Comments on The Blogger WorkShop: Mea Culpa,

Mission,WHAT template are you using?The DownRight ...

2007-02-25T22:30:00.000+01:00

Mission,

WHAT template are you using?
The DownRight v1.4 has a left column with a widget section! Add Page Element works as it should.

I am using yur template on my blog now, but there ...

2007-02-25T16:21:00.000+01:00

I am using yur template on my blog now, but there is nothing for the left column represented in the "page elements" tool. In other words, how do I get multiple page elements on the left column, as the right colum has? THANKS

Hi jgodsey,Yes!To start: because I wanted this to ...

2007-02-12T21:28:00.000+01:00

Hi jgodsey,

Yes!

To start: because I wanted this to be a fluid design I had to comment out  ... it does what it says and is (as a consequence) causing your image-not-clearing problem!

There is a way out:

find

<p><data:post.body/></p>

and replace that with

<table><tr><td>
<p><data:post.body/></p>
</td></tr></table>

thus embedding the post.body in an (old fashioned) html-table.

Works: your example page!

Err ... I made you a new v1.3 DownRight template. You can download is here!

Please upload this v1.3 in your dashboard and see if it works. It should! (And trying is harmless, right?)

Wooow ... I do hope this works for you! (Please let me know the results - and you may e-mail me for further questions.)

Kind regards,

Thur

thur?any ideas on this image problem?example post ...

2007-02-12T19:48:00.000+01:00

thur?
any ideas on this image problem?
example post from my blog it just doesn't look right.

i have gotten a lot of compliments on the new blo...

2007-02-11T01:32:00.000+01:00

i have gotten a lot of compliments on the new blog design, but i am still having issues with the posts bleeding into each other. (like feb 10th) anyone have any advice where to look for the problem? Bibliophile Bullpen

Hello Thur,Firstly, congrats on making a neat, cle...

2007-02-09T03:12:00.000+01:00

Hello Thur,

Firstly, congrats on making a neat, clean and easy-on-the-eye template.

I am new to blogging and XML. I tried using your template. I want to add google adsense code at the beginning and the end of the post, but its just not working.

I tried the following -
1> Edited the blog widget to make it allow adding page element.
2> Expanded template widgets, and
(a) tried adding after div class='post-header-line-1
(b) data:blog.pageType == "item"
(c) data:post.body
None of it worked.

Is there some way to make it work? Any pointers you can give is much appreciated.

Thanks.

- New2Blogger

Hi Dolly, To add a background image, add the code...

2007-02-07T01:29:00.000+01:00

Hi Dolly,

To add a background image, add the code to the 'body' code which in the DownRight template is right under the variables.

The code would look like this:

background: url('link to picture');

You can view the source code for my blog which uses the downRight v1.2 New Blogger template.

im really curios to something.... im not sure if y...

2007-02-06T23:01:00.000+01:00

im really curios to something.... im not sure if you can help me or not... i am wondering if there is any way to add a background pic to the blog.. and how I would go about it. thank you

Bibliophile Bullpen is my blog and it seems that t...

2007-02-06T21:53:00.000+01:00

Bibliophile Bullpen is my blog and it seems that the previous blog will begin in at the END of the text div> regardless of where the bottom edge of the images are.

so i have to constantly go back and shrink images until they extend no lower than the previous text else, the previous posts date header the tuesday jan 30th is the worse case where i had to do this.

I use firefox.

thanks for any advice, but i prefer the posts to be singular units and not run into each other. I made NO corrections to YOUR code - even though i am desperate to customize it. I wish that more active links had individual color variables. But that's gonna take me a long time to figure out.

Thur, The changeover went without a hitch! DownRi...

2007-02-06T06:18:00.000+01:00

Thur,

The changeover went without a hitch! DownRight v1.2 is up and live on my blog!

Bonnie Writes

Jenni, I see! Have you uploaded the template v1.2...

2007-02-05T23:36:00.000+01:00

Jenni,

I see! Have you uploaded the template v1.2 with the main code EXPANDED.
For I see there is a
</div style="clear: both;"></div>
at the end of each post, causing that gap in the first post.
I deliberately commented that one OUT, because that line of code bites the fluid design!

jgodsey,

No, I suppose it is NOT supposed to work like this.
Then again: I cannot see what you mean by bleeding into each other!
What browser are you using?
Is this same bleeding happening in this WorkShop too?

Never mind. I found my error. I had duplicated p...

2007-02-05T23:30:00.000+01:00

Never mind. I found my error. I had duplicated part of the code when adding my widgets to your template. Thanks and again, great template!

i seriously love your 3 column templates and was h...

2007-02-05T22:26:00.000+01:00

i seriously love your 3 column templates and was happy to see DownRight v1.2 work with Blogger 2.0 however I am having trouble with blog posts BLEEDING into each other. if the image and text are exactly the right size, the posts below begins in the middle of the post above.

is it SUPPOSED to work like this? or is there a line missing in the code?

Thur, I am using the DownRight template with my o...

2007-02-05T14:48:00.000+01:00

Thur,

I am using the DownRight template with my old widgets in place. All is well, except I am getting a huge empty space after the first post, before the comments and links line. It doesn't matter what page I am on, or what the first post is, the space is there. Would you have any clue as to what is causing this?

I spent a long time looking for a new template, and I love the DownRight. Thanks

Eureka! I got it Thur! I gave each widget its own...

2007-02-05T07:44:00.000+01:00

Eureka! I got it Thur!

I gave each widget its own section and unique id number. It works!

I'll check back to see if you have a more programmer worthy solution.

Bonnie's Playground

Hi Thur! while I'm waiting on you expertise, I've ...

2007-02-05T02:55:00.000+01:00

Hi Thur! while I'm waiting on you expertise, I've been playing with the widget thing.

I've found that I can turn each piece of code (that would wind up being a separate box) with the beginning and ending sidebar-box code....into a widget!

The profile box I had to hack. In the widgets they don't allow you to add HTML to it, so I used the regular hack that I had in the original template along with its opening and closing.

But I haven't figured out how to get rid of the original sidebar long boxes.

LOL...I'm just playing till you have time!

Thanks. I´ll put a link on my blog for my readers ...

2007-02-04T21:43:00.000+01:00

Thanks. I´ll put a link on my blog for my readers come look the new templates!!! they´re nice!!!:$

long island dad, Save the Widgets !!! bonnie, I...

2007-02-04T00:04:00.000+01:00

long island dad,

Save the Widgets !!!

bonnie,

I screwed up some things lately (to eager to publish) so I will look at your question thoroughly ... when I have another minute. I will be back on this one. That's a promise!

Hi Thur, I left you this question on some other p...

2007-02-03T19:46:00.000+01:00

Hi Thur,

I left you this question on some other post, but I don't know where, so I apologize for asking again.

I want to use the sidebar boxes with the breaks between them, that you showed us how to make a while ago. But I want to use this new DownRight Theme version template.

(I'm rebuilding my present template that started from one of yours...into the Beta format.

Can you tell me how to add the code?

Thank you for the wonderfully cool templates!

Everything worked great uploading until the point ...

2007-02-03T14:35:00.000+01:00

Everything worked great uploading until the point I was asked to confirm deletion of all my HTML widget content... is that normal? Do I have to save that content and re-import into the new template once installed? Thanks, BTW Great Template!

Keeper, Yes, tinkering can be done ... that's wha...

2007-02-02T23:45:00.000+01:00

Keeper,

Yes, tinkering can be done ... that's what the Variables are good for.

Dashboard > Template > Fonts and Colors

All included Variables are mentioned in DownRight Ready

First, I want to thank you Thur for your great tem...

2007-02-01T21:25:00.000+01:00

First, I want to thank you Thur for your great templates and for taking the time in making them work in the new blogger version.
Second, just a little question. Is there any way to tinker with the colors or the html to make it look like the tb_b_20060107_black template?

Yes, very easy: the sidebars have a width = 200px...

2007-02-01T20:13:00.000+01:00

Yes, very easy:

the sidebars have a width = 200px

#rightbar_wrap, #leftbar_wrap {
width: 200px;
}

the mainbox has a margin-left and margin-right = 210px (room for the sidebars)

#main_wrap {
margin: 0px 210px;
}

So if you want the sidebars (say) 300px, simply change the figures to respectively 300px (#sidebar_wrap) and 310px (#main_wrap)

That's all.

Love this template, had no trouble getting it to w...

2007-02-01T19:42:00.000+01:00

Love this template, had no trouble getting it to work. Is there any way to narrow the center colmun and widen the sidebars without messing up the word wrap?

Good. Thanks for sharing. Glad to hear it works fi...

2007-01-31T08:14:00.000+01:00

Good. Thanks for sharing. Glad to hear it works fine.
(Those are not exactly my instructions, you know :-) )