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Gadgets Can't Be Saved With Blank Title

Bloggers everywhere are reporting that when they try to "Add a Gadget", or edit an existing gadget, and save without providing a Title for the gadget, they get sad news.
Required field must not be blank
No title, no new / updated gadget.

Blogger has accepted responsibility for this, and has promised a resolution, at an unspecified time. In the mean time, if you wish to publish your blog, with a gadget with no visible title, simply save the gadget with the title of
 
This will give you a gadget with a non visible, non blank Title.

Comments

Anonymous said…
Thank you for this post!
Yes, I am quite grateful, too!! Thanks so much!
Eric Hanley said…
July 2012 - This trick no longer works :(

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