Blogging is done through posts and not with the pages. Each post should be categorized so that, visitors can find their desired article easily. But, pages don't have labels and tags. Pages are not indexed by Search Engine Crawlers as your posts. Pages are static, without date and time and not listed in the RSS, and don't have sharing or commenting options. A website should have it's own Privacy Policy page, Contact Us page etc. So, how to create a new page?
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The main theme of adding pages is to make important information easily accessible to the visitors. Recently, Blogger.com made an update to the way of creating new pages. Here's a tutorial about how to add a page to your blogger blog.
Create a Page on Blogger:
To add a page you desired, please, follow the steps given below:
- Log into your Blogger Dashboard.
- Click on the drop down arrow of your desired blog. Then, click on "Pages".
- Now, click on the "New Page".
- Give a title to this Page, such as: About Us. Put a description of this page into your post editor. As a static page, it shouldn't have commenting options. To disallow commenting: click on the "Options". Select - Reader comments "Don't allow". And then, click on "Done".
- Finally, click on "Publish" to publish your page. Offcourse, you can click on "Preview" before publishing your page to see how your page appears.
- Take the cursor on the page name. Have a look! (Edit, View, Share, Delete) Options are visible. You can edit or delete a page that published before.
You can create up to 20 pages on your blog in this way.
Select Where Your Pages will Appear:
You have to put a link of your pages on your home page to make them visible. To do this:
- Go to your Blogger Dashboare > Layout.
- Basically, most blogger templates display pages as a menu bar style (under the blog Title). If, it's not here, then, click on the "Add a Gadget" just above of the Blog posts. If you want to display your pages on your sidebar, click on "Add a Gadget" in the sidebar.
- Scroll down to the bottom, and choose "Pages" from the pop-up window.
- Select your newly published page. Then, Save.
- Click on the "Save Arrangement".
- View blog. You will find your pages on your homepage.
- Many of Custom Template may not support pages to display on top, but, can be added on side bar.
Create a Page Linking to a Web Address:
If you want to add an external web address along with a blank page, then please, follow the steps:
- Go to Blogger Dashboard > Layout.
- Click on the "Edit" of your "Pages" Gadget.
- A pop-up window will appear. Click on "+ Add external link".
- In the first box- write a title as you want to appear. Into the box of URL- insert the web address as you want to link to this page. Then- Save link.
- Save arrangement in the upper right corner to save your layout.
- You can view your blog to see how your pages appear.
Note:
If you want to post to a specific page of your blog, you have to Labelise your posts. Labels helps one to organize his posts. And, visitors can find their desired article by Labels.
- You can follow: How can I post to page in Blogger.
Adding Pages to Blogger Attribution:
If you use the default template by Blogger, you can add some pages (e.g. Privacy Policy, Sitemap) to blogger footer attribution. Look at the picture given below: Privacy policy page is shown in the footer.
To do this, please, follow the steps:
- Go to your Blogger Dashboard > Layout.
- Scroll down to the "Attribution" at the bottom of the page. Click on "Edit".
- Wait until the "Configure Attribution" box appears.
<a href="URL of the page">Page Name</a>
- Now, copy the code given above and paste it into the "Copyright (Optional)" box. Replace the "URL of the Page" with the URL of your page. Replace also the "Page Name" with your own. Then, Save.
- Save Arrangement. And view your blog.
That's all. I think, this post would be helpful to all of new bloggers. If you are pleased or you have another way, then, let me know by commenting.
Thanks to all. Happy Blogging!
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