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Show/Hide Blogger and Google+ Comments System With Toggle

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Many Blogger site owners received the new Google+ Comment System pretty negatively because it forced all commenting users to create their own Google+ account before they were able to write a comment. The Google+ Comment System on Blogger was convenient to writers, but discouraged many users from continuing to comment on blogs because they simply didn't want to use Google+. For those that did use Google+ to make a comment, Blogger would never email you and notify you that someone left a comment; you could go days or weeks without ever realizing that you never responded to a reader. In addition to frustrating your audience, the Google+ Comment System on Blogger depended upon the URL of your blog post. By changing your URLs or moving around your blog posts internally, you run the risk of losing every one of your comments that was placed using Google+. Previously, the only way to solve this problem was to disable the comment system through your account settings, thus giving up your abi...

How to Turn Off Auto Enhance for Blogger Photos

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When you go to upload photos on Blogger, look closely for changes between the picture you uploaded on your computer and how it looks on Blogger. If you notice any darkening of the pictures themselves, especially in light-colored areas of the photo, you are seeing the results of a Blogger auto-enhancing feature. This Blogger auto-enhancing feature is packaged within the service and is intended to give your photos a more professional feel. It works by smoothing out fuzzy photos and removing any imperfections in personal photos, so that you see your best looking you. However, you may realize that not every picture that you upload needs to undergo this enhancement. In fact, it may even cause your site to look dull or outdated as it can turn white photos gray. The first picture was auto-enhanced, while the second one was not Turning Off Picture Auto-Enhancement on Google Plus Fortunately, there is a way to adjust these settings so that you're able to turn them on and off at will. You ma...

How to Share Blogger Posts or Pages to Google+

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When you share Blogger posts/pages to Google+, an entirely new group of people will be able to find and follow you. Right now, if you access your Blogger dashboard, you'll notice that there's a Google+ tab which can be used to connect your blogs with your Google+ profile or page. If your Blogger blogs haven't already been integrated with a Google+ profile, you can go anytime to the Google+ tab and click on the Get Started button: It's important to note that once you've upgraded your blog to connect with Google+, the posts or pages published on your blog will be listed on your personal Google+ profile. However, you have the option to select whether your content will be shared on your Google+ Profile or Page and associate some blogs with a Google+ page, while keeping other blogs connected with your profile. How to associate your blog with a Google+ page In some cases, you may want to associate a blog with the Google+ Page for your brand, business or organisation, rat...

How to Enable Google Plus Comments in Blogger

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How to Enable Google Plus Comments in Blogger Long time ago, Google proudly announced their new integrated commenting system which is now available for users who have created a Google+ profile and connected it with their Blogspot blogs. This way, Blogger users will be able to use Google+ as a commenting system for their blogs, while comments from Google+ will automatically appear on their blogs. For those who haven't yet upgraded the Blogger profile to a Google+ profile, here's a tutorial on how to associate a blog to a Google plus page . Once you have connected a blog to a Google+ profile, you'll have a new " Use Google+ Comments on this blog " setting on the Google+ tab of your blog. To enable the Google plus commenting system, just check the box next to this setting: As soon as you've enabled the feature through your Blogger Dashboard, you'll have the following features: - Threaded commenting system : the threaded system will allow a reader to reply to ...