The official news from Blogger Buzz is that Blogger Beta is long gone! That’s because the new version is out of beta and ready for you to use. Lot’s of people have been waiting for this release, and here it is. Of course with this new version comes some new features that you’ll probably find very helpful. If you’re currently using the previous version of Blogger, you can visit www.blogger.google.com and click SWITCH NOW. It will then take you through the process of migrating your account to the new Blogger.
Alright, on to the new features:
- Private blogs – Create a blog that can be viewed only by the people you choose (via the permissions tab)
- Labels – Apply a category label to sort by topic
- Additional feed options – Like having a feed just for all of the comments
- Updated Dashboard
- Instant Publishing – no “Publishing” spinner
- Template customization – Drag and drop elements, new font/color options etc.
I did notice that some people are having a variety of issues with the new Blogger- such as a template producing an invalid XHTML. If you’re having any trouble either making the switch or with one of the new/existing features, this Google Blogger Help Group may provide you with some answers.
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turns out the switch isn’t available for everyone right now. i don’t know why, but in my case it might be cause my blog there is in Hebrew. i also use an old blogger account, but not sure if this is related to this.
the message i got, when i went to the Switch now link u posted, is that the transfer will be down slowly.
Thanks for the info! That’s very typical of Google. They seem to like to incorporate updates and new features slowly.
I don’t think I’ll switch until they make me…
I seen to many Blogs that have and their templates are totally messed up and a few people have had to choose simpler ones to get their site working again… My template is a mis-mash of CSS & Blogger code so it would probably not work at all..
Ahh, gotta love upgrades…click, click, start cussing.
i just wish they will stop with all that stupid google account/blogger account/writely account and enable for ppl 2 have a single google account and a few sub-accounts or something. how hard can that be???