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Arti
from Mumbai |

If you too are facing any technical problems in blogspot,  put it up here. And i request all fellow indibloggers to spare the time and answer them

I am trying to save my posts in drafts, in blogger in draft, but am not able to do so. When I try to save my posts it returns an error message -- "Post was not saved due to form errors"

I checked the html edit and it shows a lot of junk at the start and also a line in red color at the top which reads "Your HTML cannot be accepted: Tag is not allowed: LINK…"Can some body help me out please… InnocentInnocent

I just upgraded my Mozilla Firefox from version 2.1 to 3.6, was not having any problem before this…I am using microsoft word 7.

Thanks a lot :)

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Sujith
from Kerala |

You might have copy pasted the post from a word file. If you want to do so, First copy paste the content to notepad and again copy the same to your blog from notepad.

Arti
from Mumbai |

Thanks. I did that and published my post yesterday.
But I have always used word for uploading my articles .. Why is it that the older version of firefox never gave me a problem?
And the new one is.. Is it that the new version and word are not compatible?

Guha Rajan
from Chennai |

Arti, I tried accesing you blog, it looks OK and I am able to access the same.

Just discard changes, sign out and sign in back. More importantly, if you want to change the HTML, back up the HTML code, before attempting for changes.

Hope this helps!

Arti
from Mumbai |

I tried signing out and then signing in again.. But the problem persisted.
Anyways thanks.
I will remember the back up advice.

Nandan Narula
from Indore, Bhopal |

Hi Arti

I am also a blogger use, though i am not a techie guy, but i had faced a similar problem twice. My experience says that when we do some formatting to our posts in MS word like introducing bullets, indent , spacing, changing the font colour, size etc. and then copy paste the same in blogger, it gives this message and prevents us from saving the stuff. I dont know, but till the time i was using Internet Explorer, i never faced this problem. Now what i do is, i simply type it in MS word without giving any bullets or line spacing and then copy paste it, so its working well with me.  Laughing

Nandan Narula
from Indore, Bhopal |

TYPO -*blogger user*

Arti
from Mumbai |

Thanks Nandan. Its strange IExp doesn't give this problem.. Even I noticed it!

Team NTMN
from Delhi |

Advice for Blogspot users:

DO ALL FORMATTING IN BLOGSPOT EDIT MODE. Text, formatted externally, messes up when pasted in Blogger.

So, if copy-pasting from somewhere else, paste it into Edit HTML mode, not "Compose" mode. After pasting, come back to "Compose" mode, and do the formatting.

If using MS Word, better not do formatting there. Just type out, because ultimately the formatting has to be done in Blogger's Compose mode only, if you don't want a mess-up.

Vivek Chamolli
from New Delhi |

Hi ,

At Blogger sometime it does happens some html  gets misplaced resulting in  error in html posting.

Like sometime we tries to put pictures or video  but by mistake we delete or remove some tags , so we can use the codes if we want to post a picture from the web or if we can ulload and then check if the picture is having the right syntax or not.

here is one simple code for that

<img border="0" height="210" src="put the http image path of image here" width="320" />

You can change the height  and width as per your blog . and  inside "  " put the link address , and its there .

For video you will get the embedding code normally from where you are taking that video.

or else you can use this link "http://cit.ucsf.edu/embedmedia/step1.php"

If there are issues 1st copy the contents you have written and save it in notepad. and then do some workaround over it.

Hope it helps :)

Arti
from Mumbai |

Thanks everyone..
All your suggestions and advice was a lot of help to me:)

Harshad
from Pune |

You can also paste content directly in HTML mode..to avoid notepad..Smile

Arti
from Mumbai |

You mean from word?? But the html field is not empty...
I now prepare the post in word then transfer it in notepad and then copypaste in the blogger compose part....

Harshad
from Pune |

What I mean is write your posy in MS Word  and copy paste it in Edit HTML mode of editor. Ar you using the latest editor.

http://www.latest-techtips.com/2010/11/how-to-create-professional-looking.html

Look at the first image and the first tab in the article..may be you will get some clue.

Pranab Chatterjee
from Kolkata |

looks like ms word shit to me :)

Arti
from Mumbai |

You are right...

Prasad Np
from Delhi / Gurgaon |

Now that we are on this topic, let me share my exeperience, I have never been able to paste Excel tables in Blogger. 

Any help will be very helpful.

Nextgen
from Bangalore |

Try pasting in WORD and then copy from there and paste it onto Blogger post.

Try using different browsers. Hope this helps.

Arti
from Mumbai |

Yes trying different browsers sometimes solves the problem.

Abhinav
from Osaka city/Japan |

Hi

It is due to the fact that ms word adds its on crappy formatting to the text.

To get rid of it, do not write your articles in word.

Use windows live writer if you really love to write in your computer first.

Then you can also directly publish to your blog from the Windows Live Writer options.

It is very convenient and verey useful if you write a lot.

Hope that helps someone. :)

Arti
from Mumbai |

Thanks Abhinav. Will try it sometime soonSmile

Arti
from Mumbai |

I wanted to put up images of maps(not google maps, the normal .gif/.jpeg image maps) on my blog for travel posts...

But I want to edit these maps and place markers or arrow marks at certain places along the route and track a certain section of the entire route with a different color.

Is this possible?? If yes, can anyone please tell me how this has to be done...

Arti
from Mumbai |

I have a post which is a good source of traffic to my blog through Google search. It comes very high in its web search but the post contains a dead link.I want to edit the post and correct the link. It is an old post published in the month of August.Will such an action have any effect on the Google search results??

Sujith
from Kerala |

No, you can update the post without affecting the search engine rank. Don't change the title.

Arti
from Mumbai |

Thanks Sujith. I was wondering about this query for quite some time, will do the change shortly:)

Arti
from Mumbai |

Any one there?

GeEtS
from delhi |

facing Error 101 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_RESET): Unknown error unable to access blogspot blogs

RioZee
from Out of this yEt in this World |

can you try some other internt service provider

GeEtS
from delhi |

its working now  ..magic magic  :))

Arti
from Mumbai |

Glad to know that the problem is now solved:)

GeEtS
from delhi |

I am not in office today , i cant

RioZee
from Out of this yEt in this World |

okies.

DS
from Mumbai |

I am a new blogger and would like to know --

How to embed the search button in the header??

DS
from Mumbai |

No one helps a newbie here?

DS
from Mumbai |

Why isnt anyone answering this seemingly simple query for seasoned bloggers?

Abhay
from Bhubneswar |

how to put up ones indirank on the blog page of blogspot??

Arti
from Mumbai |

Hi Abhay,

Go to Design - Add a Gadget - Html/ Javascriptt - ChooseThe Code Of Indirank Of Desired Color - Copy Paste In Html/ Javascriptt - Save The Changes...

And voila you are doneSmile

DS
from Mumbai |

What about my query????????

Arti
from Mumbai |

Sorry I dont have any idea about that, hope somebody replies to you soon!