blogger fun

i'm having toooooo much fun fixin' and changin' my blog template. kinda trying to learn (as i go) how to code xml and css a bit here and there. like the leaf dividers? i made them myself. some day i'll be smart enough to design a template from scratch, but it will probably have to wait until the dishes get done.

i shared the info i just learned about how to add the divider lines with a friend (check out potter's wheel and see her cool divider) and decided to post it for everyone else who might be interested.

i got my info from this site, but i'll be a bit more detailed in explaining if i can.

first, you need to go to your blogger dashboard and select "Layout". from there, click on "Edit HTML". you'll see a scrolling text box in the middle of the page with a bunch of gobbledeegook called XML. notice the little check box "Expand Widget Templates". make sure this box has a check in it before you begin. most "experts" recommend that you download a copy of your template before you start "just in case" you mess something up. i usually don't, but i like living on the edge. LOL

scroll down and find some code:

according to the above website:

Example 1:


however, i was unable to find this exact code in my template. i found instead something that looked more like this, but it appeared to be the place to put it considering the variable names matched, so i took a chance and it worked.

Example 2:

according to the listed website you should put your new code before the piece of code listed and in some templates it may be as simple as that. in my template there was more stuff defined and if i put the code before the footer, then my comments and edit button, etc were below the divider so i had to insert the code accordingly. i wound up putting mine just before the "post-footer-line-3>" code. all this to say, if you put it in the wrong place and see it needs to move up or down, play with it a bit and see if you can fit in the right spot before you give up. in the case of the potter's wheel, i had to find code like mentioned above, but there was a loop and when the code was in the wrong spot it repeated several times for each post. i had to merely find the bottom of the loop and make sure i put the code outside (under) the loop code in order for it to work properly. her code looked like this.