Blogging 102 Links!
You need to learn just a little, tiny bit of HTML in order to put links on your blog. Don't be afraid!
Log into Blogger and go to the Template tab. This will show you the HTML for your blog. Scroll down past all the formatting junk on the top (more than half way down) and look for something like this:
< !-- Begin #sidebar -- >
< div id="sidebar" >< div id="sidebar2" >
< !-- Begin #profile-container -- >
<$BlogMemberProfile$>
< !-- End #profile -- >
This tells you that you are in the sidebar and below your profile. If that's where you want the link to be, click to put your cursor there. Type in the link on a blank line. It needs to be like this link to my website except that you can substitute any URL (website address) and any title:
< a href="http://www.mariannepowers.com">Doing the Right Thing< /a >
where "http://www.mariannepowers.com" is the website address
and Doing the Right Thing is any text you want to display for your link.
NOTE: I had to put a space before the first a and a space before and after the /a in order to get it to show you the HTML instead of creating the link. If you copy it, take the spaces out.
Click on the button that says Preview. It should look like this: Doing the Right Thing
If it doesn't look like that, close that window and click on the button that says Clear Edits. If it does look okay, click on the button that says Save Template Changes. Then republish your blog to see the changes.
Always look at your blog from your web browser when you make changes, especially changes to the HTML. Always test your links by clicking on them to make sure they work.
Give it a try!
Log into Blogger and go to the Template tab. This will show you the HTML for your blog. Scroll down past all the formatting junk on the top (more than half way down) and look for something like this:
< !-- Begin #sidebar -- >
< div id="sidebar" >< div id="sidebar2" >
< !-- Begin #profile-container -- >
<$BlogMemberProfile$>
< !-- End #profile -- >
This tells you that you are in the sidebar and below your profile. If that's where you want the link to be, click to put your cursor there. Type in the link on a blank line. It needs to be like this link to my website except that you can substitute any URL (website address) and any title:
< a href="http://www.mariannepowers.com">Doing the Right Thing< /a >
where "http://www.mariannepowers.com" is the website address
and Doing the Right Thing is any text you want to display for your link.
NOTE: I had to put a space before the first a and a space before and after the /a in order to get it to show you the HTML instead of creating the link. If you copy it, take the spaces out.
Click on the button that says Preview. It should look like this: Doing the Right Thing
If it doesn't look like that, close that window and click on the button that says Clear Edits. If it does look okay, click on the button that says Save Template Changes. Then republish your blog to see the changes.
Always look at your blog from your web browser when you make changes, especially changes to the HTML. Always test your links by clicking on them to make sure they work.
Give it a try!
posted by Marianne at 8:13 PM
3 Comments:
Marianne - these lessons are really helpful. I have now put a link to your website on my blog.
Thanks, Peg!
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