. Lots of illustrations.