Getting Started with MailChimp

1. Go to mailchimp.com and click on the “Sign Up Free” button on the upper right side.
2. Type your Email, choose a Username and insert a Password.
3. Check the email you provided and click “Activate Account“.
4. On the MailChimp page, click on the “I’m Not a Robot” button.
5. Select your plan and click “Next”, then enter your name and site name on the next page. You will also need to add an address – this will be listed below each email you send as the anti-spam protection.
6. If you previously used another mailing service, you can import your contacts, otherwise select “No“. Click “Continue“.
7. When the account is all set up, you can create your widget.

Create a MailChimp Widget

1. Go to your MailChimp dashboard > click on the “Create” icon located on the left side.
   
2. Click on “Signup Form” and select “Embedded form”. Click the “Begin“ button on the right side.
   
3. Click on the Continue button.
   
4. Scroll down the code area and locate the line that starts with <form action="
5. Then follow the tutorial on How to Set up the Email Subscribe Widget.

How to fix the error?

1. Go to Theme > click on the arrow next to Customize text. When the theme editor opens, click on the “Jump to Widget” icon.

2. Select the widget you want to remove from the list. If the error says something about Header1, look for the Header1 text in the list.

3. When you see the widget’s code, change true to false in locked=’true’.

4. Click on the “Save” icon and go to “Layout” again. You may need to refresh the page, but now you should be able to remove the widget.

Once the identical widget has been removed, the error should be gone and you will be able to install the theme.

1. Remove older widgets

When you first upload the theme, the previous widgets will appear in the available sections – please don’t panic if you see them all over the place! Just go to Layout and remove the unnecessary widgets while paying attention to not remove the new ones. Once the clutter is gone, the theme should look clean again.

2. Clear formatting

If you notice fonts are different, then you most likely need to clear formatting. When you clear formatting on Blogger posts, it removes all the unnecessary HTML and inline CSS. These inline styles can override your theme CSS and can also affect the seo of your site. Check out the fonts are different from the demo post to see how you can fix the problem.

3. Choose “Original Size” for Images

When you upload images to your posts, always select “Original size”. Don’t worry if the images exceed the post editor size, this is not how they will appear on your site. With this option, the images will fit the content area and the overall look will be improved as well.

How to fix this?

Add a jump break to the posts that contain lots of images or iframes. To insert jump break, edit the post and click right after the first image + some text, then click on the three dots (…) icon and jump break/line icon as shown below.

If you’re not sure how to do it, see the animation below.

Important

Any text or information that appears after the jump break line will not be shown on the index pages. If your theme should display more than one image on the homepage, then add the jump break after the images you want to show.

1. Blog is set to Private

The slider uses the blog feed to display posts and when the blog is private, the feed is inactive. As soon as your blog is set to Public, the widget should start working. To check if your blog is Private, go to Settings > Basic and look for the “Blog Readers” setting in the “Permissions” section.

2. Feed problem

If the widget still doesn’t work, go to Settings > Other and make sure the “Allow Blog Feed” setting is set to Full. If it’s not set to Full, the widget can’t display posts.

3. Wrong label

If you want to display featured posts instead of recent posts, please double check that you added the same label that appears in your post. For example, if the label is written as “Fashion” in your post, but it has been added as “fashion” in the code, then the widget cannot find that category.

Finally, if none of the above solutions worked for you, please contact us on Etsy with your site address and we’ll try to see what’s the problem.

How to fix this?

To remove the styling from your older posts:

Click on the post that you want to modify > select all the text and click on the 3 dots (…), then click the “Clear formatting” T button.

If you need to see how the theme you’ve purchased/want to purchase will look on various devices, you can use responsinator.com.

This tutorial is related to How to Configure Link List Gadget. To configure the read more button, log in to your dashboard > go to Layout and click the Edit link on the “Read more button” gadget:

This will open the ‘Configure Link List’ window. For more info on how to configure the gadget, see the screenshot below:

1. Title – the title is optional. It will appear on your dashboard only.
2. Sorting – this setting is intended for multiple items only, so you can skip it.
3. Link list – click on the ADD A NEW ITEM link to create your button
4. Site name and Site URL fields – add text and type the URL of the link (e.g. http://my-blog.blogspot.com/p/about-me.html). The URL can be any page posted on your blog (“About me” page) or it could be an external site (such as your Facebook profile etc).

Once you’ve added all the details, click the SAVE links as shown in the screenshot above.

Related: How to Add Social Media Icons

If you see a link in the Configure Link List window, click on the pencil icon as shown below.

Type the Site name and add the Site URL in the available fields. Note: you can learn more about how to create a static page and get the link here: Adding a Static Page in Blogger.

Don’t forget to click the SAVE links to apply the changes.

Note: if there is no link, then the gadget may be designed for social media icons or some other type of information. To add social media profiles, please refer to this tutorial: How to Add Social Media Icons.