How to apply my template

• Make sure that you now what you are doing.
  If you are not sure, create a new blog under your account and please have an experiment beforehand, you can delete that blog later .
• You must already have a new blogger account, or have migrated from old blogger to new one.
• You must already downloaded the template text from this site
• You have to download/back-up your existing layout beforehand, it will become important as it stores most of your previous collection of link, javascript etc
  

• To apply the template, go to Template section - Edit HTML
  

• You must ticked the Expand Widget Templates , click Browse, then point to the new template file (a txt or xml), then click Upload
  If there is a warning about widgets to be deleted, just click Confirm & Save, do not worry, you can add widgets later on. As many as you want.
  
  

• You are now officially use the template from retrospectext
• To add widgets, now go to Page Elements tab
  
• First, edit the Header. Click the edit text on the bottom-right corner of the widget
• A new window will appear, now fill in your Blog Title and description, then click Save Changes.

• Now, we add a new widget to the right-side column / menubar
• Click Add a Page Element text right at the top of right side-bar / column
• Choose the element that you want, let say, we choose the Link List
• Fill in the Title, URL and Name of your first link, click add link, and repeat it until all your links are listed
  

• You can order your link alphabetically, just choose the option from the drop down list
• After finished it, click Save Changes
• Keep on adding widgets to other layout part.
• If the widget arrangement is a bit ackward, or strange, refresh your browser’s page.
• If you want to move a widget, just drag n drop it by clicking the handle of the widget.
• If you think it is enough, click save button on the top of the page.
• Your result –maybe- will look like this. Remember, you can add or remove any widget that you want.
  
• If there is a widget that you want to remove, just click edit at the widget box that you want to remove and then choose Remove page elements.
  
  
• Remember, you have to put a link to my site at http://retrospectext.blogspot.com/ in your footer ;)
  
  Thanks for using my template and Happy Blogging!