Table of Contents

Blogging in a Snap
By Julie C. Meloni
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Publisher: Sams
Pub Date: November 22, 2005
ISBN: 0-672-32843-7
Pages: 288

Table of Contents  | Index

		Copyright
		Foreword
			Blogging in The Stone Age
		About the Author
		Acknowledgments
		We Want to Hear from You!
		Reader Services
		Part I.  Getting Started with Blogging
			Chapter 1.  Start Here
				What's a Blog?
				Understanding the Anatomy of a Blog
				Traversing the Blogosphere
				Utilizing Basic Blogging Etiquette
				Using Available Blogger Resources
			Chapter 2.  Getting Started with Blogger
				Section 1.  Creating Your Blogger Account
				Section 2.  Naming Your Blog
				Section 3.  Using Blogger with Third-Party Hosting
				Section 4.  Logging In to Blogger and Navigating the Dashboard
				Section 5.  Selecting a New Template
				Section 6.  Configuring Basic Blogger Settings
				Section 7.  Using Blogger's Publishing Settings
				Section 8.  Working with Blogger's Formatting Settings
				Section 9.  Configuring Blogger's Comments Settings
				Section 10.  Setting Up Blogger Archives
				Section 11.  Enabling and Publishing Site Feeds
				Section 12.  Configuring Blogger's Email Settings
				Section 13.  Setting Up Groups and Members in Blogger
				Section 14.  Modifying Your Blogger Profile
			Chapter 3.  All About Posting
				Section 15.  Creating a Post Using the Blogger Editor in Compose Mode
				Section 16.  Creating a Post Using the Blogger Editor in Manual Mode
				Section 17.  Using Keyboard Shortcuts in the Blogger Editor
				Section 18.  Using the Recover Post Feature
				Section 19.  Understanding the Blogger Publishing Process
				Section 20.  Editing Existing Posts
				Section 21.  Creating Expandable Blog Posts
		Part II.  Fun with Blog Layouts
			Chapter 4.  Using Basic HTML and Working with Images
				Section 22.  Using Paragraphs, Blockquotes, and List Markup in Your Posts
				Section 23.  Creating Hyperlinks in Your Posts
				Section 24.  Creating Tables in Your Posts
				Section 25.  Inserting Images into Your Posts Using Blogger
				Section 26.  Inserting Images into Your Posts Using Flickr
				Section 27.  Inserting Images into Your Posts Using PhotoBucket
				Section 28.  Other Methods for Inserting Images Into Posts
			Chapter 5.  Working with Blogger Templates
				Section 29.  Understanding the Blogger Template Structure and Editor
				Section 30.  Identifying Elements in the Blogger Template Source
				Section 31.  Defining and Implementing Custom Styles
				Section 32.  Understanding the Blogger Template Language
				Section 33.  Implementing a Third-Party Template in Blogger
		Part III.  Extending Your Blog
			Chapter 6.  Commenting and Trackback
				Section 34.  Using Blogger's Commenting System
				Section 35.  Implementing Blogger's Show/Hide Comments
				Section 36.  Display Recent Comments Links on Your Blog
				Section 37.  Moderating Comments with Blogger
				Section 38.  Implementing the Haloscan Commenting and Trackback System
				Section 39.  Using the Haloscan Commenting System
				Section 40.  Using the Haloscan Trackback System
				Section 41.  Moderating Haloscan Comments and Trackback
			Chapter 7.  Additional Blogging Tools
				Section 42.  Using Blogrolls
				Section 43.  Implementing Affiliation Links, Personal Lists, or Ads
				Section 44.  Creating a Moblog
				Section 45.  Creating an Audioblog
				Section 46.  Using the Blogger NavBar
				Section 47.  Using BlogThis! Add-Ons
				Section 48.  Using Blogger for Word
			Chapter 8.  RSS, Indices, and Folksonomies
				Section 49.  Providing an External RSS Feed
				Section 50.  Using an RSS Aggregator
				Section 51.  Using Indexing Mechanisms to Your Advantage
				Section 52.  Creating and Sharing Your Bookmarks
				Section 53.  Embracing Folksonomy
		Part IV.  Appendixes
			Appendix A.  HTML Fundamentals
				Plain Text Documents and HTML Tags
				Understanding the Overall HTML Document Structure
				HTML Structural Elements Within the BODY Element
				Basic Physical Markup
				Hyperlinks
				Creating Tables with HTML
				Using HTML Entities
				Putting It Together
			Appendix B.  CSS Fundamentals
				Basic Format of Style Sheet Entries
				Value Syntax
				Text Properties
				List Properties
				Pseudo-Class Properties
				Box Properties
				Floating and Clearing
				The <div> and <span> Tags
				Putting It Together
		Key Terms
		Index