Tips to change the template without deleting the Widgets

Tips to change the template without deleting the Widgets
Step #1. Backup Template

1. Please login to blogger with your ID
2. Click Layout
3. Click the Edit HTML tab.
4. Click the Download Full Template. Please download the file to your computer.

download-full-template
5. Backup process is done. This is only to cope with the error when you change the template because you can restore the backup file.

Step #2 : Backup Widget Code (This is the most important).

1. Make sure you are still in Edit HTML.
2. Copy all the widget codes on your blog into Notepad, or other text editors. The widget code usually begins with the code The example of widget code of Kang Rohman’s:










backup widget

Except the widget codes as follow, you do not need to backup because any template has the widgets:


3. The process of Widget code backup is done.

Step #3 : To change template

1. You’re still on Edit HTML.
2. Click the button Browse.. in the upside, choose the template that you have downloaded at template provider, then click Upload.

uload
3. There will be warning that Widgets are about to be deleted.
4. Click Cancel.

widget delete
5.

Scroll down the page and find the position where your widgets are present. The code usually begins with . e.g. :



6. Copy and then Paste the widget code that you have backed up at Step #2 between the code to place the widget. E.g.:











7. If you are sure that all of the widget codes have been pasted on your new template, please click the button SAVE TEMPLATE.

save template
8. Done. If you have no mistake, all of your old widgets will not lost.

I hope that it is easy to understand.

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