Blogger Magic - Repositioning Sidebar Gadgets
Thursday, October 3, 2019
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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 y'all wanted whatever dissimilar combination - a dissimilar background, for a laid upwardly of colours together with fonts, y'all would stimulate got to compromise on the layout. Or a specific layout meant a compromise on the colours together with fonts.
Surely, mortal remembers the "Minima" vs "Minima Black" choice? And settling for the serif fonts, to become the correct layout?
With the Layout shape templates (XML based), Blogger introduced the "Fonts together with Colours" sorcerer - together with a offset 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 shape templates - together with choosing a layout became precisely a affair of proper role of the Template Designer, together with the dashboard Layout page.
Now, the posts together with sidebars organisation is precisely 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, later on y'all role the Layout tab.
As an example, I'll render my Template Test blog.
See the choices, inwards the Layout tab?
See the clever selection of posts together with sidebar sections?
You'll meet a pocket-sized tweak inwards the Layouts page, that y'all don't meet here. There's a minute amount width sidebar section, below the 2 one-half width sections - non shown inwards the Layout tab.
Even here, in that place is yet roughly magic. By re positioning sidebar gadgets, using the dashboard Layout page, 1 may brand them sit down side past times side, or higher upwardly together with below, each other - together with when re positioned, may brand roughly gadgets narrower or wider.
Please don't confuse the Template Designer Layout tab (shown above), together with the dashboard Layout page (shown below). The 2 complement each other, inwards this do - but they are non the same!
Here nosotros stimulate got gadgets Text1, Text2, Text3, together with Text4 - Text1 higher upwardly Text2, to the left of Text3 higher upwardly Text4.
See the Text1, Text2 dyad inwards the one-half sidebar width - to the left of Text3, Text4?
Now, bring Text1 together with Text3 - together with re seat them above, into the amount width sidebar section.
And straight off nosotros stimulate got Text1 higher upwardly Text3, inwards amount width, higher upwardly Text2 together with Text4, inwards one-half width.
This is precisely 1 possibility, of many. If y'all expect at the Layout tab inwards the Template Designer, y'all tin dismiss meet 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 1 less obvious create goodness of using a Blogger touchstone template.
Each template provided a combination of background, colours, fonts, together with layout. If y'all wanted whatever dissimilar combination - a dissimilar background, for a laid upwardly of colours together with fonts, y'all would stimulate got to compromise on the layout. Or a specific layout meant a compromise on the colours together with fonts.
Surely, mortal remembers the "Minima" vs "Minima Black" choice? And settling for the serif fonts, to become the correct layout?
With the Layout shape templates (XML based), Blogger introduced the "Fonts together with Colours" sorcerer - together with a offset 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 shape templates - together with choosing a layout became precisely a affair of proper role of the Template Designer, together with the dashboard Layout page.
Now, the posts together with sidebars organisation is precisely 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, later on y'all role the Layout tab.
As an example, I'll render my Template Test blog.
See the choices, inwards the Layout tab?
See the clever selection of posts together with sidebar sections?
You'll meet a pocket-sized tweak inwards the Layouts page, that y'all don't meet here. There's a minute amount width sidebar section, below the 2 one-half width sections - non shown inwards the Layout tab.
Even here, in that place is yet roughly magic. By re positioning sidebar gadgets, using the dashboard Layout page, 1 may brand them sit down side past times side, or higher upwardly together with below, each other - together with when re positioned, may brand roughly gadgets narrower or wider.
Please don't confuse the Template Designer Layout tab (shown above), together with the dashboard Layout page (shown below). The 2 complement each other, inwards this do - but they are non the same!
Here nosotros stimulate got gadgets Text1, Text2, Text3, together with Text4 - Text1 higher upwardly Text2, to the left of Text3 higher upwardly Text4.
See the Text1, Text2 dyad inwards the one-half sidebar width - to the left of Text3, Text4?
Now, bring Text1 together with Text3 - together with re seat them above, into the amount width sidebar section.
And straight off nosotros stimulate got Text1 higher upwardly Text3, inwards amount width, higher upwardly Text2 together with Text4, inwards one-half width.
This is precisely 1 possibility, of many. If y'all expect at the Layout tab inwards the Template Designer, y'all tin dismiss meet 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 1 less obvious create goodness of using a Blogger touchstone template.