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blogger-dashboard-utility

Google Blogger dashboard utlity.

Blog post (early release) : https://xmlexpr.blogspot.com/2024/01/blogger-dashboard-utility-updates.html

Installation

  1. Clone or download this repository. Extract the .zip file, then put in a folder.
  2. Open Chrome extensions (chrome://extensions) and enable Developer mode.
  3. Click Load unpacked, pick the folder where you put this repository files on point 1.

Features

  1. Post editor keyboard shortcuts.
  2. Notification on template HTML update. Auto close in 2 seconds.
  3. Display widget ID below gadget item in Layout editor.

Post Editor Keyboard Shortcuts

  • Ctrl + S : Update post (for drafts)
  • Ctrl + M : Add yellow text background to selection (useful for custom text mark).
  • Ctrl + 5 : Format Paragraph (<p>).
  • Ctrl + Space : Remove formatting on selection.

Template Save Status Notification

The current notification is somewhat of a workaround. Can't find easy way to detect failed status when saving template.

Message Condition
Template updated No errors when saving template.
Check for errors Either it takes too long to receive the success status, or there's an error when saving the template.