Editing Blogger (service) (section)

==History==
[[Pyra Labs]] launched Blogger on August 23, 1999. It is credited with popularizing the format as one of the first dedicated blog-publishing tools.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of blogging |url=https://online.ndm.edu/news/communication/history-of-blogging/ |work= NDMU |date=March 22, 2018 |access-date=2024-11-22}}</ref> Pyra Labs was purchased by [[Google]] in February 2003 for an undisclosed amount. Premium features, which Pyra had actually offered for a fee, were made free as a result of the takeover. [[Evan Williams (Internet entrepreneur)|Evan Williams]], a co-founder of Pyra Labs, left Google in October 2004. [[Picasa]] was acquired by Google in 2004, and Picasa and its photo-sharing service Hello were incorporated into Blogger, enabling users to upload images to their blogs.<ref name="Official Blogger Blog">{{Cite web|title=Official Blogger Blog|url=https://blogger.googleblog.com/|access-date=April 20, 2021|website=Official Blogger Blog|language=en|archive-date=August 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801121055/https://blogger.googleblog.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Blogger underwent a major redesign on May 9, 2004, which included [[web standards]]-compliant templates, individual archive pages for posts, comments, and email posting. Blogger's new version, codenamed "Invader," was released in [[beta]] alongside the gold update on August 14, 2006. Users were moved to Google servers, and new features such as interface language in French, Italian, German, and Spanish were added.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blogger Beta: Feature Complete! |url=https://blogger.googleblog.com/2006/11/blogger-beta-feature-complete.html |date= November 2, 2006 |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=Official Blogger Blog |language=en |archive-date=June 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627233308/https://blogger.googleblog.com/2006/11/blogger-beta-feature-complete.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2006, this new version of Blogger was taken out of beta. By May 2007, Blogger had completely moved over to Google-operated servers. Blogger was ranked 16 on the list of top 50 domains in terms of number of unique visitors in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Meattle |first=Jay |date=October 30, 2007 |title=Top-50 Websites - Ranked by Unique Visitors; Digg.com, Facebook, Flickr sky rocketing |url=http://blog.compete.com/2007/10/30/top-50-websites-domains-digg-youtube-flickr-facebook/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625012552/http://blog.compete.com/2007/10/30/top-50-websites-domains-digg-youtube-flickr-facebook/ |archive-date=Jun 25, 2008 |website=Compete}}</ref>

On February 24, 2015, Blogger announced that as of late March it would no longer allow its users to post sexually explicit content, unless the nudity offers "substantial public benefit," for example in "artistic, educational, documentary, or scientific contexts."<ref>{{Cite web |last=McCormick |first=Rich |date=2015-02-24 |title=Google-owned Blogger bans sexually explicit content |url=https://www.theverge.com/2015/2/24/8097975/google-owned-blogger-bans-sexually-explicit-content |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=The Verge |language=en-US |archive-date=April 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412170152/https://www.theverge.com/2015/2/24/8097975/google-owned-blogger-bans-sexually-explicit-content |url-status=live }}</ref> On February 28, 2015, accounting for severe backlash from long-term bloggers, Blogger reversed its decision on banning sexual content, going back to the previous policy that allowed explicit images and videos if the blog was marked as "adult".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khan |first=Sami |date=2015-02-28 |title=Backlash Forces Google to Reverse Move to Ban Porn on Blogger |url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/backlash-forces-google-reverse-move-ban-porn-blogger-624803 |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=www.ibtimes.co.in |language=en |archive-date=October 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016200732/https://www.ibtimes.co.in/backlash-forces-google-reverse-move-ban-porn-blogger-624803 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Redesign===
As part of the Blogger redesign in 2006, all blogs associated with a user's Google Account were migrated to Google servers. Blogger claims that the service is now more reliable because of the quality of the servers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://buzz.blogger.com/2006/12/new-version-of-blogger.html |title=Blogger Buzz: The New Version of Blogger |publisher=Buzz.blogger.com |access-date=December 25, 2011 |archive-date=July 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708015912/http://buzz.blogger.com/2006/12/new-version-of-blogger.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Along with the migration to [[List of Google products|Google servers]], several new features were introduced, including label organization, a [[drag-and-drop]] template editing interface, reading permissions (to create private blogs) and new [[Web feed]] options. Furthermore, blogs are updated dynamically, as opposed to rewriting [[HTML]] files.

In a version of the service called Blogger in Draft,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://draft.blogger.com/ |title=Draft.blogger.com |publisher=Draft.blogger.com |access-date=December 25, 2011 |archive-date=September 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912221241/https://draft.blogger.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> new features are tested before being released to all users. New features are discussed in the service's official blog.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bloggerindraft.blogspot.com/ |title=Bloggerindraft.blogspot.com |publisher=Bloggerindraft.blogspot.com |access-date=September 9, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919102244/http://bloggerindraft.blogspot.com/ |archive-date=September 19, 2012 }}</ref>
In September 2009, Google introduced new features into Blogger as part of its tenth-anniversary celebration. The features included a new interface for post editing, improved image handling, Raw HTML Conversion, and other [[Google Docs]]-based implementations, including:

* Adding location to posts via [[geotagging]].
* Post time-stamping at publication, not at original creation.
* Vertical re-sizing of the post editor. The size is saved in a per-user, per-blog preference.
* Link editing in compose mode.
* Full [[Safari (web browser)|Safari 3]] support and fidelity on both [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] and [[macOS]].
* New Preview dialog that shows posts in a width and font size approximating what is seen in the published view.
* Placeholder image for tags so that embeds are movable in compose mode.
* New toolbar with Google aesthetics, faster loading time, and "undo" and "redo" buttons, also added the full justification button, a strike-through button, and an expanded color palette.

In 2010, Blogger introduced new templates and redesigned its website. The new post editor was criticized for being less reliable than its predecessor.<ref>{{cite web |date=June 26, 2008 |title=Critique and Criticism of the New Blogger Post Editor – Experiment Garden |url=http://experimentgarden.blogspot.com/2009/12/critique-and-criticism-of-new-blogger.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721223554/http://experimentgarden.blogspot.com/2009/12/critique-and-criticism-of-new-blogger.html |archive-date=July 21, 2011 |access-date=December 25, 2011 |publisher=Experimentgarden.blogspot.com}}</ref>

In March 2017, Blogger released new designs like Soho, Contempo, Emporio, Notable, and call them as Theme, not templates.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Share your unique style with new Blogger themes |url=https://blogger.googleblog.com/2017/03/share-your-unique-style-with-new.html |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=Official Blogger Blog |language=en |archive-date=April 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405184155/https://blogger.googleblog.com/2017/03/share-your-unique-style-with-new.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2020, Google Blogger slowly introduced an improved web experience for Blogger. They moved everyone to the new interface starting in late June, many Blogger creators see the new interface become their default. Blogger is now responsive on the web, making it easier to use on mobile devices in addition to having a new look.<ref name="Official Blogger Blog"/>

===Available languages===
As of late 2016, Blogger is available in these 60 languages: Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Basque, Bengali, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Hong Kong), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (United Kingdom), English (United States), Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain), Swahili, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, and Zulu.<ref name="Official Blogger Blog"/>

===Country-specific Blogger addresses===
In February 2013, Blogger began integrating user blogs with multiple country-specific URLs. For example, <kbd>exampleuserblogname.blogspot.com</kbd> would be automatically redirected to <kbd>exampleuserblogname.blogspot.ca</kbd> in Canada, <kbd>exampleuserblogname.blogspot.co.uk</kbd> in the United Kingdom. Blogger explained that by doing this they could manage the blog content more locally so if there was any objectionable material that violated a particular country's laws they could remove and block access to that blog for that country through the assigned [[Country code top-level domain|ccTLD]] while retaining access through other ccTLD addresses and the default Blogspot.com URL. If a blog using a country-specific URL was removed it is still technically possible to access the blog through Google's No Country Redirect override by entering the URL using the regular Blogspot.com address and adding <kbd>/ncr</kbd> after <kbd>.com</kbd>.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://support.google.com/blogger/answer/2402711?hl=en|title=My blog redirects to a country-specific URL (ccTLD)|access-date=June 18, 2014|archive-date=July 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713065418/https://support.google.com/blogger/answer/2402711?hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2018, Blogger stopped redirecting to ccTLDs and country-specific URLs would now redirect to the default Blogspot.com addresses.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogger.googleblog.com/2018/05/its-spring-cleaning-time-for-blogger.html|title=It's spring cleaning time for Blogger|publisher=Blogger team|date=May 15, 2018|access-date=August 1, 2018|archive-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802071326/https://blogger.googleblog.com/2018/05/its-spring-cleaning-time-for-blogger.html|url-status=live}}</ref>