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How to escape < and > inside <pre> tags

I'm trying to write a blog post which includes a code segment inside a tag. The code segment includes a generic type and uses <> to define that type. This is what the segment looks like: <pre> PrimeCalc calc = new PrimeCalc(); Func<int, int> del = calc.GetNextPrime; </pre> The resulting HTML removes the <> and ends up like th...

With Blogger (FTP, Classic) how do you add features that are too complex for the template?

Using classic templates, publishing via FTP to a custom domain. I want to add custom elements such as: a tree view for archived posts (expanding using CSS/JavaScript) a tag cloud a slideshow of images ...

Which programming blog entry opened your eyes and made you do something different as a developer from that moment on?

We all have had the experience... Somebody opened our eyes at some point with a very good blog post about our work as developers. And from that day with strive to do a better job. What was the most influential development blog post for you? And how did it effect you in realizing or doing something different from that moment on? ...

Swf object doesn't seem to work inside a Blogger post

Any ideas why? On the following link, where it says "So..." there should be an embedded swf. http://blog.iainlobb.com/2008/10/wrong-door-creating-papervision3d.html ...

Is there a common blog API in the works?

I've used the Blogger Data API and I know WordPress has an API of their own, but is there any standard in the works? Hypothetically, if you were starting your own blog-style CMS that you wanted to make available via a web service, what API would you choose? ...

What are the steps I need to take to add nice java code formatting to my blogger/blogspot blog?

I'm looking for a sequence of steps to add java code formatting to my blogspot blog. I'm really looking for a dummies guide - something so simple a cleaner could follow it if they found it on a piece of paper on the floor. ...

SEO consequences of using a subdomain for an externally-hosted blog?

Is there any SEO disadvantage in using a subdomain to host a blog on Wordpress or Blogger? I don't want to go to the trouble of creating a blog module for my site - I'd rather just set up a CNAME entry and point a subdomain to a free Wordpress or Blogger account. Will Google punish me for doing this by claiming that I have "duplicate con...

Blogger help with labels

Hi Guys, Just wondering whether anyone knows how to get blogger labels into "alt" tags in an image. I have tried alt="data:post.labels" to no available at all ? Doesnt anyone know how to assist with this on blogger? P.S - I know about the ‘rel=tag’ - but for the specific template i want to have the labels appear as text in the alt ta...

Images are SOMETIMES there ...

Okay, I admit that the code is a right mess but I am an old dog who's new at this! It's a Blogger CSS template that I have been hacking around (and using with Blogger) and it now does what I want it to do ... sometimes. However, there is a pattern to the misbehaviour: First load: it's usually all there and looks good. Refresh, reload or ...

Loading a Blogger page in an XML object in ActionScript results in missing tags

Whenever I load any blogger page through an XML object in actionscript 2 almost all of the contents of the page magically disappear. I would assume that since the pages are in xhtml that this should work. Here is what I get if I try to load Steve Yegge's blog: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/T...

How to replace words on blogger theme with image?

I have created a 960x100 image to take the place of the header words on this blogger theme. Does anyone know how this can be accomplished? Need an expert! :-) http://selfemployedmavens.blogspot.com/ ...

weird CSS behaviour

I installed a template on blogger, but it's not showing the background image. in the main blog here you can see that there is no background image (the orange one) now visiting this one which is the blog I do test the template on first, shows normally the background. the weird result is that if you go back to the first website now and ...

Posting to Blogger using PHP

I'm having a problem getting the Blogger API for PHP to work. What I need is to be able to post a new blogpost to my bloggeraccount. The code I'm using is taken from the Google API page here : http://code.google.com/intl/nl/apis/blogger/docs/1.0/developers%5Fguide%5Fphp.html Here is my code : <? require_once 'Zend/Loader.php'; Zend_Lo...

php help needed, blogger api / xml warnings??

hi all, I came across a script to display the last X amount of blog posts from my blogger account, however I'm getting this warning: Warning: Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated - argument passed by value; If you would like to pass it by reference, modify the declaration of xml_set_object(). If you would like to enable call...

How can I make a blogger.com template?

How can I make a template for blogger.com? ...

Twitter Widget on Blogger

How can I fix the view of this twitter on my blogger blog. Here it is the widget page: http://twitter.com/goodies/widget%5Fprofile Here it is how it ends looking on the blog (not rounded corners, misplaced names and images): http://my2hours.blogspot.com/ ...

how can I make template of blogger from PSD files !

hi, I'd like to change my template on my blog; I design a template using the gaint PhotoShop but; how can I make template of blogger from PSD files ! ...

how can I make template of blogger from PSD fiels , PSD to XML file !

hi, I created a blog on blogger.com I design a template with photoshop and I'd like to transforme it to xml file to make it as blogger template ... mm what's the solution , can I do this act ! can I generate a xml file from PSD ... I don't know ... I read that I can and I saw a blog about this subject ,but I don't remeber wher ! any ...

Can I add AJAX code(animated files) in header section of blogger blogs?

I have created a health blog using blogger. I want to add AJAX code in their header section. Can this be done? How would I get started? ...

Blogger: Layout problem when searching by label

I am having an issue with this blog: www.bargainbuggyblog.com I have it set up with links at the top. When you click on "take a peek" (search label-peek) it causes my right sidebar to move off the outer wrapper portion of the blog and into the background space. The "deals" tab at the top is set up the same way, but is not causing this ...