Make A Custom Pages Index For Your Blog

Even earlier Blogger added static pages every bit a spider web log feature, spider web log owners bring been shout out for how to brand hidden or kind pages for their blogs.

When static pages, together with the Pages index gadget, were added, people started shout out for nearly indexing label searches together with external links inwards the Pages gadget.

There are several solutions to the demand to bring a Pages gadget that indexes archive / label searches, together with external URLs. Each solution has its advantages, together with disadvantages.

If you lot desire a Pages gadget for your blog, that indexes to a greater extent than than but static pages, you lot bring ii basic choices. Each pick gives you lot dissimilar possibilities.

1. Replace the Pages gadget amongst a linklist. You tin index whatever URLs that involvement you, inwards a linklist.
2. Use the Pages editor, inwards the dashboard Layout page, which lets you lot add together URLs of your choice, straight to the Pages gadget.

I've been advising people for several years, how to brand a horizontal index bar for the blog.

With most Blogger templates, the Tabs department contains CSS that displays whatever linklist positioned there, horizontally. This gives you lot the pick of using "Add a gadget", together with creating a linklist every bit an XML based "Linklist" - or 1 created every bit an HTML based "HTML / JavaScript" gadget - together with both choices bring advantages.

Use an XML based linklist.

If you lot hold back at the card bar on this blog, you'll come across how the active card push "lights up" when selected. The "Selected" characteristic is a CSS tweak - together with requires that you lot role a linklist that's XML based.

I created the card bar here, using "Add a gadget", together with tweaked the template code. The default Pages gadget is XML based - together with does non require the latter tweak.

Use the Blogger supplied Pages gadget.

As an alternate to using a linklist gadget, you lot could role the Pages gadget.

If you lot role the Pages Editor, together with you lot position the Pages gadget inwards the proper position, your blog, when displayed using a dynamic template, volition populate the dark card bar amongst your Pages list. When that happens, the dynamic persuasion card volition live on displayed every bit a drop-down list, at the far left of the card bar.

Problems Amongst Dynamic Templates As Well As The Bill Of Fare Bar / Pages Index

We're getting a few reports today, inward static pages, that move the novel dynamic templates, in addition to that directly accept no mightiness to index the pages inward the dynamic views. We're besides seeing reports mentioning about blogs which accept no carte du jour bar visible, inward dynamic views. Both problems were, reportedly, outset observed mid morning time today, Pacific time.

Earlier this week, if y'all looked at this weblog inward dynamic view, y'all could come across 2 static pages, from this blog, indexed inward the carte du jour bar. Both Commenting Policy in addition to Leave Comments Here were, at 1 time, indexed. Today, they are not.

Interestingly enough, neither page is indexed inward the static template carte du jour bar, which y'all tin come across simply above. Other static pages, which were indexed inward the static template carte du jour bar, were non observed inward the dynamic template carte du jour bar.

We accept a rollup discussion, where nosotros are collecting details nearly your observations of these problems. If your weblog is affected, delight supply details inward the discussion, every bit best every bit y'all are able.

1. What is the published URL of the blog?
2. Is the weblog explicitly setup to move the dynamic templates?
3. If the weblog is setup to move the dynamic templates, which persuasion is the default?
4. Does the blog, inward the non dynamic view, display the navbar?
5. Does the blog, inward the non dynamic view, display a Pages gadget / carte du jour bar? If no, where are the pages indexed?
6. Did y'all setup the Pages gadget using the Classic Blogger GUI, or the New Blogger GUI?
7. Have y'all enabled the Mobile Template, for this blog?

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(Update 2011/11/14): It appears that this work originates alongside blogs using a custom Pages gadget. Blogs that move a touchstone Pages gadget, created inward the New Blogger GUI Pages editor, seem to live on OK. Here, y'all may persuasion my exam weblog - both using a dynamic view, in addition to similarly using a non dynamic view - which has a touchstone Pages index, positioned inward the sidebar.

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Dynamic Templates Lack A Dashboard Link Inwards The Header Bar

Yesterday, nosotros saw a few reports inward Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken, mentioning the lack of a link, inward the dynamic views header bar, to our dashboards.

I'm using dynamic views as well as right away can't access my dashboard!

It appears that the Blogger logo / Attribution ("Powered past times Blogger" caption), which formerly linked to our dashboards, is non there, whatever more. This deficiency appears universal - the links no longer look on all dissimilar dynamic views, on header bars amongst the views listed adjacent or inward the pulldown list, or on blogs where dynamic views are default, or optional.

Having reported this occupation to Blogger Support, nosotros were informed that they are planning an update, coming really soon, that volition furnish links inward the header bar like to the correct side of the non dynamic template navbar. We will, presumably, bring links to "Design", "New Post", as well as such. Until then, the previous links bring been removed from the header bar.

For the fourth dimension being, y'all may access your dashboard but using the link to Blogger.

access the non dynamic alias of whatever blog, for instance

http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/?v=0

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(Update 2011/11/16): We meet now, diverse blogs amongst dynamic views, showing tiny Pencil ("New post") as well as Home ("Dashboard") icons, when the weblog possessor is properly signed in. You, non existence an possessor of this blog, volition withal meet nothing, inward my dynamic sentiment demonstration of this blog.

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Dynamic Templates Lack A Login Link Inwards The Header Bar

Last week, afterwards approximately complaints were heard from weblog owners who were using the dynamic templates on their blogs, Blogger added "Dashboard" too "New Post" links inwards the header bar. These novel links are accessible when the weblog possessor is logged in, equally a weblog administrator.

Unfortunately, their improvement did non get got into concern human relationship the require to login. Blog owners, non logged in, volition notwithstanding come across no links.

If non logged in, y'all may access your dashboard merely using the link to Blogger.

access the non dynamic alias of whatever blog, for instance

http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/?v=0

and y'all may thence live on the "Login" link inwards the navbar.

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Link Your Blog, Using A Dynamic Template, To A Not Dynamic Page Inward Your Blog

The dynamic templates accept been available for just over three months, too for all their usefulness, in that place are a issue of identified deficiencies. We see, every week, naive questions most ane good known deficiency.

How practise I add together a bloglist (Followers gadget, labels index, pop posts, what accept you...) gadget to my blog, amongst it using a dynamic template?

Adding gadgets to a dynamic template display but won't live on a unproblematic project. Not to live on facetious, but in that place is actually no infinite on the screen, for an accessory bar (also known equally a sidebar). The dynamic views dynamically fill upward all horizontal space.

Lack of pop gadgets, similar Followers, are a major shortcoming for many spider web log owners, who are considering using a dynamic template for their blog. Many spider web log owners similar the Followers gadget - too can't acquit the thought of having their spider web log without its mightiness to build their reader community. Other gadgets, similarly unavailable, travail disappointment also.

It's possible that Blogger is difficult at locomote redesigning the dynamic template display, too creating a infinite for an accessory bar. Until they practise that, though, yous may live on able to accept gadgets similar Followers - if non on the start page of a dynamic template, perchance on a Pages link.

If yous practise a Pages gadget, using the New GUI Pages editor, yous tin add together a link to whatsoever URL inward the blog, inward the Pages gadget. If yous tin practise that, yous tin add together a dyad of links to the dwelling page - ane explicitly targeting the non dynamic URL, a instant targeting a dynamic URL (your chosen default view). The start links your blog, using a dynamic view, to a page containing all of your missing gadgets; the instant links dorsum to the dynamic view.

The Layout carte du jour entry is non available, when the spider web log is published to a dynamic template. If non already present, you'll accept to add together the Pages gadget, amongst the spider web log published to a non dynamic template.

As an alternate to the 2 links, yous tin force a novel tab / window, for the non dynamic link. With the non dynamic thought opening inward a novel tab / window, there's no involve to link dorsum - too then yous involve exclusively ane link.

Here's a link to my exam blog.

http://nitecruzrtestnew.blogspot.com

Here's a link to the dwelling page of my exam blog, non dynamic, added to the Pages gadget.

Home (Non Dynamic)

Here's a link to the dwelling page of my exam blog, dynamic, added to the Pages gadget.

Home (Dynamic)

Here's how the latter 2 links were constructed.

Here's a link to the dwelling page of my exam blog, non dynamic, added to the Pages gadget.

http://nitecruzrtestnew.blogspot.com/?v=0

Here's a link to the dwelling page of my exam blog, dynamic, added to the Pages gadget.

http://nitecruzrtestnew.blogspot.com/view/sidebar

Here's a link to the dwelling page of my exam blog, non dynamic, opening inward a novel tab / window, added to the Pages gadget.

http://nitecruzrtestnew.blogspot.com/?v=0 target="_blank"

Click on whatsoever of the links, too encounter what yous get. It was simpler to practise it, than to write most it.

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