In this very short but precise post, i will be sharing with you How to Change a Blogger/ Template Without Losing Any of The Sidebar Gadgets.

Like all things 'technical', once you know how to do this, this is SO easy. I have used this technique many times as I experiment with new templates. This method maintains your sidebar gadgets. There will be no need to copy them from your old template and then paste them into your new template.

The first thing you want to do is Save your original HTML code. In Blogger, click on Layout. Then click on Edit Html. Highlight the entire code, Copy and Paste it into Notepad and SAVE it!!! Never make any changes to your HTML code without first saving a copy of it.

Next, find a template you like from one of the many sites that offer blogger templates (and many of them are offered free).

'Get the Code' and Copy and Paste it into Notepad. (Sometimes the code gets downloaded as an .xml file and you might have trouble opening it. If that happens, I Rename it with a .txt extension. Yes, I get a warning message about changing the extension but I ignore it.)

In the new template code, find the 'close head' code. It will be an open bracket (). (See below. The actual code would not display here. I've added the dots to be able to illustrate it. Remove them and you'll know what the code looks like.)
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