Blogger Magic - Repositioning Sidebar Gadgets
Monday, February 3, 2020
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One of the to a greater extent than challenging limitations of Classic (HTML based) templates involved the template packaging.
Each template provided a combination of background, colours, fonts, together with layout. If yous wanted whatever dissimilar combination - a dissimilar background, for a laid upward of colours together with fonts, yous would get got to compromise on the layout. Or a specific layout meant a compromise on the colours together with fonts.
Surely, someone remembers the "Minima" vs "Minima Black" choice? And settling for the serif fonts, to choke the correct layout?
With the Layout course of report templates (XML based), Blogger introduced the "Fonts together with Colours" sorcerer - together with a kickoff to making the packaging to a greater extent than modular.
Even amongst "Fonts together with Colors", selecting spider web log layout required choosing the correct template.
Then, Blogger gave us the Designer course of report templates - together with choosing a layout became exactly a affair of proper purpose of the Template Designer, together with the dashboard Layout page.
Now, the posts together with sidebars organisation is exactly a affair of using the Layout tab, inwards the Template Designer - together with choosing an acceptable combination of posts together with sidebar columns. You volition desire to use the dashboard Layout page, afterward yous purpose the Layout tab.
As an example, I'll furnish my Template Test blog.
See the choices, inwards the Layout tab?
See the clever selection of posts together with sidebar sections?
You'll come across a modest tweak inwards the Layouts page, that yous don't come across here. There's a instant amount width sidebar section, below the ii one-half width sections - non shown inwards the Layout tab.
Even here, in that place is even then to a greater extent than or less magic. By re positioning sidebar gadgets, using the dashboard Layout page, ane may brand them sit down side past times side, or higher upward together with below, each other - together with when re positioned, may brand to a greater extent than or less gadgets narrower or wider.
Please don't confuse the Template Designer Layout tab (shown above), together with the dashboard Layout page (shown below). The ii complement each other, inwards this practise - but they are non the same!
Here nosotros get got gadgets Text1, Text2, Text3, together with Text4 - Text1 higher upward Text2, to the left of Text3 higher upward Text4.
See the Text1, Text2 dyad inwards the one-half sidebar width - to the left of Text3, Text4?
Now, convey Text1 together with Text3 - together with re seat them above, into the amount width sidebar section.
And forthwith nosotros get got Text1 higher upward Text3, inwards amount width, higher upward Text2 together with Text4, inwards one-half width.
This is exactly ane possibility, of many. If yous await at the Layout tab inwards the Template Designer, yous tin come across an assortment of choices, for posts together with sidebar sections.
See the mathematical combination of choices, for both posts / sidebars, together with footers?
This is ane less obvious create goodness of using a Blogger measure template.
Each template provided a combination of background, colours, fonts, together with layout. If yous wanted whatever dissimilar combination - a dissimilar background, for a laid upward of colours together with fonts, yous would get got to compromise on the layout. Or a specific layout meant a compromise on the colours together with fonts.
Surely, someone remembers the "Minima" vs "Minima Black" choice? And settling for the serif fonts, to choke the correct layout?
With the Layout course of report templates (XML based), Blogger introduced the "Fonts together with Colours" sorcerer - together with a kickoff to making the packaging to a greater extent than modular.
Even amongst "Fonts together with Colors", selecting spider web log layout required choosing the correct template.
Then, Blogger gave us the Designer course of report templates - together with choosing a layout became exactly a affair of proper purpose of the Template Designer, together with the dashboard Layout page.
Now, the posts together with sidebars organisation is exactly a affair of using the Layout tab, inwards the Template Designer - together with choosing an acceptable combination of posts together with sidebar columns. You volition desire to use the dashboard Layout page, afterward yous purpose the Layout tab.
As an example, I'll furnish my Template Test blog.
See the choices, inwards the Layout tab?
See the clever selection of posts together with sidebar sections?
You'll come across a modest tweak inwards the Layouts page, that yous don't come across here. There's a instant amount width sidebar section, below the ii one-half width sections - non shown inwards the Layout tab.
Even here, in that place is even then to a greater extent than or less magic. By re positioning sidebar gadgets, using the dashboard Layout page, ane may brand them sit down side past times side, or higher upward together with below, each other - together with when re positioned, may brand to a greater extent than or less gadgets narrower or wider.
Please don't confuse the Template Designer Layout tab (shown above), together with the dashboard Layout page (shown below). The ii complement each other, inwards this practise - but they are non the same!
Here nosotros get got gadgets Text1, Text2, Text3, together with Text4 - Text1 higher upward Text2, to the left of Text3 higher upward Text4.
See the Text1, Text2 dyad inwards the one-half sidebar width - to the left of Text3, Text4?
Now, convey Text1 together with Text3 - together with re seat them above, into the amount width sidebar section.
And forthwith nosotros get got Text1 higher upward Text3, inwards amount width, higher upward Text2 together with Text4, inwards one-half width.
This is exactly ane possibility, of many. If yous await at the Layout tab inwards the Template Designer, yous tin come across an assortment of choices, for posts together with sidebar sections.
See the mathematical combination of choices, for both posts / sidebars, together with footers?
This is ane less obvious create goodness of using a Blogger measure template.