Arrange and Customize Blog Posts Elements

We wrote an article on customizing Blog Post Footer elements, adding pictures, signature, changing the wordings of the elements, etc. If you are not thinking of adding images, but simply changing the text or the position of these Blog Post elements, there is an easy way to do it.

Login to your Dashboard, go to Template -> Page Elements. You should be able to see the “Blog Posts” widget. Click the “Edit” link at the bottom right corner. You will see this Edit screen:-



The elements you can change or edit are:-

1. Number of posts to be displayed on main page

You can set a number of posts to be shown or number of days with post. If your posts are lengthy, try not to set the number too high because it affects the load time of your page.

2. Date format

You may even uncheck it so as not to display dates. The caution note here is that some blog directories and Ad companies will not accept your Blog unless they can see the date of posts. This is their way of ensuring that you have an active Blog.

3. Posted By

As you can see, these words can be replaced with other text like “Author” or “Poems by”. The author's name will still be shown. To remove the author's name or change it to an image, you may look up the above guide.

4. Time stamping

The word “at” and the time formats are variables you can change. Not a big deal. If time is not really important to your posts, you may uncheck the box.

5. Links to this post

These are the backlinks showing who link to your posts. Change the text. You can also configure this under Settings -> Comments and choose to show or hide the backlinks.

6. Labels

Labels are the tags you have used to describe your posts. For some, other words like “Subjects”, “Genre”, “Topics” or “What About” may be more suitable.

7. Quick Editing

Only the blog authors can see this pencil icon when they are logged in to their Blogger account. At a click, they can edit the various posts. Without this function, you would need to go to Posting -> Edit Posts in order to edit any earlier published post.

8. Email Post Links

Display this to allow users to email your post to their friends. It is a no-harm-having-it feature, so you may want to leave it there.

9. Show Ads Between Posts

For those who want to have Google AdSense Ads appear after every post, this is what you have to tick. You will be able to configure the type of Ad size and color scheme. Should you have more than 3 posts shown on a page, Google will display only 3 Ad units (including any Ad in your sidebars) on a page, the current allowable number. To maximize your income opportunity, you may want to complement your Google AdSense with other non-conflicting Ad services like AuctionAds. Also, should you want to place these Ads at the top of the posts or the side, you may follow our tutorial at AdSense Code in Blogger Post Body.

10. Arrange Footer Elements

Finally, under “Arrange Items” you can adjust and shift the positions of the Post Footer items. Drag and drop them to the desired position. When all is done, Save the Changes and view your Blog to see the new formatted layout of your Blog Posts.

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