hey! i'm new to blogger and i'm trying to paste some codes i got from createblog.com but any blogger layout i got dint work. right your supposed to paste it in the edit template html thing? but when i tried it, this is what it said:
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 content of elements must consist of well-formed character data or markup.
what should i do?
2007-05-14 03:13:36 · 3 answers · asked by pweetyinpink05 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
It's easy. You just have to find the small links on blogger. First, you go to the same place that you were at before "edit template", then you scroll all the way to the bottom of the page and there is a small link that says "Revert to classic template" and click "ok" to revert it. Then you put your html code from createblog.com into the space provided. Enjoy!
2007-05-16 02:44:56 · answer #1 · answered by indiekidforlife 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't use code from 3rd party sites on your blog. Take it from other blogger users. Blogger.com requires proper XHTML. The error is telling you what the problem is - the markup is not well-formed. This can mean many things, but you probably won't be able to fix it unless you are familiar with XHTML coding. My suggestion is - don't put a lot of junk on your blog until you understand the basics of writing and publishing simple blogs maybe with a few pictures. Once you understand how that works, you can move on and try to integrate more advanced features.
It doesn't work because it is not designed for blogger.com. You need to get your tricks from other blogger users. Or better yet... learn XHTML and make your own stuff - which will also let you fix errors like this with rip-off code.
2007-05-14 10:28:21 · answer #2 · answered by polly_peptide 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you mean, blogger.com, then be especially careful messing with the html/xml layout there...Google folks have their own xml schema (which is built up around their "widget" language, documented separately in their help files). So pick up the default layout, look at the xml file, click "expand html widgets", and download the whole blamed thing, and mess with it on your local computer. (But don't forget to save a copy of the original!!!)
And note that they're using a strict form of xhtml, too, so make sure you're up on the latest (like say, all lower case, all carefully closed tags, all attributes carefully specified, etc...)
2007-05-14 13:10:40 · answer #3 · answered by fjpoblam 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋