[Dummies Guide to Google Blogger Beta] How To Construct Blog Links?
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This is a question which has always plagued the Newbie. They see all these beautiful links all over the Internet and clicking on any of them magically brings up yet another beautiful eye-candy page. However there is no page with instructions on how to construct these links. Here are some tips and tricks on constructing optimized links in your blog.........
A Link on a web page is a word/set of words/image which when clicked on using a mouse brings up another web page/resource. It is also called as a hyperlink.
URL is short for "Uniform Resource Locator". It is also known as a Web Address of a particular resource/document. For example the URL of your blog at blogspot is given by this :
http://YOURBLOGNAME.blogspot.com
Here just change 'YOURBLOGNAME' to actual name of your blog and 'blogspot.com' is the domain. To go to this site just copy and paste this URL into the AddressBar of your browser and press Enter. This particular URL will not go anywhere since it is a fictitious site.
To make a link in a document/blog post login to Dashboard and click on +New Post. This will open the Post Editor. Type in the words you wish to make into a link and click the link icon in top frame of post Editor. In Edit Html tab this is the third icon from the left. See picture below
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A new window pops up. In it type/paste the URL of the webpage you wish to link to and click OK. When you publish the post you will see the words you had selected in link form and clicking on them will bring up the web page whose URL you had used.
To summarize here are the steps to make a link to your friend's blog in your post :
1. Open your friend's blog in browser.
2. Copy the blog address/link/URL from the address bar.
3. Login to Dashboard and click on +New Post.
4. Type your friend's name in the post editor and select it. You can also type in the name/title of the blog. This is also known as the 'Anchor Text' for the link.
5. Click the link icon in the top frame and paste the URL from Step 2 in the popup window and OK it.
6. Publish Post by clicking Publish button.
7. View Blog by clicking on View Blog tab at the top and test the link.
Every link has a code which can be seen when you click on edit Html tab of Post editor. It looks like this :
<a href="URL/LINK OF PAGE">TITLE OF PAGE</a>
The 'TITLE OF PAGE' is the anchor text of the link. See How to make anchor links which lead to another place in the web page.
Image links have the following code :
<a href="URL/LINK YOUR IMAGE IS POINTING TO"><img src="LINK OF YOUR IMAGE AT FREE HOST" alt="TITLE OF SITE IMAGE IS POINTING TO" /></a>
See How to make Image Links.
The Link List widget is used to add a list of links to the sidebar. See How to add widgets to your blog. You need the URL for your sites and their Titles before you add them in a Link List widget.
Links by default open in the same window. You can change that to open in a new window. This enables your blog page to constantly remain open in the viewer's browser.
To make Email links and mail-to links you can use either images to prevent spammers from stealing your address or code.
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Posted By vin to Dummies Guide to Google Blogger Beta at 4/29/2007 11:18:00 AM
This is a question which has always plagued the Newbie. They see all these beautiful links all over the Internet and clicking on any of them magically brings up yet another beautiful eye-candy page. However there is no page with instructions on how to construct these links. Here are some tips and tricks on constructing optimized links in your blog.........
WHAT IS A LINK
A Link on a web page is a word/set of words/image which when clicked on using a mouse brings up another web page/resource. It is also called as a hyperlink.
WHAT IS A URL
URL is short for "Uniform Resource Locator". It is also known as a Web Address of a particular resource/document. For example the URL of your blog at blogspot is given by this :
http://YOURBLOGNAME.blogspot.com
Here just change 'YOURBLOGNAME' to actual name of your blog and 'blogspot.com' is the domain. To go to this site just copy and paste this URL into the AddressBar of your browser and press Enter. This particular URL will not go anywhere since it is a fictitious site.
MAKING A LINK
To make a link in a document/blog post login to Dashboard and click on +New Post. This will open the Post Editor. Type in the words you wish to make into a link and click the link icon in top frame of post Editor. In Edit Html tab this is the third icon from the left. See picture below
:
A new window pops up. In it type/paste the URL of the webpage you wish to link to and click OK. When you publish the post you will see the words you had selected in link form and clicking on them will bring up the web page whose URL you had used.
To summarize here are the steps to make a link to your friend's blog in your post :
1. Open your friend's blog in browser.
2. Copy the blog address/link/URL from the address bar.
3. Login to Dashboard and click on +New Post.
4. Type your friend's name in the post editor and select it. You can also type in the name/title of the blog. This is also known as the 'Anchor Text' for the link.
5. Click the link icon in the top frame and paste the URL from Step 2 in the popup window and OK it.
6. Publish Post by clicking Publish button.
7. View Blog by clicking on View Blog tab at the top and test the link.
THE LINK CODE
Every link has a code which can be seen when you click on edit Html tab of Post editor. It looks like this :
<a href="URL/LINK OF PAGE">TITLE OF PAGE</a>
The 'TITLE OF PAGE' is the anchor text of the link. See How to make anchor links which lead to another place in the web page.
Image links have the following code :
<a href="URL/LINK YOUR IMAGE IS POINTING TO"><img src="LINK OF YOUR IMAGE AT FREE HOST" alt="TITLE OF SITE IMAGE IS POINTING TO" /></a>
See How to make Image Links.
THE LINK LIST WIDGET
The Link List widget is used to add a list of links to the sidebar. See How to add widgets to your blog. You need the URL for your sites and their Titles before you add them in a Link List widget.
Links by default open in the same window. You can change that to open in a new window. This enables your blog page to constantly remain open in the viewer's browser.
To make Email links and mail-to links you can use either images to prevent spammers from stealing your address or code.
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Posted By vin to Dummies Guide to Google Blogger Beta at 4/29/2007 11:18:00 AM
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