Changing the author for a published blog-post

This article explains how to change the author of a post that has already been published in Blogger.

Blogger posts and changing post-authors

When you Publish a position in Blogger, a digit of skin texture are calibrate up in support of the position, as well as the contents.  These include:

•     The URL / web-addresss anywhere the position can be found
•     The position date/time whilst it was in print
•     The post-author (which is at the moment calibrate the at the outset instant so as to the position is Saved, ie even beforehand it is in print.)
•     The labels so as to apply to it.

Some of these can be untouched by expurgation the in print position.

But nearby are a little skin texture so as to cannot be altered bearing in mind they are calibrate.

Modish noteworthy, Author is not untouched even if a another Google story is used to edit the position - or if the creative author has their authorization to send a letter to to the blog distant.

This can go in front to attractive situations on multi-author blogs, especially whilst single writer leaves the team and perhaps even deletes their Google story.   Because of this, a little blog owners wish to not be evidence for the "Posted-by" - but even if it's not displayed it is handy in support of the administrator if they can comprehend the correct landlord in support of personality posts.

When someone asks how to amend the posted-by (ie author) worth, the unpretentious, and correct, answer is "You can't."

But nearby is a way to turn into it look like the author has been untouched, so so as to simply the on the whole eagle-eyed readers will be able to tell the difference.

How to change the author of an existing blog-post

Modish petite, you need to turn into a new-fangled position with the same contents, and afterward service a custom-redirect so so as to a person who tries to look by the side of the old position (eg by following a link to it) is inevitably taken to the new-fangled position.

Follow these steps:

You need to take edge of several ideals at some point in this procedure, which are used soon after on. It may well respectable to candid a text-editor (eg Notepad) or you start.

1   Look next to the URL of the existing pole, and edge the part to facilitate is fro the single-slash in the same way as your blog's appoint,  For illustration in

    Http://www.Example.Blogspot.Com/2012/06/my-post-title 

The part you are looking representing is the bold part, ie "/2012/06/my-post-title" - as well as the single slash a the start.

2    Edit the existing pole, make for to the HTML tab and

•     Copy the contents (like you would if you were doubling-up a pole from solitary blog to another).
•     Note the survey under Options > Line Break, which is either consume <br> tag or Pressenter representing a modern line.

3    Log in to Blogger with the report to facilitate you would like to consume as the modern pole author-name.

4    Create a modern pole, and nominate convinced you own the same setting under Options > Line breaks, to be convinced to facilitate you comprehend the spacing justification.

5   Edit the position to be precisely like the old single:

•     Put the HTML so as to you hackneyed into in the HTML point of view of the new-fangled position.
•     Apply one Labels or Location principles so as to functional to the old position.
•     Make the title the same as it was in the old position.
•     Change the court to the same as the old position.

6   Make the URL of the new-fangled position related but not quite the same:

•     Put the worth you found in 1 step into the custom-permalink deal with.
•     Add a little text to it so so as to it is not the same as the creative worth,
•     Eg turn into "my-post-title" into "my-post-title1"

7   Publish the position and  tinge the part of  the post-URL from the single-slash bearing in mind your blog's surname

8   Set up a re-direct from the old position to the new-fangled position:

•     Go to Settings > Search Preferences
•     Edit the Custom Redirects
•     Add a new-fangled redirection (only desirable if you already allow some)
•     Enter the worth from step 1 into From
•     Enter the worth from step 7 into To
•     Tick Permanent
•     Click the save link in support of this noteworthy re-direction, and afterward the Save Changes button.

9   Check your blog, to turn into certain so as to the re-direction is working properly.

10  Once you are exultant so as to the re-direction is working properly, delete the old position.

You will need either the existing author story, or a Google story with administrator civil rights, to act this.   If SEO matters in support of your blog, afterward it is fine to act it as soon as you can, so you are not penalized in support of having duplicate content.

What your readers will see

Everyone who is subscribed to your blog's RSS-feed or follow-by-email doohickey will comprehend a new-fangled position.

(I you don't care for this, favor your feed inedible beforehand you start - but don't put behind you to favor on again whilst you are finished!)

Visitors who browse your blog posts will comprehend the "old" position, with the new-fangled author, in the creative place.

Visitors who try to set out unequivocally to the old position via an existing link or from search-engine results will inevitably be re-directed to the "new" version of the position. Very observant ones might notice so as to the URL is vaguely another from the creative. Most won't.

A quicker way: get control of the original Author account

The method described is fiddly and deadly - especially if you care for to amend the author of many posts.

The simply alternative so as to I can think of is to ask the creative author if they still care for the Google story  so as to they used to turn into the posts. If you are timely they

•     Don't care for it, and
•     Are willing to tender the password greater than to you.

Modish this holder, you possibly will

1.     Quickly amend the password (before they amend their mind!), and
2.     Edit their profile to the new-fangled author surname so as to you would like to allow displayed. You might plus care for to amend a little other details - and if they are using a Google+ profile and you already allow single, afterward you be supposed to probably delete this.

This isn't a unreserved solution, of route: Nix material how you edit their profile, it will still be another to your own profile. But it might be better than nothing.