Part I - Settings on Blogger
The first part of this assignment is to look at the setting for the Blogger account. I added a description and found that I had already selected the updated the editor. I did have to change the Time Zone to Central Tim. I think that I had to locate this once before when I noticed the time off on my blog, but had a problem at that time locating it. I had already included my email account.
I'm really impressed with the design section as it is very versatile. You could spend a great amount of time playing with all the features available and rearranging items to get the look that you want. I did add a small image that I also use on my school web pages. I do like the fact that you could make a template and even use HTML if needed to change items. I had spent some time before playing with the backgrounds. I had forgotten how I had gotten there before. It took me awhile to find where to change the background again. It is not the easiest to find. You have to click on Design and then on the Template Designer in order to change the background. I think there have been some additional backgrounds added since the last time I had looked 2 months ago. Under the Advanced settings, I changed the Gadget Font to Sunshiney and the color to a dark brown instead of grey. I was surprised to find that I did not have the option to change the color of the post title, but I did increase the size by 2 px. Dotted red line shows up around the items that you will be changing, so it makes it easier to understand what if anything you are changing. Just make sure to click on Apply if you want to keep the changes. I did update my profile and image, but have not made them public yet.
Part 2 - Settings on Another Service
Evernote
For the second online service, I chose to look at my free Evernote account. Evernote if you haven't heard of it before, allows you to save images, web links, notes, ideas, etc. that you find on the computer and save them in one location so you can get to them again from any computer. There is a program you can download to your computer for when you are offline and want to look at your info. and apps for mobile devices. The text is searchable. I took a look at the settings for Evernote, but there were not many options under settings. Basically your personal information, username, how long you have had the account, how much space you are using. There is a place to change your password, and you can also import from Google Notebook (which I don't have). I had not looked at the settings since I started it in a workshop last June. I have a link on my browser so it is easy to add information, but have not really organized it for several months. Most of the items are in the default notebook. It is a great way to save websites and not have to worry about which computer it might be on. Looking at the settings on this account was not really worth the time. It was setup from the beginning, although I did change it so I wasn't getting some notifications about products. Not that big a deal.
Facebook
I decided to take another look at Facebook settings since I had not done that in several months. I know that they had changed their security settings. I did change several privacy items to friends or friends of friends only instead of leaving it as everyone, so it was worth the extra look.
