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lilHearts
i got this nice layout from CreateBlog n pasted in under "Edit Template" at Blogger. After I clicked "Save Template", i got this message:

Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure all XML elements are closed properly.
XML error message: The system identifier must begin with either a single or double quote character.


can someone help me pls? thx. _smile.gif
lilHearts
this is the layout i want frm createblog:

CODE
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">




<head>


<link rel="shortcut icon" href="" >




<title><$BlogTitle$></title>


<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />


<style type="text/css">




<!--

.style11 {color: #333333}

.testpic {

background-color: #FFFFCC;

}

-->

</style>
<$BlogMetaData$>



<style type="text/css">




/*

=========================================================

BLOGGER

========================================================= */


/* ---------------------------------

GENERIC STYLE

--------------------------------- */


body {
background-position: center;
background-attachment: fixed;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 10px;
text-align: center;
letter-spacing: normal;
color: #FFFFFF;
background-image: url();
background-color: #000000;
}


a:link {
color: #FF99CC;
text-decoration: none;
}


a:visited {
color: #FF99CC;
text-decoration: none;
}


a:hover {
color: #FFFFFF;
text-decoration: none;
}



input,textarea {

background-color: #FFFFFF;

color: #000000;

}


ul {

margin-top: 5px;

margin-left: 25px;

margin-bottom: 5px;

padding-left: 2px;

}


li {
padding: 0px;
list-style-image: url(http://cbimg6.com/layouts/07/10/29/22752ac.gif);
}



#menu ul{

margin-top: 5px;

margin-bottom: 5px;

margin-left: 15px;

list-style-type: square;

}


#menu li {

background: transparent;

padding: 0px;

font-size: 11px;

list-style-type: square;

}


.titolinilog ul{

margin-top: 5px;

margin-bottom: 5px;

margin-left: 5px;

list-style-type: square;

}

.titolinilog li {

background: transparent;

padding: 0px;

font-size: 11px;

}



blockquote {

background-color: #FF99CC;

border: 1px solid #000000;

padding: 10px;

font-style: oblique;

margin-left: 10%;

margin-right: 10%;

color: #000000;

}


a img {

border: 0px;

}



/* ---------------------------------

BLOG STYLE

--------------------------------- */


#box {
color: #FFFFFF;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
margin-top: 40px;
width: 780px;
background-image: url(http://cbimg6.com/layouts/07/10/29/22752ad.gif);
}


#head {
background-image: url(http://cbimg6.com/layouts/07/10/29/22752ae.gif);
height: 339px;
border: 0px solid #FFFFFF;
text-align: left;
width: 780px;
}


#menu {
float: right;
text-align: left;
font-size: 11px;
color: #FFFFFF;
width: 210px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
padding-top: 5px;
padding-left: 10px;
padding-right: 15px;
}


#boxblog {

padding-top: 15px;

float: left;

text-align: justify;

margin-bottom: 10px;

margin-left: 20px;

padding-right: 15px;

padding-bottom: 15px;

padding-left: 10px;

}


#footer {
height: 21px;
clear: both;
font-size: 10px;
color: #000000;
text-align: center;
background-image: url(http://cbimg6.com/layouts/07/10/29/22752af.gif);
}




#credits {

font-size: 10px;

font-weight: bold;

color: #FFFFFF;

text-align: center;

padding-top: 5px;

}



#credits a:link, #credits a:visited, #credits a:hover {

color: #333333;

text-decoration: none;

}



/* ---------------------------------

HEADER CONTENT STYLE

--------------------------------- */


#blogtitle {

font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

font-size: 16px;

text-align: left;

text-decoration: none;

color: #FFFFFF;

padding-top: 20px;

padding-left: 10px;

}


#blogtitle a:link, #blogtitle a:visited {
color: #FF99CC;
text-decoration: none;
}


#blogtitle a:hover {

color: #FFFFFF;

text-decoration: none;

}



#blogdescription {

font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

font-size: 10px;

text-align: left;

margin: 5px 0px 0px 5px;

padding-left: 10px;

font-weight: bold;

color: #000000;

vertical-align: middle;

}



/* ---------------------------------

MENU STYLE

--------------------------------- */


.boxmenu {

margin-bottom: 25px;

text-align: left;

padding: 0px 5px 0px 5px;

font-size: 10px;

color: #FFFFFF;

font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;;

}


.voicemenu {
color: #FFFFFF;
font-size: 12px;
padding: 3px 5px 3px 0px;
margin-bottom: 5px;
text-align: center;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
;
border-bottom: 0px solid #333333;
font-weight: bold;
}



/* ---------------------------------

POST STYLE

--------------------------------- */



.divlog {

padding: 0px 5px;

background-color: transparent;

margin-bottom: 40px;

width: 450px;

}


.titlepost {

text-align: left;

color: #FF99CC;

font-size: 14px;

font-weight: bolder;

text-transform: capitalize;

padding: 0px 5px;

font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

}


.titlepost a:link, .titlepost a:visited {

color: #FF99CC;

text-decoration: none;

font-weight: bolder;

}


.titlepost a:hover {

color: #FFFFFF;

text-decoration: none;

}


.datepost {

color: #FFFFFF;

font-size: 36px;

font-weight: lighter;

text-transform: lowercase;

text-align: right;

float: right;

padding-top: 3px;

}


.data {

color: #FFFFFF;

font-size: 12px;

text-align: left;

padding-left: 5px;

font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

}


.text {

color: #FFFFFF;

font-size: 12px;

text-align: justify;

margin-top: 9px;

margin-right: 0px;

margin-bottom: 9px;

margin-left: 0px;

padding-right: 0px;

padding-left: 8px;

font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

}



/* ---------------------------------

COMMENTS STYLE

--------------------------------- */


#comments {

text-align: left;

color: #FFFFFF;

font-size: 12px;

font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

text-transform: capitalize;

padding: 0px 0px 2px;

margin: 20px 0px;

}


.comment-body{

color: #FFFFFF;

font-size: 12px;

text-align: left;

margin: 5px;

font-weight: normal;

padding: 0px;

width: auto;

float: none;

}


.data-comments {

text-align: left;

color: #FFFFFF;

font-size: 12px;

font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

font-weight: normal;

text-transform: capitalize;

border-bottom: 0px solid #FFFFFF;

border-top: 0px solid #FFFFFF;

padding: 2px 0px;

margin: 20px 0px;

}


.comment-data {

border-bottom: 1px solid #FFFFFF;

border-top: 1px solid #FFFFFF;

color: #FFFFFF;

text-transform: capitalize;

text-align: left;

font-size: 12px;

padding-bottom: 2px;

padding-left: 3px;

padding-top: 5px;

font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

}


.home {

float: right;

}

.style3 {

color: #FFFFFF;

font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

}

.style5 {
color: #CCCCCC;
font-size: 12px;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-weight: bold;
}

.style6 {
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 12px;
color: #FF99CC;
}

body,td,th {
color: #FFFFFF;
}
.footermeta { color: #fff;
font-size: 11px;
float: right;
margin: 0 10px 10px 0;
}
.style15 {font-weight: bold}
.style16 {
font-size: 18px;
color: #FF99CC;
}
.style17 {font-size: 12px}
.style18 {
font-size: 14px;
color: #FFFFFF;
font-weight: bold;
}
.style19 {font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px; color: #FF99CC; }
</style>

</head>


<body>

<br><br>

<!-- START BLOG BODY -->

<div id="box">



<!-- START HEADER -->
<div id="head">

<div id="blogtitle">
<h3 align="right"> </h3>
</div>
<div id="blogdescription"></div>

</div>


<span id="blogtitle">
<!-- END HEADER -->

<span class="style12"><span class="style15"><span class="style16"><a href="<$BlogURL$>"><img src="http://cbimg6.com/layouts/07/10/29/22752aa.gif" width="32" height="32" border="0" align="absmiddle" /><$BlogTitle$></a></span></span></span></span></span><span class="style6"><span id="blogtitle"><span class="style12"><span class="style15"><span class="style16"><a href="<$BlogURL$>"><img src="http://cbimg6.com/layouts/07/10/29/22752aa.gif" width="32" height="32" border="0" align="absmiddle" /></a></span></span></span></span><span class="style18"><br />
</span></span><span class="style18"><$BlogDescription$> </span><span class="style19"></span><span class="style6"><br />
<br />
</span>


<!-- START MENU -->
<div id="menu">

<div class="topmenu"></div>



<span class="style11">

<!-- START CONTENT MENU -->

</span>
<br />
<br><br>
<div class="boxmenu">

<div class="voicemenu">

About me: </div>
<p align="center"><span class="style6">Name:</span> <$BlogOwnerFullName$><br />
<span class="style6">Home:</span> <$BlogOwnerLocation$><br />
<span class="style6">About Me:</span> <$BlogOwnerAboutMe$><br />
<br />
<a href="<$BlogOwnerProfileUrl$>" class="style9">See my profile...</a></p>
</div>

<div class="boxmenu">

<div class="voicemenu">

Archives:

</div>

<ul>

<BloggerArchives>

<li><a href='<$BlogArchiveURL$>'><$BlogArchiveName$></a></li>

</BloggerArchives>

</ul>

</div>




<div class="boxmenu">

<div class="voicemenu">

Recent Posts: </div>

<ul>

<BloggerPreviousItems>

<li><a href="<$BlogItemPermalinkURL$>"><$BlogPreviousItemTitle$></a></li>

</BloggerPreviousItems>

</ul>


</div>

<div class="boxmenu">

<div class="voicemenu">

Recent Comments: </div>

<ul>
<Blogger>
<BlogItemCommentsEnabled>
<BlogItemComments>

<li><$BlogCommentAuthor$> //
<a href="<$BlogCommentPermalinkURL$>">
<$BlogCommentDateTime$></a></li>

</BlogItemComments>
</BlogItemCommentsEnabled>
</Blogger>
</ul>


</div>

<div class="boxmenu">

<div class="voicemenu">

Links: </div>

<ul>


<li><a href='http://www.linkhere.com'>Edit this Link</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.linkhere.com'>Edit this Link</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.linkhere.com'>Edit this Link</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.linkhere.com'>Edit this Link</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.linkhere.com'>Edit this Link</a></li>
</ul>

</div>

<div class="boxmenu">

<div class="voicemenu">

Etc.</div>

<div align="center"> <div align="center"></div>
<a href="http://www.suckmylolly.com"><img src=http://cbimg6.com/layouts/07/10/29/22752ab.gif border="0"></a><br />
Brushes by <a href="http://gvalkyrie.deviantart.com/">Gvalkyrie</a><br />
<br />
<strong>RSS</strong>: <a href="<$BlogSiteFeedUrl$>">Site Feed</a><br />
<br>

<br />

<br>

<br />

<br />

<span class="style11"><a href="<$BlogURL$>"><< Home </a></span></div>

</div>



<!-- END CONTENT MENU -->

</div>

<!-- END MENU -->


<!-- START CONTENT MAIN -->


<div id="boxblog">



<Blogger>



<!-- START POST -->


<div class="divlog">


<div class="titlepost">

<div align="left"><a href="<$BlogItemPermalinkURL$>" title="permalink"> <$BlogItemTitle$></a></div>

</div>

<div align="left"><BlogDateHeader><span class="style5"><$BlogDateHeaderDate$></span></BlogDateHeader>

</div>

<div class="text"><$BlogItemBody$></div>

<div class="data">
<div align="left"><br>
Posted by <$BlogItemAuthorNickname$> at <$BlogItemDateTime$><$BlogItemControl$> |<MainOrArchivePage><BlogItemCommentsEnabled><span class="style17"><a class="comment-link" href="<$BlogItemPermalinkURL$>#comments"> <$BlogItemCommentCount$> comments</a></span></BlogItemCommentsEnabled></MainOrArchivePage><MainOrArchivePage><BlogItemCommentsEnabled> </BlogItemCommentsEnabled></MainOrArchivePage>

<ItemPage> <BlogItemCommentsEnabled>

</BlogItemCommentsEnabled></ItemPage><ItemPage><BlogItemCommentsEnabled> </BlogItemCommentsEnabled></ItemPage><strong><ItemPage><BlogItemCommentsEnabled></BlogItemCommentsEnabled></ItemPage></strong></div>
<ItemPage><BlogItemCommentsEnabled><br />


<div class="style3" id="comments"><$BlogItemCommentCount$> Comments:</div>

<div class="data-comments">

<div class="home"><a href="<$BlogURL$>"><< back home</a></div>

<$BlogItemCreate$></div>

<br />

<BlogItemComments>

<div id="<$BlogCommentNumber$>"><a name="<$BlogCommentNumber$>" id="<$BlogCommentNumber$>"></a>

At <a href="<$BlogCommentNumber$>" title="comment permalink"><$BlogCommentDateTime$></a>, <b><$BlogCommentAuthor$> </b>said........

<div class="comment-body">

<$BlogCommentBody$><br />

<$BlogCommentDeleteIcon$><br />

<br>

<br>

</div>

</div>

</BlogItemComments>

</BlogItemCommentsEnabled> </ItemPage> </div>


</div>

<!-- END POST -->


</Blogger>

</div>


<!-- END CONTENT MAIN -->



<!-- START FOOTER -->

<div id="footer"></div>


</div>

<!-- END BLOG BODY -->
<br>
</body>

</html>



i've read frm some forum saying that i'm suppose to convert my template to classic at the bottom left under "Edit HTML". but my problem is instead of it saying "Convert to classic templete" or something like that, it's "Revert widget templates to devault"

pls help sad.gif
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