This is the code I am using
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<title><$BlogPageTitle$></title>
<!-- Meta Information -->
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /><$BlogMetaData$>
<style type="text/css">
body {
margin:0;
padding:10px 0 14px;
font:11px Verdana,Sans-serif;
text-align:center;
color:#CCCCCC;
background-image:url("http://layouts.cbimg6.com/23/11411c.gif");
background-position:top;
background-repeat:repeat-x;
font-size/* */:/**/small;
font-size: /**/small;
background-color:#363533;
}
/* Page Structure
----------------------------------------------- */
#wrap {
position:relative;
top:4px;
left:4px;
width:725px;
margin:0 auto;
text-align:left;
}
#wrap2 {
position:relative;
top:-4px;
left:-4px;
padding:0 3px 0 3px;
margin: 0;
}
#content {
background:url("http://layouts.cbimg6.com/23/11411d.gif") repeat-y left top;
width:100%;
font-size:85%;
}
#main {
width:460px;
float:left;
}
#main2 {
margin:0;
padding:15px 20px;
}
#sidebar {
width:254px;
float:right;
padding:0;
}
#sidebar2 {
margin:0;
padding:2px 20px 9px;
}
/* Links
----------------------------------------------- */
a:link {
color:#FF6600;
text-decoration:none;
}
a:visited {
color:#FF542E;
text-decoration:none;
}
a:hover {
color:#000;
background-color:#FF6600;
text-decoration: none;
}
a img {
border-width:0;
}
#sidebar a:link {
color:#99CC00;
text-decoration: none;
}
#sidebar a:visited {
color:#999;
text-decoration: none;
}
#sidebar a:hover {
color:#2F343E;
background-color:#99CC00;
text-decoration: none;
}
/* Header
----------------------------------------------- */
#header {
background:url("http://layouts.cbimg6.com/23/11411e.jpg") no-repeat left top;
padding:0 0 0 0px;
margin:0;
color:#fff;
width:auto;
width/* */:/**/auto;
width:auto;
height: 214px;
}
#blog-title {
margin:0;
padding:60px 45px 0;
font-size:24px;
color:#0099FF;
font-weight:lighter;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
#blog-title a {
color:#fff;
text-decoration:none;
}
.postpage #blog-title {
padding-top:0;
background-position:0 -40px;
}
/* Description
----------------------------------------------- */
#description {
background:#f90 url("http://layouts.cbimg6.com/23/11411f.gif") no-repeat left top;
margin:0 0 10px;
padding:12px 0 0;
color:#fff;
}
#description p {
background:url("http://layouts.cbimg6.com/23/11411g.gif") no-repeat left bottom;
margin:0;
padding:0 0 12px;
}
#description em {
/* To remove the word next to the desription, delete the following background property */
background:url("http://layouts.cbimg6.com/23/11411h.gif") no-repeat left center;
/* Keep everything below */
display:block;
padding:0 0 0 140px;
font:bold 75%/1.6em Arial,Verdana,Sans-serif;
text-transform:uppercase;
letter-spacing:0.1em;
min-height:12px;
}
.postpage #description em {
font-size:1px;
line-height:1px;
color:#8df;
visibility:hidden;
}
/* Posts
----------------------------------------------- */
.date-header {
margin:0 0 .5em;
font:115%/1.4em "Trebuchet Ms",Verdana,Arial,Sans-serif;
text-transform:lowercase;
color:#AACD65;
}
.post {
margin:0 0 2em;
line-height: 17px;
text-align: justify;
}
.post-title {
margin:0 0 .25em;
font:150%/1.4em "Trebuchet Ms",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,Sans-serif;
color:#D0EAFF;
}
#main .post-title a {
text-decoration:none;
color:#D0EAFF;
}
#main .post-title a:hover {
color:#0A99F5;
}
.post p {
margin:0 0 .75em;
line-height: 20px;
text-align: justify;
}
.post-footer {
color:#ab9;
text-transform:lowercase;
}
.post-footer em {
font-style:normal;
color:#ab9;
}
.post blockquote {
margin:1em 20px;
padding:5px 0;
border:1px dashed #ab9;
border-width:1px 0;
}
.post blockquote p {
margin:.5em 0;
}
.post img {
border:5px solid #3E3939;
}
/* Comments
----------------------------------------------- */
#comments {
margin:2em 0 0;
border-top:2px solid #dec;
padding-top:1em;
}
#comments h4 {
margin:0 0 .25em;
font:bold 150%/1.4em Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,Sans-serif;
text-transform:lowercase;
color:#D0EAFF;
}
#comments-block {
margin:0;
line-height:1.6em;
}
.comment-poster {
margin:0 0 .25em;
font:bold 112%/1.4em Arial,Verdana,Sans-serif;
text-transform:lowercase;
}
.comment-body, .comment-body p {
margin:0 0 .75em;
}
p.comment-timestamp {
margin:-.25em 0 2em;
}
.deleted-comment {
font-style:italic;
color:gray;
}
/* Sidebar
----------------------------------------------- */
.sidebar-title {
margin:1em 0 .25em;
font:bold 125%/1.4em "Trebuchet MS",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,Sans-serif;
color:#D0EAFF;
text-transform:uppercase;
background-image:url("http://layouts.cbimg6.com/23/11411i.gif");
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:left 50%;
padding-left:20px;
}
#sidebar ul {
margin:0 0 1.5em;
padding:0;
list-style:none;
}
#sidebar li {
margin:0;
padding:0 0 .25em 20px;
text-indent:-20px;
line-height:1.4em;
}
#sidebar p {
margin:0 0 .75em;
line-height:1.4em;
}
/* Profile
----------------------------------------------- */
#profile-container {
margin:0 0 1.75em;
}
.profile-datablock, .profile-textblock {
margin:0 0 .75em;
line-height:1.4em;
}
.profile-img {
display:inline;
}
.profile-img img {
float:left;
margin:0 10px 5px 0;
}
.profile-data {
font-weight:bold;
color:#fff;
}
.profile-data strong {
display:none;
}
/* Footer
----------------------------------------------- */
#footer {
clear:both;
padding:10px 0 0;
}
#footer hr {
display:none;
}
#footer p {
margin:0;
padding:5px 0;
text-align: center;
}
/* Misc
----------------------------------------------- */
.clear {
clear:both;
display:block;
height:1px;
margin:0;
padding:0;
font-size:1px;
line-height:1px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<!-- Begin wraps -->
<div id="wrap"><div id="wrap2">
<div id="header">
<div id="blog-title">Suga's Sample Blog</div>
</div>
<!-- Begin #content -->
<div id="content">
<!-- Begin #main -->
<div id="main"><div id="main2">
<Blogger>
<BlogDateHeader>
<h2 class="date-header"><$BlogDateHeaderDate$></h2>
</BlogDateHeader>
<!-- Begin .post -->
<div class="post"><a name="<$BlogItemNumber$>"></a>
<BlogItemTitle>
<h3 class="post-title">
<BlogItemUrl><a href="<$BlogItemUrl$>" title="external link"></BlogItemUrl>
<$BlogItemTitle$>
<BlogItemUrl></a></BlogItemUrl>
</h3>
</BlogItemTitle>
<div class="post-body">
<p>
<$BlogItemBody$>
</p>
</div>
<p class="post-footer">
<em>posted by <$BlogItemAuthorNickname$> at <a href="<$BlogItemPermalinkUrl$>" title="permanent link"><$BlogItemDateTime$></a></em>
<MainOrArchivePage><BlogItemCommentsEnabled> |
<a class="comment-link" href="<$BlogItemCommentCreate$>"<$BlogItemCommentFormOnclick$>><$BlogItemCommentCount$> comments</a>
</BlogItemCommentsEnabled><BlogItemBacklinksEnabled>
<a class="comment-link" href="<$BlogItemPermalinkUrl$>#links">links to this post</a>
</BlogItemBacklinksEnabled>
</MainOrArchivePage> <$BlogItemControl$>
</p>
</div>
<!-- End .post -->
<!-- Begin #comments -->
<ItemPage>
<div id="comments">
<BlogItemCommentsEnabled><a name="comments"></a>
<h4><$BlogItemCommentCount$> Comments:</h4>
<dl id="comments-block">
<BlogItemComments>
<dt class="comment-poster" id="c<$BlogCommentNumber$>"><a name="c<$BlogCommentNumber$>"></a>
<$BlogCommentAuthor$> said...
</dt>
<dd class="comment-body">
<p><$BlogCommentBody$></p>
<p class="comment-timestamp"><a href="#c<$BlogCommentNumber$>" title="comment permalink"><$BlogCommentDateTime$></a></p>
<$BlogCommentDeleteIcon$>
</dd>
</BlogItemComments>
</dl>
<p class="comment-timestamp">
<$BlogItemCreate$>
</p>
</BlogItemCommentsEnabled>
<BlogItemBacklinksEnabled>
<a name="links"></a><h4>Links to this post:</h4>
<dl id="comments-block">
<BlogItemBacklinks>
<dt class="comment-title">
<$BlogBacklinkControl$>
<a href="<$BlogBacklinkURL$>" rel="nofollow"><$BlogBacklinkTitle$></a> <$BlogBacklinkDeleteIcon$>
</dt>
<dd class="comment-body"><$BlogBacklinkSnippet$>
<br />
<span class="comment-poster">
<em>posted by <$BlogBacklinkAuthor$> @ <$BlogBacklinkDateTime$></em>
</span>
</dd>
</BlogItemBacklinks>
</dl>
<p class="comment-timestamp"><$BlogItemBacklinkCreate$></p>
</BlogItemBacklinksEnabled>
<p class="comment-timestamp">
<a href="<$BlogURL$>"><< Home</a>
</p>
</div>
</ItemPage>
<!-- End #comments -->
</Blogger>
</div></div>
<!-- End #main -->
<!-- Begin #sidebar -->
<div id="sidebar"><div id="sidebar2">
<!-- Begin #profile-container -->
<$BlogMemberProfile$>
<!-- End #profile -->
<MainOrArchivePage>
</MainOrArchivePage>
<h2 class="sidebar-title">Previous Posts</h2>
<ul id="recently">
<BloggerPreviousItems>
<li><a href="<$BlogItemPermalinkURL$>"><$BlogPreviousItemTitle$></a></li>
</BloggerPreviousItems>
</ul>
<MainOrArchivePage>
<h2 class="sidebar-title">Archives</h2>
<ul class="archive-list">
<BloggerArchives>
<li><a href="<$BlogArchiveURL$>"><$BlogArchiveName$></a></li>
</BloggerArchives>
</ul>
</MainOrArchivePage>
<!--
<p>This is a paragraph of text that could go in the sidebar.</p>
-->
<h2 class="sidebar-title">Blogroll</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://d-y-p.blogspot.com">Don't Panic</a></li>
<li><a href="http://ishmeet.wordpress.com/">Ish</a></li>
<li><a href="http://suga.wordpress.com/">Suga Suga</a></li>
<li><a href="http://slimspeare.blogspot.com/">Slim's empty blog.</a></li>
</ul>
<h2 class="sidebar-title">My Wishlist</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1590593812/ref=pd_cpt_gw_3/102-9893413-1311316?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155">Web Standards Solutions</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1590596145/102-9893413-1311316?SubscriptionId=1B0QAVJ13VNN726ST8R2&n=283155">CSS Mastery</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.style.com/slideshows/standalone/shopping/guide/spring06/021106/12m.jpg" target=_blank>Multicolor bolero :)</a></li>
</ul>
<h2 class="sidebar-title">Links</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://suga.wordpress.com">Sugalicious</a></li>
<li><a href="http://singingfish.com/">Singing Fish</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.yetisports.com">Yeti Sports</a></li>
<li><a href="http://flatlick.siteburg.com">Flatlick</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<!-- End #sidebar -->
<em class="clear"> </em>
<div id="footer">
<p>A <a href="http://suga.wordpress.com" target="_blank">sugalicious</a> template.</p>
</div>
</div>
<!-- End #content -->
</div></div>
<!-- End wraps -->
</body>
</html>
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