Saturday 10 November 2007

New Comment Feature in Blogger

I've been so busy, but I wanted to point out to those of you that haven't noticed the new comment feature feature that recently appeared in Blogger.

After leaving a comment, you will see a new choice Email follow-up comments to. There you are able to choose to have any follow-up comments sent to you.



I love this feature, being a long time advocate of any means to tell readers when a comment is left. One of Blogger's better moves. Comments are the backbone of blogs. And email follow-up comments is calcium. (Is that goofy or what??)

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Sunday 4 November 2007

Blogger xml Template - Goldfish

Goldfish Template
Click on image for working demo
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A note to those of you that put my templates up for download. I appreciate that you like them enough to do so, but please link back to my post and don't put my template for download from your site. I enjoy the traffic!

Introducing my first template for Blogger Beta! Featuring:
  1. Two sidebars
  2. A label cloud in the widebar
  3. Styled blockquotes
  4. Custom favicon

It was a fun template to design. Notice the rounded corners in the header and the white background? I became great friends with the GIMP making that! Layers, transparencies...it was a hoot. Such a learning experience.

EDIT: I probably need to mention that when you are looking at the Page Element in your Dashboard, you will notice it looks strange. Don't worry! Scroll down to the horizontal scroll bar and that will show you the whole picture. I don't know why it did this. But, it works wonderfully. Fixed!

Also, you can add your own text to the header if you follow the instructions in Tutorial: custom header for Blogger using GIMP .

If I think of anything else, I'll edit again.

UPDATES:
040908: 04/09/08: Added text file to copy and paste. You will still have to add the images as indicated in the instructions from the zip file. Go to the Dashboard | Layout | Edit HTML | Edit Template window. +/-Paste this text in that window:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html expr:dir='data:blog.languageDirection' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml' xmlns:b='http://www.google.com/2005/gml/b' xmlns:data='http://www.google.com/2005/gml/data' xmlns:expr='http://www.google.com/2005/gml/expr'>
<head>

<link href='IMAGE/goldfishfav.png' rel='shortcut icon'/>
<link href='IMAGE/goldfishfav.png' rel='icon'/>

<b:include data='blog' name='all-head-content'/>
<title><data:blog.pageTitle/></title>
<b:skin><![CDATA[/*
-----------------------------------------------
Blogger Template Style
Name: Goldfish
Designer: anniebluesky
URL: www.bloggeruniversity.blogspot.com
Date: 11/04/2007
----------------------------------------------- */

/* Variable definitions
====================
<Variable name="bgcolor" description="Page Background Color"
type="color" default="#fff" value="#ffffff">
<Variable name="textcolor" description="Text Color"
type="color" default="#333" value="#4c4c4c">
<Variable name="linkcolor" description="Link Color"
type="color" default="#58a" value="#5588aa">
<Variable name="pagetitlecolor" description="Blog Title Color"
type="color" default="#666" value="#666666">
<Variable name="descriptioncolor" description="Blog Description Color"
type="color" default="#999" value="#999999">
<Variable name="titlecolor" description="Post Title Color"
type="color" default="#fff" value="#ffffff">
<Variable name="bordercolor" description="Border Color"
type="color" default="#174D97" value="#174D97">
<Variable name="sidebarcolor" description="Sidebar Title Color"
type="color" default="#174D97" value="#174D97">
<Variable name="sidebartextcolor" description="Sidebar Text Color"
type="color" default="#666" value="#666666">
<Variable name="visitedlinkcolor" description="Visited Link Color"
type="color" default="#999" value="#999999">
<Variable name="bodyfont" description="Text Font"
type="font" default="normal normal 100% Georgia, Serif" value="normal normal 95% Verdana, sans-serif">
<Variable name="headerfont" description="Sidebar Title Font"
type="font"
default="normal normal 78% 'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Arial,Verdana,Sans-serif" value="normal normal 85% Trebuchet, Trebuchet MS, Arial, sans-serif">
<Variable name="pagetitlefont" description="Blog Title Font"
type="font"
default="normal normal 200% Georgia, Serif" value="normal normal 200% Verdana, sans-serif">
<Variable name="descriptionfont" description="Blog Description Font"
type="font"
default="normal normal 78% 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Arial, Verdana, Sans-serif" value="normal normal 78% 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Arial, Verdana, Sans-serif">
<Variable name="postfooterfont" description="Post Footer Font"
type="font"
default="normal normal 78% 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Arial, Verdana, Sans-serif" value="normal normal 78% 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Arial, Verdana, Sans-serif">
*/

/* Use this with templates/template-twocol.html */

body {
background:$bgcolor url(IMAGE/smbg.png);
margin:0;
color:$textcolor;
font:x-small Georgia Serif;
font-size/* */:/**/small;
font-size: /**/small;
text-align: center;
}
a:link {
color:$linkcolor;
text-decoration:none;
}
a:visited {
color:$visitedlinkcolor;
text-decoration:none;
}
a:hover {
color:#CD7710;
text-decoration:none;
}
a img {
border-width:0;
}

/* Header
----------------------------------------------- */

#header-wrapper {
background: url(IMAGE/goldfishheader.png) no-repeat top center;
width:912px;
height: 350px;
padding: 70px 0 0 35px;
}


#header-inner {
background-position: center;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}

#header {
margin: 5px;
text-align: center;
color:$pagetitlecolor;
}

#header h1 {
display: none;
}

#header a {
color:$pagetitlecolor;
text-decoration:none;
}

#header a:hover {
color:$pagetitlecolor;
}

#header .description {
margin:0 5px 5px;
padding:0 20px 15px;
max-width:700px;
text-transform:uppercase;
letter-spacing:.2em;
line-height: 1.4em;
font: $descriptionfont;
color: $descriptioncolor;
}

#header img {
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}

/* Outer-Wrapper
----------------------------------------------- */
#outer-wrapper {
background: #ffffff url(IMAGE/contentbg.png) top center repeat-y;
width: 947px;
margin:10px auto;
text-align:left;
font: $bodyfont;
}

#content-wrapper {
margin: 0;
padding: 2px 10px;
clear:both;
}

#main-wrapper {
width: 440px;
float: left;
margin: 0 5px 10px 5px;
padding: 10px 10px 60px;
border-right: 1px solid #FBBA3C;
word-wrap: break-word; /* fix for long text breaking sidebar float in IE */
overflow: hidden; /* fix for long non-text content breaking IE sidebar float */
}
#main {
padding: 0 5px 15px 0px;
word-wrap: break-word; /* fix for long text breaking sidebar float in IE */
overflow: hidden; /* fix for long non-text content breaking IE sidebar float */
}

#right-sidebar-wrapper {
width: 200px;
padding: 10px;
padding-right: 20px;
margin: -.8em;
float: right;
word-wrap: break-word; /* fix for long text breaking sidebar float in IE */
overflow: hidden; /* fix for long non-text content breaking IE sidebar float */
}
#left-sidebar-wrapper {
width: 230px;
padding-left: 5px;
float: left;
word-wrap: break-word; /* fix for long text breaking sidebar float in IE */
overflow: hidden; /* fix for long non-text content breaking IE sidebar float */
}

/* Widebar
----------------------------------------------- */
#widebar-wrapper {
width: 444px;
float:right;
padding-right: 5px;
padding-left: 2px;
padding-bottom:10px;
word-wrap: break-word; /* fix for long text breaking sidebar float in IE */
overflow: hidden; /* fix for long non-text content breaking IE sidebar float */
}


/* Headings
----------------------------------------------- */

h2 {
margin:1.5em 0 .75em;
font:$headerfont;
line-height: 1.4em;
text-transform:uppercase;
letter-spacing:.2em;
color:$sidebarcolor;
}


/* Posts
-----------------------------------------------
*/
h2.date-header {
margin:0px;
}

.post {
margin:.5em 0 1.5em;
padding-bottom:1.5em;
}

.post h3 {
letter-spacing:.2em;
text-transform:uppercase;
padding: 4px 3px;
background-color: #FBBA3C;
font: normal normal 78% 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Arial, Verdana, Sans-serif;
font-size: 200%;
color: #ffffff;
}

.post h3 a, .post h3 a:visited, .post h3 strong {
display:block;
text-decoration:none;
color:$titlecolor;
font-weight:normal;
}

.post h3 strong, .post h3 a:hover {
color:$textcolor;
}

.post p {
margin:0 0 .75em;
line-height:1.6em;
}

.post-footer {
margin: .75em 0;
color:$sidebarcolor;
text-transform:uppercase;
letter-spacing:.1em;
font: $postfooterfont;
line-height: 1.4em;
}

.comment-link {
margin-left:.6em;
}

.post img {
padding:4px;
border:1px solid $bordercolor;
}

blockquote{
background-color: transparent;
border-top: 3px double #CD7710;
border-bottom: 3px double #CD7710;
padding: 5px;
font-style: oblique;
font-size: 1em;
margin-left: 5%;
margin-right: 5%;
}

/* Comments
----------------------------------------------- */
#comments h4 {
margin:1em 0;
font-weight: bold;
line-height: 1.4em;
text-transform:uppercase;
letter-spacing:.2em;
color: $sidebarcolor;
}

#comments-block {
margin:1em 0 1.5em;
line-height:1.6em;
}
#comments-block .comment-author {
margin:.5em 0;
}
#comments-block .comment-body {
margin:.25em 0 0;
}
#comments-block .comment-footer {
margin:-.25em 0 2em;
line-height: 1.4em;
text-transform:uppercase;
letter-spacing:.1em;
}
#comments-block .comment-body p {
margin:0 0 .75em;
}
.deleted-comment {
font-style:italic;
color:gray;
}

#blog-pager-newer-link {
float: left;
}

#blog-pager-older-link {
float: right;
}

#blog-pager {
text-align: center;
}

.feed-links {
clear: both;
line-height: 2.5em;
}

/* Sidebar Content
----------------------------------------------- */
.sidebar {
color: $sidebartextcolor;
line-height: 1.5em;
}

.sidebar h2 {
margin: 1.6em 0 .5em;
padding: 4px 8px;
background-color: #174D97;
font-size: 78%;
color: #ffffff;
}

.sidebar ul {
list-style:none;
margin:0 0 0;
padding:0 0 0;
}
.sidebar li {
margin:0;
padding:0 0 .25em 15px;
text-indent:-15px;
line-height:1.5em;
}

.sidebar .widget, .main .widget {
margin:0 0 1.5em;
padding:0 0 1.5em;
}


.main .Blog {
border-bottom-width: 0;
}


/* Profile
----------------------------------------------- */
.profile-img {
float: left;
margin: 0 5px 5px 0;
padding: 4px;
border: 1px solid $bordercolor;
}

.profile-data {
margin:0;
text-transform:uppercase;
letter-spacing:.1em;
font: $postfooterfont;
color: $sidebarcolor;
font-weight: bold;
line-height: 1.6em;
}

.profile-datablock {
margin:.5em 0 .5em;
}

.profile-textblock {
margin: 0.5em 0;
line-height: 1.6em;
}

.profile-link {
font: $postfooterfont;
text-transform: uppercase;
letter-spacing: .1em;
}

/* Footer
----------------------------------------------- */
#footer {
width:660px;
clear:both;
margin:0 auto;
padding-top:15px;
line-height: 1.6em;
text-transform:uppercase;
letter-spacing:.1em;
text-align: center;
}

p.credits {
font-family: sans-serif;
font-style: italic;
font-variant: normal;
font-weight: normal;
font-size: small;
line-height: 100%;
word-spacing: normal;
letter-spacing: 0.3ex;
text-decoration: none;
text-transform: none;
text-align: center;
text-indent: 0ex;
}

/** Page structure tweaks for layout editor wireframe */
body#layout #outer-wrapper {
width: 750px;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
body#layout #header-wrapper {
margin-left: 0px;
margin-right: 0px;
width: 700px;
height: 279px;
}
body#layout #main-wrapper {
width: 400px;
padding: 30px 0 0 0;
}
body#layout #right-sidebar-wrapper {
width: 150px;
margin-right: 5px;
padding: 0 0 5px 0;
}
body#layout #left-sidebar-wrapper {
width: 150px;
padding: 0 0 5px 0;
}
body#layout #widebar-wrapper {
width: 300px;
padding: 0 0 5px 0;
}
body#layout #footer {
width:600px;
margin:0 auto;
padding-top:15px;
}

/* Label Cloud Styles
----------------------------------------------- */
#labelCloud {text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;}
#labelCloud .label-cloud li{display:inline;background-image:none !important;padding:0 5px;margin:0;vertical-align:baseline !important;border:0 !important;}
#labelCloud ul{list-style-type:none;margin:0 auto;padding:0;}
#labelCloud a img{border:0;display:inline;margin:0 0 0 3px;padding:0}
#labelCloud a{text-decoration:none}
#labelCloud a:hover{text-decoration:underline}
#labelCloud li a{}
#labelCloud .label-cloud {}
#labelCloud .label-count {padding-left:0.2em;font-size:9px;color:#000}
#labelCloud .label-cloud li:before{content:"" !important}

]]></b:skin>

<script type='text/javascript'>
// Label Cloud User Variables
var cloudMin = 1;
var maxFontSize = 20;
var maxColor = [205,119,16];
var minFontSize = 10;
var minColor = [23,77,151];
var lcShowCount = false;
</script>

</head>

<body>
<div id='outer-wrapper'><div id='wrap2'>

<!-- skip links for text browsers -->
<span id='skiplinks' style='display:none;'>
<a href='#main'>skip to main </a> |
<a href='#sidebar'>skip to sidebar</a>
</span>

<div id='header-wrapper'>
<b:section class='header' id='header' maxwidgets='1' showaddelement='no'>
<b:widget id='Header1' locked='true' title='Header Widget Sample (Header)' type='Header'>
<b:includable id='title'>
<b:if cond='data:blog.url == data:blog.homepageUrl'>
<data:title/>
<b:else/>
<a expr:href='data:blog.homepageUrl'><data:title/></a>
</b:if>
</b:includable>
<b:includable id='description'>
<div class='descriptionwrapper'>
<p class='description'><span><data:description/></span></p>
</div>
</b:includable>
<b:includable id='main'>

<b:if cond='data:useImage'>
<b:if cond='data:imagePlacement == &quot;REPLACE&quot;'>
<!--Show just the image, no text-->
<div id='header-inner'>
<a expr:href='data:blog.homepageUrl' style='display: block'>
<img expr:alt='data:title' expr:height='data:height' expr:id='data:widget.instanceId + &quot;_headerimg&quot;' expr:src='data:sourceUrl' expr:width='data:width' style='display: block'/>
</a>
</div>
<b:else/>
<!--Show image as background to text-->
<div expr:style='&quot;background-image: url(\&quot;&quot; + data:sourceUrl + &quot;\&quot;); &quot; + &quot;background-repeat: no-repeat; &quot; + &quot;width: &quot; + data:width + &quot;px; &quot; + &quot;height: &quot; + data:height + &quot;px;&quot;' id='header-inner'>
<div class='titlewrapper' style='background: transparent'>
<h1 class='title' style='background: transparent; border-width: 0px'>
<b:if cond='data:blog.url == data:blog.homepageUrl'>
<data:title/>
<b:else/>
<a expr:href='data:blog.homepageUrl'><data:title/></a>
</b:if>
</h1>
</div>
<div class='descriptionwrapper'>
<p class='description'><span><data:description/></span></p>
</div>
</div>
</b:if>
<b:else/>
<!--No header image -->
<div id='header-inner'>
<div class='titlewrapper'>
<h1 class='title'>
<b:if cond='data:blog.url == data:blog.homepageUrl'>
<data:title/>
<b:else/>
<a expr:href='data:blog.homepageUrl'><data:title/></a>
</b:if>
</h1>
</div>
<div class='descriptionwrapper'>
<p class='description'><span><data:description/></span></p>
</div>
</div>
</b:if>
</b:includable>
</b:widget>
</b:section>
</div>

<div id='content-wrapper'>

<div id='crosscol-wrapper' style='text-align:center'>
<b:section class='crosscol' id='crosscol' showaddelement='no'/>
</div>


<div id='main-wrapper'>
<b:section class='main' id='main' showaddelement='no'>
<b:widget id='Blog1' locked='true' title='Blog Posts' type='Blog'>
<b:includable id='nextprev'>
<div class='blog-pager' id='blog-pager'>
<b:if cond='data:newerPageUrl'>
<span id='blog-pager-newer-link'>
<a class='blog-pager-newer-link' expr:href='data:newerPageUrl' expr:id='data:widget.instanceId + &quot;_blog-pager-newer-link&quot;' expr:title='data:newerPageTitle'><data:newerPageTitle/></a>
</span>
</b:if>

<b:if cond='data:olderPageUrl'>
<span id='blog-pager-older-link'>
<a class='blog-pager-older-link' expr:href='data:olderPageUrl' expr:id='data:widget.instanceId + &quot;_blog-pager-older-link&quot;' expr:title='data:olderPageTitle'><data:olderPageTitle/></a>
</span>
</b:if>

<b:if cond='data:blog.homepageUrl != data:blog.url'>
<a class='home-link' expr:href='data:blog.homepageUrl'><data:homeMsg/></a>
<b:else/>
<b:if cond='data:newerPageUrl'>
<a class='home-link' expr:href='data:blog.homepageUrl'><data:homeMsg/></a>
</b:if>
</b:if>

</div>
<div class='clear'/>
</b:includable>
<b:includable id='backlinks' var='post'>
<a name='links'/><h4><data:post.backlinksLabel/></h4>
<b:if cond='data:post.numBacklinks != 0'>
<dl class='comments-block' id='comments-block'>
<b:loop values='data:post.backlinks' var='backlink'>
<div class='collapsed-backlink backlink-control'>
<dt class='comment-title'>
<span class='backlink-toggle-zippy'>&#160;</span>
<a expr:href='data:backlink.url' rel='nofollow'><data:backlink.title/></a>
<b:include data='backlink' name='backlinkDeleteIcon'/>
</dt>
<dd class='comment-body collapseable'>
<data:backlink.snippet/>
</dd>
<dd class='comment-footer collapseable'>
<span class='comment-author'><data:post.authorLabel/> <data:backlink.author/></span>
<span class='comment-timestamp'><data:post.timestampLabel/> <data:backlink.timestamp/></span>
</dd>
</div>
</b:loop>
</dl>
</b:if>
<p class='comment-footer'>
<a class='comment-link' expr:href='data:post.createLinkUrl' expr:id='data:widget.instanceId + &quot;_backlinks-create-link&quot;' target='_blank'><data:post.createLinkLabel/></a>
</p>
</b:includable>
<b:includable id='post' var='post'>
<div class='post hentry uncustomized-post-template'>
<a expr:name='data:post.id'/>
<b:if cond='data:post.title'>
<h3 class='post-title entry-title'>
<b:if cond='data:post.link'>
<a expr:href='data:post.link'><data:post.title/></a>
<b:else/>
<b:if cond='data:post.url'>
<a expr:href='data:post.url'><data:post.title/></a>
<b:else/>
<data:post.title/>
</b:if>
</b:if>
</h3>
</b:if>

<div class='post-header-line-1'/>

<div class='post-body entry-content'>
<p><data:post.body/></p>
<div style='clear: both;'/> <!-- clear for photos floats -->
</div>
<div class='post-footer'>
<p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'>
<span class='post-author vcard'>
<b:if cond='data:top.showAuthor'>
<data:top.authorLabel/>
<span class='fn'><data:post.author/></span>
</b:if>
</span>

<span class='post-timestamp'>
<b:if cond='data:top.showTimestamp'>
<data:top.timestampLabel/>
<b:if cond='data:post.url'>
<a class='timestamp-link' expr:href='data:post.url' rel='bookmark' title='permanent link'><abbr class='published' expr:title='data:post.timestampISO8601'><data:post.timestamp/></abbr></a>
</b:if>
</b:if>
</span>

<span class='post-comment-link'>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != &quot;item&quot;'>

<b:if cond='data:post.allowComments'>
<a class='comment-link' expr:href='data:post.addCommentUrl' expr:onclick='data:post.addCommentOnclick'><b:if cond='data:post.numComments == 1'>1 <data:top.commentLabel/><b:else/><data:post.numComments/> <data:top.commentLabelPlural/></b:if></a>
</b:if>
</b:if>
</span>

<!-- backlinks -->
<span class='post-backlinks post-comment-link'>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != &quot;item&quot;'>
<b:if cond='data:post.showBacklinks'>
<a class='comment-link' expr:href='data:post.url + &quot;#links&quot;'><data:top.backlinkLabel/></a>
</b:if>
</b:if>
</span>

<span class='post-icons'>
<!-- email post links -->
<b:if cond='data:post.emailPostUrl'>
<span class='item-action'>
<a expr:href='data:post.emailPostUrl' expr:title='data:top.emailPostMsg'>
<span class='email-post-icon'>&#160;</span>
</a>
</span>
</b:if>

<!-- quickedit pencil -->
<b:include data='post' name='postQuickEdit'/>
</span>
</p>

<p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'>
<span class='post-labels'>
<b:if cond='data:post.labels'>
<data:postLabelsLabel/>
<b:loop values='data:post.labels' var='label'>
<a expr:href='data:label.url' rel='tag'><data:label.name/></a><b:if cond='data:label.isLast != &quot;true&quot;'>,</b:if>
</b:loop>
</b:if>
</span>
</p>

<p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'/>
</div>
</div>
</b:includable>
<b:includable id='commentDeleteIcon' var='comment'>
<span expr:class='&quot;item-control &quot; + data:comment.adminClass'>
<a expr:href='data:comment.deleteUrl' expr:title='data:top.deleteCommentMsg'>
<span class='delete-comment-icon'>&#160;</span>
</a>
</span>
</b:includable>
<b:includable id='status-message'>
<b:if cond='data:navMessage'>
<div class='status-msg-wrap'>
<div class='status-msg-body'>
<data:navMessage/>
</div>
<div class='status-msg-border'>
<div class='status-msg-bg'>
<div class='status-msg-hidden'><data:navMessage/></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div style='clear: both;'/>
</b:if>
</b:includable>
<b:includable id='feedLinks'>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != &quot;item&quot;'> <!-- Blog feed links -->
<b:if cond='data:feedLinks'>
<div class='blog-feeds'>
<b:include data='feedLinks' name='feedLinksBody'/>
</div>
</b:if>

<b:else/> <!--Post feed links -->
<div class='post-feeds'>
<b:loop values='data:posts' var='post'>
<b:if cond='data:post.allowComments'>
<b:if cond='data:post.feedLinks'>
<b:include data='post.feedLinks' name='feedLinksBody'/>
</b:if>
</b:if>
</b:loop>
</div>
</b:if>
</b:includable>
<b:includable id='backlinkDeleteIcon' var='backlink'>
<span expr:class='&quot;item-control &quot; + data:backlink.adminClass'>
<a expr:href='data:backlink.deleteUrl' expr:title='data:top.deleteBacklinkMsg'>
<span class='delete-comment-icon'>&#160;</span>
</a>
</span>
</b:includable>
<b:includable id='feedLinksBody' var='links'>
<div class='feed-links'>
<data:feedLinksMsg/>
<b:loop values='data:links' var='f'>
<a class='feed-link' expr:href='data:f.url' expr:type='data:f.mimeType' target='_blank'><data:f.name/> (<data:f.feedType/>)</a>
</b:loop>
</div>
</b:includable>
<b:includable id='postQuickEdit' var='post'>
<b:if cond='data:post.editUrl'>
<span expr:class='&quot;item-control &quot; + data:post.adminClass'>
<a expr:href='data:post.editUrl' expr:title='data:top.editPostMsg'>
<span class='quick-edit-icon'>&#160;</span>
</a>
</span>
</b:if>
</b:includable>
<b:includable id='comments' var='post'>
<div class='comments' id='comments'>
<a name='comments'/>
<b:if cond='data:post.allowComments'>
<h4>
<b:if cond='data:post.numComments == 1'>
1 <data:commentLabel/>:
<b:else/>
<data:post.numComments/> <data:commentLabelPlural/>:
</b:if>
</h4>

<dl id='comments-block'>
<b:loop values='data:post.comments' var='comment'>
<dt class='comment-author' expr:id='data:comment.anchorName'>
<a expr:name='data:comment.anchorName'/>
<b:if cond='data:comment.authorUrl'>
<a expr:href='data:comment.authorUrl' rel='nofollow'><data:comment.author/></a>
<b:else/>
<data:comment.author/>
</b:if>
<data:commentPostedByMsg/>
</dt>
<dd class='comment-body'>
<b:if cond='data:comment.isDeleted'>
<span class='deleted-comment'><data:comment.body/></span>
<b:else/>
<p><data:comment.body/></p>
</b:if>
</dd>
<dd class='comment-footer'>
<span class='comment-timestamp'>
<a expr:href='data:comment.url' title='comment permalink'>
<data:comment.timestamp/>
</a>
<b:include data='comment' name='commentDeleteIcon'/>
</span>
</dd>
</b:loop>
</dl>

<p class='comment-footer'>
<a expr:href='data:post.addCommentUrl' expr:onclick='data:post.addCommentOnclick'><data:postCommentMsg/></a>
</p>
</b:if>

<div id='backlinks-container'>
<div expr:id='data:widget.instanceId + &quot;_backlinks-container&quot;'>
<b:if cond='data:post.showBacklinks'>
<b:include data='post' name='backlinks'/>
</b:if>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</b:includable>
<b:includable id='main' var='top'>
<!-- posts -->
<div class='blog-posts hfeed'>

<b:include data='top' name='status-message'/>

<data:adStart/>
<b:loop values='data:posts' var='post'>
<b:if cond='data:post.dateHeader'>
<h2 class='date-header'><data:post.dateHeader/></h2>
</b:if>
<b:include data='post' name='post'/>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'>
<b:include data='post' name='comments'/>
</b:if>
<b:if cond='data:post.includeAd'>
<data:adEnd/>
<data:adCode/>
<data:adStart/>
</b:if>
</b:loop>
<data:adEnd/>
</div>

<!-- navigation -->
<b:include name='nextprev'/>

<!-- feed links -->
<b:include name='feedLinks'/>
</b:includable>
</b:widget>
</b:section>
</div>

<div id='widebar-wrapper'>
<b:section class='sidebar' id='widebar' preferred='yes'>
<b:widget id='Label1' locked='false' title='Label Cloud' type='Label'>
<b:includable id='main'>
<b:if cond='data:title'>
<h2><data:title/></h2>
</b:if>

<div class='widget-content'>
<div id='labelCloud'/>
<script type='text/javascript'>

// Don&#39;t change anything past this point -----------------
// Cloud function s() ripped from del.icio.us
function s(a,b,i,x){
if(a&gt;b){
var m=(a-b)/Math.log(x),v=a-Math.floor(Math.log(i)*m)
}
else{
var m=(b-a)/Math.log(x),v=Math.floor(Math.log(i)*m+a)
}
return v
}


var c=[];
var labelCount = new Array();
var ts = new Object;
<b:loop values='data:labels' var='label'>
var theName = &quot;<data:label.name/>&quot;;
ts[theName] = <data:label.count/>;
</b:loop>

for (t in ts){
if (!labelCount[ts[t]]){
labelCount[ts[t]] = new Array(ts[t])
}
}
var ta=cloudMin-1;
tz = labelCount.length - cloudMin;
lc2 = document.getElementById(&#39;labelCloud&#39;);
ul = document.createElement(&#39;ul&#39;);
ul.className = &#39;label-cloud&#39;;
for(var t in ts){
if(ts[t] &lt; cloudMin){
continue;
}
for (var i=0;3 &gt; i;i++) {
c[i]=s(minColor[i],maxColor[i],ts[t]-ta,tz)
}
var fs = s(minFontSize,maxFontSize,ts[t]-ta,tz);
li = document.createElement(&#39;li&#39;);
li.style.fontSize = fs+&#39;px&#39;;
li.style.lineHeight = &#39;1&#39;;
a = document.createElement(&#39;a&#39;);
a.title = ts[t]+&#39; Posts in &#39;+t;
a.style.color = &#39;rgb(&#39;+c[0]+&#39;,&#39;+c[1]+&#39;,&#39;+c[2]+&#39;)&#39;;
a.href = &#39;/search/label/&#39;+encodeURIComponent(t);
if (lcShowCount){
span = document.createElement(&#39;span&#39;);
span.innerHTML = &#39;(&#39;+ts[t]+&#39;) &#39;;
span.className = &#39;label-count&#39;;
a.appendChild(document.createTextNode(t));
li.appendChild(a);
li.appendChild(span);
}
else {
a.appendChild(document.createTextNode(t));
li.appendChild(a);
}
ul.appendChild(li);
abnk = document.createTextNode(&#39; &#39;);
ul.appendChild(abnk);
}
lc2.appendChild(ul);
</script>

<noscript>
<ul>
<b:loop values='data:labels' var='label'>
<li>
<b:if cond='data:blog.url == data:label.url'>
<data:label.name/>
<b:else/>
<a expr:href='data:label.url'><data:label.name/></a>
</b:if>
(<data:label.count/>)
</li>
</b:loop>
</ul>
</noscript>
<b:include name='quickedit'/>
</div>

</b:includable>
</b:widget>
</b:section></div>


<div id='right-sidebar-wrapper'>
<b:section class='sidebar' id='right-sidebar' preferred='yes'>
<b:widget id='BlogArchive1' locked='false' title='Blog Archive' type='BlogArchive'>
<b:includable id='toggle' var='interval'>
<b:if cond='data:interval.toggleId'>
<b:if cond='data:interval.expclass == &quot;expanded&quot;'>
<a class='toggle' expr:href='data:widget.actionUrl + &quot;&amp;action=toggle&quot; + &quot;&amp;dir=close&amp;toggle=&quot; + data:interval.toggleId + &quot;&amp;toggleopen=&quot; + data:toggleopen'>
<span class='zippy toggle-open'>&#9660; </span>
</a>
<b:else/>
<a class='toggle' expr:href='data:widget.actionUrl + &quot;&amp;action=toggle&quot; + &quot;&amp;dir=open&amp;toggle=&quot; + data:interval.toggleId + &quot;&amp;toggleopen=&quot; + data:toggleopen'>
<span class='zippy'>&#9658; </span>
</a>
</b:if>
</b:if>
</b:includable>
<b:includable id='interval' var='intervalData'>
<b:loop values='data:intervalData' var='i'>
<ul>
<li expr:class='&quot;archivedate &quot; + data:i.expclass'>
<b:include data='i' name='toggle'/>
<a class='post-count-link' expr:href='data:i.url'><data:i.name/></a>
(<span class='post-count'><data:i.post-count/></span>)
<b:if cond='data:i.data'>
<b:include data='i.data' name='interval'/>
</b:if>
<b:if cond='data:i.posts'>
<b:include data='i.posts' name='posts'/>
</b:if>
</li>
</ul>
</b:loop>
</b:includable>
<b:includable id='menu' var='data'>
<select expr:id='data:widget.instanceId + &quot;_ArchiveMenu&quot;'>
<option value=''><data:title/></option>
<b:loop values='data:data' var='i'>
<option expr:value='data:i.url'><data:i.name/> (<data:i.post-count/>)</option>
</b:loop>
</select>
</b:includable>
<b:includable id='flat' var='data'>
<ul>
<b:loop values='data:data' var='i'>
<li class='archivedate'>
<a expr:href='data:i.url'><data:i.name/></a> (<data:i.post-count/>)
</li>
</b:loop>
</ul>
</b:includable>
<b:includable id='posts' var='posts'>
<ul class='posts'>
<b:loop values='data:posts' var='i'>
<li><a expr:href='data:i.url'><data:i.title/></a></li>
</b:loop>
</ul>
</b:includable>
<b:includable id='main'>
<b:if cond='data:title'>
<h2><data:title/></h2>
</b:if>
<div class='widget-content'>
<div id='ArchiveList'>
<div expr:id='data:widget.instanceId + &quot;_ArchiveList&quot;'>
<b:if cond='data:style == &quot;HIERARCHY&quot;'>
<b:include data='data' name='interval'/>
</b:if>
<b:if cond='data:style == &quot;FLAT&quot;'>
<b:include data='data' name='flat'/>
</b:if>
<b:if cond='data:style == &quot;MENU&quot;'>
<b:include data='data' name='menu'/>
</b:if>
</div>
</div>
<b:include name='quickedit'/>
</div>
</b:includable>
</b:widget>
<b:widget id='BloggerButton1' locked='false' title='' type='BloggerButton'>
<b:includable id='main'>
<div class='widget-content'>
<a href='http://www.blogger.com'><img alt='Powered By Blogger' expr:src='data:fullButton'/></a>
<b:include name='quickedit'/>
</div>
</b:includable>
</b:widget>
</b:section>
</div>

<div id='left-sidebar-wrapper'>
<b:section class='sidebar' id='left-sidebar' preferred='yes'>
<b:widget id='Text1' locked='false' title='Stuff' type='Text'>
<b:includable id='main'>
<!-- only display title if it's non-empty -->
<b:if cond='data:title != &quot;&quot;'>
<h2 class='title'><data:title/></h2>
</b:if>
<div class='widget-content'>
<data:content/>
</div>

<b:include name='quickedit'/>
</b:includable>
</b:widget>
<b:widget id='Profile1' locked='false' title='About Me' type='Profile'>
<b:includable id='main'>
<b:if cond='data:title != &quot;&quot;'>
<h2><data:title/></h2>
</b:if>
<div class='widget-content'>
<b:if cond='data:team == &quot;true&quot;'> <!-- team blog profile -->
<ul>
<b:loop values='data:authors' var='i'>
<li><a expr:href='data:i.userUrl'><data:i.display-name/></a></li>
</b:loop>
</ul>

<b:else/> <!-- normal blog profile -->

<b:if cond='data:photo.url != &quot;&quot;'>
<a expr:href='data:userUrl'><img class='profile-img' expr:alt='data:photo.alt' expr:height='data:photo.height' expr:src='data:photo.url' expr:width='data:photo.width'/></a>
</b:if>

<dl class='profile-datablock'>
<dt class='profile-data'><data:displayname/></dt>

<b:if cond='data:showlocation == &quot;true&quot;'>
<dd class='profile-data'><data:location/></dd>
</b:if>

<b:if cond='data:aboutme != &quot;&quot;'><dd class='profile-textblock'><data:aboutme/></dd></b:if>
</dl>
<a class='profile-link' expr:href='data:userUrl'><data:viewProfileMsg/></a>
</b:if>

<b:include name='quickedit'/>
</div>
</b:includable>
</b:widget>
</b:section>
</div>

<!-- spacer for skins that want sidebar and main to be the same height-->
<div class='clear'>&#160;</div>

</div> <!-- end content-wrapper -->

<div id='footer-wrapper'>
<b:section class='footer' id='footer'/>
</div>

</div></div> <!-- end outer-wrapper -->

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<!--Please do not remove the credit links below, thank you.-->
<p class='credits'><span style='color : #FFFFFF;'>
designer : anniebluesky : </span>
<a href='http://bloggeruniversity.blogspot.com/'>
<span style='color : #FFFFFF;'>www.bloggeruniversity.blogspot.com</span></a></p>
<p class='credits'><span style='color : #FFFFFF;'>
graphics : VLADSTUDIO : </span>
<a href='http://www.vladstudio.com/home/'>
<span style='color : #FFFFFF;'>www.vladstudio.com</span></a></p><br/>
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Friday 2 November 2007

Custom Blogger Help - Blog Aid!!

aidIt has taken me a very long time to come to this conclusion. Not everyone likes, or even wants to delve into the depths of their blog template. I know...it is true!! It is hard for me to wrap my mind around that. How could you not love it when all the little code falls into place?

Oh well. Based on that theory, I'm going to offer my services. This is for those of you that don't desire to, don't have the time to, or would rather take a beating than work on your blog template.

Here is what I offer:
  1. $20 - fix blog problem
  2. $60 - set up blog (see below*)
  3. $75 - custom template design and set up
  4. $30 - custom header
*When I set up a template it can happen one of two ways:
  1. You have a template that you like. For a starting point, look in my sidebar:
    1. Templates I designed under +/- Templates by annie
    2. Templates from other sites under +/- Templates.
  2. You tell me what you have in mind, and in this case a few links to blogs that you like really helps, and I find a suitable template and install it.
Here are a few examples of templates I have designed for clients. You can click on the image for the working test blog:








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