Permalink How To in Blogger.com

At this time Blogger.com does not clearly display the permalink on each blog posting for your readers to easily view.

You can fix this!

This is the method I came up with to show people how to find the permalink on my blogger.com blog postings.

First off, in case you didn't know the permalink for your blog postings IS actually at the bottom of the post - the problem is blogger.com has it labeled as the timestamp!

And trust me most people won't realize that if they click on the timestamp they'll be brought to the permalink for that post.

So here's how you can edit the text of your to timestamp to state it's a permalink.

In case you're thinking of using another word/phrase such as "Link to my blog post" -you should be aware that the reason I suggest the word "Permalink" is because it is the word most people will be looking for on your page when they want to link to your posts.

Steps:

Go to your layout page

In the center of that page it will have a large box labeled

"Blog Posts" and in the bottom right corner of this box it will

say: Edit

Click on that.

A window will pop up with a list of settings you can change (by

the way you can change any of these! Cool, huh)

Under: Select Items

Go to the third item on the list

By default it will say: at

and then there'll be a box next to it with the date/time options

Click into the box with the word: at

Now erase the word "at"

Then copy or type in this: <br><b>Permalink =></b>

Note: By default on my blog the comments were displayed right next the timestamp making it even harder for readers to distinguish the permalink.

At the bottom of this pop-up window you're in look for this phrase:

Arrange items

Then simply drag the comments box down to make it appear below the permalink instead of next to it.

I also dragged my labels down so they appear on their own line.

Then scroll to the bottom and click on: SAVE.

Then make sure you also click on the SAVE button on the Layout page.

Then your changes will be saved successfully.

Although it doesn't actually create a hyperlink for the word "Permalink" like most sites do - the little arrow we've created using the equal sign => should make it clear enough to people that the permalink is to the right.

When people place their mouse cursor over the timestamp a little label will pop up saying: permanent link

That will confirm to your readers that you're not making it up - that yes the time stamp is the permalink they need to use.

So who knew life could be this complicated? Maybe someday blogger.com will give us the option to clearly display permalinks at the bottom of our blog posts and then I'll celebrate being able to delete this post as it's purpose will become obsolete!

"Destruction, hence, like creation, is one of Nature's mandates." Marquis De Sade

Being bold as ever,
CB Webmaster