Blog Writing Pro Tip

Actually, not sure if this is really a pro tip or not – most bloggers probably already realize this. However, I just discovered it last night while writing my Halloween Craft Fail post. I normally compose directly in the Blogger template, however, I wrote that post in Microsoft Word before pasting it in. I added the pictures, made a few editorial changes and it all looked good. But when I previewed the post, it was all wonky. I discovered why when I looked at the HTML. The copy from Microsoft Word had added over 500 lines of extraneous code that was messing with my formatting. So, here’s the tip: If you cannot compose directly in your blogging program of choice, use a text editing program that does not insert all that formatting code, such as Notepad or WordPad. There, all better!