News!! Changing The Theme-Name In Addition To Designer-Name

This article is almost changing the theme-name in addition to the theme-designer-name associated alongside your Blogger template.

If your weblog has a subject from Google (and indeed the same matter applied to themes from many third-party subject / template providers too), the code has a documentation department at the top.

This department gives the advert of the theme, in addition to mayhap the engagement it was created in addition to the advert & website of the designer.



You tin come across the header inwards your subject yesteryear editing the subject inwards the green way.   Near the overstep of the code, simply after   <b:skin><![CDATA[/*   in that place volition locomote something similar this:

In blogs alongside Designer themes:

/* -----------------------------------------------
Blogger Template Style
Name:     Simple
Designer: Josh Peterson
URL:      www.noaesthetic.com
----------------------------------------------- */  

In blogs alongside Layout templates:

/* -----------------------------------------------
Blogger Template Style
Name:     565
Date:     28 February 2004
Updated by: Blogger Team
----------------------------------------------- */

In blogs alongside Custom themes:

/* -----------------------------------------------
Blogger Template Style
Name:     Rounders 2
Date:     27 February 2004
----------------------------------------------- */

Notice that inwards each case, the code is betwixt /*  and  */
These characters say Blogger to process the words betwixt them every bit comments in addition to non to demonstrate them when the blog-post is turned into a web-page for your readers.

If you lot brand changes to your weblog subject , it's a really skillful reckon to brand some notes almost this inwards the documentation section, then that people who await at it after on (including you!) know what you've done in addition to why.  For example:

/* -----------------------------------------------
Blogger Template Style
Name:     Simple
Designer: Josh Peterson
URL:      www.noaesthetic.com
Updates:   August 2010:  removed shadow roughly outer trunk edge - every bit per instuctions from XXX (because it looks ugly inwards IE)
----------------------------------------------- */

But every bit good every bit this, you lot tin also make changes to the existing information, for example:

/* -----------------------------------------------

Blogger Template Style

Name:     Simple

Designer: Josh Peterson in addition to Freda Frog

URL:      www.noaesthetic.com

----------------------------------------------- */  

Any elements inwards Blogger (eg the attribution gadget) that role the existing information volition alternative upwards the alter you lot make.   In the representative above, the attribution gadget becomes:

You tin also alter the subject / template name, for representative

/* -----------------------------------------------
Blogger Template Style
Name:     Not-quite-so-Simple
Designer: Josh Peterson in addition to Freda Frog

URL:      www.noaesthetic.com
----------------------------------------------- */

Changing the theme-name has ii side effects:

• It makes it possible to successfully delete the attribution gadget (by either unlocking in addition to removing it, or commenting out the code) and

• Your weblog may non larn whatever novel features in addition to bug-fixes that Blogger apply to existing themes (ref Disadvantages of editing your theme).

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