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Saturday, August 17, 2013

Removing Subscribe Gadget from Blogger's Dynamic View

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Now that there's a fix for the Ghost Template problem in Dynamic View template, let's focus on to other areas that need some fixings. First, the Subscribe gadget. Why is it always there? How the hell do you remove it? Well, removing it might be a little tricky, but there's an easy way to just hide it altogether from showing up - and it works just as good. Here's how..

Go to Template Designer - Advanced - Add CSS - paste the following code - Press enter after the last character of the last line } - Apply to Blog. 
#gadget-dock div.gadget-item:last-child, #spk{
display: none !important;
}
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43 comments:

  1. UnknownAugust 24, 2013 at 6:28 AM

    Thank you very much! This worked for me! I have another issue maybe you can help me with. I am trying to make a gadget dock icon behave as a link to a website. I use much code from your site including the CSS for custom icon images:

    http://www.southernspeakers.net/2012/03/change-gadget-icons-in-blogger-dynamic.html

    Could I insert a command and url somewhere in this CSS to make the actual icon function as a link? Or would there be another way to do it, if at all? Any input would be great!

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    1. YoboyAugust 24, 2013 at 1:22 PM

      I wish I could do that as well, and believe me, I've given it a fair amount of attempts till date. Unfortunately, CSS is definitely out of the question, as it can only be used for styling - no structural change can be me made via CSS. Our only hope is Javascript. Sadly, I've learnt from my previous attempts that they don't go along well with Dynamic View's native scripts - they just won't co-exist.

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  2. UnknownAugust 24, 2013 at 11:04 PM

    Thank you. The closest I've gotten is to use hyperlink html in the "title" field of a gadget (through the Layout page in Blogger), so at least you have one less click to follow a link in the gadget dock:

    http://www.independent-investments.com/

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  3. UnknownAugust 27, 2013 at 5:27 AM

    Southern Speakers is a great blog, Yoga. Very helpful. I have two other issues I am trying to solve for the dynamic template and you may have the answer. The first is when I use Add CSS to remove the header bar with

    .header div.header-drawer{display: none;}

    there remains a thin line running horizontally where the top of the header bar used to be (magnification reveals a 4px shading just below the header area).

    Secondly and less importantly is a practical way to remove the "quickedit" pencil that displays after a post title when I am logged in. I know visitors can't see it, but it throws off (slightly) the centering of the post title when I am logged in, which is distracting to my eye. The space occupied by the pencil icon is included in the area that is centered, thus throwing off the centering of the actual text. I have come across ways to remove it from other templates, but nothing that has worked on my Dynamic template.

    Any input would be great!

    my site: http://www.independent-investments.com/

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    1. YoboyAugust 28, 2013 at 11:45 AM

      Hi Roy,

      Can we bring these discussions to the forum? It'll be easier for me to help your there. Go to Blogger Help Forum and create a discussion there, and let me know the link once it's published.

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    2. UnknownAugust 29, 2013 at 6:05 PM

      Thanks. I solved my first question with:

      #header .header-bar{
      height: 0px;
      }

      Here is the link to question 2:

      https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!category-topic/blogger/how-do-i/1AKfq2geH-U

      Cheers

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    3. YoboyOctober 14, 2013 at 12:59 AM

      Hi Roy,

      Somehow your comment had gotten to my spam folder, and I just had the chance to check it. Do you still need help with this issue?

      Delete
  4. jAugust 28, 2013 at 11:17 PM

    Thx for all your css codes, very helpful.

    Could you please help me with a code to center the post title in my posts?

    ( i use dynamic views flipcards )

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    1. YoboyAugust 29, 2013 at 11:05 AM

      Hi J,

      It seems like your Post Titles are already centered. Could you send me a screenshot of what you're seeing?

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  5. jAugust 29, 2013 at 2:08 PM

    Hello Yoga,

    This is how i see my post titles.

    http://oi40.tinypic.com/sy47tk.jpg

    At first i thought it was because i hide my admin tools, but when i log out it stays the same.

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    1. YoboyAugust 29, 2013 at 4:22 PM

      Hi J,

      See if this fixes it. Add it to your 'Add CSS' box:

      .article .article-header .title{
      padding-right: 0px !important;
      }

      Cheers.

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  6. jAugust 29, 2013 at 6:39 PM

    That works perfectly, thx Yoga!

    Btw to remove the grey border on pages i used a code of yours for background and instead of background i added border.

    #items li, .article, .overview-wrap, .overview-inner, #content, .item.hentry.selected, .item.hentry.open, .item.ybyss, #feature, .overview-inner, .column .item, .viewitem-content {
    border: 0px !important;
    }

    It works but i was wondering if its ok to use it like that?



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  7. Genel SiteAugust 30, 2013 at 9:25 PM

    Hi. yoga I'm looking for a problem, thanks for the explanation and the solution

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  8. bankapureSeptember 11, 2013 at 7:30 PM

    Hi Yoga,

    Quick query, am trying to add a new code to protect my contents and snaps in my blog with the following code mentioned in the link:
    http://nulledtrader.blogspot.com/2013/03/how-to-disable-right-click-in-website.html

    Unfortunately whenever am trying to

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  9. UnknownSeptember 12, 2013 at 11:06 PM

    Thanks Yoga. Great help. I`ll definatily donate for so many helps :) Great

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  10. Lori AndrewsSeptember 29, 2013 at 11:19 AM

    TY, TY, TY!!! I searched for hours to do this before I found your post, you rock!!

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  11. Shalin ShahNovember 22, 2013 at 4:49 AM

    My subscibe gadget is not seen actually even I want it to. Any fix for that, how can I force subscribe gadget to be seen ?

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  12. UnknownNovember 27, 2013 at 1:43 PM

    Yoga, I am a big fan and I must say you are awesome!! You had all the answers I needed with the Dynamic View Template. I am having a very annoying problem with my blog though. I searched for help in every possible way I could imagine but either nobody else is having this issue or I an missing something very obvious to everyone. Now my problem is with the gadget dock itself. In your post, you explain how to remove the RSS button (the last button). In my case, that is the only button I have. Seriously, no matter what I do, I cannot make any other button to show. Let me tell you what I did to save both of us some time.
    1 - Removed all sidebar gadgets from the layout. No change!
    2 - Just added Google+1 gadget. I read that some gadget may not be compatible with the dynamic view. Well, nothing changed.
    3 - I reset my template and all widgets using the Edit HTML menu options. No change!
    4 - I switched to one of the classic templates and then switched back to dynamic view templates hoping that it could fix if something is broken. No change.

    Then the whole gadget dock disappeared. I don't know what happened there but by using some of the code you mentioned here. I was able to get that one-button-gadget dock again. Could you please check my blog to see my problem?

    http://gulummutfak.blogspot.com/

    I contacted google blogger forum, but no luck there either. A guy tried to help but insisted on the timeout script issue. I have already changed that to 1000 seconds. Even tried 10,000 sec and no change. I hope you have a reasonable answer to this mysterious behavior of the gadget dock. Thanks in advance.

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    1. YoboyNovember 30, 2013 at 6:06 PM

      That is strange. Since your background and pages links are loading fine, I don't think this is related to the timeout issue. Can I have the link to your forum question? Let's bring the discussion there. It'll be easier for me to troubleshoot and escalate.

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    2. UnknownDecember 2, 2013 at 5:26 AM

      Here is the link. Thanks.
      https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/blogger/2sF_mLoNSIo/q7xN7a2PZJUJ

      Delete
    3. YoboyDecember 2, 2013 at 3:38 PM

      Right.. Could you describe to me what are the other gadgets that you have in your layout page? A screenshot of your Layout page could help.

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  13. UnknownDecember 4, 2013 at 6:58 AM

    I can't put my screenshot here, but I posted it in the product support link above.

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    1. YoboyDecember 8, 2013 at 2:03 PM

      Hello Sezgin,

      I see you have a page redirection setup. Could you try removing that for awhile. One of my other readers faced a similar issue, and her gadgets are visible again when she removed the page redirection settings. Let me know how it goes.

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    2. UnknownDecember 9, 2013 at 4:28 AM

      Woww, thanks Yoga! You are really amazing! It worked like a charm. I can see the gadget bar with all the widgets. But when I create the page redirection setup, it disappears. Now the only problem is how to make it work with the page redirect, I guess. Is that possible at all? I just want the user land on the categories pages and that was the only way I was able to find online.

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    3. YoboyDecember 15, 2013 at 11:53 AM

      I don't think the problem is with the redirection. Rather, I think the link used causes the problem, somehow it removes the gadget. Blogger has been notified of the bug. Let's hope someone fixes it.

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  14. UnknownDecember 30, 2013 at 3:13 PM

    Hi there, I have a question about some of the other widgets. I am also using the dynamic views template, and I have added about 8 gadgets to my blog, but it only ever shows about 5. Is there a way to fix this?

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    1. YoboyJanuary 4, 2014 at 5:33 PM

      Hi there,

      What are the three gadgets that are not showing? Are they HTML/Javascript gadget by any chance? Mind if I have a look at your blog?

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  15. nataDecember 31, 2013 at 1:41 AM

    Hi there, I have made several changes in my blog, using code from here, couple of months ago. Everything was ok but now I am having problems... Among the changes I have made there was: removing subscribe-gadget, fixing the gadget dock, include the number of visitors and also the followers.

    Now 2 things desapear for the gadget dock: the number o visitors and the followers... Just to test it, I put the code that you present in this post as a commentary (like removing it) and the number of visitors suddlenly reappear. Then I tried to "remove" other parts of CSS code concerning the gadget dock just to see what would happen and I manage to make appear the followers.

    At the end, I just kept the code from this post "removed" and the gadget dock was like I wanted: Highights, Blog Archive; Followers; Visualisations. But then I've tried to refresh and ups! the followers desappear again.... Another refresh and there it cames back...

    So what is happenning? Can you tell? How can I fix it?

    Thanks!

    My blog: http://memoriasdeumzepresente.blogspot.pt/
    Browser: Chrome

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    1. YoboyJanuary 4, 2014 at 5:39 PM

      That is odd.. Anyways, could you get the following done and get back to me?

      1) Remove the following lines off of your Add CSS box:

      !#gadget-dock div.gadget-item:last-child, #spk{
      !display: none !important;
      !}

      2) Get a screenshot of your latest Layout page (particularly the Gadgets part) - upload it somewhere - post the link here to the comment section.

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  16. AnonymousJanuary 8, 2014 at 3:56 AM

    Hello,
    Wonder if you had any ideas as to why the Subscribe button would not show in the gadget sidebar? I can see the code it in the HTML, but I cannot seem to get it to show up.

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  17. AnonymousJanuary 8, 2014 at 3:59 AM

    Sorry forgot to send a link: http://kctestsubscribe.blogspot.com/?view=sidebar

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    1. YoboyJanuary 24, 2014 at 11:09 AM

      Hi Karen,

      The subscribe gadget is no longer a default gadget in the dock - it needs to be manually added. Go to your 'Add a Gadget' page and look for 'Subscription Links' gadget.

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  18. UnknownFebruary 3, 2014 at 6:14 PM

    Hi! Thank you for a great blog!

    I would like to SHOW the writing in the gadget bar all the time. Is this possible?
    And one more question: can you centre the writing in the menu bar?

    Thanks again - Silja
    http://mis-mas-blog.blogspot.com.es/

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  19. UnknownFebruary 3, 2014 at 6:17 PM

    Hi Yoga!

    Thank you for a great blog :)
    I would like the text in the gadget bar to be visible at all times. Is this possible?
    Also I was wondering if you are able to centre the menus in the menu bar?
    At last I would like to add the search bar in as a gadget instead of in the top..

    Thanks again! Silja
    http://mis-mas-blog.blogspot.com.es/

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    1. YoboyFebruary 6, 2014 at 5:16 AM

      Hi SIlja,

      I don't see a way to bring the search bar to the gadget dock. As far keeping the text visible all the time, this is as far as I've gotten, not sure if you'd like it though:

      .gadget-container, .gadget-item:hover .gadget-container, .gadget-selected .gadget-container {
      opacity: 1;
      right: 49px;
      visibility: visible;
      display: block !important;;
      z-index: 99 !important;
      }

      Delete
  20. M. xMarch 23, 2017 at 9:13 AM

    I'm not having trouble removing it - I'm having trouble adding it! My Dynamic View doesn't have a subscribe button...is there any way of adding one?
    http://nocturnal-epiphanies.blogspot.co.uk/

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