How to solve “Widget IDs should be unique”

8/15/2015 10:46:00 pm
How to solve “Widget IDs should be unique”



If possible you have been receiving an error message, whenever you are trying to make some changes in your blogger templates. 

We were unable to save your template. 


Please correct the error below, and submit your template again. 

    More than one widget was found with id: HTML3. Widget IDs should be unique.

Follow the instructions in the following HTML code :
<div id='sidebar-wrapper'>
<b:section class='sidebar' id='upsidebar' preferred='yes'>
<b:widget id='
HTML3' locked='false' title='' type='HTML'/>
<b:widget id='HTML4' locked='false' title='' type='HTML'/>

<b:widget id='HTML1' locked='false' title='' type='HTML'/>

</b:section>
<b:section class='sidebar' id='sidebar1' preferred='yes'>
<b:widget id='HTML5' locked='false' title='Sylabus' type='HTML'/>

<b:widget id=''
HTML3' locked='false' title='Nysc' type='HTML'/>
<b:widget id='BlogArchive1' locked='false' title='Myedu Blog' type='BlogArchive'/>
<b:widget id='HTML6' locked='false' title='' type='HTML'/>

<b:widget id='HTML7' locked='false' title='MyEdu Service' type='HTML'/>

<b:widget id='HTML8' locked='false' title='Study Abroad' type='HTML'/>

<b:widget id='HTML9' locked='false' title='' type='HTML'/>

<b:widget id='HTML10' locked='false' title='' type='HTML'/>

</b:section> 

At the example above seen two widget codes with the same ID, that is HTML3 (attention the red letter): 

<b:widget id='
HTML3' locked='false' title='' type='HTML'/>

<b:widget id='
HTML3' locked='false' title='Nysc' type='HTML'/>


If this kind of message appears in your template editor, or something similar to this above code. It is impossible for you to add more codes or save the template because this error message will continue to appear. More than one widget was found with id: HTML3. Widget IDs should be unique. Examine the below correction to write the right code.

Example: change HTML3 with HTML15 or other number, but the number must be different with other widget ID.

<div id='sidebar-wrapper'>
<b:section class='sidebar' id='upsidebar' preferred='yes'>
<b:widget id='
HTML3' locked='false' title='' type='HTML'/>
<b:widget id='HTML4' locked='false' title='' type='HTML'/>

<b:widget id='HTML1' locked='false' title='' type='HTML'/>

</b:section>
<b:section class='sidebar' id='sidebar1' preferred='yes'>
<b:widget id='HTML5' locked='false' title='Sylabus' type='HTML'/>

<b:widget id=''
HTML3' locked='false' title='Nysc' type='HTML'/>
<b:widget id='BlogArchive1' locked='false' title='Myedu Blog' type='BlogArchive'/>
<b:widget id='HTML6' locked='false' title='' type='HTML'/>

<b:widget id='HTML7' locked='false' title='MyEdu Service' type='HTML'/>

<b:widget id='HTML8' locked='false' title='Study Abroad' type='HTML'/>

<b:widget id='HTML9' locked='false' title='' type='HTML'/>

<b:widget id='HTML10' locked='false' title='' type='HTML'/>

</b:section> 

Make a change in the widget ID with different number, example : HTML3 changed with HTML15, for example 




<div id='sidebar-wrapper'>
<b:section class='sidebar' id='upsidebar' preferred='yes'>
<b:widget id='
HTML3' locked='false' title='' type='HTML'/>
<b:widget id='HTML4' locked='false' title='' type='HTML'/>

<b:widget id='HTML1' locked='false' title='' type='HTML'/>

</b:section>
<b:section class='sidebar' id='sidebar1' preferred='yes'>
<b:widget id='HTML5' locked='false' title='Sylabus' type='HTML'/>

<b:widget id=''
HTML15' locked='false' title='Nysc' type='HTML'/>
<b:widget id='BlogArchive1' locked='false' title='Myedu Blog' type='BlogArchive'/>
<b:widget id='HTML6' locked='false' title='' type='HTML'/>

<b:widget id='HTML7' locked='false' title='MyEdu Service' type='HTML'/>

<b:widget id='HTML8' locked='false' title='Study Abroad' type='HTML'/>

<b:widget id='HTML9' locked='false' title='' type='HTML'/>

<b:widget id='HTML10' locked='false' title='' type='HTML'/>

</b:section> 



After you have change widget ID, click Save Template button. You will never see the error message again. 

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