Provide easily-importable, comprehensive, and sufficiently-diverse sample data plus instructions to install and configure new Google Blogger blog. Resulting blog helps to more robustly teach, learn, explore, and test themes, layouts (sections), and widgets across 4 types of views generated: index (i.e. items, tags, search results), static page, item (i.e. post), and archive (i.e. items); 404 error page is unaffected by blog data.

[ See https://github.com/ci-lhh/blogger-data-test ]

[ See https://github.com/matiassingers/awesome-readme ]

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• Features
• Background
• Known Issues
• Requirements
• Installation
• Configuration
• Usage
• Support
• Authors and Acknowledgment
• Contributing
• Roadmap
• License

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• XHTML file containing importable Google Blogger data set with theme plus 9 pages (static pages), 12 category tags (labels), 34 posts (items), and 193 comments.
  • 9 pages with a variety of titles, descriptions, body content, and comments;
  • 12 labels with a variety of titles.
  • 34 posts with a variety of timestamps, titles, descriptions, labels (category tags), locations, body content, and comments.
  • 193 comments (i.e. 53 for pages, 140 for posts).
• Stylesheet page displays most common and most basic types of formatting using hypertext markup language (HTML) tagged content contained in bodies of blog pages and posts, including headings, addresses, text formatting, inline semantics, demarcating edits, tables, multimedia, embedded content, and forms.
• Google sheet with raw data can be copied (or included Microsoft Excel spreadsheet can be used) to access raw data and build additional data for test pages, labels, and posts.

Random lorem ipsum text.

Variety of random images for:

• page and post headers;
• occasional embedding in body paragraphs; plus,
• occasional inclusion after body content.

Single sentence of varying lengths containing random lorem ipsum text.

Single sentence of varying lengths containing random lorem ipsum text.

Random header image, followed by up to two paragraphs of varying lengths containing random lorem ipsum text, followed by possibly up to two random gallery images. Each image has alternate text with a single sentence of varying lengths containing random lorem ipsum text. Each paragraph may or may not contain an embedded random image. One or two posts do not have any images (i.e. no header image, no embedded paragraph images, and no post-content gallery images).

Variety of comments and replies (i.e. nested comments) on pages and posts to allow testing of comment permissions: allow; do not allow, show existing; plus, do not allow, hide existing. Each comment is a single sentence of varying lengths containing random lorem ipsum text.

Many recent timestamps with fewer during the preceding 4 years (i.e. randomized front-loaded timestamps between 2019-04-22 and 2022-09-22) allowing testing of various archive settings.

Random selection of up to 5 labels from collection of 12 labels, whose titles contain up to 3 words of random lorem ipsum text. One or two posts do not contain any label information.

Some posts contain a randomly chosen landmark in a random city in the United States. Many posts contain only a random city in the United States. A few posts only contain a random state in the United States. One or two posts contain only the United States of America. One or two posts do not contain any location information. This variety helps test specificity of displayed locations.

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While exploring the creation of themes for Google Blogger using various sections, layouts, and widgets, discovered there was not enough data (e.g. pages, posts, or labels) with enough diversity to clearly understand how information would be displayed to visitors. Wanted to focus on Google products to explore integration of various Google Cloud modules as tools for community members.

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When backing-up (exporting) data from Google Blogger to create XML file, resulting XML file does not contain data for search description and comment permission settings in post and page entries. Therefore, these missing data cannot be imported. See related Blogger Help Community post for more information. See Installation of Manual Workaround for Known Issues.

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• existing Google Account (e.g. GMail)
• ability to comfortably do following:
• navigate GitHub website
• navigate Google Blogger website
• download linked text and image files
• use basic hypertext markup language (HTML) to organize and format both text and images

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PURPOSE: get comprehensive and sufficiently-diverse sample data help learn, explore, and test various themes, layouts (sections), and widgets

1. Clone repository to local workspace or download following files:
   • google-blogger-sample-data.xml
   • favicon.ico
   • --TODO: blog logo --
2. Sign-in to Google account
3. Go to Google Blogger
4. Click drop-down box at top of left-hand menu sidebar
5. Select New Blog…
6. Enter title for test blog (e.g. My Google Blogger Template Sample)
7. Enter subdomain address for test blog (e.g. mysample2058)
8. Click Settings near bottom of left-hand menu sidebar
9. Scroll down to Manage Blog section
10. Select Import content
11. On pop-up window, click IMPORT button
12. Select downloaded google-blogger-sample-data.xml file

See Known Issues.

1. If continuing directly from Installation, skip to step #2, otherwise do following:
   1. Sign-in to Google account
   2. Go to Google Blogger
   3. Click drop-down box at top of left-hand menu sidebar
   4. Select title for test blog (e.g. My Blog Template Testing)

1. Click Pages near middle of left-hand menu sidebar

2. For each page in table below, do following:

   1. Select title to load for editing
   2. In right-hand menu sidebar, select Search Description
   3. Copy search description from table below and paste into page search description
   4. In upper-right-hand screen corner, click Update button
   5. In upper-left-hand screen corner, click ← (back) button

   Title	Search Description
   Cras Quis Mauris Nibh.	Proin suscipit mi nibh, maximus aliquet lectus rutrum et.
   Duis Aliquet Ante Urna, Quis Vehicula Mauris Mollis Eu.	Aliquam efficitur laoreet nisl, et hendrerit dolor elementum quis.
   Maecenas Vestibulum Rutrum Mi At Molestie.	Etiam pretium luctus dolor, et lacinia risus molestie non.
   Sed Dignissim Eu Felis Ac Fringilla.	Etiam ut maximus massa.

3. For each page in table below, do following:

   1. Select title to load for editing
   2. In right-hand menu sidebar, select Search Description
   3. Copy search description from table below and paste into page search description
   4. In right-hand menu sidebar, select Options
   5. Select reader comments permission from table below
   6. In upper-right-hand screen corner, click Update button
   7. In upper-left-hand screen corner, click ← (back) button

   Title	Search Description	Comments Permission
   Curabitur Imperdiet Dictum Sapien Non Commodo.	Ut eget mi ac eros congue fermentum.	Do not allow, show existing
   Nulla Blandit Non Ante In Mollis.	Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.	Do not allow, show existing
   Aliquam Suscipit Sapien Vitae Tincidunt Mollis.	Morbi id ornare erat.	Do not allow, hide existing
   Morbi Bibendum Nisi Sed Tempor Ultrices.	Phasellus tincidunt erat quis lacus ultricies, vitae aliquam arcu elementum.	Do not allow, hide existing

4. Click Posts near top of left-hand menu sidebar

5. For each post in table below, do following:

   1. Select title to load for editing
   2. In right-hand menu sidebar, select Search Description
   3. Copy search description from table below and paste into post search description
   4. In upper-right-hand screen corner, click Update button
   5. In upper-left-hand screen corner, click ← (back) button

   Title	Search Description
   Ac Tellus Praesent Sed Tortor In Dolor Varius Porttitor	Duis pretium commodo diam, ac laoreet est facilisis vel.
   Aenean vel enim ac nisi iaculis egestas nec ac dui.	Aliquam consectetur dignissim dignissim.
   Aliquam aliquam consectetur porta.	Morbi gravida elit id elit interdum faucibus.
   Aliquam erat volutpat.	Pellentesque in dui in felis fermentum dignissim.
   Donec lacinia mi eu pharetra aliquet.	Vestibulum eget eros dolor.
   Donec ultrices mauris vitae diam tincidunt imperdiet tempus id justo.	Suspendisse cursus, nunc eu laoreet vulputate, nulla elit viverra quam, et egestas ligula leo a tellus.
   Et Commodo Vel, Semper In Lectus Aliquam Hendrerit Libero	Morbi quis sem non lorem porttitor commodo convallis at augue.
   Imperdiet Interdum Ac Ut Neque Quisque Ac Augue Eu Elit Mollis Egestas	Aliquam auctor varius lectus, non hendrerit eros tempor id.
   In placerat mi sit amet nibh elementum, nec tincidunt lectus convallis.	Donec dapibus tortor dignissim nibh convallis mattis.
   Luctus Varius Sed, Convallis Id Nulla Curabitur Quam Metus, Tempus	Integer ut eros sit amet mauris fringilla tincidunt.
   Metus, In Faucibus Tortor - Morbi Suscipit Scelerisque Elit	Fusce auctor, nunc id luctus facilisis, nulla tellus efficitur mi, et dignissim nunc mi vitae lorem.
   Nam vel justo et arcu dictum pharetra eu at enim.	Duis sed nisi leo.
   Nulla egestas elementum purus, quis ultricies est.	Integer justo libero, dignissim et auctor quis, iaculis eget leo.
   Ornare Diam, Vitae Dictum Quam Integer Vel Nisi Ac Nunc	Phasellus accumsan neque non dui ullamcorper tempor facilisis quis enim.
   Pellentesque commodo, augue pellentesque ornare maximus, est massa congue risus, sit amet dictum lectus leo vitae velit.	Vestibulum porta est et dui vestibulum, vitae porta orci interdum.
   Pellentesque suscipit mi vitae erat rutrum, ac scelerisque quam fermentum.	Aenean sit amet mollis libero.
   Quis Ultricies Vulputate Nam Nulla Est, Imperdiet Eget Auctor Ac, Eleifend	Sed vitae ultrices diam.
   Quisque Aliquam Id Velit At Vulputate Etiam Nisl Mi, Ornare	Sed id pharetra neque.
   Quisque Sodales Gravida Purus Ac Placerat Pellentesque Eu Egestas	Duis porta purus sed nibh imperdiet, in viverra mauris sodales.
   Sit Amet Viverra Ut Interdum Vehicula Turpis A Hendrerit Vestibulum	Aliquam erat volutpat.
   Sollicitudin Rhoncus Nunc Efficitur Erat Metus, Quis Bibendum	Phasellus et mattis sapien, non egestas velit.
   Vitae A Metus Etiam Odio Odio, Tincidunt Vitae Massa Et, Viverra Pellentesque	Duis eu orci sed ipsum congue tempus.

6. For each post in table below, do following:

   1. Select title to load for editing
   2. In right-hand menu sidebar, select Search Description
   3. Copy search description from table below and paste into post search description
   4. In right-hand menu sidebar, select Options
   5. Select reader comments permission from table belowv
   6. In upper-right-hand screen corner, click Update button
   7. In upper-left-hand screen corner, click ← (back) button

   Title	Search Description	Comments Permission
   Ligula Aliquet Id Sed Eu Ultricies Odio Aliquam Vitae	Phasellus vel orci eleifend, ultrices ante non, suscipit eros.	Do not allow, show existing
   Pellentesque Metus Et Quam Dignissim, Eget Pretium Ligula Interdum	Nulla scelerisque est accumsan fermentum dapibus.	Do not allow, show existing
   Sed justo ex, varius eu ornare eget, mollis et lorem.	Phasellus et congue purus, a commodo dolor.	Do not allow, show existing
   Cras at malesuada elit.	Proin faucibus, nibh sit amet sagittis maximus, eros turpis malesuada nibh, nec faucibus sapien nibh ut est.	Do not allow, hide existing
   Donec Sit Amet Lacinia Ante Proin Consequat Enim Vitae	Cras posuere sit amet mi sodales faucibus.	Do not allow, hide existing
   Erat Etiam Tempus Augue At Neque Posuere Sagittis	Mauris facilisis quis arcu in scelerisque.	Do not allow, hide existing
   Mauris a semper tortor.	Sed vel nunc erat.	Do not allow, hide existing
   Proin tempus, nisl sed vulputate iaculis, felis mi venenatis dolor, eget convallis ante libero eu erat.	Etiam iaculis neque at mi mollis, in volutpat sapien cursus.	Do not allow, hide existing
   Sed tincidunt eu turpis nec vehicula.	Vivamus quis viverra eros, finibus aliquam sapien.	Do not allow, hide existing
   Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia curae; Suspendisse potenti.	Quisque at varius nisi.	Do not allow, hide existing
   Vestibulum eu accumsan purus.	Cras elementum augue ipsum, et mollis nunc condimentum eu.	Do not allow, hide existing

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PURPOSE: help to learn, explore, and test various settings to get best experience

1. If continuing directly from Installation, skip to step #2, otherwise do following:
   1. Sign-in to Google account
   2. Go to Google Blogger
   3. Click drop-down box at top of left-hand menu sidebar
   4. Select title for test blog (e.g. My Blog Template Testing)

1. Click Settings near bottom of left-hand menu sidebar
2. In Basic section, click Description to review and update (e.g. Sample blog for teaching, learning, exploring, and testing Google Blogger themes, layouts, and widgets.), then click SAVE
3. Click Favicon, click Choose File, select downloaded favicon.ico file, then click Save
4. Scroll down to Privacy section, click slider for Visible to search engines to hide sample blog from search engines (i.e. avoid cluttering search results with sample data)
5. Scroll down to Permissions section, click Reader access, select Private to authors (or Public to share with others), then click SAVE
6. Scroll down to Posts section, click Max posts shown on main page, enter 7, then click `SAVE
7. Scroll down to Comments section, click Comment location, select Embedded, then click SAVE
8. Click Who can comment?, select Users with Google Accounts, then click SAVE
9. Click Comment moderation, select Always, then click SAVE
10. Click Email moderation requests to, enter email address, then click SAVE
11. Click Comment form message, enter, enter comment form message (e.g. Please share your reactions and thoughts with us! What did you like most? What could we improve?), then click SAVE
12. Click Pending comment notification emails, enter email address, then click SAVE
13. Scroll down to Formatting section, click Time zone, select your time (e.g. (GMT-05:00) Central Time – Chicago for CDT or (GMT-06:00) Central Time – Chicago CST), then click SAVE button
14. Click Date header format, then select option to display weekday, month, day, and year (e.g. Tuesday, October 04, 2022), then click SAVE
15. Click Timestamp format, then select option to display hours, minutes, seconds, and AM/PM (e.g. 3:02:03 PM), then click SAVE
16. Click Comment timestamp format, then select option to display weekday, month, day, year, hours, minutes, seconds, and AM/PM (e.g. Tuesday, October 04, 2022 at 3:02:03 PM UTC-5), then click SAVE
17. Scroll down to Meta tags section, then click on slider to Enable search description
18. Click on Search description, then enter website description to be used in search engine results (e.g. My sample Google Blogger blog to more robustly teach, learn, explore, and test themes, layouts, and widgets.), static page, item (i.e. post), and archive (i.e. items); 404 error page is unaffected by blog data.), then click SAVE button
19. Scroll down to Site feed section, click Allow blog feed, select option Until Jump Break, then click SAVE button
20. Click Post feed footer, enter post feed footer (e.g. For more information, please visit our website. For updates, please follow us on your favorite social media!), then click SAVE button
21. Scroll down to General section, click User Profile, then complete profile as much as desired (e.g. here is my profile)

1. Click Layout near middle of left-hand menu

2. Go through each of the sections (e.g. headers, sidebars, main, footers) and each of the included widgets to review all settings. Make sure all settings are enabled and have desired content (e.g. text or images) to help understand data that is available for visitors. For each widget, simply click pencil (edit) icon to view settings for widget.

   • If desired, get a random image for header widget at Random Pictures

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--TODO--

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• Blog
  • Export / Import (XML)
    • Settings
      • Theme (XHTML)
        • CSS
        • Layout
          • Sections
            • ID
            • Class
            • Maximum Widget # (maxwidgets)
            • Enable Additional Widgets (showaddelement)
            • Span Direction (growth)
            • Widgets (See also XHTML Widget Tags and XHTML Data Tags)
              • ID
              • Type
              • Locked Flag (locked)
              • Title
              • Display on View Type (pageType)
              • Display on Mobile (mobile)
              • Settings
              • Content = Data can only be offered inside widgets
    • Data
      • Pages
        • ID
        • URL
        • Author
        • Title
        • Search Description -- MISSING -- See Known Issues
        • Body (HTML)
        • Comment Permission -- MISSING -- See Known Issues
        • Comments (linked by identifier)
      • Posts
        • ID
        • URL
        • Timestamp
        • Author
        • Title
        • Search Description -- MISSING -- See Known Issues
        • Labels
        • Location
        • Media Links
        • Body (HTML)
        • Comment Permission -- MISSING -- See Known Issues
        • Comments (linked by identifier)
      • Comments
        • ID
        • Timestamp
        • Author
        • Body (HTML)
  • Views
    • index (i.e. items newest to oldest, items with specific label, items matching search criteria)
    • static_page
    • item
    • archive
    • error_page

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-- TODO: identify test case post dates --

✅❌

• [Date] -- [Title]
  • info
• 33 = latest post; multiple labels (5); long labels tag; full location (street, city, state, ZIP Code); long description tag; header image, image embedded in each paragraph, +2 additional post-content images; comments allowed (5 comments each with 5 replies (30 comments total))
• 6 = earliest post; single label; header image plus each paragraph has images; multiple comments (4)
• 21 = long post title
• 25 = short post title; single label; short labels tag
• 11 = no label; long location tag; no images; no new comments allowed, existing comments shown
• 9 = no street, city, or state, only country location
• 23 = no street, only city and state location; no new comments allowed, existing comments hidden (2)
• 20 = single label; short description tag; header image only
• 31 = very little paragraph content; header image, image for each paragraph, plus 1 post-content image; comments allowed, no comments posted
• 3 = header image + 1st paragraph image; a lot of paragraph content; no new comments allowed, existing comments displayed (4)

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--TODO--

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Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.

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• Finish stylesheet page
  • Finish text-level semantics (including address)
  • Finish text-level editing semantics
  • Finish grouping content
  • Finish embedded content
  • Finish table
  • Finish form Confirm completion of Configuration of Blog Settings section
• Finish Usage section
  • Finish Usage of Views section
  • Finish Usage of Blog Layout section
  • Finish Usage of Google Blogger Architecture section
• Finish Test Case Highlights section
• Finish Support section
• Finish Authors and Acknowledgment section
• Finish Contributing section
• Finish License section
• Finish Roadmap section

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