Changing the blog layout and appearance

Skills: modifying the appearance and layout of a blog

IT concepts: gadgets, separation of content from presentation

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Changing the blog layout and appearance

• Internet concepts– Applications (blogs)– Technology (TCP/IP)– Implications for

• Individuals• Organizations• Society

• Internet skills– Application development (change the

appearance of a blog)– Content creation

• Text• Images• Audio• Video

Make these changes in five minutes

We will delete much of the material in the right hand column.

We will change the layout and color scheme.

Clean up the right hand column

Delete the “about me” and “follower” gadgets

Your Blogger dashboard

At http://www.blogger.com

The layout modification screen

You can modify (edit), reorder, add or delete the “gadgets” in the right hand column.

Remove the “About Me” gadget

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Remove the “Followers” gadget

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About me and Followers are gone

Change the overall layout and color scheme

Change the blog template

Change the blog template

Select the Stretch Denim template

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New layout and color scheme

Note that the content is unchanged -- it is independent of the appearance.

Immediate editing

You can click on these icons and edit your blog without going back to the dashboard.

These icons are only visible to the person who created the blog.

The layout modification screen

You can also add gadgets.

Four of the Blogger library gadgets

Google adds to the gadget library over time.

Programmers can create their own gadgets.

Each gadget has a property sheet

The user can change gadget appearance and behavior.