Tweaking Permalink in Blogger Beta

Post Pages give each of your posts their own unique web page, in addition to appearing on your blog's front page. The advantage to that is your readers are able to link to this particular post.

Here is another good question from a reader, Shrish. He wondered if it is possible to take this hack,Tweaking Permalink in Blogger, and use it for Blogger Beta. To re-hash from that post, in blogger posts, if you hoover over the timestamp a small popup will come up that says 'permanent link'. Unless someone is familiar with all the fine details of blogger, they won't find this link. This is a disadvantage. But, you can easily add the text 'permalink' to that time stamp to Blogger Beta too. First you must open Dashboard/ archiving/ check: Enable post pages. Return to Dashboard/ Template/ Edit HTML/ check: Expand Widget Templates. Locate this code and insert Permalink (with a space in front):

<b:if cond='data:post.allowComments'>
<a class='comment-link' expr:href='data:post.addCommentUrl' expr:onclick='data:post.addCommentOnclick'><b:if cond='data:post.numComments == 1'>1 comment<b:else/><data:post.numComments/> <data:top.commentLabelPlural/></b:if></a>
</b:if>
</b:if>
</span> <span class='post-timestamp'>
<b:if cond='data:top.showTimestamp'>
<data:top.timestampLabel/>
<b:if cond='data:post.url'>
<a class='timestamp-link' expr:href='data:post.url' title='permanent link'><data:post.timestamp/> Permalink</a>
</b:if>
</b:if>
</span> <span class='post-icons'>
You can see how to do this on Classic Blogger here: Tweaking Permalink in Blogger

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20 comments:

  1. annie, i know reasonable amount of CSS. i want to tweak the CSS to change the appearance and properties of the "Posted by...", "Labels" lines. I have a 3col Denim template from Ramani.

    Also, i cant seem to apply your author comment highlighting hack, since the css classes are different from what you mentioned.

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  2. @sumesh, I edited mine by opening the dashboard/ page elements/ blog posts-edit. You can configure away!!

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  3. could you explain? blog-posts doesn't have any editable CSS!

    also would you mind checking my blog- Digital Dreams? I have been posting a lot, and a few said it was excellent. but no major traffic.
    and guess what? i am aged only 14!

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  4. @sumesh, When you open your dashboard, go to 'page elements'. You should see an element called 'blog posts'. In the lower right hand corner click on 'edit'.

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  5. annie, How can I edit the 'Post a Comment' text at the end of comments on a blog post. I searched the entire template (with widgets expanded) but cann't find the text string.

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  6. @shrish, look for this code with widgets expanded:

    <p class='comment-footer'>
    <a expr:href='data:post.addCommentUrl' expr:onclick='data:post.addCommentOnclick'>Post a Comment</a>
    </p>

    Then edit 'Post a Comment' to what you want.

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  7. Hi annie,I was just just wondering if there is a code on how to remove the feed link at the bottom of a post, the one which says Post (Atom). Without affecting anything.

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  8. @broken,
    1. Go to dashboard/ template/ edit HTML
    2. Click the 'Expand Widgets Templates' box
    3. Find:
    <b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != "item"'> <!-- Blog feed links -->
    <b:if cond='data:feedLinks'>
    <div class='blog-feeds'>
    <b:include data='feedLinks' name='feedLinksBody'/>
    </div>
    </b:if>
    4. Remove:
    <b:include data='feedLinks' name='feedLinksBody'/>

    That should remove Posts (Atom).

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  9. Thanks for your help annie, it's finally gone!

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  10. @broken, you are very welcome! I am looking forward to seeing your blog get off the ground. When it does, let me know, and I will add your link to my template and/or graphics list!

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  11. Well ok, I was hesitated to post the link of my blog because I thought it was a form of advertising and I'm not sure if there are some rules here at Blogger University. Here's the link http://extremepixels.blogspot.com

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  12. @broken, I had a look at your blog earlier, so I knew your URL! But, I like the look of your blog...nice clean lines and very professional. I am always on the look out for a good graphic/template resource for my readers. So, when you get your blog 'loaded' I'll add your link.

    As far as spam. I know when it is blatant spamming, and I will delete the post. But, usually it is just readers with problems or questions that post a link to their blog, and that I appreciate and don't mind at all. Otherwise I have to go through the profile (as I did to see your blog) to take a look at their blogs.

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  13. Thanks for the tip.
    First time visitor but I'm sure to be back a lot! Seems like so much to learn here.

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  14. @jerusalem joe, There is so much to learn! Happy you found my blog.

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  15. @Lux, I will put this on my list of things to do as I don't know the answer off the top of my head.

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  16. Hello, I can't seem to find the code in my new blogger blog to be edited to tweak my permalink. I am using eblogtemplates ads theme.

    Help. Thanks.

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  17. @kibo, send me your xml file and I will take a look.

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  18. finally got it to work. thanks for the help

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  19. How can i remove date from permalink of blogger????

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  20. why i can`t do this in my blogger ? :( Please help me, where i have to copy this code. thanks

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