Thursday, October 30, 2025

About Our New SolderSmoke Blog Template

About 17 years ago, when I set up the SolderSmoke blog, I wanted three columns.  Google Blogger/Blogspot didn't seem to have one, so I expanded my search.  I ended up using an external (to blogspot) template.  All was well until recently the SolderSmoke blog started to look kind of strange.  

I consulted with Peter VK3TPM.  He looked at the code and concluded that it was probably a problem with the external template.  He suggested just changing the template to one that is provided by Google Blogspot.   I didn't want to get into a lot of digital troubleshooting and fruitless calls to help lines, so that is what I did.  

The new template seems to work well.  There are (kind of) three columns.  I kept most of the widgets from the old blog.  I cleaned it up a bit.  I think it looks pretty good.  

Thanks Peter for the good advice. 

3 comments:

  1. Many of my projects cause effusive weeping and has nothing to do with cutting up onions. Often it is a FTRD (failure to read directions), haste as in connecting reverse voltages, or just plain lack of full research about what I am doing. The term smokedparts says it all.

    Pete N6QW

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  2. Thanks for the info on the change. I thought it was something to do with Windows 11, as I've had the experience of “mandated upgrade following de-support or obsolescence declaration”. Yes, I did try switching it off and on again. LOL. Bill, keep up the blog. My new hobby is to ignore AI generated summaries.

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  3. Hey Bill! Good to knoww, I was on the site and had just added a comment to a post when it switched over. It was kinda weird :) The new site looks great!

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