Backgrounds

Hey! Last class we used a cool new tool! Backgrounds! Everyone loves backgrounds! This is more of a decorative tool, but also very cool! There are different websites for these, but here is my favorite one to use click here to go. Once you are there you have to find a background that you like and copy the link. From there you go back to your blog, design, layout, gadget, and choose the html code and put it in! Tada! Thanks for reading! :D

Personas

Hey again! Last class we used a new tool! This tool is called a persona. A persona is only available for firefox. A persona is just for decoration, but I, personally, think it's pretty cool. If you want to look at a persona click here. Thanks! Hope you enjoy!

Feedjit

Hello. Today we are exploring another great gadget. This gadget is called Feedjit. With this icon you can see who visits your blog. It's live, so every time someone clicks on your blog is tells you who viewed, where they are from, and how they got there. This is a cool gadget because you don't have to waste the time going to design and overview and looking at all that stuff. Instead it's RIGHT there on your blog! :D I personally have a Feedjit and it's very cool looking. If you are interested in making a Feedjit click here. Thank you for reading, and I hope you enjoy this tool! :D

Favicon

Hello again. Today we have a very neat gadget called 'Favicon.' With Favicon you can create a little icon that is on the tab of your blog. There is a B for blogger on it originally, but in case you want something other than that this is the perfect site for you. Click here to go to favicon. Once you get there you can create an account or just create what you want. There is an option to upload an image or to draw your own. I uploaded mine as shown below, but there are other little things you can do to create an icon for your blog. I hope you enjoy this tool! Bye!

Blogging on the iPad

Hey everyone. Today we are using something kind of new to us. We decided to blog from the iPads and find the differences between the web and the blogger app. The very first thing I noticed is the gadgets aren't shown from the blog on the app. In order to see the gadgets you have to scroll to the bottom and click 'View web version.' From the app it shows previous blog posts, but not the full post. In order to see the rest there is an arrow, as shown below, that takes you to the entire post.

The other little things I noticed about the app is the way you make a post. To make a post you have to click on the create a new post and something pops up instead of taking you to a new page. There is a lot of differences between the iPad and Web, but I prefer the computer. I think the computer makes it easier to make posts and everything. The only thing I really like about the app is the neatness. It is very organized.

Symbaloo

Hello, again. I have a cool new tool! This one is called Symbaloo. This new tool helps you get to other websites with one click. All you have to do it add the tiles you wish (facebook, twitter, blogger, etc..) and click on them whenever you want to go to that website! Below is my personal Sybaloo

I dont have many tiles as of now, but that is because we haven't gone over many tools yet in this classroom.




So to utilize Symbaloo you need to click here.

Afterwards you will click on one of the blank tile:





Once you do that you will type in the search bar any website you like to use, if there isn't one for that certain website you can make your own by clicking on a blank tile and then the 'creating your own website' link shown below. After you click on that you need to put in the url for the website you are using. You can add a picture or do anything you want to it and ta-da you have your own personal shortcut to any websites you want.

Blogger Gadgets

The gadget 'The Daily Puppy' is very cool to have mostly because you get a new picture of a cute puppy every single day. 
Another one that is great to have is USA Today. If you missed the news or haven't had time to look at the paper this is a great way to find out what you missed.
Are you into MTV? Want to find out everything that is going on? Get the gadget 'MTV News' for all the new info.
Wanna know what's trending today? There is now a gadget that shows you the top 25 google searches of the day! 'Google Hot Trends'

Now for my favorite gadget. This gadget tell you the total page views you have had since you started the blog! 

Blog Stats

As of today, January 14th 2013, I have had 55 page views. All of my views have been from the United States. Many of my views have came from browsers such as Firefox, Safari, Chrome, and Internet Explorer using operating systems such as Macintosh, Windows, and Linux.

My First Blog Post

Hi my name is Destiney.