Bloggity Blogger Hacks

When I began blogging, I started off with a simple Google Blogger account. While I do like Blogger’s ease of use, it does have drawbacks.

Some of them include:

1. The Blogger bar at top. The random “next blog” link is particularly annoying as there are many unsightly blogs out there, including lots of porn. While the search engine up there is nice, that random blog link generator steals its thunder.
2. The inability to post article abstracts/summaries which link to single pages devoted to one post. I really dislike blogs with mile-long index pages sprawling with acres of text. Just thinking about it makes my scrolling finger ache.
3. No easy way to add your own favicon. A favicon if you not sure, is that little icon appearing in the URL location field of your Internet browser.

However, that being said there are some tremendous advantages to having a Blogger account. The main one being that blog posts are almost immediately picked up by the almighty Google search engine.

This alone is worth all of Blogger’s troubles as far as I am concerned.

Since beginning the Horndog Blog, I have found many useful hacks to overcome most Blogger woes. Since I am a web developer I am fairly comfortable experimenting with the Blogger CSS template, but if you decide to use these links below to update your own Blogger account, please be sure to back up your site template before making any changes. You should be fairly comfortable with CSS and HTML before attempting any of these hacks.

• Top 10 Blogger Hacks
  This site offers some great tips, including how to remove that pesky Blogger bar.
• Adding a favicon
  This page is a part of an entire Wiki devoted to Blogger hacks. The Favicon from Pics site makes the task a breeze.
• Article abstracts.
  This is tricky – attempt this at your own peril.