Creating a Blogger theme from scratch : Widgets

A widget is a small plastic ball used to introduce nitrogen into beer to provide....wait wrong widget. A widget is an element on the page that provides interaction with the site. Blogger has a limited number of widgets to choose from. Widgets can only be defined inside sections. The attributes permitted on widgets are listed below.

Creating a Blogger theme from scratch : Sections

The section tag is a container for widget elements on the page. You should use a section anywhere you want to add content dynamically or conditionally. A section can only contain widgets. It is not possible to nest a section within a section.

Creating a Blogger theme from scratch : Elements

This page should be used for reference, it'll give a detail of the attributes we can place against the Blogger specific tags.

Creating a Blogger theme from scratch : The Basics

Google domains provides a really easy and intuitive method for linking new domains to Blogger. I have yet to find a decent guide on how to set up a new theme on Blogger (formerly Blogspot) so I've decided to write one myself based on my experiences setting up this page. I figured most of this out from snippets, trial and error and disecting a few freely available themes.