"New" Blogger Post Editor

When I went to play with the read more/jump break option in Blogger I realized I had to enable the updated editor. To find the option go to Settings and scroll down to the bottom where you are given the option of which post editor you'd like to use, hit save and compose a new entry on your blog.

The updates to this editor aren't exactly a secret, it has been available through Blogger in Draft for a while. I figured I'd wait to explore it until they rolled it out and forced everyone to use it so I could just join the chorus of complainers who don't like when Blogger makes a major change.

Today, my curiosity got the better of me and I updated to the "new" editor. While playing around with it I came to the conclusion that; I'm in love. For one of my blogs I have to use MoveableType and I can't tell you how awesome it is to be able to insert a picture anywhere in a post. In Blogger I usually upload the images first into the editor than I add the words around it. For my blog powered by MoveableType, I write the post then add the pictures where I want them. This simple feature has bugged me since I realized it was a limitation in blogger.

Imagine how excited I was when I noticed that the updated post editor gives you the option of selection where you want a photo in the post and the size in a separate window from the post editor. The updated editor can even be re-sized a bit, for those of us who find it a bit cramped.

Give it a try for yourself by locating the updated editor under the Settings link of the dashboard.

Warning:

I have several blogs under one account. When I chose the updated post editor for one blog, it made the change for all the blogs under that one account. So, all of the blogs were using the updated editor even though I had only chosen it under the Settings tab of one of them. The changes were reversable by going under the Settings tab again and selecting "old editor." If you are a co-blogger, you may want to give the other authors of your blog a warning if you are changing to the updated editor. Just in case it changes to the updated editor for them too, you don't want to throw them for a loop.

I'd recommend trying out the updated post editor on a spare blog so you can get comfortable with the new features like the "read more" option. If you need filler text, check out Lorem Ipsum generator linked in the sidebar.

Have questions or comments about the updated editor leave them below.