Baby steps... strange things with template manipulation
Written on 3:18 PM by Walski69
Technorati tags: Layouts, Blogger Templates, Top Tab Concept
A word about templates and the widgets that occupy them.
If you're ever thinking of changing to a new template, there are some things you should keep in mind. Custom widgets (like the HTML code widget) don't port across when you do a save/restore. For HTML, only the wrapper gets copied, but not the code. So, make sure you save the code in a text file before you do any moving of widgets between blogs.
That's the reason why a lot of the stuff that used to be on this blog has disappeared. And which is why it's always a good idea to try the changes on a test blog (like this one) before unleashing the finalized layout in the main blog.
(more layout considerations, in the full post)
I'm also seriously considering reducing the number of AdSense ads, or at the very least relocating them on the page layout. One of the readers commented that myAsylum is too busy - and I tend to agree. Ad hoc changes over time do that to ya...
One layout I rather like is this one: Delectio (from eBlog Templates). I like the layout, but not so much the color scheme. I believe I will retain the dark aura of myAsylum. What I do like about it is the use of the top tabs, as a means to unclutter the main blog page(s).
The layout search continues...
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