Comments on: Hiding Static Pages from Main Page in Blogger

By: justin

justin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:09:04 +0000

Hi..i’m actually having what I think to be the opposite issue…my static pages show up on my home page and i want them to, but when you visit them, you only get the title link and not the whole page…is there something else i need to do? any help will be greatly appreciated.

By: jesseina

jesseina — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:35:46 +0000

dear paul,

ive done this trick several times with different templates. it worked like magic! THANKS TO YOUR MAGIC TOUCH!

but this is the first time it has gone wrong.

it is perfect immediately after i save and view the blog…but when i refreshed , the ‘phantom’ page that im suppose to hide starts to appear . i think, there’s something wrong with the looping because there were two of in the template. please help!

By: Tina

Tina — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 06:19:00 +0000

I used the browser finder to find the loop code and it shows that I had the same exact code three different times and the lines that follow don’t look like the codes that needs to be replaced… what should I do?

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:05:07 +0000

Please disregard my previous message. I’ve searched google and found what I need to clear up my latest issue.

Thanks again!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:46:40 +0000

Thank you!! Thank you!! The suggestion to download an XML Editor was the best yet. I now have one final error that the Editor does not seem to find …and I still cannot save the template. See error in next paragraph:

The processing instruction target matching “[xX][mM][lL]” is not allowed.

I’m unable to locate anything like this in my template. Any suggestions as to where I might look or how to resolve?

Again, thanks for the tip on the editor.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:24:02 +0000

That may not be possible because of how Blogger labels the pages. For the labels, archive, and home pages, the page type is “index”. This means that when you specify pageType == “index” in your code, it applies to all three types of pages.

I’m not sure if there is an easy way of distinguishing one from another, but I’ll see what I can find. In the meantime, you may want to display the title in content on the pages to avoid any issues.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:14:50 +0000

This issue usually occurs when you have an open tag but haven’t closed it properly. Check all your tags to ensure they are all closed. Also, you may also want to ensure that your quotes are proper and then they aren’t odd looking.

The best way of looking for the problem tags is to find an XML editor online and install it on your local machine. The editor within Blogger is not easy to use when it comes to finding errors in your template.

By: anshul

anshul — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:13:42 +0000

hello paul,
thanks a lot for changing my template to my requirement. you are gem of a person always ready to help others out. Heartfelt thanks for that.
i had an issue. i wanted to display post titles only on archive and labels page, but from 2nd page onwards it displays only titles and not textx. i want “titles+text” in all pages and “only titles” in labels and archive pages. can you show me a way around please ?? sorry for troubling you again and again.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:40:34 +0000

T. Larking – thanks for trying to help. Unfortunately, that’s not what I’m looking for. What I’m looking for is that my static pages not being seen anywhere on the blog except for the specific link that leads to it. Basically, my static page is a FAQ page. Although, I have it set so it doesn’t show on the archive list, if you click on “older posts” you’ll eventually see it. If I use your suggestion, the post remains on the main page because the date is set in the future, although I can hide the datestamp.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:33:03 +0000

Thank you for your excellent instructions and explanation! I made all the changes and worked through the error messages – however, I am unable to find the issue with the message below. Body has been closed with html . Please assist.

Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure all XML elements are closed properly.
XML error message: The element type “body” must be terminated by the matching end-tag “”.