Blogger template editing, HELP please

gotsmack

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Mar 4, 2001
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I am using a heavily modified template from 2001. They have changes the templates on blogger and I don't like the new ones, but I want to use the comments feature.



here is the existing code, how do I add in comments?





<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META NAME="author" CONTENT="Original design by Eliza Wee">
<TITLE><$BlogTitle$></TITLE>
<style type="text/css">

a:visited {color: #CC9933;
TEXT-DECORATION: none}

a:active {color: #FFCC00;
TEXT-DECORATION: none}

a:link {color: #6699CC;
TEXT-DECORATION: none}


em {color: #999966;
font-style: normal;
font-weight: bold}

em.lg {font-size: 12px}


i {font-style: italic}

i.right {text-align: right}


sup {color: #cccc99;
font-size: 80%;
vertical-align: top}

small {font-size: 80%}

sup.small {font-size: 60%}

h1 {font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, AkzidenzGrotesk, Univers, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 18px;
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
text-align: left;
margin-left: 0px;
margin-right: 0px;
color: #cccc99}

h1.right {text-align: right}

h2 {font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, AkzidenzGrotesk, Univers, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px;
font-weight: normal;
font-style:normal;
text-align: left;
margin-left: 0px;
margin-right: 0px;
color: #cccc99}

h2.right {text-align: right}

h3 {font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, AkzidenzGrotesk, Univers, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
text-align: left;
margin-left: 0px;
margin-right: 0px;
color: #cccc99}

h3.right {text-align: right}

h4 {font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, AkzidenzGrotesk, Univers, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
text-align: left}

h5 {font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, AkzidenzGrotesk, Univers, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
font-weight: bold;
font-style: normal;
text-align: left;
margin-left: 0px;
margin-right: 0px;
color: #cccc99}

h6 {font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, AkzidenzGrotesk, Univers, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 10px;
font-weight: bold;
font-style: normal;
text-align: center;
margin-left: 0px;
margin-right: 0px}

p {font-family: Verdana, AkzidenzGrotesk, Univers, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 10px;
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
text-align: justify;
margin-left: 0px;
margin-right: 0px;
color: #cccc99}

p.pullquote {font-family: Centaur, Georgia, Goudy, Baskervile, Times, serif;
font-size: 10px;
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
text-align: left;
margin-left: 0px;
margin-right: 0px;
color: #cccc99}

p.left {text-align: left}

p.right {text-align: right}

p.center {text-align: center}

p.sm_rt {font-size: 9.5px;
text-align: right}

p.footnote {font-size: 9.5px;
margin-left: 20px;
margin-right: 50px;
text-align: left}

p.note {font-size: 9.5px;
margin-right: 50px;
text-align: left}

ol {font-family: Verdana, AkzidenzGrotesk, Univers, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 10px;
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
list-style-type: decimal;
text-align: left;
margin-right: 20px;
color: #cccc99}

ol.footnote {font-size: 10px;
margin-right: 20px}

ul {font-family: Verdana, AkzidenzGrotesk, Univers, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 10px;
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
color: #cccc99}

capxion {font-family: Verdana, AkzidenzGrotesk, Univers, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 9px;
font-weight: bold;
font-style: normal;
text-align: left;
margin-left: 0px;
margin-right: 0px;
color: #cccc99}

address {font-family: Verdana, AkzidenzGrotesk, Univers, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 9px;
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
text-align: left;
margin-left: 0px;
color: #cccc99}

code {font-family: monospace;
font-size: 9px;
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
margin-left: -1px;
color: #cccc99}

kbd {font-family: monospace;
font-size: 9px;
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
text-align: left;
margin-left: -1px;
color: #cccc99}


th {font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, AkzidenzGrotesk, Univers, Arial, sans-serif;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 10px;
font-style: normal;
color: #cccc99}

td {font-family: Verdana, AkzidenzGrotesk, Univers, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-weight: normal;
font-size: 10px;
font-style: normal;
color: #cccc99}

</style>
</HEAD>

<!--
Created: jun 05, 2001
By: ewee
(c) 2001 Eliza Wee
-->

<BODY BGCOLOR="#000033" text="#cccc99">
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<script type="text/javascript" src="<$BlogArchiveFileName$>"></script>




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</TABLE></TD>


<TD bgcolor="#333333" width="85%">


<!--
blogger code
-->

<P CLASS=left>

<Blogger>
<BlogDateHeader>
<em>:: <$BlogDateHeaderDate$> ::</em>
</BlogDateHeader>
<blockquote>
<a name="<$BlogItemNumber$>"></a>
<$BlogItemBody$><br>
:: <$BlogItemAuthorNickname$> <$BlogItemDateTime$> <a href="<$BlogItemArchiveFileName$>#<$BlogItemNumber$>"> [+]</a> ::
<BR CLEAR="ALL">...
</blockquote>

</Blogger>

<P CLASS=left>

</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD bgcolor=333366 COLSPAN="2">
<!-- begin footer -->
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In accordance to the Blogger terms of service, please leave this button somewhere on your blogger-powered page. Thanks!
-->
<a href="http://www.blogger.com"><img width=88 height=31 src="http://buttons.blogger.com/bloggerbutton1.gif" border=0 alt="This page is powered by Blogger. Isn't yours?" align="right"></a>

<!-- end footer -->




</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

</FONT>
</BODY>
</HTML>
 

AFB

Lifer
Jan 10, 2004
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I don't see anything relating to comments. Do you have the code of the old one ?
 

gotsmack

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Mar 4, 2001
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That was the old template.

Here is the code ofr the new template that sux but has the comments code.

<html>
<head>
<title><$BlogPageTitle$></title>
<style type="text/css">
body{margin:0px;padding:0px;background:#f6f6f6;color:#000000;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",Trebuchet,Verdana,Sans-Serif;}
a{color:#DE7008;}
a:hover{color:#E0AD12;}
#logo{padding:0px;margin:0px;}
div#mainClm{float:right;width:66%;padding:30px 7% 10px 3%;border-left:Dotted 1px #E0AD12;}
div#sideBar{margin:20px 0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;text-align:left;}
#header{padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;border-top:1px solid #eeeeee;border-bottom:Dotted 1px #E0AD12;background:#F5E39E;color:white;}
h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6{padding:0px;margin:0px;}
h1 a:link {text-decoration:none;color:#F5DEB3}
h1 a:visited {text-decoration:none;color:#F5DEB3}
h1{padding:25px 0px 10px 5%;border-top:Double 3px #BF5C00;border-bottom:solid 1px #E89E47;color:#F5DEB3;background:#DE7008;font:bold 300% Verdana,Sans-Serif;letter-spacing:-2px;}
h2{color:#9E5205;font-weight:bold;font-family:Verdana,Sans-Serif;letter-spacing:-1px;}
h3{margin:10px 0px 0px 0px;color:#777777;font-size:105%;}
h4{color:#aa0033;}
h6{color:#B8A80D;font-size:140%;}
h2.sidebar-title{color:#B8A80D;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:120%;}
#sideBar ul{margin:0px 0px 33px 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;list-style-type:none;font-size:95%;}
#sideBar li{margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;list-style-type:none;font-size:95%;}
#description{padding:0px;margin:7px 12% 7px 5%;color:#9E5205;background:transparent;font:bold 85% Verdana,Sans-Serif;}
.blogPost{margin:0px 0px 30px 0px;font-size:100%;}
.blogPost strong{color:#000000;font-weight:bold;}
#sideBar ul a{padding:2px;margin:1px;width:100%;border:none;color:#999999;text-decoration:none;}
#sideBar ul a:link{color:#999999;}
#sideBar ul a:visited{color:#999999;}
#sideBar ul a:active{color:#ff0000;}
#sideBar ul a:hover{color:#DE7008;text-decoration:none;}
pre,code{color:#999999;}
strike{color:#999999;}
.bug{padding:5px;border:0px;}
.byline{padding:0px;margin:0px;color:#444444;font-size:80%;}
.byline a{border:none;color:#968A0A;text-decoration:none;}
.byline a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}
.blogComments{padding:0px;color:#9E5205;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;font-family:Verdana,Sans-Serif;}
.blogComment{margin-top:10px;font-size:100%;font-weight:normal;color:black;}
.blogComments .byline{padding-bottom:20px;color:#444444;font-size:80%;font-weight:normal;display:inline;margin-right:10px}
.deleted-comment {font-style:italic;color:gray;}
#profile-container { }
.profile-datablock { }
.profile-img {display:inline;}
.profile-img img {float:left;margin-right:5px;}
.profile-data strong { }
#profile-container p { }
#profile-container .profile-textblock { }
.profile-link a:link {color:#999999;text-decoration:none;}
.profile-link a:active {color:#ff0000;text-decoration:none;}
.profile-link a:visited {color:#999999;text-decoration:none;}
.profile-link a:hover{color:#DE7008;text-decoration:none;}
</style>

<$BlogMetaData$>

</head>

<body>


<div id="header">
<h1>
<ItemPage><a href="<$BlogURL$>"></ItemPage>
<$BlogTitle$>
<ItemPage></a></ItemPage>
</h1>
<p id="description"><$BlogDescription$></p>
</div>


<!-- Main Column -->
<div id="mainClm">

<!-- Blog Posts -->
<Blogger>
<BlogDateHeader>
<h3><$BlogDateHeaderDate$></h3>
</BlogDateHeader>
<a name="<$BlogItemNumber$>">&amp;nbsp;</a>
<BlogItemTitle><h2><BlogItemURL><a href="<$BlogItemURL$>"></BlogItemURL>
<$BlogItemTitle$><BlogItemURL></a></BlogItemURL></h2></BlogItemTitle>
<div class="blogPost">
<$BlogItemBody$><br />
<div class="byline"><a href="<$BlogItemPermalinkURL$>" title="permanent link">#</a> posted by <$BlogItemAuthorNickname$> @ <$BlogItemDateTime$><MainOrArchivePage><BlogItemCommentsEnabled>&amp;nbsp;<a href="<$BlogItemPermalinkURL$>"><$BlogItemCommentCount$> comments</a></BlogItemCommentsEnabled></MainOrArchivePage> <$BlogItemControl$> </div>
</div>
<ItemPage>
<div class="blogComments">
<BlogItemCommentsEnabled><a name="comments"></a>
Comments:
<BlogItemComments>
<div class="blogComment">
<a name="<$BlogCommentNumber$>"></a>
<$BlogCommentBody$><br />
<div class="byline"><a href="<$BlogCommentPermalinkURL$>"title="permanent link">#</a> posted by <$BlogCommentAuthor$> : <$BlogCommentDateTime$> </div>
<$BlogCommentDeleteIcon$>
</div>
</BlogItemComments>
<$BlogItemCreate$>
</BlogItemCommentsEnabled>
<br /> <br />
<a href="<$BlogURL$>">&amp;lt;&amp;lt; Home</a>
</div>
</ItemPage>
</Blogger>

<!-- In accordance to the Blogger terms of service, please leave this button somewhere on your blogger-powered page. Thanks! -->
<p><a href="http://www.blogger.com"><img width="88" height="31" src="http://buttons.blogger.com/bloggerbutton1.gif" border="0" alt="This page is powered by Blogger. Isn't yours?" /></a></p>

</div>

<!-- Sidebar -->
<div id="sideBar">

<$BlogMemberProfile$>

<!--

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Add things to your sidebar here.
Use the format:

<li><a href="URL">Link Text</a></li>

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

-->
<h6>Links</h6>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://news.google.com/">Google News</a></li>
<li><a href="http://EDITME!">Edit-Me</a></li>
<li><a href="http://EDITME!">Edit-Me</a></li>
</ul>

<h6>archives</h6>
<ul>
<BloggerArchives><li><a href='<$BlogArchiveURL$>'><$BlogArchiveName$></a></li></BloggerArchives>
<!-- Link to the front page, from your archives -->
<script type="text/javascript">if (location.href.indexOf("archive")!=-1) document.write("<li><strong><a href=\"<$BlogURL$>\">Current Posts</a></strong></li>");</script>
</ul>
</div>
</body>
</html>