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It is a well-known fact that by allowing visitors to submit blog posts to their Social Network of choice, attracts more visitors. Unfortunately, Blogger does not offer this feature by default. So I compiled a script which does exactly that.

Go to "Layout" -> "Edit HTML" -> "Expand Widget Templates" and then find the following section in your template:

<div class='post-body entry-content'> <p> 
<data:post.body/> </p> <div style='clear: both;'/>
<!-- clear for photos floats --> </div>

Then add the following just below it:


<!-- SOHOISP BLOGGER POST SOCIAL NETWORKING SUBMISSION SCRIPT v2 by EJ HILL of SohoISP Eml. isp001@sohoisp.net Cel. 072 756 6606 Log. http://isp001.blogspot.com/ --><br /> <p><table><tr> <td><a expr:href='"http://www.blinklist.com/index.php?Action=Blink/addblink.php&Url=" + data:post.url' rel='nofollow'><img src='http://lh4.ggpht.com/ejaysim/SLq-ri8fWEI/AAAAAAAAFWI/9o6xcsKPb5E/blinklist.gif' style='width:16px;height:16px;border:0px;' title='BlinkList' alt='BlinkList'/></a></TD> <td><a expr:href='"http://del.icio.us/post?url=" + data:post.url' rel='nofollow'><img src='http://lh5.ggpht.com/ejaysim/SLqaViM0QEI/AAAAAAAAFQM/zYvjmHrVFgI/delicious.gif' style='width:16px;height:16px;border:0px;' title='Delicious' alt='Delicious'/></a></TD> <td><a expr:href='"http://www.google.com/bookmarks/mark?op=edit&bkmk=" + data:post.url' rel='nofollow'><img src='http://lh6.ggpht.com/ejaysim/SLqeeqr10jI/AAAAAAAAFRA/PHc1HIGAv0I/google.gif' style='width:16px;height:16px;border:0px;' title='Google Bookmarks' alt='Google Bookmarks'/></a></TD> <td><a expr:href='"http://ma.gnolia.com/bookmarklet/add?url=" + data:post.url' rel='nofollow'><img src='http://lh6.ggpht.com/ejaysim/SLq7S5p44SI/AAAAAAAAFUk/dwzaTehQKiA/magnolia.gif' style='width:16px;height:16px;border:0px;' title='Magnolia' alt='Magnolia'/></a></TD> <td><a expr:href='"http://www.netscape.com/submit/?U=" + data:post.url' rel='nofollow'><img src='http://lh4.ggpht.com/ejaysim/SLq5rEZ9dvI/AAAAAAAAFUY/I4wtG8rp9tc/netscape.gif' style='width:16px;height:16px;border:0px;' title='Netscape' alt='Netscape'/></a></TD> <td><a expr:href='"http://www.newsvine.com/_tools/seed&save?u=" + data:post.url' rel='nofollow'><img src='http://lh5.ggpht.com/ejaysim/SLq_GhmY8zI/AAAAAAAAFWg/MaTRykQdcDE/newsvine.gif' style='width:16px;height:16px;border:0px;' title='Newsvine' alt='Newsvine'/></a></TD> <td><a expr:href='"http://reddit.com/submit?url=" + data:post.url' rel='nofollow'><img src='http://lh5.ggpht.com/ejaysim/SLqaVvlYYGI/AAAAAAAAFQU/jdkzqkCsTmc/reddit.gif' style='width:16px;height:16px;border:0px;' title='Reddit' alt='Reddit'/></a></TD> <td><a expr:href='"http://www.spurl.net/spurl.php?url=" + data:post.url' rel='nofollow'><img src='http://lh5.ggpht.com/ejaysim/SLq8w2zXE5I/AAAAAAAAFU4/Z-mqdERNLBY/spurl.gif' style='width:16px;height:16px;border:0px;' title='Spurl' alt='Spurl'/></a></TD> <td><a expr:href='"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=" + data:post.url' rel='nofollow'><img src='http://lh5.ggpht.com/ejaysim/SLq9bOYSSKI/AAAAAAAAFVY/ksDmld8l8kU/stumbleupon.gif' style='width:16px;height:16px;border:0px;' title='StumbleUpon' alt='StumbleUpon'/></a></TD> <td><a expr:href='"http://myweb2.search.yahoo.com/myresults/bookmarklet?u=" + data:post.url' rel='nofollow'><img src='http://lh4.ggpht.com/ejaysim/SLq-P3g-aRI/AAAAAAAAFV4/yNtQqkSQk5M/yahoo-myweb.gif' style='width:16px;height:16px;border:0px;' title='Yahoo! MyWeb' alt='Yahoo! MyWeb'/></a></TD> </TR> </TABLE></P>

I am sure many of you ran into the following error-codes - BX-IGWYLP, BX-MRKFXFETC or BX-XYKW2L - while attempting to install custom XML Blogger templates. So I recently set up a Sandbox to resolve this issue, once and for all. After installing more than 300 custom templates, this is what I found:

Most of the time, the problem is not with the new template, but with the current template. Let me explain.

Every time you attempt to install a new template, the template manager will ask you to CONFIRM whether particular widgets relating to your previous template should be deleted.


Widgets from the above-example, include Followers1, HTML3, HTML2 and AdSense1. This is correct, and installation should be flawless. However, from time to time you will notice the following:


Widgets from the above-example, include HTML1, HTML2, HTML3, HTML4, and another HTML2, HTML3, and HTML4. This is wrong, and the installation will fail.

It seems like some template developers manage to get their wires cross, duplicating widgets. Templates that cause this problem include the following:

• Blogohblog by Jackbook
• Blue Blog by Zona Cerebral
• Brooklyn by Our Blog Templates
• Shiny by Our Blog Templates
  

I will see what I can do to fix these issues, and forward the updated templates to their respective authors.

Solution

1. Go to the LAYOUT TAB and select PAGE ELEMENTS.
2. Now EDIT and REMOVE every page element one by one.
3. Click on the POSTING TAB.
4. Go back to the LAYOUT TAB and select EDIT HTML.
5. Now attempt your installation.

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