The XML based Layout template has been a Blogger feature for almost 4 years now.
Occasionally, we get a strange problem report in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue.
This is a very simple trick.
For any new blog, when we add a default Profile gadget, the gadget is titled "About Me" - and the gadget contains a snippet of the Blogger Profile. If we add authors to a blog, it becomes a team blog, and "About Me" becomes an inaccurate description.
For a team blog, "About Me" is displayed as "Contributors" - and simply contains a list of the members (administrators and authors) for the blog, with each list entry linked to the member Blogger Profile page.
This trick really is magic.
Now, you see it. Now, you don't.
Occasionally, we get a strange problem report in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue.
My Profile gadget disappeared from my blog. I went to "Page Elements" to add it back, and the error says that it's already added, even though it isn't.Where did the Profile gadget go?
This is a very simple trick.
For any new blog, when we add a default Profile gadget, the gadget is titled "About Me" - and the gadget contains a snippet of the Blogger Profile. If we add authors to a blog, it becomes a team blog, and "About Me" becomes an inaccurate description.
For a team blog, "About Me" is displayed as "Contributors" - and simply contains a list of the members (administrators and authors) for the blog, with each list entry linked to the member Blogger Profile page.
This trick really is magic.
- Start with a single administrator / owner - the gadget is titled "About Me".
- Add an author / member - the gadget is titled "Contributors".
- Remove all excess authors / administrators - the gadget is titled "About Me" again.
- Setup a custom Profile gadget, and call it what you wish.
Now, you see it. Now, you don't.
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