I've not been able to find this in any searches, partly because I don't really know what terms to use.

I'm trying to post some CSS code into a blog post, as instructions, in the 'copy and paste this code into your template code....' kind of way, but when I try to publish the post I get either 'tags not allowed' error, or the code simply doesn't show in the post when I view it on my blog.

I know it's something to do with the code trying to 'operate', but I want to simply display it as text for others to copy. I've tried using the <!-- tag to no avail.

Any help muchly appreciated.

Use HTML entities http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_entities.asp

Thanks, Arenlor, but either I'm stupid or you haven't quite understood my problem.

When you search for blogger hacks, tips, widgets etc etc, you'll find loads of blogs with all manner of little tricks. These usually take the form of a piece of code - be that html or CSS - that you are instructed to copy and paste into your own template. This is what I want to be able to do. I want to be able to provide two lines of script, and a short CSS. How do post this coding so that it displays on my blog for others to copy and paste into their own template?

For example. If I wanted to explain the simple (a href="...) link tag in this post and show what code is used, I couldn't do it because that code would then become the link when I posted. I hope explains a little clearer what it is I'm trying to do.

You use the html entities, so for example &amp; would show the ampersand.
[code]&lt;a href=""%gt;[code]
That would show up as <a href=""> though I suggest using the numbered entities (#60 for less than and #62 for greater than)

As I suspected, I'm stupid!

I have a feeling you're going to give up on me here, but I'm afraid your instructions are far too advanced.

I think I can follow them sufficiently enough to get the two lines of script to show, but what about the short section of CSS?

I know you've naswered this as far as you're concerned, but I need thick-as-pig-**** instructions. Is there something I can simply insert before and after the CSS so that it will show up on my blog, or do I have to modify every tag?

hmm... blogger is in xml format... i use some html parser so to convert to xml code.. but not really sure if theres one for css...

I'm pretty sure you'll have to do them each. I'm not fully familiar with Blogger