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Editing Your Preview Template

The previews in MarsEdit donŐt really look like your weblog. But you can change that by editing your preview template.

  1. Open a post window, if one isnŐt already open.
  2. Click the Preview button in the toolbar. The preview window appears.
  3. At the bottom right of the preview window, click the Edit Template button.
  4. Edit the template so that the preview in the preview window looks more like your weblog.

While editing, use the Insert pulldown menu at the bottom left of the template editor to insert different elements into your template.

Template Editor screen shot

Note for TypePad and Movable Type users

ThereŐs an experimental feature where you can add the template for your weblog into MarsEdit, and MarsEdit will try to make your preview look as much like your weblog as it can.

The feature doesnŐt always work perfectly, so it may take a little tweaking on your part.

Just copy the template for your weblog into the template editor and click Save Changes, then edit it some more until the preview looks the way you want it to.