If you’re using the Blogger platform or plan to use it, here’s a list of resources available to assist you. As we discover more resources we’ll add them to the list. By all means this list is not all inclusive, but will give you a good start. The bottom of the list also includes a place to find free templates to use with Blogger.

Blogger Resources and Help

Buzz Blogger

The official place to get many of your questions answered on how to use the Blogger blogging platform.

Blogger Tour

Take a brief tour from Blogger to understand some basics of blogging.

Blogger Help

Yes, imagine that! An official place to get help with using Blogger.

Blogger Help Group Forum

Yes, even a forum to help digg you out of trouble or challenges with Blogger, or simply to learn something new.

Blogger in Draft

The place to learn about everything you need to know about Blogger in Draft and for getting their newest updates for handy tools and gadgets! One of the best features about using Blogger in Draft is the fact that you can automatically publish a blog post with a future scheduled posting date and time! Not familiar with Blogger in Draft? Just follow this link directly to your Blogger in Draft dashboard!

Blogger Known Issues

Ever had one of those days when you were frustrated with something on Blogger? You can do a bit of research here and discover if the issue has been reported and what the resolve may be and when it will be fixed. The site is easy to navigate with the keyword tags listed at the top.

Blogger on Your Own Domain Video

A handy resource to get you started on your own domain using the Blogger Platform. This video makes it a quick and easy place to get started today!

Blogger on Your Own Domain Summary

This will give you more details so you know what to expect when establishing a blog on your own domain using the Blogger platform. Blogger refers to using your own domain name with their platform as “Custom Domain”.

Blogger Support

When all your options seem to fail for resolving an issue with Blogger, you can use the link above to access notify Blogger support.

Link and Blog Blogger Posts

To locate our blog posts regarding anything to do with the Blogger platform, simply check out the link above to get you started.

Blogger Play

When you upload photos using Blogger’s WYSIWYG editor, your images are viewable from Blogger Play, and people can click through to your blog from your photos too!

Free Blogger Templates

Selecting and customizing templates is one of the funnest things about blogging! Sometimes a template may even inspire a new blog or domain name! You may also find templates on web sites that provide resources and hacks for the Blogger platform.

Remember to do a complete backup of your current Blogger template prior to installing a new template! This will help you to avoid a major headache in the event a template does not operate correctly. It will also enable you to easily copy and paste codes for Google Analytics, your Google Adsense codes, or whatever codes you are using. Happy Blogging!

Btemplates

Free Templates

EBlogTemplates

Pyzam Blogger Templates

Blog Skins

You’ve noticed I’m sure that many of our recent posts here are about some of the improvements that the Blogger platform has been making. This is due to the fact that I recently converted two of my blogspot blogs over to my own domains using the Blogger custom domains option. Well, Blogger just got better again!

Using the new Blogger in Draft option, you can now write blog posts in advance and select the specific date and time you want Blogger to publish the post AUTOMATICALLY! This of course means that you can now hang out at the beach and leave your laptop behind, while Blogger does the work for you to publish your posts automatically! Awesome feature Blogger! Way to go! I tested the auto-publish feature on one of my new Blogger custom domain blogs, and it worked great! Here’s how to auto-publish a post for a later published date and time, using the new Blogger Draft dashboard:

STEP 1:
You need to get to the correct dashboard! You may not have ventured to this new Blogger in Draft dashboard I’m referring to, so pay close attention! Normally when you’ve posted in Blogger you’ve gone to your dashboard with the blue, orange and white Blogger logo, but the dashboard you need to be in is the Blogger in Draft dashboard. Okay, once you’re in the correct Blogger Draft dashboard, you’re ready to write and schedule an automatic date and time for a new blog post! Let’s go to the second step!

STEP 2:
From your Blogger in Draft dashboard, select the blog you wish to post to using the automatic publishing feature. Then select a blog post you already have saved as a draft, or write a new one. Now you’re ready to auto-publish a blog post for the desired time and date you specify. Select the menu option as shown here, and follow the instructions written in red:

Once you have selected your date and time, select “Publish Post” if you have finished writing your draft. Blogger will then automatically publish the post for your specified date and time. The auto-publish time and date will only be set if you selected “Publish Post”, but NOT if you selected “Save as Draft”! The Blogger dashboard will confirm your auto-publish date and time for the post with this message:

Once you have posts ready to be automatically published for a specific scheduled time you can locate them in your Blogger Draft dashboard where it says, “Scheduled”:

When you click on the “Scheduled” link, you can access the list of scheduled posts, which will show you the post name, date and time for when it is scheduled. The example below only shows the time since I opted to have the blog post auto-published the same day:

There you have it! That’s all there is to publishing a blog post from your Blogger Draft dashboard for your desired date and time! Thanks Blogger!

For additional information about the auto-publishing feature, take a peak at Blogger Buzz. Also, be sure to check out the new Blogger in Draft blog for more of the scoop on the automatic blog post publishing feature!