Navbar Based Weblog Search, As Well As Custom Domain Blogs
Thursday, May 14, 2015
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As Blogger Engineering continues to upgrade Blogger code together with thence our blogs volition back upwards SSL (aka "HTTPS" protocol), they are having to update many weblog components, at the same time.
Sometimes, they upgrade a constituent - together with the upgrade has a to a greater extent than extensive resultant than they hoped.
Right now, the navbar search gadget is broken - for blogs published to custom domains.
If y'all set out a weblog that has a custom domain (non BlogSpot) URL, together with y'all or your readers depend upon the navbar based search gadget to abide by content, y'all may select a problem.
Add a weblog search gadget, for a quick fix.
If y'all set out a weblog to a custom domain, together with your readers use a weblog search to abide by weblog content, you'll request to add together a weblog search gadget. The direct search gadget is most like to the navbar weblog search gadget - though y'all may abide by the custom search gadget useful too.
Blogger is making our blogs secure - together with this may campaign intermittent problems.
In their long together with complex endeavor to upgrade Blogger, together with thence our blogs tin render secure access, Blogger Engineering late updated the navbar code. Now, blogs published to non BlogSpot URLs hit navbar based weblog searches, using "HTTPS" rather than "HTTP", based URLs.
Since our blogs exercise non back upwards SSL, this leaves the reader (or you) amongst nevertheless 1 to a greater extent than "404". Try the search box, inwards the navbar, for this blog.
Right now, the navbar based weblog search is exactly broken.
A "Direct Search" gadget tin endure added to almost whatsoever blog, inwards 10 minutes.
Then, examine the sidebar gadget "Search Me, Direct". Look at the superlative of the sidebar. Adding that gadget is a elementary 10 infinitesimal project. If y'all tin setup together with hold a custom domain, y'all tin likely add a Direct Blog Search gadget.
We may non run across this fixed, immediately. Many owners of custom domain published blogs won't worry most this, equally they may endure using different indexing / search techniques - custom search gadgets together with / or label searches. You tin exercise the same - the inconvenience should endure minor.
Just rejoice that Blogger has made this upgrade - though it has broken the navbar based weblog search. This brings us 1 footstep closer to providing SSL based weblog access, which volition help our readers to access our blogs, securely.
Reduce reader confusion, together with disable the navbar search box - if possible.
Use the Template Designer "Add CSS" feature, together with add together the next iv lines. The outset job is blank, hitting "Enter" earlier copying the three lines of text. Hit "Apply to Blog", together with you're done.
(Update, 5/17): Please banker's complaint that this CSS tweak, to disable the navbar search box, may or may non work, amongst roughly templates. We are seeing signs that roughly recent alter has broken the "Add CSS" wizard. In roughly cases, y'all may select to use "Edit HTML" - together with add together the CSS, manually, into the template.
Sometimes, they upgrade a constituent - together with the upgrade has a to a greater extent than extensive resultant than they hoped.
Right now, the navbar search gadget is broken - for blogs published to custom domains.
If y'all set out a weblog that has a custom domain (non BlogSpot) URL, together with y'all or your readers depend upon the navbar based search gadget to abide by content, y'all may select a problem.
Add a weblog search gadget, for a quick fix.
If y'all set out a weblog to a custom domain, together with your readers use a weblog search to abide by weblog content, you'll request to add together a weblog search gadget. The direct search gadget is most like to the navbar weblog search gadget - though y'all may abide by the custom search gadget useful too.
Blogger is making our blogs secure - together with this may campaign intermittent problems.
In their long together with complex endeavor to upgrade Blogger, together with thence our blogs tin render secure access, Blogger Engineering late updated the navbar code. Now, blogs published to non BlogSpot URLs hit navbar based weblog searches, using "HTTPS" rather than "HTTP", based URLs.
Since our blogs exercise non back upwards SSL, this leaves the reader (or you) amongst nevertheless 1 to a greater extent than "404". Try the search box, inwards the navbar, for this blog.
Right now, the navbar based weblog search is exactly broken.
A "Direct Search" gadget tin endure added to almost whatsoever blog, inwards 10 minutes.
Then, examine the sidebar gadget "Search Me, Direct". Look at the superlative of the sidebar. Adding that gadget is a elementary 10 infinitesimal project. If y'all tin setup together with hold a custom domain, y'all tin likely add a Direct Blog Search gadget.
We may non run across this fixed, immediately. Many owners of custom domain published blogs won't worry most this, equally they may endure using different indexing / search techniques - custom search gadgets together with / or label searches. You tin exercise the same - the inconvenience should endure minor.
Just rejoice that Blogger has made this upgrade - though it has broken the navbar based weblog search. This brings us 1 footstep closer to providing SSL based weblog access, which volition help our readers to access our blogs, securely.
Reduce reader confusion, together with disable the navbar search box - if possible.
Use the Template Designer "Add CSS" feature, together with add together the next iv lines. The outset job is blank, hitting "Enter" earlier copying the three lines of text. Hit "Apply to Blog", together with you're done.
#searchbox { display: none !important; }
(Update, 5/17): Please banker's complaint that this CSS tweak, to disable the navbar search box, may or may non work, amongst roughly templates. We are seeing signs that roughly recent alter has broken the "Add CSS" wizard. In roughly cases, y'all may select to use "Edit HTML" - together with add together the CSS, manually, into the template.