(so far)
- Save your template before and after each change, e.g.:
- Embedded code, like Google Analytics
- Adding various widgets
- [Change control becomes important later, so best start at the beginning! :$]
- Going back to original Blogger template
- Under Layout | Edit HTML | Edit Template, choose "Revert template to classic"
- This indeed takes your right back to the default Blogger template, which includes your blog posts, and a couple of standard widgets, e.g. About Me, Previous posts etc.
- There is then an intermediate step -- to be able to get to the 'upgraded' Blogger layout editor, you have to 'upgrade' the layout editor
- This seemed to bring back my existing widgets! :-s
- I then removed the widgets one by one
- I was expected that a reversion to the Classic template would take them away
- It did, but 'upgrading' seemed to bring them back... :-(
- Under Layout | Edit HTML | Edit Template, choose "Revert template to classic"
- I then ran the reverted template back through Disqus - still no joy :'(
- I then chose "Revert widget templates to default", and ran the code through Disqus - success!
- I think returning the widget templates to default stripped the Disqus code from any widgets
- N.b. I encountered an "Upload template error" in Blogger (code bX-9khcxc), when I pasted the code from Disqus back into the Blogger edit html frame - very frustrating!
- However, I did a quick search and found that the problem was because I was using Chrome, and also Firefox - use IE instead, it worked for me :-D
- This Google Group helped me work this out
- I have opted to keep existing comments on this blog, and chose the option on Disqus for comments 'from now onwards'
- Will check existing posts and Not allow comments, and hide existing ones (where there aren't any) - if I can be bothered!
- The only glitch with Windows Live Writer that I have come across is that you don't have the option to switch off comments - essential if you want to allow Disqus to handle comments for you
- Therefore, one has to publish a draft from WLW, and then go to the Blogger interface online to switch them off <yawn>, before you publish!
- On the other hand, Flickr publishing in WLW is rather good
- Check this rather good post to help credit original photographer etc.
- I'm putting a couple of FriendFeed widgets into the template until I have a discussion with a web designer I know.
- I'm also trying to get the 'Recent Readers' widget from MyBlogLog
- Part of the process is to paste this following link - Undergoing MyBlogLog Verification - into a post, which 'verifies' your site in the eyes of MBL.
- You can also try putting a meta tag in your site homepage, but putting it into the Blogger template hasn't worked for me, hence this Plan B...
- Umm, I think that's it for now! Comments / amendments very welcome.
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