Dear Blogger,

[ColleenSwerb]

I give up. I managed to figure out how to change approximately 2 of the 35890432 things I apparently need to change to my blog not only pretty, but READABLE! WHY ISN'T MY POST BG WHITE ANYMORE?!?! I didn't even change that! Thus you must truly hate me.

I give up on you for the evening, blogger. You win.

Blogger 1
Col 0

I demand a rematch tomorrow!

Love,
Col

[Nikki Epperson]

LOL Col - I'm sorry. I would be lost w/o Zoe's Blog in A Box

[Kat Stokes]

LOL Col - I'm sorry. I would be lost w/o Zoe's Blog in A Box

Ditto that... except I'm still lost with Zoe's Blog In A Box. http://www.sweetshoppedesigns.com/community/images/icons/laugh.gif

[crystalbella77]

LOL! :( So sorry you are having a hard time. I can't do it either very well. :(

[BeccaBoo]

Ditto that... except I'm still lost with Zoe's Blog In A Box. http://www.sweetshoppedesigns.com/community/images/icons/laugh.gif


Is it not working for you Kat?!

[BeccaBoo]

Sorry Col! Doing the blogs isn't too crazy hard, but if you do miss or mess up one little thing it will make your whole blog wacky!

[mturnidge]

So sorry! That's no fun! It took me HOURS to get my blog looking the way I wanted it. You might need to go back and pick a new template adn edit form there if you can't figure out your BG color issue. If you like my blog layout I could give you my html code. ;)

[ColleenSwerb]

Well I bought one of SMJ's blog packs.
Except nothing was sized right, and when I used the code she included I was missing stuff (I was talking wtih Meg and she used Zoe's as well, thus how I know I was missing stuff, lol).
So then I scrapped that and started over with the minima template.
Magically, my post bg is the same as the overall bg, and I can't figure out why cuz I only have that code in there once and it's where it's supposed to be.

I spent like 2.5 hours on it and I'm giving up for the evening. I'll start again tomorrow refreshed and ready to scour google for tips, lol!

ETA: Thanks Megan. I'm just gonna start over with minima in the morning I think. I've figured out a bunch of things to change and whatnot, so that should go a little smoother, lol. I just don't have the energy to start over AGAIN tonight.

[BeccaBoo]

Oh Col! I know how frustrating that can be! Feel free to PM me if you need any help.

[Sarah8914]

I have spent way too much time with blogger.

How your blog is currently, you could just add a blank paper (even white) for the "main" and "sidebar" sections just like you did the background. Good luck!

[crecia27]

I feel for you! I finally fixed mine tonight. I used this ladies instructions and finally got all the backgrounds the way I wanted. Its been screwed up for months!

http://sjhblogdesign.blogspot.com/

[Jennifer]

Good luck fixing it up! Don't let Blogger beat you, LOL. I, too, would be lost w/out Zoe's blog in a box...and a little help from Nikki and Becca! :p

[cheltzey]

I just spent an hour today trying to make mine all beautiful, but then I gave up. I have no idea what I'm doing, and my blog is so extremely boring I'm not surprised no one but my family reads it. Maybe I'll bite the bullet and get Zoe's Blog in a Box. I'm just afraid that I wouldn't be able to get that to work either!

[BeccaBoo]

I just spent an hour today trying to make mine all beautiful, but then I gave up. I have no idea what I'm doing, and my blog is so extremely boring I'm not surprised no one but my family reads it. Maybe I'll bite the bullet and get Zoe's Blog in a Box. I'm just afraid that I wouldn't be able to get that to work either!

Zoe's BIAB is pretty easy to install. If you do get it and have any questions you can always ask Zoe or myself, we are always happy to help!

[lizzyfizzy]

man, col! i hear ya. blogger has me so intimidated.

[gracielou]

Well I bought one of SMJ's blog packs.
Except nothing was sized right, and when I used the code she included I was missing stuff (I was talking wtih Meg and she used Zoe's as well, thus how I know I was missing stuff, lol).
So then I scrapped that and started over with the minima template.
Magically, my post bg is the same as the overall bg, and I can't figure out why cuz I only have that code in there once and it's where it's supposed to be.

I spent like 2.5 hours on it and I'm giving up for the evening. I'll start again tomorrow refreshed and ready to scour google for tips, lol!

ETA: Thanks Megan. I'm just gonna start over with minima in the morning I think. I've figured out a bunch of things to change and whatnot, so that should go a little smoother, lol. I just don't have the energy to start over AGAIN tonight.

Did you watch the video she has on her website. I did that when I bought one of hers and it walks you through step by step the process. I am clueless when it comes to anything blogger but I did it no problem. It took me forever but the video and seeing the steps helped me so much

[Kat Stokes]

Is it not working for you Kat?!

Well, I only messed with it for a little while. I'll try again tomorrow. If it doesn't work, can I PM you?

[BeccaBoo]

Well, I only messed with it for a little while. I'll try again tomorrow. If it doesn't work, can I PM you?

Yeap, sure thing chickie! I am usually around here somewhere! LOL!

[Stacey42]

I see what the problem is Col. Your template doesn't have a seperate post background color defined. Go into the edit HTML option in your template and scroll down to the ----Outer Wrapper---- part to this bit here:

#main-wrapper {
width: 600px;
float: left;
word-wrap: break-word; /* fix for long text breaking sidebar float in IE */
overflow: hidden; /* fix for long non-text content breaking IE sidebar float */
}

under the float: left; line copy & paste this:
background: #ffffff;

You don't have a background for your sidebar either, if you want add that go to this part
#sidebar-wrapper {
width: 400px;
float: right;
word-wrap: break-word; /* fix for long text breaking sidebar float in IE */
overflow: hidden; /* fix for long non-text content breaking IE sidebar float */

and paste that background line again with whatever hex code you want. You'll have to change the html every time you want to change those background.

[newfiemountiewife]

Sorry guys!!! I hope you figure it out! I use typepad, and I have so much I want to do with it, that I can't.

[*Kelly*]

I see what the problem is Col. Your template doesn't have a seperate post background color defined. Go into the edit HTML option in your template and scroll down to the ----Outer Wrapper---- part to this bit here:

#main-wrapper {
width: 600px;
float: left;
word-wrap: break-word; /* fix for long text breaking sidebar float in IE */
overflow: hidden; /* fix for long non-text content breaking IE sidebar float */
}

under the float: left; line copy & paste this:
background: #ffffff;

You don't have a background for your sidebar either, if you want add that go to this part
#sidebar-wrapper {
width: 400px;
float: right;
word-wrap: break-word; /* fix for long text breaking sidebar float in IE */
overflow: hidden; /* fix for long non-text content breaking IE sidebar float */

and paste that background line again with whatever hex code you want. You'll have to change the html every time you want to change those background.

I have searched the web on how to do this.. THANK YOU SO MUCH for posting this!! :thumbup:

[ColleenSwerb]

Oooooh thank you Stacey!!!!
Amanda I had no idea she had a video up on her site, lol. I'll check that out too, thanks! :)

ETA: Now all I need to do is to figure out how to put a pretty thing for my archives and get those centered, how to get rid of teh title box and lines, and how to add a post separator.

[Stacey42]

to remove teh box around your title go to the ---Header-- part of the html to this bit

#header-wrapper {
width:800px;
margin:0 auto 10px;
border:1px solid #cccccc;

and change the 1px to 0px

I can't help with the post seperator though.

[amandabarugh]

This may be a dumb question. Do you have to pay blogger anything to be able to change your template html?

[ColleenSwerb]

Nope, not at all Amanda. When you log into blogger and go to the layout section you just click on the "edit html" tab and do whatever you want.

Thanks Stacey, I figured it was something simple like that, lol.