dcblogs note to blogger beta users

I've been testing out the blogger beta to see how it impacts bloggers on the live feed. I think this fix will work -- kob

Some people who upgrade to the Blogger Beta are finding that their post appears four hours down in the feed.

To fix that, and ensure that your blog appears at or near the top of the feed when you publish, go to Blogger’s Settings and change the Time Zone to [UTC+00:00] Greenwich Meantime. Once that change is made, republish your blog. This time zone change will compensate for the time posting problem and when you publish a new post it should appear at or near the top of the feed. That’s all you need to do.

This next part is optional, but you may want to change the time stamp in Settings as well to just show date, for instance, Tuesday, November 21 2006. You don’t have to do this, but at the bottom of your post you will see “Post Options. Just before you publish put in the current time. So if its 12:30 p.m. put that in. Your post, when it appears on the feed, should show the time you select.

We are working on a fix that will automatically correct for the time zone issue we’ve been having with the Blogger Beta, but I don’t know when that work will be completed. In the meantime, a simple adjustment of the time zone will solve this problem.

Blogger beta fix

A note to DC Bloggers with blogs in the dcblogs live feed and using the the Blogger beta or want to upgrade.

What's been happening is that people who upgrade to the blogger beta are finding that their post appears on the live feed, but four hours down.

Here's something you can do to fix that (Note -- ONLY MAKE THIS CHANGE IF YOU HAVE UPGRADED TO BETA):

Go to blogger's Settings

-- Change the Time Zone from EST to [UTC+00:00] Greenwich Meantime. Republish your blog. This will compensate and your post will appear at the top of the feed.

-- Optional: Change your time stamp formate to just show date, for instance, Monday, November 20 2006.

-- On your post: At the bottom of your post you will see "Post Options. Just before you publish put in the current time. So if its 12:30 p.m. put that in. Your post, when it appears on the feed, should show the time you select.

We are working on a fix that will automatically do this and allow you to leave your timezone at EST, but I don't know when that work will be completed. In the meantime, a simple adjustment of the time zone will solve this problem.

Thanks,
kob