A blog mashup: modifying the template

I added a link to Talkr in the footer portion of each post on my demonstration blog. As you see here, it says Listen to this article followed by a small icon.

Before adding the link to my Blogger template, I opened an account at Talkr.com and followed their instructions for setting up a podcast for my blog. They generated an RSS feed at this URL http://www.talkr.com/app/cast_pods.app?feed_id=38845. Note the unique feed ID of 38845.

Once I had the feed ID, I had to write a line of HTML and insert it into the Blooger template.

The instructions on the Talkr web site turned out to be for an older version of Blogger, but I found current instructions on the Talkr help forum. I followed those instructions and ended up with this line of HTML:

<a expr:href='"http://www.talkr.com/app/fetch.app?feed_id=38845&perma_link=" + data:post.url' target='_blank' title='Listen'>Listen to this Article<img src='http://images.talkr.com/images/speaker_20.gif' style='border:none;'/></a> Next, I inserted the line of HTML into the section of the Blogger template that displays the footer information at the end of each post.

The footer section of the Blogger template begins with the line:

<div class='post-footer'>. After searching for and finding that line, I scrolled down beyond the HTML for the comment link in the footer and inserted my HTML line. It was right before the definition of the quickedit pencil:

To edit your blog template, go to your Blogger "dashboard," and open the template listing: template>edit html. (Be sure to click on the expand widgets textbox to list the entire template). You can then search for the footer section and add the line linking to Talkr as I did. Don't forget to save your template after you add the link, and, for safety, you might want to make a backup copy before beginning.

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