As The Donut turns…

The Adventures of Little Bear Chow Wondering Why Blogger Did What Blogger Did…

Word-Press from Blogger…

Hi,

This is Little Bear Chow:

As The Donut Turns has now become a Word-press blog. It has set in limbo since its wonderful start. Blogger then destroyed it along with several other legit blogs. I has used it for a trash collection and now have decided to let it become a Word-press information type blog…

Welcome and stay tuned for new development…

BY THE WAY BLOGGER REALLY REALLY REALLY SUCKS…

Little Bear Chow

Test Post! Wake up time…

Test Post!

Kyle

Blogger Deleted Two Blogs No Warning Plus Killed Another…

This blog has found a new meaning in life. I have moved it from Blogger Blogspot and now will continue its existence by continuing the battle to get some of my blogs back from Blogger Blogspot…

I have been fighting tooth and nail against blogger to get three of my blogs back. The copy and paste below is my information from Blogger help. As you can see blogger never ever acknowledges anyone but they have several odd balls that seem to enjoy acting like they are people of importance. As you can see they have a lot of cut and paste answers with links to all their blogs on why you are a bad person when Blogger does what Blogger does…

Not a spam blog:

Peppy100
Level 5
6/9/10
http://windowstorussiaamazoncom.blogspot.com/ original url
I use IE, Firefox, Opera, all browsers…

This has been cut and paste from where I am being ignored. I also have had two posts deleted by some unknown person and reason. Communication is zilch and no one seems to care.

Letter from other post:

“”"”Called Coffee Talk Shop it use to be http://coffee.windowstorussia.com. I have since taken my domain back and can not remember the original Blogspot address.

I was blocked from access before April 11th 2010. I have followed all of the 4 steps as everyone has been told so many times. I have even had twice to give Google my phone number and get an unlock code.

This was a very important blog that has been locked for over a month and a half. I am not even allowed to see the blog.

The latest attempt at getting my data back – “We received your unlock request on May 25, 2010. On behalf of the robots, we apologize for locking your non-spam blog. Please be patient while we take a look at your blog and verify that it is not spam.” The first unlock request was April 11th. I have been religiously keeping up on trying to get my data back. This blog was a very important data blog for me and I was only able to save 64 out of the 500+ posts through cache that I was using as a data base for research…

I have moved the domain to WordPress and restarted the blog. I really only want the ability to retrieve my posts. They are very important to me.

I really consider this a very rude situation that extends beyond normal. I have given an email in which I have been told by the Blogger system that someone will get back to me in a few days. If I was a spammer I would careless about the data and but many articles had links for my papers that I write. I really feel that if I have violated some issue then someone has had time to at least tell me that “I am a sorry excuse for a human and go away!” But no – I am constantly told that someone will look at my blog and get back with me by my address peppy100@mail.ru.

So If a human could actually let me have even two hours I could get my posts that were data for my writtings. I will never bother Blogger again. I have moved all my important blogs and data projects due to this rude situation that has set me back a year in progress. I have learned a lesson from this. I keep a hard copy backup of my data now…

I will never give up on getting my data back. I need it! It could be a very long year…

Thanks for any help that could be offered.

Kyle Keeton

Peppy100
Level 5
6/3/10
Edit

Blogger’s spam-prevention robots have detected that your blog has characteristics of a spam blog. (What’s a spam blog?) Since you’re an actual person reading this, your blog is probably not a spam blog. Automated spam detection is inherently fuzzy, and we sincerely apologize for this false positive.

We received your unlock request on June 1, 2010. On behalf of the robots, we apologize for locking your non-spam blog. Please be patient while we take a look at your blog and verify that it is not spam.

Another week gone by.

I also have had my original post deleted that I tried to start a new issue. and that really upset me. That is why I have come to a post that has activity.

This is getting old…

My blog is not spam.

Kyle Keeton
Peppy100
Level 5
10:33 PM
Edit

Blogger’s spam-prevention robots have detected that your blog has characteristics of a spam blog. (What’s a spam blog?) Since you’re an actual person reading this, your blog is probably not a spam blog. Automated spam detection is inherently fuzzy, and we sincerely apologize for this false positive.

We received your unlock request on June 8, 2010. On behalf of the robots, we apologize for locking your non-spam blog. Please be patient while we take a look at your blog and verify that it is not spam.

Almost three months…

Sad I would like my blog back and get my data.
Kyle Keeton”"”"”

I would really like some help on this and I am not going away. This is very wrong and have reached three months in a few days. I would just like to get my data back for my research papers. Please do not delete this request!

Kyle Keeton
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Peppy100
Level 5
6/16/10
Edit

Blogger’s spam-prevention robots have detected that your blog has characteristics of a spam blog. (What is a spam blog?) Since you are an actual person reading this, your blog is probably not a spam blog. Automated spam detection is inherently fuzzy and we sincerely apologize for this false positive.

We received your unlock request on 15 June 2010. On behalf of the robots, we apologize for locking your non-spam blog. Please be patient while we take a look at your blog and verify that it is not spam.

Again and again and again

I would really like to have my data back. If it can not be done I would like a reason please!

Kyle keeton

Peppy100
Level 5
6/16/10
Edit

Oh for your information it has been over three mounts…

This recording of posts is being done for a record of events. I am keeping a copy of all transactions or lack of transactions. I would really just like to have my data back. Please…

Kyle Keeton

nitecruzr
Top Contributor
Official Blog*Star
6/16/10
Edit

Kyle,

You’ll be able to have your data back after the blog is reviewed, and returned to service. We have a simple, 4 step protocol, which has been proven effective, when properly used – when your blog truly is not spam. Please do, in this order, without awaiting response from any previous step:

1. Please, read the articles, cited below. Learn how to do steps #2 and #3, and why we have this problem. Help us to help you, and to help others.
2. Submit a review request.
3. Submit an appeal.
4. Do not wait for a response from either Steps #2 or #3. Post here, stating when you executed steps #2 & #3, and providing the BlogSpot URL(s) of the blog(s).

If you miss one step, the restore won’t work. You need to do #1, then #2, then #3, then #4. These are not mindless formalities, they are logical progression, and they help us to help you better.

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/thread?tid=1941db2864bd7ca9&hl=en

This is a constant problem, and you’re not being singled out – read some other questions where I post this same advice. Get to work – you can do Steps #1 – 4 in an hour, and move on with your life. The link above explains what you need to do. The links below explain why you need to do this.

http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2009/01/blame-it-on-fuzz.html

http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2007/08/get-to-root-of-problem-blame-spammers.html

http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2009/11/attack-of-clones.html

http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2009/11/coyotes-hyenas-and-turkeys.html

http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/04/moles-spies-spammers-and-turkeys.html

Read this post, for an approximation of the numbers involved here:

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/thread?tid=702ff32554dbdf72&fid=702ff32554dbdf7200047e82db9e7121&hl=en

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Peppy100
Level 5
6/16/10
Edit

http://windowstorussiaamazoncom.blogspot.com/ is my blog url.

I have now resubmitted an appeal and a review

This second appeal review was was entered on June 15th, 2010.

It responded: Thanks! Your response will now appear in my spreadsheet.

Kyle Keeton

nitecruzr
Top Contributor
Official Blog*Star
6/16/10
Edit

Thanks, Kyle. Blogger gets 2 business days to process restores requested and appealed. So, we’ll give them until Thursday to act directly from your requests. If they have not acted by then (which seems to be the case in maybe 50% of the time), please reply here, and we’ll take the next step.
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Peppy100
Level 5
6/22/10
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Nothing and I have been patient even longer than two days!

Kyle Keeton

nitecruzr
Top Contributor
Official Blog*Star
6/22/10
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OK, this is escalated to Blogger Support on your behalf.

We do apologise for any inconvenience, and hope that you’ll be patient while you wait for your blog to be reviewed, and only post in this question. When you reply in other questions, or ask duplicate / multiple questions, it just makes more work for everybody – and delays resolution of everybody’s problems, including yours.

And, please be aware that this is the final review, and the decision of the umpires cannot be appealed.

http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/02/three-strikes-and-youre-out.html

This discussion is about “windowstorussiaamazoncom.blogspot.com/”, as reported by “Peppy100″. If you are not “Peppy100″, or have another blog to report, you cannot get support in this discussion. Please ask a new question, or stick to your existing discussion. When you reply in spam review discussions started by other people, it just makes more work for everybody, and delays resolution of everybody’s problems, including yours. If you’re a confirmed spammer, you’re just coming closer to having your account purged.

Please, read the FAQ!

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/thread?tid=3c8720bf43455b96&hl=en

Peppy100
Level 5
6/24/10
Edit

Thank You!

Peppy100
Level 5
6/24/10
Edit

For Tracking of information:

“Blogger’s spam-prevention robots have detected that your blog has characteristics of a spam blog. (What’s a spam blog?) Since you’re an actual person reading this, your blog is probably not a spam blog. Automated spam detection is inherently fuzzy, and we sincerely apologize for this false positive.

We received your unlock request on June 22, 2010. On behalf of the robots, we apologize for locking your non-spam blog. Please be patient while we take a look at your blog and verify that it is not spam.”

This has now officially been since April 11th, 2010! I just need my data back so that I can have my information and links that are involved in my research papers, on bribery, corruption and many other political issues.

Kyle Keeton

nitecruzr
Top Contributor
Official Blog*Star
6/24/10
Edit

Your blog was confirmed as spam. Blogger suggests that you read the TOS. They are hoping that their next major project will involve overhauling the spam evaluation process – so they can provide specific guidance as to what part of the TOS is a problem for you.

http://www.blogger.com/content.g

http://www.blogger.com/terms.g

http://www.google.com/terms_of_service.html

Right now, you just have to be patient.

http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/04/moles-spies-spammers-and-turkeys.html

Peppy100
Level 5
6/25/10
Edit

Interesting…

Thanks anyway!

Kyle Keeton

This is an ongoing attempt to get my information back from the old Coffee Talk Blog… I am recording it like this now because I have had two attempts already deleted by blogger in trying to get my information back. This information is of no use to them and I have asked just to have even a few hours to obtain all my data…

So far all attempts have met with a negative!

I also had two other blogs deleted with no exclamation nor reason. They did not even let me try to get them back. As far as I can tell those blogs are deleted but the old Coffee Talk is still there and I have been trying since April 11th, 2010 to get the data back…

Everything that has been an issue is and are blogs that were political in nature. They dealt with bribery and corruption in America as their main theme…

They were a storage base for all my data that encompasses my work on a paper that I am doing…

Thanks Blogger! This story will not end until you give me my data back. I do not care about your blog service and will gladly never blog again on blogger. Just want my data…

Kyle Keeton

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Goodbye Blogger Blogspot – You Drove Me Away…

I have used Blogger Blogspot for many years. I have tried to play by their rules and never ever played games. But…

Blogger has enacted an automated spam system and they have destroyed several of my blogs and I have lost lots of data.

I have tried to work with them but they have not one time responded to any of my e-mails that have asked for help to get my data back. They have deleted several of my comments from Blogger help and I have reached the point of no return…

Blogger has lost a very very loyal and faithful friend. I have a Russian wife who has promoted Blogger by the thousands to Russian bloggers instead of Livejournal and such…

So Goodbye Blogger Blogspot…

Little Bear Chow!

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New Templates From Blogger!

This is for those of you who play with Blogger Draft! This is not for the faint of heart because they do not have all the bugs worked out of it yet. Blogger Draft is the testing ground for all the new toys that Blogger is going to mainstream in the future. They allow people who are daring to try them out. The latest new toy is a template manipulator…
First go to Blogger draft -http://draft.blogger.com/home. Sing in if not already and then you will notice that the Blogger Orange Button has become a Blogger blue button. :)
Above – Click on layout on the blog that you want to play with!

Above – Then you will see a link called Template Designer next to the Pick New Template link!
Above – This is the new template page. You are on your own from here…
This link is to one of my blogs that is using the new template from Blogger Draft.
You should download your old template from the HTML page before you start to dwell in this new template area. That way you can correct it to get it back if you find that the old template is history as I did. I will not get into details to deep on this subject because they have many changes left to make. But if you love to play like I do, then go for it!
I have always made my own templates for years but now I am so impressed with what Blogger has done that my main blog is dressed by Blogger now! :)
Soon I will be putting a new skin on As The Donut Turns
Little Bear Chow!
As The Donut Turns!

Read More – Is New In Blogger Blogspot!

People have lots of different hacks to make an article have read more in blogger! These hacks really mess things up and unless you have a degree in HTML don’t do it. It really is not worth it.

Blogger listens and tries to give us all that we want. Blogger has included read more in the system now…

Now I am going to bypass all the technical bull! This process is very simple and can be used on either the new blogger text editor or the old blogger text editor. So if you are ready lets learn how to make a long post into a short post…

Fist off – we all have that post from hades, that is as long as three or 4 posts put together.

This is about a quarter of the actual post!

The picture above is a junk post that is very long, about three times what you see on the picture. People have a problem with super long posts on the front page and they sometimes get cranky at all the scrolling.That is a big complaint about a blog.

This next picture is of the additional html that blogger wants to see before it creates a read more for you.

The line that is highlighted in the picture is what you put in your post and blogger will do its magic for you. Blogger has this already on the new editor and that is fine but if you are like me and dislike the new editor, but still like to use read more then just use this trick and blogger will do the work for you. Remember to install this tidbit of code where ever you want the post to be cut off at.

<!– more –> (Just copy and paste or type it out.)
So after publishing you get the long post in the first picture turned into a nice sweet short post with a read more at the bottom…

Notice the “Read more” at the bottom left!

This post is going to assume that you understand how to post and use all the blogger text editor functions. If you have troubles making it work, drop me a comment and I will try to help…

I just love Blogger Blogspot for blogging!

Little Bear Chow
As The Donut Turns!

PS: In the new text editor they have a button to push to install the same html that I just gave you. That is fine, but this will allow you to not have to switch back and forth between text editors as you try to publish articles.

Blogger Label Cloud – The Blogger Way!

Today a tip on one of the changes at Blogger Blogspot. Many Blogger Blogspot user have always wanted to have a label cloud and before this point it took a degree in HTML to get it done.

Well Blogger has been listening and now all you have to do is click the cloud spot on your configure label. Under the display section. Simple and easy…

But you ask, “Hey how do I get to that label configuration?” OK that is a fair question…

If you have labels already installed in your sidebar then just click on the edit link (Screwdriver and wrench) and you can make your adjustment in the pop up screen… —–>

OK – Lets install labels for those who do not have a label widget!

First – Go to your Blogger dashboard.

Then enter the layout section of the blog you wish to add labels on!

Go to add gadget on the sidebar!

Click add gadget and you will be presented with a list of gadgets scroll down and you will find the label section. Just click on it and…

Walla Walla Bing Bang we are at the picture on top of this post…

Just make adjustments according to what you desire and please do not forget to save…

Then drag and drop new widget on the layout page to the preferred spot of your choice…

Blogger makes life easier and easier! See my new label cloud, compliments of blogger. —–>

As The Donut Turns!
Little Bear Chow

Lets Install a Search Widget in Blogger Blogspot!

The simplest way to install a search widget on a blogger blog is to go to the layout and add a widget. Blogger has a very nice search widget that is powered by Google and looks OK…

Install Blog search widget by clicking button below:


However, if you prefer to install a search widget manually. Then you should take the following steps:

Go to Template and the Layout part in your Blogger Dashboard.

Click add gadget and then the HTML/Javascript element in your sidebar.

Insert the following code into the widget (Copy and paste):

<p align=”center”><form id=”searchthis” action=”/search” style=”display:inline;” method=”get”> <input id=”search-box” name=”q” size=”25″ type=”text”/> <input id=”search-btn” value=”Search” type=”submit”/> </form></p>


This is what the search widget looks like:

Then save the element and move to desired spot on the side bar.

There you have it a search widget for your Blogger Blog!

Little Bear Chow
AS The Donut Turns!

Recent Comment Gadget: Compliments of Blogger!

I added something new in the side bar of As The Donut Turns. It is a recent comment gadget that you can make from a Blogger RSS feed gadget. It is very simple and is based on the fact that comments are on a feed!

You do not need a degree in HTML and you do not need to mess with your template code! :)
Lets begin:
1. First lets get a comment feed URL from Blogger:

The subscribe to Posts (Atom) link is the link at the bottom of your blog is the link you need – with a small change to the code.
Where it says posts replace with comments. (As illustrated)
http://asthedonutturns.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
http://asthedonutturns.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default
That then is your comment feed! Very simple…
2. Second lets go to your layout for your blog under your dashboard.

3. Then go to the side bar area and add a gadget!
As you can see I have a Recent Comment widget located there.
So now click on “add gadget”.
Pick the feed gadget that pops up in the window.
This is where you have to enter your feed link that you just made.

Enter your comment feed that you just retrieved and modified from the bottom of your Blogger Blog! Just enter the URL in the appropriate spot on the next picture. This is the window that you see after clicking the feed widget in Blogger from above.

After entering the feed for your comments, click continue and you will see this page open up.

You can have only 5 comments showing and you can adjust for dates and authors. This is a good little comment gadget that works a lot better than adding all kinds of code into the template. You do not have to be a HTML wizard to install and if you mess up, you do not blow your blog away to never-land! Do not forget to give a title such as: Recent Comments and do not forget to save!

Little Bear Chow
As The Donut Turns!
comments always welcome.
PS: Some non conformist blog templates for blogger have the atom link removed so you have to find another way to get your comment feed.

Blogger 4 You: a Russian Blogger Blogspot Help Site!

Information for Blogspot Bloggers from Russia! My wife has a Blogspot Blog that is entirely original Russian language. Svetlana has worked very hard on this blog and has a huge following in Russia. If you need help with Blogger in the Russian world of Blogger then Svetlana is your answer.

http://blogger4you.blogspot.com/

Just click the link and you find a whole wealth of information to help you with your Blogspot Blog. She even has a translation device for people who do not speak read Russian…
Little Bear Chow