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*Sorry all but I've sort of stopped coming to bs.com because I've been rather busy.
If I do not reply here feel free to email me @ tessakerkpercy@yahoo.com.sg and I'll try to get back to you as soon as I can.
Sorry sorry sorry sorry for neglecting this thread for millions of years  *
After replying to a million same questions posted in this category,
I've decided just to post a new thread answering the questions people are repeating here.
If you have any more questions you can post a reply here and I'll try to find the answer : )
1. I copy and paste my codes into my blogger, but this message pops up!
"Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure all XML elements are closed properly.
XML error message: The element type "body" must be terminated by the matching end-tag "". "
So I try to close everything properly,
But it shows me this:
"There should only be one and only one skin in this template. We found:0"
It's the same thing for every skin I try!
You need to revert to the classic template!
Scroll down below that big white box where you paste your code,
And click the second link that says,
Revert to classic template.
Click okay when there's the pop-up.
Now try to enter your codes again,
And this time it should work.
2. How do I add archieves to my blog?
Enter this code:
[BloggerArchives]
[a href='[$BlogArchiveURL$]'][$BlogArchiveName$][/a]
[/BloggerArchives]
Your achieves will look something like this:
March 2008
April 2008
May 2008
June 2008
July 2008
Remember to replace the [ ] brackets with the pointy ones.
3. What is that code to allow people to view previous posts?
Enter this code:
[BloggerPreviousItems]
[a href="[$BlogItemPermalinkURL$]"]
[$BlogPreviousItemTitle$]
[/a][br /]
[/BloggerPreviousItems]
This code will show your latest 10 posts with the latest on top.
Remember to replace the [ ] brackets with the pointy ones.
4. How do I link people?!
Enter this code:
[a href="http://www.syntheticlovee.blogspot.com"] Friend [/a]
Replace http://www.syntheticlovee.blogspot.com with your friend's link and replace Friend with your friend's name.
Remember to replace the [ ] brackets with the pointy ones.
5. What if I have ten friends and I want to link them all?
Just repeat the code ten times.
Like so:
[a href="http://www.syntheticlovee.blogspot.com"] Friend [/a]
[a href="http://www.syntheticlovee.blogspot.com"] Friend [/a]
[a href="http://www.syntheticlovee.blogspot.com"] Friend [/a]
[a href="http://www.syntheticlovee.blogspot.com"] Friend [/a]
[a href="http://www.syntheticlovee.blogspot.com"] Friend [/a]
[a href="http://www.syntheticlovee.blogspot.com"] Friend [/a]
[a href="http://www.syntheticlovee.blogspot.com"] Friend [/a]
[a href="http://www.syntheticlovee.blogspot.com"] Friend [/a]
[a href="http://www.syntheticlovee.blogspot.com"] Friend [/a]
[a href="http://www.syntheticlovee.blogspot.com"] Friend [/a]
Remember to replace the [ ] brackets with the pointy ones.
6. How do I bold, underline, etc., my words?
For bolded words,
Enter [b ]bold[/b ].
For underlined words,
Enter [u ]underlined[/u ].
For striked words,
Enter [s]striked[/s].
For italic words,
Enter [i ]italic[/i ]
For scrolling words,
Enter [marquee]scrolling[/marquee]
To change the direction of where you want your words to scroll,
Enter this code:
[marquee behavior=scroll direction="left"]Your message here[/marquee]
Just change the left to right or let it remain.
To change the scrolling speed,
Enter this code:
[marquee behavior=scroll direction="left" scrollamount="5"]Your message here[/marquee]
Replace the 5 with whatever speed you want.
Just don't go over 50 because then it would be very hard to read and catch the words.
You can also add a background colour to your marquee.
Enter this code:
[marquee bgcolor="#000000"]your message here[/marquee]
Just replace the hex code with whatever colour you want.
Remember to change the [ ] brackets to the pointy ones.
And close the spaces in between the alphabats and the closing brackets.
7. How do I upload/display music on my blog?
You can go to www.imeem.com to find music,
or google for music sites.
But I'll use imeem as an example.
Let's say you want to upload Check Yes Juliet by We The Kings
So you go to the search engine at the top right hand corner and type in "Check Yes Juliet"
Once you've got the results,
Click on the top link.
You should reach this page:
www.imeem.com/people/XGAqAr2/music/DT8qlP2o/we_the_kings_...
Now,
look below the music box.
There should be,
on the left,
A code.
Copy and paste this code into your blog.
If you want it to automatically play when you open your blog,
Check the little box next to auto play.
Screenshot: 4.bp.blogspot.com/_CbIChgY3iw8/SOc22sRkxuI/AAAAAAAABW8/XL...
8. If I can put boxes on the left side of my blog, how do I put boxes on the right side of my blog, too?
Check out these websites,
www.thenoodleincident.com/tutorials/box_lesson/boxes.html
intensivstation.ch/en/templates/
9. I can't download skins!
I think there's a glitch with the compressed folders now,
But try using Mozilla Firefox to download the skins.
It should work.
If it doesn't,
Go here: www.win-rar.com
Download and then you should be able to extract the codes.
10. How do I allow comments on my blog?
Go to Settings ~ Comments.
Then click Show instead of Hide.
From here you can also decide who you'll allow to comment,
Like,
Anyone - includes Anonymous Users
Registered Users - includes OpenID
Users with Google Accounts
Only members of this blog
Or
You can enter this code:
[BlogItemCommentsEnabled]
[a href="[$BlogItemCommentCreate$]"
[$BlogItemCommentFormOnClick$]]
[$BlogItemCommentCount$] comments[/a]
[/BlogItemCommentsEnabled]
Remember to replace the [ ] brackets with the pointy ones.
Or
You could use Haloscan
Haloscan allows people to comment on the entries you write,
Just like the blogger feature,
But it also allows ratings and trackbacks.
You will also be able to edit other people's comments.
And it's free.
Or if you don't like this commenting thing,
You could just get a cbox here
11. How do I prevent people from viewing source (of pictures etc.)?
Actually,
It would be better to prevent right click.
This way people cannot view source as well as copy etc.
Enter this code:
//Disable right click script III- By Renigade (renigade@mediaone.net)
//For full source code, visit www.dynamicdrive.com
var message="";
///////////////////////////////////
function clickIE() {if (document.all) {(message);return false;}}
function clickNS(e) {if
(document.layers||(document.getElementById&&!document.all)) {
if (e.which==2||e.which==3) {(message);return false;}}}
if (document.layers)
{document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEDOWN);document.onmousedown=clickNS;}
else{document.onmouseup=clickNS;document.oncontextmenu=clickIE;}
document.oncontextmenu=new Function("return false" )
// --]
[/script]
Or
You could try this code:
[body oncontextmenu="return false"]
But I'm not too sure whether it works or not because I use the above code instead.
Remember to replace the [ ] brackets with the pointy ones.
12. How do I disable ALL clicks?
Enter this code after your head tag:
[script language="javascript"]
// No click script
// This script and others available free at www.lissaexplains.com
function click() {
if (event.button==1 || event.button==2) {
alert('Sorry, that function is disabled' )
}
}
document.onmousedown=click
[/script]
Remember to replace the [ ] brackets with the pointy ones.
13. How do I disable the image toolbar?
This is the bar that appears when you right click on an image.
It allows you to save picture,
send picture, etc.,
Enter this code:
[meta http-equiv="imagetoolbar" content="no"]
When you enter this code at the head of your site,
It blocks the toolbar for all of your pictures.
But if you only want to disable for one or more of your pictures,
Enter this code to your image:
[img src="yourimage.gif" galleryimg="no"]
Replace yourimage.gif with your own image.
Remember to replace the [ ] brackets with the pointy ones.
14. What are hex codes and where can I get them?
Hex codes are basically 6 digit codes that represent a colour in numbers.
All hex codes begin with a "#"
For example,
The hex code for the colour black is #000000
You can find the hex codes for colours at these websites:
www.quackit.com/html/html_color_codes.cfm
www.html-color-codes.com/
www.webmonkey.com/reference/Color_Charts
15. So how do I change the colour of my words/text?
This is simple.
For example you want your text to be red.
So you key this in:
[font color="red"] I love red [/font]
You can also use hex codes instead of words for colours that are not primary/secondary/tertiary colours.
Remember to change the [ ] brackets to the pointy ones.
16. How do I change my words font?
This is similar to the change colour code.
[font face="Ariel"] I love this font [/font]
Just put any font you like.
Remember to change the [ ] brackets to the pointy ones.
17. So can I change my font size too?
Yes.
Just enter:
[font size="5"] Big font ;D[/font]
Or choose any size you like.
If you want to change the colour, font, and size at the same time,
Just combine all the codes.
[font color="red" font="ariel" size="5"] I love barney.[/font]
Remember to change the [ ] brackets to the pointy ones.
18. How do I add labels on my blog?
Actually I don't know.
But someone asked me so I went to try to find something.
Found out that this is actually a feature of Blogger's blogskins.
When you are using a blogskins made by Blogger,
After writing a post,
At the bottom,
You can add a label.
This label'll then come out at the side of your blog.
If anyone has the code to allow this kind of labelling system in customised blogskins,
Please tell me!
I'll post it up here and credit you. : )
19. How do I show my previous posts?
Just enter this code:
[BloggerPreviousItems]
[a href="[$BlogItemPermalinkURL$]"]
[$BlogPreviousItemTitle$]
[/a][br /]
[/BloggerPreviousItems]
Remember to change the [ ] brackets to the pointy ones.
20. How do I allow people to enter their links whenever they post a comment on my blog? (See question 10)
Please note that if you're using Haloscan and cbox, this service is already provided.
Just enter this code:
[MainOrArchivePage]
[BlogItemCommentsEnabled]
[a href="[$BlogItemPermalinkURL$]#comments"]
[$BlogItemCommentCount$] comments[/a]
[/BlogItemCommentsEnabled]
[/MainOrArchivePage]
Now whenever people comment on your blog post,
They'll be able to type in their links too so that you could visit their website or whatever.
Remember to change the [ ] brackets to the pointy ones.
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Okay right.
Sorry people I didn't put question 20 directly below question 10.
I am lazy okay ):
It's just that I found the code so I've decided to put it up here 
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Blogskin mailed all of you with what to do to fix your problems
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Hello
Im veryvery new to blog skins and stuffs.
So i wanted to ask a pro.
how can i make a blog skin.?
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And yeah, Ur tips was helpful.VERYVERY helpful.
Instead of knowing only 5% of this blog skin.
I knew more about it. thanks.
but i still need some help?
Email me.
nur_salehasaini@hotmail.com
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How do i edit the element box bigger/smaller?
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10. How do I allow comments on my blog?
Go to Settings ~ Comments.
Then click Show instead of Hide.
From here you can also decide who you'll allow to comment,
Like,
Anyone - includes Anonymous Users
Registered Users - includes OpenID
Users with Google Accounts
Only members of this blog
Or
You can enter this code:
[BlogItemCommentsEnabled]
[a href="[$BlogItemCommentCreate$]"
[$BlogItemCommentFormOnClick$]]
[$BlogItemCommentCount$] comments[/a]
[/BlogItemCommentsEnabled]
Remember to replace the [ ] brackets with the pointy ones.
Or
You could use Haloscan
Haloscan allows people to comment on the entries you write,
Just like the blogger feature,
But it also allows ratings and trackbacks.
You will also be able to edit other people's comments.
And it's free.
Or if you don't like this commenting thing,
You could just get a cbox here
Can i know whether wher to paste the codes ?
these :
[BlogItemCommentsEnabled]
[a href="[$BlogItemCommentCreate$]"
[$BlogItemCommentFormOnClick$]]
[$BlogItemCommentCount$] comments[/a]
[/BlogItemCommentsEnabled]
i tried. but it didnt work. pls reply. i'm a newbie. x.x
thx. btw.
waiting for ya reply k.
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Blogskin mailed all of you
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Author: icoz
Posted: 11 months ago
(link)
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Which one is the Older posts , Newer posts codes??
Number 19??
-19. How do I show my previous posts?-
-Just enter this code:-
-[BloggerPreviousItems]-
-[a href="[$BlogItemPermalinkURL$]"]-
-[$BlogPreviousItemTitle$]-
-[/a][br /]-
-[/BloggerPreviousItems]-
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Blogskin mailed you
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Hello erm I have a prob regarding my editing of html
I copy and paste the html of a blogskin and wanted to save it, but a message popped up
says" Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure all XML elements are closed properly.
XML error message: The element type "link" must be terminated by the matching end-tag "".
Then I change and try to save but couldnt
says" The content of elements must consist of well-formed character data or markup
What is that supposed to mean??
Reply me soon =)
ps anyone who knows this prob can also feel free to reply really thanks alot =)
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Blogskin mailed you
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where in the custom blogskin do you enter the code for comments to be enabled? everything i try doesn't work!
Thanks!
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Blogskin mailed you
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Uhm anyone who can give me the code for Older Posts found @ the bottom of the page? It says: Older Posts, and it will give you another page for your older posts?
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Er I don't really get you.
So instead of having the older posts laid out for you at the side of the page you'd rather a link at the bottom that can be clicked to bring you to a new page where all the older posts can be found?
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Sorry to asked but I don't know where to enter the link code. It would be great if you help and this is my E-mail : skaterupp@gmail.com. Just e-mail me, and put this as the title, " Where to enter the link code ". It wolud be great if you help, because I really need this help and I am so confused. Thx (If you have a E-mail you can just e-mail me but if you do not have, you post on comment Plz help I need this seriously  )
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Blogskin mailed you
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How to do previous posts?i copy and paste at where?just like that done or need to do sth else?
-19. How do I show my previous posts?-
-Just enter this code:-
-[BloggerPreviousItems]-
-[a href="[$BlogItemPermalinkURL$]"]-
-[$BlogPreviousItemTitle$]-
-[/a][br /]-
-[/BloggerPreviousItems]-
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hey, uhm i'd like to know how to make the blog space on where you type wider?
yeah uh where it is to edit.
thanks,
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how do i center my blogskin/template?
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hm, having problems with getting the post comments thing appear on my blog. tried the first and second way listed. managed to get the comments link displayed but can't seem to get the form to show. yea, so no comments can be entered.
blogskin is actually this one: www.blogskins.com/info/137818
please help me out ; ;
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hey, thanks for the help.
i searched the answer for question number 10 for months!
thanks again!
))))
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how to put a border then?
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when it comes to music is really hard!
can u help me??
i have convert my blog into classic.(so i can put layouts)
and where do i paste the code??
HELP!
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ooo thanks. i had been wondering how to put the comments back on the posts. thanks a bunch : )
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This is my first time trying to use a blogskin on my blogger site. I have the 'new' blogger layout. I reverted to the classic setting as you had mentioned. I had to copy and paste the blogskin codes. When I did that the only thing that saved were my posts. None of my links or archives transfered.
Is there a way to edit once you have a blogskin template? The pictures, the wording for the columns, etc.? There was no option (that I could find) to do this after I used the downloaded skin.
For me, I have no clue exactly how to do this. I wish there was a 'how to' for 1st time blogskin users. Do you have any suggestions/steps that I could follow?
Thank you!
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1. I copy and paste my codes into my blogger, but this message pops up!
"Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure all XML elements are closed properly.
XML error message: The element type "body" must be terminated by the matching end-tag "". "
You need to revert to the classic template!
Scroll down below that big white box where you paste your code,
And click the second link that says,
Revert to classic template.
Click okay when there's the pop-up.
Now try to enter your codes again,
And this time it should work.
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To Biehnl,
you can not make a option to make your past links and etc to stay,
but you can either redo it or slowly edit it until it is complete, i'm sorry to say, that since you have already erased it all, you have to redo it.
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Vintage.veggie makes super nice skins
compliments to him for making a nice skin.
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... how do you get the background to just stay. as in, to make it NOT repeat? YES THIS IS A NOOB TYPING 
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thank
it is really helpful
to me
a person who is new in this thing
but can i ask you!!
after changing it to template
how can i change back to layout??
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HEHE
SRY!!
INTERRUPT AGAIN!!
HOW I POST MY THING??
I CANT POST~~HELP ME!!
CAN YOU GO TO MY BLOG N SEE WHAT HAD HAPPEN!!
cutieyue.blogspot.com/
THANKS AGAIN
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hi
can you help me with a thing.
you know sometime when u label a tag, eg: childhood memories
and then you got 10 post under this tag.
How to make the link look like childhood memories (10)
where (10) is the number of post you got under the label.
thanks for help
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How do I get the comment code to work on my page?
this one?:
[BlogItemCommentsEnabled]
[a href="[$BlogItemCommentCreate$]"
[$BlogItemCommentFormOnClick$]]
[$BlogItemCommentCount$] comments[/a]
[/BlogItemCommentsEnabled]
I already went into my blogger account and enabled comments, and changed the brackets to but I just get this weird looking link on the top left of my page. And no comments
Here is my page in case you wanna see the weird link...
harajuku4life.blogspot.com/
PLEASE HELP!
(i miss my comments)
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Help! It keeps coming up the error message when I try to upload the template. I know you say to revent to classic but then there is no box to upload again? Do you know what I mean? I cant copy and paste it because it saves as .html. Im so confussed and my blog is totally messed up. I really wana use one of the skins but cant seem to get round it at all. PLEASE HELP
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Thanks !
I have been finding ways to allow comments on my blog , thanks for the information
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hey. pls help me.
pls. pls.
where should i paste the code for allow comments from my friend.
i've try it but still not work.
where should i paste it.??
pls help me.
anna_Rozana91@yahoo.com.
thnx.
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I wish to install custom blogskin. As what you say, i i revert it to classic template and paste my codes. Yes it work, but the main problem is(which most of us here asking), the layout features is missing. Therefore i am unable to edit the tables. I followed another method to install the default skin first and edit it. But as long as i revert it to classic, everything is back to the above problem again. I don have a xml file, so i have to cut and paste the code. But when i save my code as xml, the blog doesnt accept.
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One problem , what about the box to put Me, Wishes & stuff ?
I'm new & i really don't understand
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Thankyou for the guide.. This is very helpful! =D
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I add the comment link on my blog.
but,how can people read my commnet?
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This is very useful thank you
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May i know , what is the codes for texts which scrolls upwards ?
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Omg, thank you soo much, I have been trying for 2 days to get blogger to accept the blogskin. And ask every where how to do it. When all along it was right here under my face.
Now if I can just figure out how to get it to take all those cool widgets I seen before but are now gone when I switched to clasic view.
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