If you have changed your blog template, you might feel there is something missing from the new look of your blog. Take a look, your blog article looks too long isn’t it? If you make a certain length articles, the entire article will be displayed. This makes your blog look less attractive and give some trouble to the reader to see all titles of articles on the front page of your blog.

It happened because you have not added the code "Read More" (Expandable Post Summaries) in your template. If you already added this "Read More" (Expandable Post Summaries) code, then only a part of your article will be displayed. The rest will be hidden and only displayed when the reader interested to continue reading and hit the "Read More" link or button.


If you are interested to make it, you can following this:

1. Log in to your blogger. com account
2. Check “settings” menu and then check “formatting” page
3. add the following code in the “post template” box

<span class="fullpost">

</ span>

Then Save.
4. Go to “layout” page, then check edit template
5. Check the expand templates widget box
7. It is better to download all of your templates first. If there is a mistake you'll easy upload it back.
8. Find the following code:

<div class='post-header-line-1'/>
<div class='post-body'>

(Can be also like this:

<div class='post-body entry-content'>

Just find the most similar)
9. If so, add the following code below:

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>
<style>. fullpost (display: inline;) </ style>
<p> <data:post.body/> </ p>
<b:else/>
<style>. fullpost (display: none;) </ style>

10. Look down, there will be this code:

<p> <data:post.body/> </ p>
<div style='clear: both;'/> <! - clear for photos floats ->
</ div>

11. Among the code:

<p> <data:post.body/> </ p>

and

<div style='clear: both;'/> <! - clear for photos floats ->

Add the following code:

<a expr:href='data:post.url'> Read More .. </ a>
</ b: if>

12. If you've done, then save your template.


Now try to edit one of your post:
1. Check Edit HTML on your post page
Choose the section you want as your article summary, or which will appear on your blog page. Put code:

<span class="fullpost">

afterwards.
2. Put the code:

</ span>

on the bottom, so that the rest of your article will be among the code

<span class="fullpost">

And

</ span>

2. If you have done, save your article back.
3. Now, please check at the new look of your blog.
4. Done.



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Arthemia is one of the most popular of bloggers template. Originally, Arthemia is a wordpress template that is converting to be compatible for use on blogger.com. In addition to its elegant appearance, Arthemia template favored because has been equipped with some very popular widgets such as drop down menus, three-column body, and three column footer.

Arthemia templates design have been updated for many times, following the new trends and styles of templates. Now you can use the New Arthemia template that is more interesting than usual Arthemia template. Tanks to Rajeel who have assemble the New Arthemia for all bloggers. The touch made by Rajeel make New Arthemia looks much more professional and interesting.

If you intend to choose a template for your new blog, Arthemia is one option that I recommend. As you can see this on my blog, I myself also use the New Arthemia, which i think looks neat and professional. For those of you who fans of personal magazine-style template, you should consider to use this template one.

In New Arthemia template, you will instantly get:
1. Two / Three columns depend on your customization
2. Proffessional Design with magazine style
3. Built-in search box
4. Nice Drop-down menu
5. Three footer widgets
6. Banner ad ready (468 × 60, a big banner ad)
7. Headline Section to enlight your Top-post
8. Featured Posts section to show off your featured posts
9. Nice graphic labels above the posts
10. Built-in Tag cloud
11. Compatible for Mozilla - all version
12. Compatible for IE 8 and 7. Also compatible for IE 6!!

For a guide to install this template, you can go to Rajeel blog.

If you liked this template, you can download it here:
New Arthemia

Or if you prefer to use the old version of Arthemia, you can go this one:
Arthemia


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Although you have submit your blog url to google, it doesnt mean that your blog will be indexed immedietly. Please check the google SERP page, whether the name of your blog is listed. If you feel its too long to wait your blog indexed by search engines, especially google, may be its a good idea to try to submit your blog url again, or could be you have to submit repeatedly.

Before submit your blog, I suggest you try to check your blog page. There is a possibility, your blog template isnt Search Engine friendly one. You can pay someone to do it. But you can also use the free spider Simulation service. This spider Simulation, will help you to find out some weaknesses of your template.

I most often use the services of Spidertest. I like it, because they have simple procedures. By using Spidertest, I know the effectiveness of my blog meta tags, and also knowing the keywords of my blog. By doing simulations to crawl your blog page, you can fix some errors, which most likely is a problem, so that your blog is not indexed search engine.

Please visit Spidertest, and enter your url in a field that is there. Press the check button. And you will know a few things that you may be able to fix on your template. Not only that, you can also know the 20 words that appear most often. Hmm, try to see, whether it is the keyword that you target?

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In fact, the default template that provided by blogger.com has been very good. Its now depending on your creativity to explore. Actually, you can learn to make modifications to the HTML code of your blog template to make it suitable to you. Various things can be done, for example, add a column on sidebar,make two columns at the header, make three fields footer, and others. Many tutorials abaout that can easily can be found on the internet.

However, if you still feel the default template can not represent all of your needs, then you can change the template. Event if you dont want to be bothered own, you can use service of the free template provider . They usually provide a lot of templates that you can select according to your taste. Some that I recommend are:


1. btemplates.com
2. eblogtemplates.com
3. bloggerstyles.com

Please visit the site. Then, find the template that accordance with your wishes. I recommend that, before you download the template, you have to see the demo first, to ensure that the template is consistent with your expectation. If you are unsure, now you can download it, by pressing the dowload button that provided. Note that some available file is made in the extract files form. So, you must first extract it with your extraction software.

If you have done, then the next step is to install the template on your blog:

1.Please access your blogger.com account.

2.Choose 'Layout' and click 'Edit HTML'

3. Check "Expand Widget" and then click "Download Full Template".
You should do this, to anticipate when an error happen on the new template. If that happens you can restore your default template with again by uploading this file.

4.Klik the "browse"
You will go to your computer explorer page. Please find a new template that you have downloaded before.

5. When you have done, click the "upload" button.

6. Click "Preview" button first, to see the new look of your blog.

7. If you are unsure, then you stay pressing the "Save Template" button.

Congratulations, your blog already have a new template. Please complete the new template with your new widget that you like.

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To publish your blog, submit your blogs url to various search engines are the basic steps. I am sure, google is your first choice. Next, you can submit to Yahoo and MSN. By doing url submit, you are starting to get visitors to your blog.

Of course, Google, Yahoo and MSN, is the most popular search engine, so you can note them to a ‘must be’ category, hehehe. But you can also consider the other search engines. There are so many search engines, who also would have visitors, and probably different one. So why not try to drag visitors to your blog's from that other search engine.


Fortunately, you do not need to do its manually one by one, as you do when you submit your blog url you to google. By using the Free Web Submision service, you can do less than ten minutes. Its very easy to do:


1. Visit: freewebsubmission.com,

2. There are two columns available here, that to be fill in, consisting of:
a. URL Column,
b. Email column

3. Check Yes in the Agreement box,

4. Click the Submit your site button,

5. Access your email account, see the inbox, there are an email from FreeWebsubmission

6.Click the anchor text "Verify Membership" (or copy and paste the provided link into your web browser's address bar), you will return to Free Web Submission front page

7. Click Submit your site Button ones again, then you finish.

Note: Some search engines will send you a verification email. Just click the given link.
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If you have successfully created a blog on blogger.com, the next steps you need to do is publish your blog. The very best way, of course register your blog to various search engines. Why? Couse most internet visitors will come first to search engine to look for certain keywords that they want. They will not remember the URL address for thousands keywords is not it?

Well, because of that, you have to make sure that your blog is indexed by search engine. This time, I would like to share my experiences on registering a blog to google search engine. Google is a search engine that most used by visitors of the internet. Registered in the Google index, is the first step to get visitors to your blog.


Fortunately, Google has been providing services to registering a new website or blog to their search engine. Therefore, to ground your blog to the Google is very easy to do. Simply by fill three columns of the registration form only, you will come to the list on google index.

But keep in mind that your blog will not be listed in google index immedietly. Usually it takes at least three days to one week. To speed up the process of indexing, you must update your blog scheduled, and if possible as often as you can. That way, the spider robot of Google will visit your blog and indexing.

Well, here's how to register your blog on Google:

1. Open / type : http://www.google.com/addurl in addres browser (Or you can use the search engine google, type in: google index). You will go to the home page of google url submit.

2. Fill in the form that provided.

a. URL
Fill in your URL address on this column. Example: http://yourblogname.blogspot.com

b. Comment
Fill in the description or keyword of your blog. But it can also empty.

c. Word Verification
Type the characters / letters that you see. This is done to verify that you are truly human, not a robot program.

3. Click add URL button.

4. That all. Wait a few days until your blog indexed.

Note:
• To check, you can go directly to google.com.
• Then type the name of your blog in the search field.
• Click the search button.
• If your blog indexed, then it will listed on the search engine results page
• It may not exist on the first page, try to see the next page

Well, if you want to indexed in other search engines, you live search for the address of its URL submit. Alternatively, you can use the assistance of freewebsubmission.com.

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If you already have a gmail account, then you should do is have an account at blogger.com. Yup, a first step to start a blog. This is a case that's easy and fun to do. The only requirement you need is your gmail account. When you create a blog on blogger.com, then you're initiated an investment.

Of course, blogger.com is not the only one of free blog service provider, but as I ilustrated on my article about how to make an email at gmail.com, our blogging needs will be very much in touch with google (Google Adsense, YouTube, GoogleTalk, and others others). So I suggest to create a blog on blogger.com.

Well, let's begin. The way is as follows:

1. Open / type: http://blogger.com in addres browser (Or you can use the google search engine, type: blogger.com). You will go to the blogger.com home page.

2. Click the CREATE A BLOG. You will go to the form page that must be filled.

3. Fill out the registration form with:

a. Email address
Fill in the email address with your (once again, it's better if an email address at gmail.com).
In the Retype Email Address field, fill in the same email address above.

b. Password
This is the secret word that you need to access your blogger account. Choose the word that you will remember easily, but hard to guess by other people. Can be the same password with your gmail.
In the Retype Password field, fill in the password the same as the above.

c. Display Name
Fill with your name. This is the blog author who will appear on your blog later.

d. Word Verification
Type the characters / letters that you see. This is done to verify that you are truly human, not a robot program.

e. Check on the "I Agree the Service Term" box.

4. Click the Continue button. You will go to second form pages that must be filled.

5. Fill out the second registration form with:

a. Blog Title
Fill in the blog title you want.

b. Blog Address (URL)
Fill with the blog address you want. Click the check availability button. If you select a name that is not wearing, a description will appear that the name is available. If you select a name that people already use, select the alternative that is still available. Remember this is the address, which is to be your blog address. Example: http://namethatyouwant.blogspot.com

c. Word Verification
Type the characters / letters that you see. This is done to verify that you are truly human, not a robot program.

6. Click the Continue button. You will go to the template page. You can select a template that provided by Google. Choose according to your taste.

7. Click the Continue button. Next you will go to the new page. This welcome page is information that your blog has been completed.

8. Click the Start Blogging button. Next page will appear. You can start to post your blog articles. If you want to go out then, you live click on the sign out button in the top-right corner.

Congratulations, you have your own blog. And, ready to start blogging.

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Today, there is more and more social network services available in the Internet, and makes many people began to turn away from the blog. It must be admitted, that the social network sites provide the services that for some people, looks far more interesting than the blog. Those who have business online, would see a social network site as a business opportunity much more rather than a blog can promise.

Why not, in social networking sites (such as facebook, friendster, tagged, Hi5, and others), you not only can post articles, but also send inter-profile email, chat, upload pictures and videos, share videos and images, and spread link. In short, representing almost all your online needs. Not surprisingly, many people began to focus on the social networking site, and leave their blogging activities.

So a question about the blog, seem to be raised. Why blogs are still important and necessary? For me, a few things about the blog, not replaceable. I write below, to share with you. Of course, other people will have different views. However, this paper, may still be useful as a benchmark.

1. Writing intensity
Blogging is writing intensity. For me, blogging is to build a personal culture to write . This is a blog character that will not be replaced. On average, a blog built by one author only. One of the things that distinguish it with the web site. On social network sites you might also have the opportunity to write. However, your concentration will be divided between writing, chatting and other activities.

2. Construction of Learning
Blogging is a constructive learning process. Since the beginning of creating a blog, you are indeed creating a curriculum of your own blogging lesson. You will set goals for your own learning instructional . Choosing a blog focus, selecting the right keywords, groove article, select campaign way, and so forth. The things that you will not find in your activities in the social network site.

3. Personal style
Blogging allows you to develop your personal style. Not only the language style in your article, but also the style of your blog. You will plan, how your blog such as will be seen by visitors. Which Template you want. Which Widget you will install on your blog. So your blog becomes a character itself, a unique and special.

4. Freedom of expression
Your blog is your free space. You may even choose to display the content forbidden. Of course, if you are ready to dibanned by search engines, and ready to lose visitors, hehehe. But essentially, you are free to determine the focus and theme of your blog. Even free to choose without focus. You are free to mix all areas of knowledge in your blog. Happy browsing, than haha!

5. Intensity Discussion
Blogging allows you to discuss with your visitor intense. You can drag a topic to discuss and mutually comented. Of course, this is the case you can do with the visitors who also have a blog.

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A blog, is short term that means web log. It is online, chronological collection of personal commentary and links. Easy to create and use from anywhere with an Internet connection, blogs are a form of Internet publishing that has become an established communications tool. Blogging has evolved from its origins as a medium for the online publication of personal diaries to a respected vehicle for editorials on specific topics.

In their latest incarnation, blogs represent an alternative to mainstream media publications. The personal perspectives presented on blogs often lead to discourse between bloggers, and many blog circles generate a strong sense of community.Although online journals have been around longer than the term blog they gained momentum with the introduction of services that allow users to publish blogs easily, without needing to code HTML.

Today, thousands of people use services including Blogger and Moveable Type to simplify, automate, and accelerate the online publishing process. Blogs are showing up in venues ranging from entertainment and commerce to news and politics. Many blogs are the musings ofa single author; others focus on a particular topic and feature the voices of several authors. There are group blogs, family blogs, community blogs, and corporate blogs. WarBlogs (a product of the Iraq war), LibLogs (library blogs), and EduBlogs targeting education) are just some of the emerging types of blogs. In educational settings, faculty are using blogs to express their opinions,to promote dialogue in the discipline, and as an instructional tool, and students are increasingly using blogs both as personal commentaries and as a required part of certain courses. Read the full story