Blogger template help

faiths13 · #1 (**permalink**) 11-21-2008, 05:59 PM

I got a free template for my Blogger blog, but the date, which is kinda like a tab on the side, wont work. any ideas on how i can fix it? heres a link so you can see what i mean. TIA! http://faiths13-realitycheck.blogspot.com/

TechieGuy · #2 (**permalink**) 11-21-2008, 06:12 PM

Maybe you have a tag that isn't correct.

Can your post the part of your template where you print the date? It will make it easier for use to help you.

faiths13 · #3 (**permalink**) 11-21-2008, 06:15 PM

im looking at the template code, and i think i see where they have something set up for the date, but i dont really know. here is the code.

<script type='text/javascript'>
function rp(json){document.write('<ul>');for(var i=0;i<numposts;i++){document.write('<li>' );var entry=json.feed.entry[i];var posttitle=entry.title.$t;var posturl;if(i==json.feed.entry.length)break;for(var k=0;k<entry.link.length;k++){if(entry.link[k].rel=='alternate'){posturl=entry.link[k].href;break}}posttitle=posttitle.link(posturl);var readmorelink="(more)";readmorelink=readm orelink.link(posturl);var postdate=entry.published.$t;var cdyear=postdate.substring(0,4);var cdmonth=postdate.substring(5,7);var cdday=postdate.substring(8,10);var monthnames=new Array();monthnames[1]="Jan";monthnames[2]="Feb";monthnames[3]="Mar";monthnames[4]="Apr";monthnames[5]="May";monthnames[6]="Jun";monthnames[7]="Jul";monthnames[8]="Aug";monthnames[9]="Sep";monthnames[10]="Oct";monthnames[11]="Nov";monthnames[12]="Dec";if("content"in entry){var postcontent=entry.content.$t}else if("summary"in entry){var postcontent=entry.summary.$t}else var postcontent="";var re=/<\S[^>]*>/g;postcontent=postcontent.replace(re,"&quot

;document.write(posttitle);if(showpostdate==true)d ocument.write(' - '+monthnames[parseInt(cdmonth,10)]+' '+cdday);if(showpostsummary==true){if(postcontent. length<numchars){document.write(postcontent)}el se{postcontent=postcontent.substring(0,numchars);v ar quoteEnd=postcontent.lastIndexOf(" &quot

;postcontent=postcontent.substring(0,quoteE nd);document.write(postcontent+'...'+readmorelink) }}document.write('</li>')}document.write('</ul>')}

TechieGuy · #4 (**permalink**) 11-21-2008, 07:25 PM

I think I found your problem, and the good news is that it is an easy fix.

1. From your Blogger Dashboard, click the Settings link.

2. Next, click the Formatting link.

3. Next to Timestamp Format, select the date format that displays [day of week], [month] [day], [year]. For example, for todays date it will display Friday, November 21, 2008.

4. At the bottom, click Save Settings.

Hope it works. If it does work, and you want to know why, I can explain it to you.

faiths13 · #5 (**permalink**) 11-21-2008, 08:56 PM

oh awesome! thanks so much!

faiths13 · #6 (**permalink**) 11-26-2008, 10:30 AM

ok, i got my template working - all except the archives link. This template has a tab for archives, but it doesnt go anywhere. Can someone help me fix that?

TechieGuy · #7 (**permalink**) 11-26-2008, 11:22 AM

I have never created a link to the Archives before. I usually just included the Archives gadget and let Blogger show my archives by date.

I guess if you want to show all your posts on a single page you could use something like:

Code:

http://faiths13-realitycheck.blogspot.com/search?max-results=400

Just change max-results to change the number of posts to display.

If you are using a Classic template, which you are probably not, then this link may provide information about an Archives link: http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.p...n&answer=41414

faiths13 · #8 (**permalink**) 11-26-2008, 11:34 AM

ok, thanks for the info! is there any way i can make it so it goes in the opposite order? from oldest to newest?

richgcs · #9 (**permalink**) 12-03-2008, 07:28 AM

Thats a cool template!!!

faiths13 · #10 (**permalink**) 12-03-2008, 11:22 AM

thanks!

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