Dynamic Templates Accept No Archives

When Auto Pagination was introduced, many spider web log owners, who preferred to display their spider web log equally i long original page, were insulted.

If I pattern my spider web log to display all of my articles on the front end page, my readers should encounter my spider web log on the front end page!

They were unable to encounter the take away to segment the original page display.

If your spider web log uses i of the novel dynamic templates, you lot may accept noticed that in that place is no Archives link (nor an Archives gadget). With a Dynamic Template, in that place is no Archives link, because in that place are no archived posts, period.

When you lot opened upwardly your blog, using a dynamic template, the spider web log volition display a few recent posts, which volition await similar the normal original page view. Once you lot seek the posts displayed immediately, scroll downwards the page, in addition to scout the scroll tab. When you lot force the scroll tab to the bottom, the display volition refresh, in addition to demonstrate to a greater extent than or less other department of the blog.

Each fourth dimension you lot scroll to the bottom of the page, you'll kicking the bucket a novel department of posts, progressively older. In effect, the entire spider web log is displayed inwards original page view, accessed past times scrolling downwards the page. With everything inwards original page view, in that place is no take away for archives, because everything is correct in that place - you lot merely don't encounter it, until you lot take away to encounter it.

And this should brand the opponents of car pagination happy. Once again, they tin go display the entire spider web log on the front end page of their blogs.

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Stats Non Displaying Newer Posts, Inward Posts Lists

The problem of concluding week, alongside Stats, was fixed slow yesterday, in addition to our Stats displays 1 time once again are showing Posts pageview counts in addition to enumerating private Posts. Now, nosotros accept a perceived problem, existence reported yesteryear newer spider web log owners.

My Stats display does non demo my newer posts!

This work organization is visually valid - but it's non real. It's virtually mutual alongside blogs that accept precisely over 10 posts, which are owned yesteryear people who are non aware of the Stats display limitations, equally nosotros accept explored.

The Stats Posts displays enumerate the 10 virtually pop posts, for whatever given fourth dimension period. Newer posts volition seldom look inwards the Posts lists, for many blogs.

• The "Posts" lists enumerate private posts, in addition to shows pageview counts for posts viewed inwards unmarried postal service view. Newer posts volition hold upwards displayed inwards their entirety on the principal page, in addition to read equally principal page views.
• The lists demo alone the 10 virtually pop posts. Newer posts, non however indexed yesteryear the search engines, or linked yesteryear your readers, won't accept equally many inlinks - in addition to the postal service page URLs won't instruct out equally much traffic from other blogs in addition to websites.

Owners of newer blogs volition non hold upwards aware of these details - in addition to alongside precisely over 10 posts, may non run across the significance, inwards their Stats displays. These owners volition but see, from fourth dimension to time, posts that don't look inwards the lists.

If you lot hold off at the principal page, for this blog, you'll run across purpose of "Jump Break" inwards my newer posts. Each of these posts, to hold upwards read inwards their entirety, tin alone hold upwards read using the "Read more" link - in addition to from the private postal service page. Look at the address window above.

Since you're viewing these words, this postal service is existence counted inwards Posts, equally a pageview. Thus the Posts lists, for this blog, volition enumerate this post, sooner.

Here, nosotros run across unopen to other practise goodness of using "Jump Break" over other car summarisation techniques. The "Jump Break" links bespeak to the unmarried postal service persuasion of each postal service - in addition to it uses HTML, which makes it search engine friendly. Some previous car summarisation techniques used JavaScript to shroud the total postal service content, preventing search engines from indexing the total postal service text.

Besides encouraging the postal service content to hold upwards read equally a postal service page, the search engines volition index postal service content inwards the postal service pages. The archive retrievals, in addition to principal page, volition alone listing the partial content of each postal service - in addition to search engine striking lists will incorporate to a greater extent than relevant content.

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Jump Break, Primary Page Contents, Together With Search Engines

The articles inwards this blog, which discusses production as well as piece of occupation of Blogger blogs, are written equally posts.

The diverse posts are combined, using embedded links, inwards dissimilar ways. Each novel post appears on the master copy page, equally it is written - as well as the diverse posts, appearing together on the master copy page, create opportunities for confusion, amongst the readers of the blog.

Long ago, the chore of moderating comments was rather depressing to me, equally the focus of many of the comments made me mean value that nobody was truly reading the articles. Maybe, I would write an interesting post virtually URL availability; simply when moderating comments, I would abide by questions virtually posting comments on static pages. Or possibly a post virtually dynamic template concepts would attract complaints virtually referer spam.

Why should I discover my advice, if nobody cares plenty to read the articles as well as comment relevantly?

Just previous to this post, I wrote virtually Stats displays, as well as the contents of the Posts lists.

In the procedure of writing the latter article, I discovered i obscure exercise goodness of using "Jump Break" - as well as how "Jump Break" affects master copy page view, search engine indexing, as well as finally, relevance of comments to post subject.

A dwelling family page, amongst a multifariousness of posts, naturally produces un focused comments.

Why the apparent lack of focus, of the comments? One argue is that many dissimilar posts, published i afterwards the other, appear in sequence, inwards the blogs master copy page.

People volition read the posts - as well as the search engines volition index the posts - using master copy page view. Only afterwards newer posts forcefulness the older posts, i past times one, from master copy page view, volition the private posts convey whatsoever significance - to people or search engines.

Using my event above, as well as looking at my master copy page when this post was new, i would convey establish a post virtually URL availability, published a calendar week afterwards a post virtually posting comments on static pages. By the fourth dimension the search engines indexed the latter post, I would convey published the quondam post. The post virtually URL availability would hold upward visible inwards master copy page view, ahead of the post virtually posting comments on static pages.

Clicking on the link to my blog, attached to a SERP entry referencing static pages, the reader volition read my master copy page from the top, abide by the previously visible post virtually URL availability, as well as the Comments link next the post. Clicking on the showtime Comments link found, the reader volition post his inquiry virtually static pages, against my post virtually URL availability.

Use of Jump Break gives a dwelling family page that tin laissez passer on notice hold upward easily read, pinnacle to bottom.

So, what number does the piece of occupation of "Jump Break" convey on this problem? Using "Jump Break" on all master copy page posts makes it to a greater extent than probable that a potential reader of the blog, next a dwelling family page link to the blog, has to a greater extent than demand chances to encounter all recent posts, amongst their summaries.

The reader is to a greater extent than probable to scan downward the page, encounter a summarised relevant post, click on "Read more" - as well as read the relevant post, on the private post page, earlier commenting.

Use of Jump Break gives to a greater extent than weight to the private posts, equally indexed.

Additionally, amongst the posts summarised inwards master copy page view, the search engines volition abide by less content on the master copy page. The total posts volition hold upward indexed equally private post pages, to a greater extent than than equally business office of the master copy page. This gives to a greater extent than weight to the private posts, as well as less weight to the master copy page.

When indexed using an automatically generated, robust sitemap (2014), the posts volition appear individually inwards SERP lists, decreasing reader master copy page confusion. Each SERP entry, pointing to an private post, volition hold upward to a greater extent than relevantly focused - giving it to a greater extent than weight than a SERP entry, pointing to master copy page view.

Use of Jump Break, consistently, produces a win-win-win scenario.

In summary, careful as well as consistent piece of occupation of "Jump Break" leads to:

• Better focus on private as well as relevant spider web log articles, past times the search engines.
• Less confusion to the blogs readers, when accessing the spider web log using SERP striking lists.
• Less frustration for the spider web log owner, when moderating comments.

It's truly a win-win-win, when used consistently. And, it's as well as thus simple to apply, on a post past times post basis. Check it out, in action.

Blogger Magic - A Static Domicile Page

Every week, someone asks for such a uncomplicated spider web log feature.

How create I bring a unmarried spider web log postal service e'er displayed, for the dwelling page?

There are many things that Blogger has notwithstanding to provide, too this is one. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 blog, past times definition, contains a dynamic dwelling page, alongside the most electrical flow posts displayed.

Today (sorry, also late!), if y'all thought this blog, this postal service volition hold upward displayed, at the real tiptop of the dwelling page. Tomorrow, this postal service volition hold upward displayed, exactly non at the tiptop of the dwelling page. In a pair weeks, this postal service volition non hold upward displayed on the dwelling page, at all. That is how blogs work. If y'all desire to display anything else, y'all don't bring a blog.

That's the purist position, anyway. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 spider web log is exactly a spider web site alongside the latest posts displayed on dwelling page (the master copy page), too hidden older posts (the archives).

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(Update 2012/06/06): The recent "Search preferences" characteristic allows us to setup a truthful static dwelling page, alongside none of the complications below.

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The non bad affair nigh this magic line a fast 1 on is that it's non hard to instruct into work. I categorise this line a fast 1 on every bit a snake, later on the former taunt from my mother

If it had been a snake, it would bring bitten you.

It's too then simple, really.

1. Make the spider web log not display whatsoever posts, for dwelling page.
2. Add a text gadget.
3. Tweak the text gadget to solely display, when dwelling page URL is displayed.
4. Use the Pages gadget, too index the residual of the blog. Add links using diverse label searches, pages, too posts, every bit y'all like.

Make The Home Page Not Display Any Posts
If y'all brand the master copy page non display whatsoever posts, y'all instruct an empty dwelling page. Settings - "Posts too comments" contains the "Show" setting. Set "Show" to "0 posts", too the spider web log has an empty dwelling page.

Add Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Text Gadget
Add an HTML / Text gadget, positioned exactly inwards a higher house or below the "Blog Posts" gadget. Setup the novel gadget exactly similar the spider web log post, that y'all would desire permanently displayed. If y'all desire to purpose the postal service editor to compose the gadget, create that.

Tweak The Template
This is the 1 business office of this project, that requires whatsoever technique. Use the Template Editor, too edit the gadget template, for the gadget that y'all exactly added, too then the gadget solely displays when the dwelling page URL is beingness displayed.

Use The Pages Gadget, To Index The Rest Of The Blog
Once y'all bring a static dwelling page gadget, exactly add together links to the residual of the blog. You tin sack bring links inwards the novel gadget - too y'all tin sack bring an index inwards the spider web log header, or inwards the sidebar. Use your imagination here, it's your blog.

That's it. Really.

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Blogger Magic - Issue Posts To Pages

Ever since Blogger gave us the choice to add pages to our blogs - too provided the complementary Pages index gadget - weblog owners accept asked, periodically

How create I let out my posts to pages?

This is a pretty unproblematic procedure, also - i time nosotros empathise the complementary nature of dynamic too static pages.

Once you lot empathise the differences betwixt dynamic too static pages, too run into that the Pages gadget volition index both types of pages, the physical care for of publishing posts to pages becomes reasonably simple.

• Publish posts, too assign labels to the posts.
• Add label search URLs, equally "link pages", using "Configure Page List".

Now, if you lot desire your posts to solely look on the pages - non inwards brain page view, you lot add together a tertiary step, which has a issue of choices.

• Make a static dwelling identify page.
• Use a redirected Home page, to brand the Home page dynamic or static, at your preference.

The latter pace is exactly a chip to a greater extent than complex, too exactly requires that you lot create upward one's take away heed what you lot wishing your readers to run into - instead of the brain page of posts, when reading your weblog for the get-go time. There are a diversity of choices available.

Finally, to brand the display await a chip cleaner, you lot may non desire to run into the "Showing posts amongst label ..." box.

• Remove the "Showing posts amongst label" box.

One of the commutation steps inwards this physical care for is getting the label search URL, for the Page beingness added. Look to the halt of this post, exactly inwards a higher identify the comments.

Topics: extract the search URL, from the link.

Blogger Magic

giving me

http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/search/label/Blogger%20Magic

Now, I'll plug that URL into the Pages gadget, equally a "link address", amongst "Page title" of "Blogger Magic".

See "Magic", inwards the card bar at the top?

Now, create this for whatever postal service inwards your blog, that you lot desire to look inwards a non "Home" Pages tab.

• Pick a post, inwards your blog.
• Extract the label search URL, from a label for that post.
• Use that label search URL, equally a "link address", inwards Layout - "Pages".
• Publish to a greater extent than posts, using that same label.

Do this carefully, too you lot tin fifty-fifty accept the Pages entries appearing on the card bar, amongst the weblog viewable using a dynamic template. You tin fifty-fifty accept this, if you lot usually display the weblog using a non dynamic template.

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(Update 2012/06/30): See The Video, for a alive demonstration.

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Redirecting Whatsoever Url Inward Your Blog, To Unopen To Other Url

In belatedly 2011, Blogger Engineering gave us a novel Blogger characteristic - the mightiness to redirect whatever URL inward a blog, to whatever other URL inward the blog.

Like whatever feature, nosotros works life an immediate role for it - something much requested, for a adept while. Other people guide maintain works life to a greater extent than uses for the redirection characteristic - too all the same others guide maintain works life confusion.

The syntax used inward the redirection "From" too "To" values is non ever obvious - too occasionally at that spot is confusion virtually what tin - too can't - survive done amongst redirection.

This is the URL of this post.

Using the redirection feature, I tin redirect precisely about other URL in this blog, to this post service - or conversely, I tin redirect the URL of this post service to precisely about other URL, in this blog.

You tin alone redirect within the blog.

Both the "From" too "To" values inward "Custom Redirects" convey whatever static weblog URL, less the base of operations URL of that blog. You cannot specify the base of operations URL - then all redirections will survive within the weblog itself.

You tin redirect the weblog abode page display, within the blog.

The initial role for the redirection characteristic (at least, for me) was to replace the Home page of the blog, amongst precisely about other page or post - possibly, this post.

From: /
To: /2012/12/redirecting-any-url-in-your-blog-to.html

I could modify the Home page of this blog, to starting fourth dimension all novel readers on the Topics Index page.

From: /
To: /p/topics.html

You tin redirect 1 specific post service URL reference, within the blog.

If I was to modify the Title of this post, when re published, the URL would non change. If I wanted to modify the URL of this post, I could redirect the desired URL, to the actual URL.

From: /2012/12/redirecting-any-urls-in-your-blog.html
To: /2012/12/redirecting-any-url-in-your-blog-to.html

You tin brand a shorter URL, for slow access within or exterior the blog.

If I want to let this post service to survive accessed from a shorter URL, I tin produce that. If yous click on the shorter URL (below), yous volition banker's complaint that yous all the same run across the longer URL inward the browser address window!

From: /redirecting-any-url-in-your-blog-to.html
To: /2012/12/redirecting-any-url-in-your-blog-to.html

I late created a shortcut to my Topics index, every bit "blogging.nitecruzr.net/topics".

From: /topics
To: /p/topics.html

And here is a demonstration of a custom redirect, to my magic post service virtually custom redirects.

From: /SimpleURL
To: /2013/01/blogger-magic-redirecting-url-in-your.html

Pick whatever 2 URLs, inward the same blog.

To buy the farm the "From" too "To" values for whatever redirection, I precisely convey whatever 2 URLs inward the same blog. Choose whatever 2 examples - 1 for "From", the other for "To".

• The Home page: http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/
• A post: /search?q=
• A static page: http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/p/topics.html
• A label search: http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/search/label/Redirecting
• A shortcut URL: http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/topics

And drib the base of operations URL: http://blogging.nitecruzr.net

Giving:

• The Home page: /
• A post: /2012/12/redirecting-any-url-in-your-blog-to.html
• A static page: /p/topics.html
• A label search: /search/label/Redirecting
• A shortcut URL: /topics

Having developed the proper "From" too "To" values, adding a "Custom Redirects" entry is elementary enough.

Make a cleaner "menu bar" display, if yous redirect the abode page.

Having setup a useful complement of Pages, too redirected the Home page, yous may want to take away the "Home" page tab. Just edit the Pages gadget, using the dashboard Layout wizard, or the on weblog quick edit prototype - non the dashboard Pages sorcerer - too de pick out the "Home" page.

H5N1 elementary example, showing the result, may survive seen inward my demonstration blog, Home Page Redirected To Label Search.

From: /
To: /search/label/Home%20Page

There are precisely about subtle limitations.

Note that a label search displays a fixed issue of xx posts, regardless of the "Show at most" / "Number of posts on principal page" setting. If this is a work for your blog, yous tin explicitly laid maximum label search size, using the "max-results" modifier inward the "To" value.

You may too want to remove the "Showing posts amongst label ..." notice, if yous similar a cleaner display. In my demonstration weblog (mentioned above), I did non produce this - to brand my examples to a greater extent than obvious.

The possibilities hither are endless. Just role mutual feel - too again, banker's complaint the limits on redirection.

Click here, for instructions. Note again, that the actual address, displayed inward the browser address window, volition non change. Note again: by design, yous cannot specify the base of operations URL - then all redirecting will survive within the weblog itself

Other than the latter limitations, though, this is a pretty powerful characteristic - when yous empathize the design.

Dynamic Templates Display Blogs Inward 1 Page

Ever since Blogger installed auto pagination. Blogger weblog owners convey been asking

How create I disable auto pagination?

and

Why can't I display my weblog on the principal page, without my readers having to purpose "Older Posts?

The response, upwards to this year, has been simple.

You cannot disable auto pagination. You convey to allow sharing of network resources.

Though technically correct, the latter answer has non ever been met alongside appreciation.

The solution, for avoiding auto pagination, is at nowadays simple. Install a dynamic template, on your blog.

With a dynamic display, an entire weblog is presented inwards principal page view, alongside no archiving needed.

A dynamic thought presents 1 page at a fourth dimension - exactly without requiring clicking.

You overstep 1 display page at a fourth dimension - either the index, or weblog content, depending upon which thought you lot select. To come across before content, you lot only scroll downwards, in addition to aspect a few seconds acre the display refreshes.

The display is even in addition to then segmented - the segments are only selected fluidly. When the display is scrolled to the bottom, the dynamic display code (running on the personal reckoner of the reader) only requests to a greater extent than or less other page of content, from the Blogger server.

The readers using a non dynamic weblog thought are non affected.

Since the content is coming from the weblog feed, your other readers, using a non dynamic thought of the blog, are non affected.

The average reader, who cannot come across whatsoever to a greater extent than than 1 page of content at a fourth dimension anyway (current monitor applied scientific discipline provides express sized displays) never knows, or cares (subject to bandwidth in addition to processor limitations) that the entire weblog is non downloaded to the local computer, immediately.

Within limits, you lot tin combine dynamic in addition to non dynamic views inwards 1 blog.

If you lot desire to allow your readers purpose a dynamic thought (non paginated), or a non dynamic thought (paginated), depending upon personal preference, you lot tin link the dynamic in addition to non dynamic views.

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