hey there,
i need help with my blog. i dont quite get the archiving thing. also, when i log into blogger..theres a link there that says create a new blog...lets say i click on that...what will happen? also, do you guys know how i can delete my other blogger account cuz i think one blogger account is enough for me. thanks so much!

If you click the create new blog link that means you can create another blog under the same screen name you have it wont delete the one you have or anything though it will just make another. As for the archiving thing what don't you understand? Just how to set it up? It took me awhile to figure it out to they dont explain it well and I can *try* to help you

yeah, i really dont understand how it goes. cuz when i checked the settings...i made the archiving for one week. but i havent got archives yet and i just wanna know whats the link and stuff.

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OK well I didn't get to look at your blog but thats ok I can still try to help ya. Ill give you a rundown of what all needs to go where and try to explain it as best I can! From where you actually edit you blog go to settings, from there go to Archiving. Ok

Archive Frequency: pretty self explainitory just how often you want a new archive to be set up

Archive Index File: I have yes selected for this not exactly sure what it means but as long as it works thats what matters!

Archive path: this is where you want your archive FILE to go for example if you named the file that the links to the archives will go "index.html" and it was under something like http://www.host.com/you/archive you would put /archive in that field! for me i dont have a folder set up for mine because for some reason it didn't work but try that if it doesnt work than just put a / mark in there and it will save it to the main directory for your webpage

Archive Filename this is the name of the file you want the links to all the archives to be called. Mine is just index.html but I dont have an index.html for my webpage already and I dont know whether you do or not so you might want to name it something different just to be on the safe side and not have to worry that your webpage that you made get erased.

When that is filled out save the changes and you will have to hit publish even if you did not write something in your blog otherwise it wont save it and show up!

Last but not least all these files and folders (such as the Archive filename and path) have to exhist on your website before you save this information or it wont work. Hopefully this will help but if you still need more information about something dont hesitate to ask!

the only thing i see is archiving frequency...which i set for weekly. i swear, thats the only thing i have on my archiving settings. maybe because my blogs new? maybe thats the reason i cant see anything else?

i just changed my archives to monthly. i dont get how to put a link to my june entries on my main page. and i want my archive template to be the same as my blog template. i tried putting the code on my blog template for my archive template but nothing shows up and my blog disappears.

Ok this is how my blogger looks when I sign on I just wanna make sure ours are the same and all! Go HERE (http://www.geocities.com/spongebob_nudiepants_82/temp/blank.html) i took a pic of the main part and the archive settings part!

Now for the June entries:

Link to ONE archive: Ok to link to just one set of archives first go to the page you defined as the place to put links to all the archives on (Like mine was index.html whatever you named yours go to that page). Alright now first of all make sure there are links on there if there arent let me know it might have something to do with the archive template! If there are links open the one for June or any month you want and when that opens copy the address from your browser. Now just make that a link on your webpage wherever you want it!

Link to ALL archives: To link to all of the archives is a lot easier. Just put a link to the page you defined to have your archive links on (again my index.html is this so whatever you named it just link to that page!)

Now you asked about the template is there anyway you could post the two codes for your blog and your archives templates on here? If you dont want to do that you can email them to me. That way i can take a look at them and try to figure out whats wrong there. First of all do you have this code(below) after the </head> tag?


<Blogger>
<a href='<$BlogArchiveLink$>'>Archives from: <$BlogArchiveName$></a><br>
</Blogger>

Thats all that really needs to be on your archive page and all you have to copy from the main template is the CSS not the entire thing. If you have both of those things then Ill have to look at the code and try to figure out what it is.


If you dont want to post it here, my email is here (urmylilpnut@hotmail.com). If you email me just put something in the subject so I know not to delete it b/c I get a ton of junk mail all the time