This week, we have a number of reports, in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue, from blog owners who like to monitor the Google+ +1 counts, for their posts, using the dashboard Posts list.
The ability to observe, at a glance, the +1 count for any given group of posts is useful - and popular with some folks. I use it, myself, with newer posts in this blog.
Unfortunately, my Posts list shows no +1 counts for recent posts, for some Posts lists.
It appears that pagination of the Posts list affects ability for any Posts list to have the +1 counts displayed.
In some cases, +1 counts will not display, for a paginated Posts list, on the first display page of the list. Subsequent display pages, seen by hitting the ">" button at the top, will show +1 counts for the posts.
In other cases, +1 counts will display, for a paginated Posts list, on the first display page of the list. Subsequent display pages, seen by hitting the ">" button at the top, will not show +1 counts for the posts.
Posts lists which are not paginated (have only one display page) do not seem to be affected by the problem.
Blogs with smaller "All posts" lists, and blogs with smaller Posts Label lists, may not show the problem - so not all blog owners will observe the problem. Also, owners of blogs which receive few +1s - and who do not use Google+ for posts distribution - will probably not observe the problem, either.
You may be able to examine this effect on your blog, by choosing Labels which have more, or less, than the number of posts compared to the Posts display page size (100, 50, 25, or 10) - and by changing the Posts display page size, to a different number.
We have a rollup discussion, in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue, where we are attempting to diagnose the spread of the problem. If you find your blog affected by this oddity, and are able to answer a few questions, your input could be useful.
As always, I will respectfully request that you keep your replies, in the rollup topic, brief and relevant. And please read the first post in the topic, for instructions how you may participate in the diagnosis of the problem.
(Update 2015/03/09): This problem appears to be resolved.
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Thursday, January 1, 2015
Change The Sequence Of Your Posts
If there's one question, seen occasionally in Blogger Help Forum: Learn More About Blogger?, that confounds me, its a simple one.
Blogger does not provide a dashboard setting, to change the post display sequence. Post sequence is only changed, by altering the date and time of the posts.
Long ago, changing the post sequence was simple.
You could use the Schedule wizard in Post Editor "Post settings", select "Set date and time", and change each post, to whatever value you require. Each changed post would have a new URL - and would display according to the new URL.
To prevent various problems, caused by uncontrolled date / time changes, Blogger later changed the post editor. Now, once a post is published, you can't back date the post date or time.
The key word there is "published". You can't back date a published post - but you can re publish a post, by saving it as Draft. Just un publish each post as Draft - then use "Set date and time", back date, and Publish again.
You can back date as far as 1970. If you need the blog to display dates preceding 1970, you'll have to use "fake" dates, as you back date.
You can use the Posts menu to set up to 50 posts, in one step, as Draft. You will have to use Post Editor, one post at a time, to back date and re publish, however. This will be some tedium, for you.
Now, be careful here! If you resequence the posts after they have been indexed by the search engines - and if the resequencing involves URL changes - you're going to have "404"s from broken links. This is going to hurt reader and search engine reputation.
If your resequencing involves URL changes - and you care about the reputation of the blog - plan to add a custom redirect, for each post that gets a new URL, pointing from the old URL to the new URL. And this will be more tedium, for you.
But at least there is an answer to
The answer simply involves some repetitive work, on your part.
How do I change the order of my posts?or
Why does my blog display the newest post first? Where is the option, to change to oldest post first?It is very difficult to respond both correctly, and helpfully, to both questions, equally well.
Blogger does not provide a dashboard setting, to change the post display sequence. Post sequence is only changed, by altering the date and time of the posts.
Long ago, changing the post sequence was simple.
Change the date and time of each post.
You could use the Schedule wizard in Post Editor "Post settings", select "Set date and time", and change each post, to whatever value you require. Each changed post would have a new URL - and would display according to the new URL.
To prevent various problems, caused by uncontrolled date / time changes, Blogger later changed the post editor. Now, once a post is published, you can't back date the post date or time.
The key word there is "published". You can't back date a published post - but you can re publish a post, by saving it as Draft. Just un publish each post as Draft - then use "Set date and time", back date, and Publish again.
You can back date as far as 1970. If you need the blog to display dates preceding 1970, you'll have to use "fake" dates, as you back date.
You can use the Posts menu to set up to 50 posts, in one step, as Draft. You will have to use Post Editor, one post at a time, to back date and re publish, however. This will be some tedium, for you.
Now, be careful here! If you resequence the posts after they have been indexed by the search engines - and if the resequencing involves URL changes - you're going to have "404"s from broken links. This is going to hurt reader and search engine reputation.
If your resequencing involves URL changes - and you care about the reputation of the blog - plan to add a custom redirect, for each post that gets a new URL, pointing from the old URL to the new URL. And this will be more tedium, for you.
But at least there is an answer to
Where is the option, to change to oldest post first?
The answer simply involves some repetitive work, on your part.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
The New Blogger GUI, And The Disappearing Drafts List
Right now, a few blog owners who depend upon using the Draft status on posts, and who move posts in and out of Draft status regularly, are noting an oddity in the New GUI Posts menu.
Looking at the menu, one sees only "All".
There are no imported or scheduled posts, in the blog.
Fortunately, this is not hard to remedy. Just pick any one post, currently displayed as "Published".
And there is that one post, with the others, again published - and the menu now will now have selections for "Draft" and "Published".
This is, unfortunately, a temporary fix - the next time you reload your dashboard, you'll see only "All" again. But, it's easy enough to repeat.
You may see the same behaviour with the "Imported" and "Scheduled" lists.
Also, if there are no "Draft", "Imported" or "Scheduled" posts, the relevant link won't be seen.
What would be the benefit of viewing an empty page, after all?
I can't find my Draft posts - there's no menu selection!
Looking at the menu, one sees only "All".
So how do I identify and update my Draft posts?
Fortunately, this is not hard to remedy. Just pick any one post, currently displayed as "Published".
- Edit that one post, and hit "Revert to draft".
- Edit that one post again, and hit "Update".
And there is that one post, with the others, again published - and the menu now will now have selections for "Draft" and "Published".
This is, unfortunately, a temporary fix - the next time you reload your dashboard, you'll see only "All" again. But, it's easy enough to repeat.
You may see the same behaviour with the "Imported" and "Scheduled" lists.
Also, if there are no "Draft", "Imported" or "Scheduled" posts, the relevant link won't be seen.
What would be the benefit of viewing an empty page, after all?
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