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.

<b:section>

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.
Attribute Description Required?
id Unique identifier for the section.

name How Blogger will display the name when viewed in the Layouts tab.

class CSS classes that will be applied to your section when rendered, used for styling.

showAddElement Allows users to add widgets to the section on the Layouts tab.

maxWidgets Assigns a limit to the maximum number of widgets permitted in this section.

growth Options of 'horizontal' or 'vertical' will define whether new widgets are added to the right or the bottom of the section.

preferred A boolean to determine the priority of the section, preferred sections will take higher priority

Example Code
 
    <b:section class='content' id='main' showaddelement='yes' />
    	/* Main Content */
    </b:section>