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Publishing Problem: Only The Title Is Posting

Blogger Support reports resolution of a problem where A fraction of old Blogger blogs are returning 403 Forbidden errors. All template images served from blogblog.com are also returning this error, resulting in broken templates. Oddly, though, more reports of this symptom keep being posted in the forums. The primary symptom noted is inability to post anything but titles. Subsequent advice in the forums is, for folks continuing to report the problem, to clear cache and cookies . But several questions remain, in my opinion, unanswered. First, when should cache and cookies be cleared? Before publishing? Or after publishing, but before viewing? If the former, then all affected blogs have to be republished, after the owner clears cache and cookies. If the latter, then the owner can simply continue publishing, but all folks who recently read the affected blogs now have cached corrupt content, and must clear cache and cookies. Second, should we clear cache, cookies, or both? Cache is mer...