Guide to Install a Blogger Template and the problem often occurs!
1. Go to your Blogger Template HTML Editor.
2. Look at this picture, you have to click on the BROWSE button.
Find your template on your harddisk.
and click the Upload button.
3. Done.
4. Refresh your blog and your new template should be installed now.
Some important notes about installing a new blogger template.
1. Be careful with the widgets. Pay more attention on it.This is one thing I don’t like too much about blogger’s automatic system. Let’s get an example to make it clear and easier to understand.
If your currently blog has only 1 HTML/Javascript widget. and on the new template has more then 1 + 1 HTML/Javascript widget, let’s say it has 3 HTML/Javascript widgets. You will have a bad day if you are new on editing blogger templates. especially if you are new on web programming.
What would happen?
On the normal case. you would have 3 different HTML/Javascript widgets. they are widgets with this id: HTML1, HTML2, HTML3
Unfortunately, on this case, if your current blog only has 1 HTML/Javasscript widget, and the new template uses (requires) 3 HTML/Javascripts. Instead you would have 3 different widgets with 3 different id, you would only have 3 different widgets with 2 different id. they are: HTML1, HTML2, HTML2
That is why, you would be succeeded uploading the new template, but you would never be able to edit it, because each time you want to save the template, you would always get an error says Duplicating widget’s id. “HTML2″!
I would say, it is a bug of blogger template system.
How to fix it?
1. Rename one of the duplicate id’s with a new id. on the example above, rename one the Id of HTML2 into HTML3.
2. Click the Save Template button.
If the duplicate Id still occurs. rename it again to another id. eg: HTML4, HTML5 and so on.
Rome @ Jackbook
yea that
Greetings:
Hi:
I have used the template for a professional look on the link: http://aaprof.blogspot.com/.
I am trying to get the date format right, but the date does not show. i went through the tutorial but still cannot figure it out.
Also the tag “html3″ is visible which i have tried to remove but still to no avail.
Could you please check at your end and suggest an alternative or solutions.
Your templates are very nice and good looking, I had a great time installing them and trying them out. Keep us the good work.
If only I understood what it all means …. all I want is a pretty blog!!!! I will just have to print all your help topics out and study them and learn from them.
Thanks Jack you are a really clever bloke.
Susie2shoes
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hey there
I have a problem. I dont have the browse and upload column under my blogger template
how should I solve this?
I got some trouble during installing it.. and i have tried all your advice.. but it was null. But after i restart my comp.. suddenly it work.. hmm i dont know what was happen.. now the templates is already figure on my blog.. Thanks jack!
Nice templates!
God Bless U brother
yupz.
Thanks
Thank you, I’ve settle the problem.
Hey jack thanks for your cool template
can you please tell me how can i add my own Favicon from your temple ?
Thanks.
I did follow your guide step by step…
i still keep getting this message.
Widgets are about to be deleted
Please confirm that the following widgets should be deleted. All the widgets’ configuration data will be lost.
* Profile1
Please note I have 3 page elements: Blog Archive, About Me, and HTML1 (which contains
Home
About
Portfolio
Contact
)
I hope u can help
thanks
I’m kinda new to this editing thing. I followed the steps exactly how it should be done and I always get:
We were unable to save your template
Please correct the error below, and submit your template again.
Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure all XML elements are closed properly.
XML error message: The element type “body” must be terminated by the matching end-tag “”.
PLUS! I also have problems on uploading XML Templates and the error said prologs are not allowed. What is this?!
help me. My blog is so sad.