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The Collected Blogware Mechanic 104 ContentsIntroduction 3Blogware Mechanic #1: Basic Blog Customization, Part 1 5Welcome to the Blogware Mechanic! 5Changing Your Blogs Color Scheme 5Changing Your Blogs Column Layout 9Whats Next 12Blogware Mechanic #2: Basic Blog Customization, Part 2 13Changing the Component Layout 13Changing the Layout of Components in Your Blogs Sidebars 18Adding a Component to the Left Sidebar of Your Blog 19Adding a Component to the Right Sidebar of Your Blog 21Removing a Component from Your Blogs Sidebars 21Changing the Layout of Components in Your Blogs Header and Footer 22Whats Next 23Blogware Mechanic #3: Customizing Your Permalink Icons 24Step 1: Choose a Graphic for your permalink icon 25Step 2: Upload the Graphic to Your Blogs Filesystem 25Step 3: Edit the "category" Template of Your Blog 28Blogware Mechanic #2: Favicons and Filesystems 33Creating a Favicon 35Upload the Favicon to Your Blog 36Your Blogs Filesystem 37Blogware Mechanic #3a: Including Pictures in Your Blog Entries, Part One 39A Quick Review 39Including Pictures in Your Blog Entries 39Uploading a Picture to Your Blogs Filesystem 40Posting a New Entry from the File Manager 41Blogware Mechanic #3b: Including Pictures in Your Blog Entries, Part Two 43Adding the First Picture 43Adding Subsequent Pictures 44Blogware Mechanic: Translating the Calendar Component 48Blogware Mechanic #3: How Do I Put a YouTube Video Into a Blog Entry? 55Linking to the YouTube Videos Page 55Embedding the YouTube Video 57Special Note for Rich Text Editor Users 61Blogware Mechanic #4: Breaking Away from Table-Based Layout, Part 1 62Blogwares Table-Based Layout 64Table-Based Layouts Disadvantages 65Implications of Table-Based Layout for Mobile Browsers 66Implications of Table-Based Layout for Visually-Impaired Readers 67Implications of Table-Based Layout for Search Engines 67Implications of Table-Based Layout for Readers Using Desktop or Laptop Computers With Regular Browsers 68Recommended Reading 68Whats Coming Up Next 68Blogware Mechanic #5: Breaking Away From Table-Based Layout, Part 2 70My Proposed CSS-Based Layout 70Check to See if You Can Customize Your Blogs Templates 72Blogwares Templates 74The Base Template 77Whats Coming Up Next 79Blogware Mechanic #?: Blogging for Dollars, Part 1 80The Cocktail Party Pitch (A True Story) 81AdSense 82How Adsense Works (The Quick and Dirty Version) 83How Much Money Can You Make? 84Blogware Mechanic #?: Blogging for Dollars, Part 2 86Getting an AdSense Account 87Website Information 87Contact Information 88Product Selection 88Policies 89Once Youve Filled Out the Form... 89Putting AdSense on Your Blog 90Logging In 90Once Youre In 90Making an Ad Unit 92Putting AdSense into Your Blogs Layout 96Congratulations! 100Blogware Mechanic #?: Introducing the Heat Map (Blogging for Dollars, Part 3) 101Where to Place Your AdSense Ads 101The Hottest Spots in the Sidebars, Header and Footer 102Left Sidebar, Upper Portion 102Left Sidebar, Lower Portion and Right Sidebar, Upper Portion 104Header, Left and Center Portions 105Forget the Footer 107But What About the Hottest Spot? 107IntroductionThe Blogware Mechanic was a series of blog articles written by Joey deVilla and published between March 2005 and October 2007. The articles are collected here and presented "as published" in an attempt to maintain the accessibility they enjoyed in their original medium. We know you will find them useful, we hope you enjoy them.Please note that due to a numbering sequence conflict the Article Numbers may differ from those assigned the original blog publication. The articles are arranged conceptually based on a ratification of the column in 2006 when a couple of introductory columns were written after the fact. These columns lead off this collection, followed by the remaining articles in chronological order from the date of the first article published.Due to the ever-changing nature of the internet, we cannot guarantee that all references and hyperlinks are current or even active. However, we are confident that the content of the Blogware Mechanic will continue to remain useful on its own merit.Blogware Mechanic #1: Basic Blog Customization, Part 1November 29th, 2006 | Written by Joey deVillaWelcome to the Blogware Mechanic!The Blogware Mechanic is a series of articles that covers how to get the most out of your Blogware blog through customization. In this series, well look at all sorts of ways to take advantage of the flexibility of the Blogware blogging platform and make your blog better-looking, easier to use, funkier, more highly-ranked by search engines and even help make you a little money! If you have a Blogware blog and want to soup it up like those fancy “A-lister” blogs, then this series is for you.Every ser。