1. Backlinks on Main Page

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    This hack has been superceded by this better one.

    Getting Blogger baclinks to display on your main page is no picnic - wheather for peek-a-boo or permanent display. The way the script works direct from Blogger it assumes that it is running on a post page. So, after mor than a little fussing, I have come up with a hack that works for fixing this. The following will install peek-a-boo backlinks on your Blogger blog (template hackers will be pleased to know that the backlink template-tag section is still intact for your hacking pleasure) :

    1. Enable backlinks on your blog — an obvious, but necessary, step
    2. a - Put manual metadata in your template. Feedburner users have already done this. If you already have your metadata in your template manually for this or another reason, change this line: 
      <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.blogger.com/js/backlink.js"></script>

      To this:

      <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.awriterz.org/etcetc/backlink.js"></script>

      Otherwise go on to 2b.

      b - Find this : '<$BlogMetaData$>', it should be somewhere near the top of your blog template. Replace it with this:

      <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<meta name="MSSmartTagsPreventParsing" content="true" />
<meta name="generator" content="Blogger" />
<link rel="alternate" type="application/xml" title="<$BlogTitle$>" href="<$BlogSiteFeedUrl$>" />
<link rel="service.post" type="application/atom+xml" title="<$BlogTitle$>" href="https://www.blogger.com/atom/<$BlogID$>" />
<link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" title="RSD" href="http://www.blogger.com/rsd.g?blogID=<$BlogID$>" />
<style type="text/css">
 @import url("http://www.blogger.com/css/blog_controls.css");
 @import url("http://www.blogger.com/dyn-css/authorization.css?blogID=<$BlogID$>");
</style>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.awriterz.org/etcetc/backlink.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.blogger.com/js/backlink_control.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">var BL_backlinkURL='http://www.blogger.com/dyn-js/backlink_count.js', BL_blogId='<$BlogID$>';</script>
    3. Put this code directly after that which you just inserted: 
      <script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
function toggleitem (postid,linkid,newtxt) {
var whichpost = document.getElementById(postid);
if (whichpost.style.display != "none") {
   whichpost.style.display = "none";
} else {
   whichpost.style.display = "block";
}
if(linkid) {
   var lnk = document.getElementById(linkid);
   lnk.href = "javascript:toggleitem('"+postid+"','"+linkid+"','"+lnk.innerHTML+"');";
lnk.innerHTML = newtxt;
}
}
//]]>
</script>
    4. Find the section in your template that starts with '<BlogItemBacklinksEnabled>' and ends with '</BlogItemBacklinksEnabled>' and replace the entire thing (these tags included) with this code: 
      <ItemPage><div style="display:block;" id="backlinks<$BlogItemNumber$>"></ItemPage>
<MainOrArchivePage><div style="display:none;" id="bl<$BlogItemNumber$>"></MainOrArchivePage>
<BlogItemBacklinksEnabled>
 <a name="links"></a><h4>Backlinks:</h4>
 <dl id="comments-block">
<script type="text/javascript">backlink = new Array();BL_Backlinks = new Array();</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.blogger.com/dyn-js/backlink.js?blogID=<$BlogID$>&amp;postID=<$BlogItemNumber$>" defer="true"></script>
<div id="blogger-dcom-block<$BlogItemNumber<div id="blogger-dcom-block<$BlogItemNumber<div id="blogger-dcom-block<$BlogItemNumber<div id="blogger-dcom-block<$BlogItemNumber<div id="blogger-dcom-block<$BlogItemNumber<div id="blogger-dcom-block<$BlogItemNumber<div id="blogger-dcom-block<$BlogItemNumber<div id="blogger-dcom-block<$BlogItemNumber$>" style="display:none">
amp;gt;" style="display:none">
amp;gt;" style="display:none">
amp;gt;" style="display:none">
     <dt class="comment-title">
     <span class="comment-toggler"> </span>
     <a href="<$BlogBacklinkURL$>"><$BlogBacklinkTitle$></a>
     </dt>
     <dd class="comment-body"><$BlogBacklinkSnippet$>
     <br />
     <span class="comment-poster">
     <em>posted by <$BlogBacklinkAuthor$> @ <$BlogBacklinkDateTime$></em>
     </span>
     </dd>
 </div>
<script type="text/javascript">BL_writeBacklinks('<$BlogItemNumber$>');</script>
 </dl>
 <p class="comment-timestamp"><$BlogItemBacklinkCreate$></p>
 </BlogItemBacklinksEnabled>
</div>
    5. Find the code for the 'links to this post' link in your post footer template code and replace it with '<a href="javascript:toggleitem('backlinks<$BlogItemNumber$>');">links to this post</a>'
    6. Save your template and republish your blog!
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    Stephen Weber at 2005-12-29 23:34 | 25 Comments / Trackbacks
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    1. Comment at 2005-12-31 17:32 by CANADA Trev
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      Not exactly a straightforward, easy hack, eh? :P

    2. Comment at 2006-01-01 22:29 by CANADA Singpolyma
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      Not the most straightforward, no. I wanted to leave the templtate tags mostly intact so that template hackers could still change the formatting. This was also a quick-fix version of this hack, I didn't do much research beforehand. I think eventually I'll make a much simpler, much smaller version that is XML-well-formed (this isn't because of the raw template tags). It'll be less customisable, but that's not really the end of the world.

    3. Comment at 2006-01-03 12:28 by CANADA Chaim
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      I love your site, I can't find your email anywhere, Id love the code for the show/hide sidebar hack. It's briliant. Can you please email me at whoknowsone2005@yahoo.com, thanks so much!

    4. Comment at 2006-08-15 01:18 by CANADA stefani
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      So following this I should be able to have peek-a-boo backlinks on my blog? Does this interfere with the peek-a-boo comments as the ItemPage section was removed when following Blogger help steps.

      Thanks,

    5. Comment at 2006-08-15 01:19 by CANADA stefani
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      So following this I should be able to have peek-a-boo backlinks on my blog? Does this interfere with the peek-a-boo comments as the ItemPage section was removed when following Blogger help steps.

      Thanks,

    6. Comment at 2006-08-18 07:03 by CANADA Singpolyma
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      It shouldn't interfere at all, but may take some minor tweaking :) Be sure to check out the newer version of this hack at:
      http://singpolyma-tech.blogspot.com/2006/01/new-backlinks-hack.html

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