Let's suppose you want to feature a sticky post at the top of your Blogger posts, or perhaps you'd like to insert an AdSense box or site search facility. At present, there is no facility to do this in the default Blogger layouts system. But there are two ways around this problem.
Change the post date to a future time:
This is the easiest method, and is most useful for those who need a sticky post, perhaps about a future event after which time the post need not be at the top of other posts. To do this, simply click on "Post Options" beneath the type box when you are editing your post and change the date to somewhere in the future. Blogger doesn't have the facility to publish posts on a future date, so your "sticky post" will remain at the top of your main column until this date has passed. Add a new page element: This is a more permanant, neater and convenient way to add a "sticky post" to the top of your main column. Uses for this may include a search box, a message about your blog, or Adsense/banner ads. You'll notice in the default Blogger layout for your template that there is no "Add a page elenent" in the posts box. You can change this by following these steps: The process for creating a custom header is similar to this method, which you can read about here. Please let me know if there is a particular blog tutorial you would like to see on Blogger Buster by contacting me directly or leaving your comments below. Technorati Tags: blogger sticky+post adsense search+box customisations template layouts
You can choose to add different page elements depending on your requirements:
<div
id='main-wrapper'> <b:section class='main' id='main' showaddelement='no'><b:widget id='Blog1'
locked='true' title='Blog Posts' type='Blog'/></b:section>
</div>
This section relates to the "Posts" section in your layout. 



My name is Amanda Fazani and I write Blogger Buster to help other Blogger users make the most of their Blogger blogs.
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thanks.. this was great...!!!
You're welcome!
awesome ..! Thanks :)
nice tips
thank you
Thank you! This worked like a charm!
great tip. too bad I can't implement it on my blog because it breaks my template. Y_Y
Amanda, I have been using every tip on your blog for the past 3 days and you are truly a god send. Several of the hacks you have included do not work for me right away and I have spent no less than 20 hours in 3 days tweaking them. Thanks for the inspiration. This has been a great experience and I have learned a lot about blogging in just 3 days, simply from following your guides.
On this hack, I really want to use it and it does not work with my template as when I pasted the html into the template, I get the message:
"More than one section was found with id: main. Section IDs should be unique."
I have checked the template a few times and there is no section under div defined as "main-wrapper", therefore I cannot locate the problem.
Any ideas you have? I appreciate the help in advance
thanks this was awesome!
Hi, Amanda --
Thanks for all the great hacks!
Dunno if this might be another possibility, but on my blogger blogs -- all layouts -- it's possible to add a page element in the sidebar [for example] and then drag it to the top of the main column. It will stay at the top on every page of the blog until it's removed. That's the technique I've used whenever I've needed to put a sticky at the top of the posts column.
Thanks again for your terrific blog --
It works on my blog. I agreed to Luisa. Just drag it on top. =)
Anyway, thank you.