Some blog owners, when publishing a new page or post, really appreciate the "Preview" option in the page / post editor.
In some cases, some people may use "Preview" so instinctively, they may overlook the limitations. We see the confusion, occasionaly, in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue.Where is my page? There's no selection, under "Pages to show", even!
The blog owner does not realise that unpublished pages or posts won't be visible, outside the page / post editor, and the "Preview" window.
In some cases, the confusion is not apparent, until we view the Pages or Posts menu - and see the "Draft" caption, next to the missing pages or posts.
If you really want to view the page or post, outside the Preview window - maybe to check the links - you have to Publish. In most cases, you can just Publish, then modify / update as you continue.
If it's so important to see the page or post - and you do not want it to be visible to your readers - setup a test blog. Then, copy or edit the page or post in the test blog - and Publish at will.
Just don't be unduly alarmed, when you look at your blog - and don't see the page or post, before you Publish.
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When the Blogger dynamic templates were first introduced, back in 2011, they provided choices.
Besides letting the reader choose, on the fly, which dynamic view to use, it was possible to let the reader choose whether to view the blog using a dynamic view - or a non dynamic view.
When dynamic templates were first introduced, they offered a dynamic view of the blog posts - and little else. Popular features like static pages were added later, and in pieces.
As the various pieces of the dynamic views became better defined, the need to switch between dynamic and non dynamic views became less essential - and eventually, some choices were eliminated.
If you look at the menu bar for this blog, you'll see a selection "DYNAMIC".
If you click on the "DYNAMIC" menu selection, you'll get a link to the "sidebar" dynamic view of this blog. At one time, this would have actually shown you this blog, using a dynamic template. Now, it leads you to a blank screen.
We asked Blogger Support recently, about the recently discovered inability to allow the reader to switch from a non dynamic view to a dynamic view, and were told that option had been discontinued, for "privacy reasons".
Apparently, some portions of the posts, when removed using the "Configure Blog Posts" wizard, were still displayed when a dynamic view was used. This caused problems for some blog owners, who had intentionally used a non dynamic view with personal details like author name removed from the posts. When they viewed the blog in a dynamic view, they found their name displayed, for all to see.
If anonymity is your concern, there are other techniques, which you may consider.
Another possible problem involved the blogs being simultaneously published using a dynamic template, and a non dynamic template. Last year, many blog owners reported various problems encountered, when their blogs were viewed using a dynamic template. It's possible that solution of the various problems involved simplification of code - including the ability to use either a dynamic or non dynamic view, at will.
Whatever the details, it appears that dynamic templates, and non dynamic templates, are completely separate options now. And as Blogger improves the dynamic templates in general, this should be good for all blogs.
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Last week, blog owners discovered a new problem with commenting on their blogs.I keep enabling comments on my pages, but Blogger keeps disabling them!
From having observed the reports of the problem, it appears to affect all blogs - both varying template type, and use of the different GUIs (Classic and New 2011), appear to be referenced.
Blogger Support has acknowledged the problem.Thanks everyone for your patience, we're hoping to have a fix rolled out shortly.
(Update 10/19): This has been corrected.
(Update 11/09): Today, we see a new problem with static pages and comments - this one involving dynamic views.
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