Monday, June 23, 2008

Blogger Tip: Creating a Page Link

Ok, here it comes…another one of Ron’s blog tip posts….

Yeah, I know…I can’t help it.

Not only do I enjoy the writing aspect of a blog, but I also enjoy the technical aspect of a blog as well.

This post is actually for Blogger users, so for those of my friends who are with Wordpress…I apologize. You can either skip this post, or make me feel fabulous…and read it anyway.


Now before you read any further, I would like you to know that if it weren’t for Nicole over at Humor Me, I would have never figured out this blogger tip. She actually thought of the idea, so I’m just passing along her BRILLIANT thoughts…


So MUCH thanks, Nicole…I owe this post to you!


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For the longest time, I’ve been trying to find a way to add extra pages to a Blogger Blog.


(such as Wordpress)


By “extra pages”…I mean an internal link that would take my readers to another area on my blog, so that I could share additional information.


Such as: a personalized contact page, an awards page, a photo gallery page, a link page…etc.


I wanted to create an area where I could display my blog awards, other than my sidebar - which would free up some space on my main page.


(if you click on the awards link on the right-hand sidebar, it will take you to that page)


And here’s how I did it….


I created a new blog post by adding an extra date to one of my archive months.


I took the month of February and create a date in between dates.


Example: 2/22/08 2/23/08 2/25/08


I then went into create post and gave it a title: Blog Awards - just like I would if I was creating a post. I then added the awards, but before I published, I changed the post date to 2/23/08 which caused the post to move back into February’s archives.


(I changed the date by going into post options)


So technically it is a post, but it’s also a url link that I can present on my sidebar, as if it were a separate page.


(I displayed the link, by using a text widget and then placed it on my sidebar)


Again, this can be done for many things…


Say I was a photographer blogger and wanted to display my photos on a gallery page. I would repeat the post date process above, and then add all my photographs to the post. Once I published it, I would place that single url link on my sidebar (again, using a text widget) which would take my readers to a Photo Gallery Page.


(and the really cool thing, is that as time moved on, I could add photos if I wish)


**Now the most important thing for you to remember: is that the post date MUST be a date from your archives AND be a date that you haven’t already published with.


*Please read this post several times so that you understand, before trying this. It’s actually quite easy.


So if your interested…give it whirl. I think it’s a great way to organize and present your blog.


Happy blogging, everyone!