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Changing the blog layout and appearance
Skills: modifying the appearance and layout of a blog
IT concepts: gadgets, separation of content from presentation
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.
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.