Computer Tips for Travelers

We all know that pictures are worth a thousand words. But how do we find the picture that says the right thing? There are millions of images available to us now on the Internet. Did you know that you can ‘google’ for pictures just like you can google for anything else?
Let’s say you [...]

I’ve been using Blogger for our personal Blog since we began our RVing adventure in 2003.  It is drop-dead easy.  When I started, it only accepted text – no pictures, no videos.  Over the years, they’ve added many capabilities while continuing to keep it drop-dead easy.  At times, I’ve toyed with the idea that you [...]

Also known as an RSS Feed, a Blog Feed is the raw post data straight from the Blog’s database.  If you look at the example below, you’ll see that the Blog includes a lot of page elements besides the actual post.  The red background, the Blog’s title, and all the content in the right sidebar [...]

Blogger is, by far, the easiest system out there for creating a blog. And, it keeps getting better. Make sure to read our recent article: Re-Energize your Travel Blog. It includes a video to show you how to find and use lots of 3d party templates.
Whenever I need to make a complete website, [...]

by Chris Guld, www.GeeksOnTour.com If you have a Blog using the Blogger.com platform, you may be disappointed at the lack of choices for the ‘Templates’ you can use.  Templates are what give your blog its look and feel.  Colors are part of the template.  Column-sizes are part of the template.  You [...]

HTML Errors
"I was unable to publish my Blog post because of an HTML error: What is it? And how do I fix it?" Watch the Video:

New Post Editor:
They’ve done it! Blogger has improved the post editor and given us the ability to [...]

I’ve written about Live Writer a couple of times: Article 1, Article 2. I now use it almost exclusively for all my blog posts – both Blogger and Wordpress. Watch the new Video: Demo of Blogging with Live Writer

lots more videos coming soon on Live Writer

by Chris Guld of Geeks on Tour: If you are interested in American history, as we are, you will love visiting Presidential Libraries/Museums. We make a point of visiting them whenever one is nearby.  In our 6 years of RV Travel we have visited 11 Presidential Museums.  Reagan’s museum wow’ed us with the [...]

by Chris Guld If you’ve tried making custom Google maps in the past and got discouraged with the clunky way you had to draw your route lines …  You need to try again!  Google is continuously adding features to their web-based products and Google Maps has been the recipient of several in [...]

Are you being Followed ?
by Chris Guld Have you noticed on Blogger blogs that many of them now have a section called ‘Followers?’ What does that mean? And, how do you use it?
First an example, if you go to our personal travel blog, you’ll see a section that says, ‘Join this [...]