Create Second Profile for Blogs.

When you have many blogs in one account you may need to display a separate profile for some of the blogs. For professional blogs a profile showing only business information would look better. One way of doing this is to create another account and transfer your professional blogs to it.


All blogs under one account share the same default Blogger Profile. To have blogs in the same account showing a different profile you should delete the default profile widget and create another widget and also another profile page............

DELETE PROFILE WIDGET

A default profile widget is added to a blog as soon as you create it. It contains your profile photo if you have added it in Edit Profile settings. It also contains the link to your profile page. To delete this widget login at Blogger.com and click on Layout link on Dashboard. Then click Edit link in the profile widget and click Remove button in the popup window. This does not delete the widget permanently. You can add the widget back to your blog at any time.

ADD ALTERNATE PROFILE WIDGET

To add an alternative profile widget login at Blogger.com and click on Layout link on Dashboard. Then click on 'Add Page Element' link and choose the Html/Javascript option. In the contents window paste this code :

<a href='LINK OF PROFILE'><img alt='My Photo' class='profile-img' height='48' src='LINK OF PHOTO'width='48'/></a>


<dl class='profile-datablock'>
<dt class='profile-data'>YOUR NAME</dt>



<dd class='profile-textblock'>A FEW WORDS ABOUT YOU.</dd>
</dl>
<a class='profile-link' href='PROFILE LINK'>View my complete profile</a>

Replace the CAPS and Save.

CREATE A PROFILE POST

You cannot delete your default profile page but you can create a profile post and backdate it so that it does not appear on the Main Page. For this login at Blogger.com and click on +New Post link on Dashboard. Then in Edit Html tab of Post Editor you can put in whaterver information you wish to show in your second profile. If you want a profile similar to your Blogger profile you can download this file. Change the red code to your information. It is a Word file so do a select all and copy and paste into Notepad. Then copy and paste from there to Edit Html tab of Post Editor.


The code is arranged in a table so after pasting arrange it in a continuous fashion without line breaks. You can also try turning off line breaks in Settings---->Formatting. It will look like this :




Before publishing change the date of the post to a date in the past so that it does not appear on the Main Page.

CREATE A PROFILE PAGE

You can also create a profile page at Google Page Creator. It is free and also gives free file hosting. Create an account. Then click on +Create a New Page. Give title as Blogger Profile. Click the 'Change Look' link on the Edit page and choose the first 'Simple' look. Then click the 'Change Layout' link and choose the first '1 Columnn-Left' option. Click once in the contents box below the subheader and then click the Edit Html link at bottom left.


Copy and paste the code from the Notepad file as done when you created the Profile Post above. Then save and pulish. See a sample profile page here. (Best viewed with Firefox).
Put the link of this page in your alternate profile widget.

CUSTOMIZE THE PROFILE WIDGET

If you want to customize your profile widget first delete the default profile widget and then add a Html Page element and put code in it to show information as you want it to be shown.

Hot Tips on Blogger Profiles.

Blogger has recently enabled links on your Profile Page to enable you to find other bloggers who share the same interest as you :Blogger Buzz: Browse Profiles! Find new blogs to read!.


Here are some hot tips and tricks on making your Blogger Profile work for you........

EDITING THE BLOGGER PROFILE

To edit the Blogger profile logon at Blogger and click 'Edit Profile' link on the Blogger Dashboard. After making changes click on Save button to save changes. The Profile Page does not have a template and hence cannot be customized at present. You can request Blogger Wishlist if you want this feature.

SHARE YOUR PROFILE

If you are blogging professionally it helps to share your profile instead of keeping it private. You can also choose to share only parts of your profile under the PRIVACY subheading of the Edit Profile page. Sharing your profile will give credibility to your blog. If you choose to display your email address link you will get more credibility. This will help in getting more fans. You can also choose to display your other blogs links.

PHOTO IN PROFILE

To put your photo in your profile upload the image to a freehost and paste the link to it in PHOTO URL box on Edit Profile page. More instructions in How to Upload Pictures.

REMOVE THE ZODIAC

Some Bloggers would like to remove the Zodiac information on their profile pages. The solution is simple! Remove your birthdate information and that will go away!

FROOGLE WISHLIST IN PROFILE

You can put your Froogle Wishlist in your profile. Copy and paste the URL :

http://froogle.google.com/shoppinglist/shoppinglist?action=ShowWishList&email=EmailMe@gmail.com

in the General----->Wishlist URL field on the Edit Profile page. Then save.

INCREASE TRAFFIC WITH LINKS IN THE PROFILE

As Blogger has now activated the links in the Interests, Favorite Movies, Favorite Music and Favorite Books sections in the Blogger Profile you can fill these up with the latest Buzzwords. Then viewers searching for bloggers with similar interests will get your blog link in their search results. Make sure that you update your blog regularly as the latest updated blogs come to the top of the results. Strictly speaking this comes under the SPAM category, however as far as I know no rule against it as yet. So Enjoy!

TEAM BLOGGER PROFILES

Team Blogger Profiles show lists of Blog Contributors. If you want the regular Blogger Profile you will have to remove that widget and replace it with a HTML widget containing your profile information.

PROFILE IMAGE SIZE

You can change the size of the profile image that is displayed on your Main page. Go to Template------>Edit Html----->Scroll down to this code :

.profile-img {
width:50px;
height:40px;
}

Change the numbers and Save Template. Just under the above code are the settings describing the full profile widget, it's color, text etc.. You can change these settings to customize your Profile Widget.

NO 'VIEW MY PROFILE' LINK

If you want the default Profile Widget to show but do not want to link it to your profile page you have to remove the "VIEW MY COMPLETE PROFILE" link and the link on your photo. To do this login to Blogger Dashboard and click on 'Layout' link. Then click the Edit Html subtab of Template tab. Then put a check in the Expand Widgets Template checkbox at the top of the template box and scroll down to this code in the Profile widget :

<b:if cond='data:photo.url != ""'>
<a expr:href='data:userUrl'><img class='profile-img' expr:alt='data:photo.alt' expr:height='data:photo.height' expr:src='data:photo.url' expr:width='data:photo.width'/></a>
</b:if>

ONLY RETAIN THE PART BELOW IN THE ABOVE CODE TO REMOVE THE PROFILE LINK ON THE PHOTO :

<img class='profile-img' expr:alt='data:photo.alt' expr:height='data:photo.height' expr:src='data:photo.url' expr:width='data:photo.width'/>

Then scroll down to this code for the "VIEW MY COMPLETE PROFILE" link :

<a class='profile-link' expr:href='data:userUrl'><data:viewProfileMsg/></a>

DELETE ABOVE CODE TO REMOVE THE LINK TO YOUR PROFILE PAGE. Save Template.

Remember to BACKUP TEMPLATE before making any changes.