When Reverting to Classic Template Was A Big Mistake

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Now you want to revert back to the New Blogger (Layout) version, but Blogger only allows for part of that; unless you had not yet created any page elements, you can't switch back with a single button-push or without some busy work! 1. locate and click on "Customize Design", 2. then click on "Upgrade Your Template ", 3. choose a new template. 4. click "Save the template" [More below...] You will be returned to an upgraded version of Blogger (with the layout) in which you will find some aspects of the Layout version, but not the elements that you added previously. You can create new Page Elements, but all the elements that disappeared when you reverted to the Classic template will remain lost. The only way to have kept a "backup" of the page elements would have been to have "expanded" the widget templates and to have made "copy and paste" copies of the text data and kept them in plain-text files (such as Notepad). I've switched back and forth like this numerous times, but only in a test blog, not in an important blog with things too important for me to lose all the elements, so I may not have noticed every detail of what's possible and what's not. I just know that some things will be possible. Never discount the possibility of being able to view "cached" versions of your blog in Google or other search engines and possibly being able to "copy and paste" some of your code or info from there. Maybe you can recuperate a goodly portion of it by using your Internet Options to get to the "View Source Code" feature. But do be careful not to copy any parts of the posts out of the Source Code into your actual template; it will cause great damage if you do!

When Reverting to Classic Template Was A Big Mistake

Oops!

Now you want to revert back to the New Blogger (Layout) version, but Blogger only allows for part of that; unless you had not yet created any page elements, you can't switch back with a single button-push or without some busy work! 1. locate and click on "Customize Design", 2. then click on "Upgrade Your Template ", 3. choose a new template. 4. click "Save the template" You will be returned to an upgraded version of Blogger (with the layout) in which you may find some aspects of the previous Layout version may reappear. You can also create new Page Elements for those that may be missing, but all the elements that disappeared when you reverted to the Classic template will remain lost. The only way to have kept a "backup" of the page elements would have been to have made "copy and paste" copies of the text data and kept them in plain-text files (such as Notepad). I've switched back and forth like this numerous times, but only in a test blog, not in an important blog with things too important for me to lose all the elements, so I may not have noticed every detail of what's possible and what's not. I just know that some things will be possible. Never discount the possibility of being able to view "cached" versions of your blog in Google or other search engines and possibly being able to "copy and paste" some of your code or info from there. Maybe you can recuperate a goodly portion of it by using your Internet Options to get to the "View Source Code" feature. But do be careful not to copy parts of the posts out of the Source Code into your actual template; it will cause great damage if you do!

View Anyone's Source Code

Internet Explorer

To view the code that other people use to display an icon, image, button, or other item, look at the browser (not Blogger) toolbar up above (while you are at their site) and 1. click View 2. click Source 3. right-click your mouse 4. click Select All 5. right-click again and click Copy. 6. open a Notepad file and Paste the code there. 7. Locate the applicable code, where it starts and ends. 8. Copy and Paste that snippet of code into your own template or page elements.

FIREFOX
For those of you who use or are comfortable with Firefox, it's simpler: 1. Mark (highlight) the area of interest. 2. Then right-click the mouse. 3. Click on "View Selection Source". 4. Code will appear on screen; Copy & Paste what's needed.

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View Anyone's Source Code

Internet Explorer

To view the code that other people use to display an icon, image, button, or other item, look at the browser (not Blogger) toolbar up above (while you are at their site) and 1. click View 2. click Source 3. right-click your mouse 4. click Select All 5. right-click again and click Copy. 6. open a Notepad file and Paste the code there. 7. Locate the applicable code, where it starts and ends. 8. Copy and Paste that snippet of code into your own template or page elements.

FIREFOX
For those of you who use or are comfortable with Firefox, it's simpler: 1. Mark (highlight) the area of interest. 2. Then right-click the mouse. 3. Click on "View Selection Source". 4. Code will appear on screen; Copy & Paste what's needed.

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