How to code HTML in a Beta Blogger Template.......
The Beta Blogger Template consists of the five main parts outlined in Parts of the Template. Of these the first part is where the HTML is declared. The second part consists of the title and the metatags. The third part is peculiar to the beta template and is where the Variable Definitions are defined. The fourth part is where the style of the web page is defined using CSS. The fifth and last part consists of the 'Body' of the web page and it is where HTML plays a major role. The fifth part lies between the <body> and </body> tags.
This is the part where the Sections of a Blog are defined. These Sections are Header, Main, LeftSidebar, RightSidebar and Footer. The Header section is contained in the 'header-wrapper'. Similarly the Footer Section is contained in the 'Footer-wrapper'.
The 'content-wrapper' contains the three sections in the middle : Main, LeftSidebar and RightSidebar. For a diagrammatic representation see : Beta Blogger Template Structure Schematics
Each Section can contain one or many Widgets. For detailed explanation of widgets see The Widgets of Beta Blogger. Each Section is coded like this :
<b:section class='main' id='main' showaddelement='yes'>
<b:widget id='HTML2' locked='false' title='' type='HTML'/>
<b:widget id='Blog1' locked='false' title='Blog Posts' type='Blog'/>
<b:widget id='HTML3' locked='false' title='' type='HTML'/>
</b:section>
The first line shows the name of the Section, its id and whether it should show an 'Add Page Element link in the Page Elements subtab under the Template tab. The second, third and fourth lines show the contracted widget code for each widget. If you put a check box in the Expand Widget Templates box at the top of the Template text box then these lines are further expanded into full widget code. The last line of code closes the Section.
All the above five lines of code are included between these two lines :
<div id='main-wrapper'>
</div>
which represent the main-wrapper.
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