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Blogger has countered concerns about insufficient up to date information on issues and bugs with the launch of Known Issues for Blogger in Beta

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Blogger has redesigned their login boxes:

With that, we say good-bye to the combined Blogger / Google Accounts sign-in box on our homepage. Functional? Quite (though not everyone believes me). Well-designed? Not a chance. We’ve listened to the problems with our combined login box, and we have a solution.

The new login choice on the homepage should relieve any Google Accounts–related login trouble you may have. And if you’re like me and still haven’t been able to switch to the beta, you’ll be happy to find that your password manager will stop trying to fill in your Google Account login information on Blogger

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Blogger has added a New Old Feature to Beta, Edit HTML view:

Blogger in beta initially launched without a few features — it’s still a beta version after all — and it turned out that one of the ones folks missed the most was having an Edit HTML view for their templates in the new Layouts system. I can sympathize with that myself. Complete template control was one of the things that originally made me choose Blogger over the other available options almost four years ago (and yes, that was before I worked here). That kind of personalization and customization is important to us here at Blogger, so I hope no one thought this feature was gone for good.

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In response to feedback Blogger has updated on issues and questions in relation to the new Blogger Beta. Issues addressed include Migration, Login trouble and more features.

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Following on from the Blogger Beta Launch comes news for developers, Google now has a Google Data API:

This means:

* There’s lots of great sample code in the Blogger/GData doc
* Downloadable Client Libraries are provided for both C# and Java developers
* Authentication is fully documented for both Installed Applications and Web Apps
* Your GData code should be easily reusable across other GData API apps, such as Calendar

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Its been a while coming but blogger has unwrapped a new beta of the popular blogging platform:

Today we’re launching a new version of Blogger in beta! You’ve been asking for ways to do more with your blog, and you can with this new release. With the beta you can:

* Categorize your posts with labels
* Control who can read your blog
* Change the appearance and content of your blog with your mouse instead of HTML

For those taking the tour you will find some of the new features highlighted including:

• Customize your template
• Create a private blog
• New Templates
• More Feed Options
• Updated Dashboard
• Instant Publishing

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