Friday, September 04, 2009

Blogroll

Anybody out there know where I can find the damn code to install a blogroll on my Blogger CLASSIC template?

Damn google isn't worth a darn when you try to look it up yourself and since all the Cappy Cap readers are smart, educated types, I figured somebody out there might know the answer.

Cpt.

5 comments:

Angela said...

The simplest way I know is to go to layout on your dashboard, and under 'add a gadget' you should see the 'blog list' and 'link list' options.

Hot Sam said...

When you sign in to Google, click Customize.

Then click on the Layout tab.

On the right side click Add Gadget.

Select the Blog List gadget.

Type in the web address of the blog and it should put in the name automatically but you can change it if you want.

After you save your changes, it will return to the Layout scrren. Then you can drag the blogroll to where you want it to be.

Browse through the other gadgets to see what else you might like.

You might also want to save your blog sometime. Click the Settings tab and then click Export blog. Specify a folder on your hard drive and give it a name you'll remember. You don't want to lose all your posts.

Andrew L said...

I think my blog is using the same template as yours, so this should work:

Look for the first mention of < MainOrArchivePage >. Directly after it should be some code that generates your previous posts. You'll probably want to paste the blogroll code either before or after that.

The blogroll code on my page looks something like this:

< h2 class="sidebar-title" >Blogs< /h2 >
< ul >

< li >< a href="http://captaincapitalism.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" >Captain< /a >< /li >

< li >< a href="http://www.google.com/" target="_blank" >Google< /a >< /li >

< /ul >

Where the stuff inside the < li >< /li > tags is just a normal hyperlink, so just paste that in and add as many links as you like.

Hope that helps!

Anonymous said...

Ask Kate at SDA

Hot Sam said...

If you don't see the "Customize" link, you might see the "Dashboard" link. Either one will take you to a place where you can click on Layout.

Blogger is peculiar sometimes. There was a beta test of an advanced Blogger interface which was pretty cool. It disappeared without explanation. And what you see isn't always what you get.