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.

Adding An Html / Javascript / Text Gadget?

An interesting combat of confusion is seen, occasionally, inwards Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken.

I added a gadget using code from a tertiary political party website - but the novel gadget shows the code, instead of the gadget content, when I persuasion my blog!

This is someone who was confused yesteryear the options offered yesteryear the gadget setup wizard.

When you lot add together an HTML / JavaScript, or a Text, gadget to a blog, you lot tin larn strange results.

"Add a Gadget" provides the "HTML / JavaScript" as well as "Text" gadgets - your choice.

The captions as well as labels inwards the "Configure HTML/JavaScript" or "Configure Text" sorcerer tin survive a combat confusing. From the "Add a Gadget" wizard, you lot tin direct either an "HTML/JavaScript" gadget ("Configure HTML/JavaScript") or a "Text" gadget ("Configure Text").

The "HTML / JavaScript" as well as "Text" gadgets are identical - excepting the title.

Both the "Configure HTML/JavaScript" as well as "Configure Text" wizards purpose the same code - the alone departure betwixt the 2 is the header.

• Configure HTML/JavaScript
• Configure Text

Everything else is the same. Either sorcerer tin practise an "HTML / JavaScript" gadget (in HTML mode) - or a "Text" gadget (in Text mode) - equally you lot wish.

• When the sorcerer is inwards HTML mode, the caption at the upper correct edge of the Content window volition read "Rich Text". Positioning the cursor over "Rich Text" (and noting that the cursor does non alter to a pointer), as well as clicking on "Rich Text", brings upward the Text agency of the wizard.
• When the sorcerer is inwards Text mode, the caption volition read "Edit Html" - as well as clicking on "Edit Html" puts the sorcerer into HTML mode, again.

The championship of the sorcerer does non change, when switching modes.

The header of the sorcerer - "Configure HTML/JavaScript" or "Configure Text" - volition stay equally it was when the sorcerer was opened, ignoring whatever agency changes. The caption, at the upper correct edge of the Content window, is what matters.

• If you lot desire to add together code (HTML / JavaScript), you lot volition desire the caption to read "Rich Text".
• If you lot desire to add together text (Rich Text), you lot volition desire the caption to read "Edit Html".

Being inwards the incorrect agency volition create inconsistent as well as strange results.

If you're inwards the incorrect mode, you'll survive able to come inwards a express total of content - but amongst strange results.

• If you're inwards HTML agency (with "Rich Text" showing), you'll survive able to come inwards text - to a express degree. HTML is only fancy text, amongst tags (special keywords as well as symbols).
• The HTML editor toolbar volition lack a few buttons - as well as using particular characters similar ampersand ("&"), greater than (">") - as well as less than ("<"), volition create random as well as unpredictable results.
• If you're inwards Text agency (with "Edit html" showing), you'll survive able to come inwards the HTML code - but when the spider web log is displayed, you'll come across code (which is exactly text) inwards house of a working gadget.

If you lot exactly added a novel gadget - as well as ended upward amongst visible code, when you lot tried to setup an HTML gadget - directly you lot know why. Similarly, if the "Save" push is directly broken, as well as you lot are trying to add or update a Text gadget.

This is ane of several possible causes of problems seen when adding / updating the HTML / JavaScript / Text gadgets.

Continued Inability To Update The Labels Gadget, Amongst A Large Partial List

In February, nosotros observed that diverse weblog owners were reporting problems amongst updating label too link lists. We setup a occupation rollup inwards Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken, where nosotros observed a pocket-size simply pregnant disclose of reports from unhappy weblog owners, unable to update the gadgets on their blogs.

Last month, Blogger Support supposedly resolved the reported problem, too the book of occupation reports dropped significantly. The problem, however, has non been eliminated.

The occupation amongst updating diverse accessory gadgets, initially reported several months ago, is soundless introduce inwards diverse Blogger blogs - though significantly reduced - next an improvement concluding month.

This weblog has a sum of 626 labels defined, inwards the diverse posts. If I desire to spare my readers (slightly) from an excessively long listing of labels, I tin plow over the axe edit the listing too selectively display exclusively pregnant ones. I cannot display all pregnant ones, unfortunately. I currently accept 501 of 626 labels selected for display.

If I edit my label list, inwards "Select labels to show", I tin plow over the axe direct whatsoever 1 of the remaining 125 labels. Having hitting the tiny "Done" caption at the bottom left of the window, I am left amongst "Configure Labels". If I hitting "Save", the before reported occupation continues - the xanthous "Saving ..." flag pops up, too the gadget hangs spell saving.

If I hitting Cancel, too edit the listing again, I tin plow over the axe de direct whatsoever 1 label, too salve the list, successfully - 1 time again amongst just 501 labels selected. Then adding whatsoever 1 label, too attempting to Save 1 time more, the gadget volition 1 time again hang. The bottom occupation is that I tin plow over the axe selectively display 501 labels - too no more.

I accept observed this occupation inwards both Chrome too Firefox (V11 too V12) - too using both the Classic too New GUIs. With upwards to 501 labels selected, no problem. With whatsoever to a greater extent than than 501 labels selected - big problem. During the by month, later I outset observed this problem, I added one-half a dozen novel labels, to accomplish the electrical flow sum of 626. The occupation has express me to 501 selected labels, consistently, regardless of the sum number.

Various reports, inwards both this blog, too inwards [Problem Rollup] Updating Label List Gadget Hangs, signal that other weblog owners are soundless observing this problem. It's becoming increasingly obvious that this occupation soundless exists in

• BlogLists.
• Label Lists.
• LinkLists.

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Setting Options Inwards The Post Service Template

Every someone who maintains a Blogger weblog (or other spider web site) has his or her ain thought virtually what features she or he wants to present, on his or her weblog / spider web site.

With a Classic template, this take was provided exclusively past times editing the weblog template, using HTML. With a Layouts / Designer template, likewise letting us add together as well as movement template objects all over the display page, Blogger gives us the might to add together as well as movement objects all over the post layout. This, too, is done without fifty-fifty opening the "Edit HTML" Template wizard.

Start from the dashboard Layout wizard.


The Layout wizard lets y'all add together as well as re locate objects on the weblog page, as well as maintains the blog template.



Find the "Blog Posts" gadget, which is the exclusively gadget that volition in all likelihood never hold upwards institute inward the footer, header, or sidebar, inward the Layout GUI. Just similar whatever other gadget inward Layout, Blog Posts has an "Edit" link. Click on the "Edit" link, which gives y'all "Configure Blog Posts".

Note that "Configure Blog Posts" - though available inward the Layout page for all blogs - is not operational for blogs using dynamic templates. You tin alter the settings, inward the wizard, exactly to no avail.


There are useful options here.

• Change the release of posts displayed, inward primary page view.
• Change the "Jump Break" caption (aka "Read more").
• Disable / Enable Post header elements similar the date.
• Disable / Enable post footer elements (and alter captions) similar Poster Name, Date as well as Time, Comments, Backlinks, as well as Labels (I telephone band my labels "Topics").
• Disable / Enable Quick Editing as well as Email Post Links.

You tin alter captions / formats, include or exclude altogether, as well as / or reposition the diverse elements inward the post template.

• Date / fourth dimension stamp.
• Author attribution.
• Author engagement / fourth dimension stamp.
• Comments.
• Backlinks.
• Labels.
• Quick Editing pencil icon.
• Reactions buttons.
• Email Post Link envelope icon.
• Share Buttons.
• Per post place captions.
• Per post writer profile snippets.
• Ads Between Posts.

Change the captions, carefully. If y'all alter the caption of a given option, as well as afterward cannot honor that pick because y'all obscurely changed the caption (and this documentation does non help), y'all may convey to refresh the post template.


You tin rearrange diverse post elements into the gild that pleases you. Do this carefully though.



Whenever y'all add, change, remove, or rearrange, whatever of these features, ever clear browser cache, as well as then restart the browser, earlier testing for success. If your changes are unsuccessful, or the settings are non persistent, y'all may convey to refresh the post template.

If the settings inward the magician produce non function - or function irregularly - y'all may convey a corrupt post template. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 corrupt post template tin hold upwards caused past times owner applied changes, made unwisely.

Blog Owners Reporting Inability To Update Diverse Template Gadgets

For several weeks, we've been seeing a lite only steady flow of reports from weblog owners unable to update diverse template gadgets, on their blogs. This blog, personally, has the amount page Topics Index, which needs to live on updated alongside one-half a dozen newly created labels.

In closed to cases, the "Save" push clit may look inactive or dim; inwards other cases, the possessor volition come across the "Saving..." condition endlessly displayed, spell the magician appears to "hang".

We bring a occupation rollup inwards Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken, where nosotros are collecting details from the weblog owners reporting.

1. What is the URL of the blog? If published to a non BlogSpot URL, both the BlogSpot together with domain URLs may live on relevant.
2. Is this a squad administered blog, or are y'all the sole administrator / owner?
3. What is your Blogger / Google ProfileID?
4. Does the weblog purpose a dynamic template, or a non dynamic template?
5. Do y'all purpose a Classic Blogger GUI, or a New (2011) Blogger GUI?
6. What is the Title of the Gadget that y'all are Saving, unsuccessfully (please re-create the title, accurately, from the popup window, earlier hitting Cancel)?
7. What browser (name, together with version, please) are y'all using?

If y'all are observing this problem, alongside your blog, providing every bit many details every bit possible may assistance Blogger Support focus on your problem, past times identifying a pattern.

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(Update 2012/04/27): Following an update terminal month, the occupation was significantly reduced - though non eliminated.

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