Templates
There are two ways to change your template without coding.
Note with both these options any modifications you
made to your previous template will be lost! :
- Try these pre-made templates:
Plain Brown (Right
click and choose "Save Target as")
Currency (Right
click and choose "Save Target as")
Just go to your blog administration in Blogger, press the
"Template" button and cut and paste the contents of these templates
in to the text area. After you do this goto Step 3 of the setup.
- Use BlogSkins.com. This
is a service that will automatically update your blog template. Go
there and search for "Adminimizer" to find templates that are
Adminimizer enabled. There are at least 2 skins there that are set
up for the toolbar:
Rain +
Adminimizer
Smooth +
Adminimizer
Then go on to Step 3 of the
setup.
Settings File
The Settings file is kind of the heart of the Toolbar. It has
many many configuration settings that you can play with. Most of
them are explained here. Go ahead
and play with them to your heart's content! We don't save your
BlogID, and we don't save a copy of the settings file you create.
If you lose it or want another, go ahead and create a new one.
Where do I put it?
Put it in the same directory on your webserver as your blog
page. If you are hosting your site on Blog*Spot then you can't use
the Toolbar UNLESS you have access to some website somewhere where
you can stash the blogSettings.xml file. For example, if
you have FTP access to www.example.com, but your blog is
on Blogspot.com, you can copy your blogSettings.xml file onto
example.com's server and then change your template to read:
<xml id="AdminimizerToolbar"
src="http://www.example.com/blogSettings.xml"></xml>
Change the src attribute to match the URL of your settings
file. THEN, go into your IE security settings (Tools
menu--> Internet Options --> Security --> Internet) and
press the "Custom Level" button. Scroll down and change the "Access
data sources across domains" option to "enable"
or "prompt". It should work like a charm.
Thanks to Phil
Ringnalda for this tip.
Where do I find my BlogID?
If you go to your blog entry page on blogger.com and look at the
Address box of your browser. It should say something
like blogid=1234567 at the end.
You can get your template file from here: