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Most of Blogger user hide the Blogger navigation bar in their blog. It's not a bad thing but takes a lot of quick links away from you. Those quick links are “New post”, “Customize” and “Log Out.”
In this article, you'll know how to add an Admin Control Panel widget to your blog, which will be only visible to the blog admin. Thanks to BloggingTips for this awesome trick.
I added some extra options to the admin panel but you can add or remove them if you want to.
Locate Your Unique Blog ID Number:
To add this widget, it's important to find your unique blog ID number. It's really easy. Just open your Blog's dashboard (overview, posts, and backend other pages) and copy your unique blog ID from address bar.
For example, your ID will look something like this:
http://www,.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1415638240907948#posts
Red part of the above URL is my blog ID. Visit your blog and copy your unique blog ID.
Add Admin Control Panel To Blogger Template:
To add the control panel to your Blogger template, go to Template > Edit HTML. Then search for the following line of code (or similar):
<b:section class='sidebar' id='sidebar' preferred='yes'>
Immediately before this line, paste the following section of code:
<span class='item-control blog-admin'>
<h2>Admin Control Panel</h2>
<a href='http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=BlogIdNumber#editor'>New Post</a>
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<a href='http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=BlogIdNumber#posts'>Posts</a>
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<a href='http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=BlogIdNumber#stats'>Stats</a>
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<a href='http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=BlogIdNumber#settings'>Settings</a>
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<a href='http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=BlogIdNumber#pageelements'>Change Layout</a>
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<a href='http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=BlogIdNumber#template'>Edit HTML</a>
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<a href='http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=BlogIdNumber#comments'>Moderate Comments</a>
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<a href='http://www.blogger.com/logout.g'>Sign Out</a>
</span>
Replace all instances of BlogIdNumber with your unique BlogID. Save your template & that's it!
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