• Registered: 2009-08-30
  • Posts: 14

Topic: Editing Blogger Template in Dreamweaver

Ok, so I recently signed up to blogger.com.   

I found a template I kinda like, but I want to edit it quite substantially.   So I noticed the customization option, I clicked on layout, and then clicked "edit html".   I downloaded the xml file.  I opened it in dreamweaver, and when I look it over, the code all appears to make sense.   But when I preview the code in firefox, it doesn't work.   

For a second I thought this might have been because I had to run the file through WAMP, but that didn't fix it either.

Can anyone here help me with this?

  • Gender: Male
  • From: Chico/Sacramento, CA
  • Registered: 2008-12-19
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Re: Editing Blogger Template in Dreamweaver

You won't be able to preview that locally. It requires a database and additional code to make it work that you can't download (as far as I know). To preview things, you'll have to make your changes in Dreamweaver, copy the code and paste it back into blogger to preview.

  • From: Florida
  • Registered: 2008-12-19
  • Posts: 2,593

Re: Editing Blogger Template in Dreamweaver

Why not use Wordpress?  You can host it on your own domain, edit the core files via ftp and preview it on the fly!

  • Registered: 2009-08-30
  • Posts: 14

Re: Editing Blogger Template in Dreamweaver

Wordpress can do that?  Sweet.  So I'll go with that then, thanks. smile