tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102847942024-03-13T23:21:48.777-04:00Wise HackerHere is where I publish some neat little hacks to my Blogger templates, so that other bloggers like myself can use them if they wish.Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15512196267124357822noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10284794.post-66832777904930061382009-03-02T00:36:00.004-05:002009-03-02T00:50:51.990-05:00Turn a link into a button!Here’s a demonstration:Hover, press, release, and leaveand it works with tabover too! Go to my page to find out more and download the necessary files.Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15512196267124357822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10284794.post-64990816241364140562008-01-26T20:00:00.000-05:002008-01-27T16:10:17.828-05:00Patch for Archive Style (Hierarchy, Rounders template)Do you use a Rounders Series template? How about a Hierarchy style archive list? If you answered both with "yes," chances are that you've noticed a slight difference in that list from other lists in your sidebar. No arrow bullets. No dotted lines. Boring! But check MY archive list. Go ahead. Scroll down the page and check the sidebar. See you soon!Back? OK, notice anything different about my Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15512196267124357822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10284794.post-75391748363903720242008-01-10T15:52:00.001-05:002008-01-27T16:09:31.870-05:00How to Contact BloggerFor those of you who would rather talk to Blogger directly to report a bug or Terms of Service violation, unofficially there's still a way to do this, nicely hidden if you try to find it on the help page. Contact Blogger HelpThere's a small caveat to this: many of the topics have been redirected to help pages, so instead of a form at the end, as you would expect, you find a link to the Blogger Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15512196267124357822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10284794.post-35188686912699514052007-12-29T10:52:00.000-05:002008-01-27T16:09:31.871-05:00Examples for my tipsThis template:<b:includable id='main'><hr/><h2><data:title/></h2><hr/><data:content/><hr/><b:include name='quickedit'/></b:includable>should always be enclosed in the underlined, bolded tags. A template without b:includable tags will not upload to Blogger.Any "plus sign":<a expr:href='data:blog.homepageUrl + "index.html"'>should Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15512196267124357822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10284794.post-37181298713939277682007-12-28T16:56:00.000-05:002008-01-27T16:08:26.630-05:00Complete Blog Post ListI took what Vin did with his post list here and turned it into a widget! All you have to do is click on the button below, select a blog to add it to, and click their button, and, voila! a complete list of everything you ever posted, right in your sidebar! You may change the widget heading to anything you like, but please, don’t edit anything in the widget’s template, OK? Happy listingBrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15512196267124357822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10284794.post-83883720998150473342007-12-27T15:50:00.000-05:002008-01-27T16:09:31.871-05:00Tips for including widget templates in add-widget formsHere are a few tips that might help you avoid the posting mistakes that add-widget makes:Always enclose your template code in <b:includable id='main'></b:includable> tags.Always include a space before and after every plus (+) sign.Always substitute &amp;amp; for every & in all your code. This is not a mistake. The extra amp; is actually necessary.These tips, if followed Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15512196267124357822noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10284794.post-1132102570550870422005-11-15T19:55:00.000-05:002008-01-27T16:11:25.043-05:00Better-Looking Blogger PreviewAs many of you already know, there is a bug in Blogger Preview. Fonts are two big, borders slam up against the left edge of the screen, widths are wrong... in short, the browser is operating in quirks mode when it should be operating in standards mode. I have informed Blogger Support of the problem, but until they fix it, here's a workaround. In your template's style sheet, after the body rule, Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15512196267124357822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10284794.post-1112377531830917562005-04-01T12:43:00.000-05:002008-01-27T16:11:25.043-05:00Blinking Text on Internet Explorer?Up until now, the <blink> tag was only available on Netscape and its close cousins. NO MORE! For all you IE users out there who are feeling disenfranchized, I have found the answer!!!Just put this text in your document’s header and, Voila! you have the blink tag!<style type="text/css"><!--* blink{ visibility: expression((Math.floor(new Date().getTime() Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15512196267124357822noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10284794.post-1110138473430460952005-03-06T14:47:00.000-05:002008-01-27T16:11:25.044-05:00Correction to getElementsByClass()The old getElementsByClass() function listed under "Reverse Archives" works only on Internet Explorer. I’ve written a new one using DOM syntax, so if you want cross-browser support, use this code instead:function getElementsByClass(nm,nd){ var n=new Array(0); if(!nd) { nd=document.body; if(nd.className==nm) n.push(nd); } with(nd) { for(var i=0; i<childNodes.length; i++) { if(Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15512196267124357822noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10284794.post-1106873796082993832005-01-31T14:26:00.000-05:002008-01-27T16:11:25.044-05:00Reverse Archive Listings RevisitedIt’s easy this way. You don’t have to collect the lines in an array and physically writeln() them into the page; instead, shuffle the elements of the list that has already been loaded.Here’s how: right after your archive list in your template, which should be between <MainOrArchivePage> </MainOrArchivePage> tags in your sidebar, insert this code immediately before Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15512196267124357822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10284794.post-1106263718520763842005-01-20T18:40:00.000-05:002008-01-27T16:11:25.044-05:00Smart Comment CountsEver looked at your comment count and asked, “1 Comments? What does that mean?” Well, there just happens to be a fix for that grammatical error; with a little bit of JavaScript and DHTML (DOM), you can make dumb counts a thing of the past. In fact, you can make your comment link say anything you want it to. I’ve chosen to put “Comment on this” in place of “0 Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15512196267124357822noreply@blogger.com0