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As part of the preparation of content, I recommend that you prepare TXT files for the textual content for all pages and at least three blog posts. That will provide sufficient content to demonstrate menus and category lists.
Why is preparing TXT files so important? Well, blogger uses it's own styles to format text that is typed or pasted into the WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor. If you copy content from a Word .DOC file, or a Wordpad or OpenOffice .RTF file, the hidden formatting codes are also copied to the WYSIWYG editor. What results is unpredictable look and feel in the blog post or page. Paragraphs could end up right margin aligned, extra blank lines and spaces could be inserted, unknown characters could mysteriously appear in the middle of the text.
The safest method to prepare text content is to type it in an ASCII text editor like Windows Notepad or the free application Notepad++. I recommend Notepad++ because is offers tabbed workspaces, each which can be saved to a unique name.
Just like tabbed web browsers, you can drag and drop a .TXT file into the Notepad++ workspace and it will open the document in a new tabbed workspace. Tabbed workspaces also makes it easier to copy or move text from one tab workspace to another and supports working on multiple documents concurrently.
Oh ... did I mention that Notepad++ is free?
When you paste content from a TXT file, Blogger's WYSIWYG editor is so smart that it will properly interpret the blank lines between paragraphs.
You still have the freedom to use the editor's toolbar to format the text, add links to external files or web pages, add graphics, add bulleted or numbered lists, etc. Thw Blogger WYSIWYG toolbar functions in the same manner as toolbars found in Microsoft Office, OpenOffice.org, and Wordpad.
Why is preparing TXT files so important? Well, blogger uses it's own styles to format text that is typed or pasted into the WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor. If you copy content from a Word .DOC file, or a Wordpad or OpenOffice .RTF file, the hidden formatting codes are also copied to the WYSIWYG editor. What results is unpredictable look and feel in the blog post or page. Paragraphs could end up right margin aligned, extra blank lines and spaces could be inserted, unknown characters could mysteriously appear in the middle of the text.
The safest method to prepare text content is to type it in an ASCII text editor like Windows Notepad or the free application Notepad++. I recommend Notepad++ because is offers tabbed workspaces, each which can be saved to a unique name.
Just like tabbed web browsers, you can drag and drop a .TXT file into the Notepad++ workspace and it will open the document in a new tabbed workspace. Tabbed workspaces also makes it easier to copy or move text from one tab workspace to another and supports working on multiple documents concurrently.
Oh ... did I mention that Notepad++ is free?
When you paste content from a TXT file, Blogger's WYSIWYG editor is so smart that it will properly interpret the blank lines between paragraphs.
You still have the freedom to use the editor's toolbar to format the text, add links to external files or web pages, add graphics, add bulleted or numbered lists, etc. Thw Blogger WYSIWYG toolbar functions in the same manner as toolbars found in Microsoft Office, OpenOffice.org, and Wordpad.
