Prepare your Post Template:
- Create a new post and make sure it has all of the formatting and text in it that you want to appear in every post. You might want to have a consistent sign-off like “Thanks for reading” or a signature image, or a related link like I do. Copy and paste from an existing post if that’s quicker
- If it’s an existing post, make sure you delete any information you don’t want to appear. You might also consider replacing text with placeholder words for where you expect to type later. I use things like “Text here” and “Link here”
- Check once more the post looks exactly the way you want it too
- Click the Edit Html tab above your post
- Select and copy all of the HTML code in the window
Create your Post Template:
- Open your Blogger Dashboard in a new browser window or tab
- Click on Settings beside the Blog you want to create a Post Template for
- Click on the Formatting link at the top of the page
- Scroll to the bottom of the page till you find the Post Template section
- Paste the HTML you copied earlier into the Post Template box and press the Save Settings button
Test your Post Template:
- Switch back to the Posting tab
- Create a new post
- Check the Post Template has automatically inserted your default format into the post
- Finish writing your witty and informative post
- Publish the post and check the whole thing looks the way it should
- If you’re happy, congratulations on making your blogging just that bit easier
- If you’re not happy, keep fiddling until you get it just the way you want (it will be worth the effort)
Once again, I hope you’ve found this post useful. Let me know what you think in the comments. I’d love to hear from you all.
Thanks,
