Redirect Your Feed

Why is redirecting so important?
...By redirecting your feed, you can get a true picture of how many subscribers you have...
From:
Burning Questions
The Official FeedBurner Weblog

Apparently, un-beknownst to me, I've little straggler feeds out there not being properly counted. Thanks to this update, FeedBurner Integration for Blogspot Blogs, I now have it all under control. Sure enough, after following their instructions, my feed count went from 278 to 300+.

To add your feedburner address to your blog, you must first find the address and paste it in the proper area. Ready? Go...

1. Log into Feedburner.
2. Under 'Feed Title' click on your blog name.
3. In the upper left, under your blog name, click on 'Edit Feed Details'.
4. In the third box is your feed address (make sure you copy it all - inside the box and out)
5. Open Blogger dashboard
6. Go to Settings | Site Feed | Post Feed Redirect URL and paste the feed URL there.
   

Hide/Show, Expand/Collapse - post element

I have been waiting for the right idea to start posting again. Thanks to The.Red.Mantissa experimenting with a favorite hack, Hide/Show, Expand/Collapse - Navigation Element, I have found the inspiration for that post. She stuck part of the expand/collapse code into the post itself. Uses? Hide a spoiler, shorten an extremely long post, add a recipe, book excerpt, or in my case, codes. Brilliant. Here is how it's done. +/-

Follow the first two steps in the instructions given in Hide/Show, Expand/Collapse - Navigation Element. Then, when writing the post, add this code to the post editing box:

<a aiotitle="click to expand" href="javascript:togglecomments('UNIQUE NAME')">+/-</a><div class="commenthidden" id="UNIQUE NAME"><p>HERE IS WHERE YOU PLACE THE HIDDEN TEXT.</div>

Added bonus! If you plan on using this hack often in your posts, simply add it to the Post Template by going to the Dashboard/ Settings/ Post Template, and put it in that box. As a matter of fact, it is easier to put it there and if you don't use it for a post, simply delete the code for that particular post.

Edit: Please note that each post must have a unique name for that post. I'm just going to start numbering mine. ie post100, post101, post102, etc.