I don't know anything about blogger, but failing the CSS solution you could try something like this
(I appologize for the code quality, I just whipped this up as a proof of concept
<%@ Page language="c#" Codebehind="Web Form1.aspx.cs" AutoEventWireup ="false" Inherits="templ ate.WebForm1" %><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" ><HTML><HEAD><t itle>WebForm1</title><meta content="Micros oft Visual Studio .NET 7.1" name="GENERATOR "><meta content="C#" name="CODE_LANG UAGE"><meta content="JavaSc ript" name="vs_defaul tClientScript"> <meta content="http://schemas.microso ft.com/intellisense/ie5" name="vs_target Schema"></HEAD><body><for m id="Form1" method="post" runat="server"> <asp:panel id="panelTempla te" runat="server"
First Name: <asp:TextBox id="FirstName" runat="server"> </asp:TextBox><BR
Last Name: <asp:TextBox id="LastName" runat="server"> </asp:TextBox><BR ><asp:Button id="Update" runat="server" Text="Update"></asp:Button><BR> <asp:Label id="FullName" runat="server"> </asp:Label></asp:panel><asp: placeholder id="placeHolder " runat="server"> </asp:placeholder ></form></body></HTML
public class WebForm1 : System.Web.UI.P ag
protected System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Pane l panelTemplate
protected System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Text Box FirstName
protected System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Text Box LastName
protected System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Butt on Update
protected System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Labe l FullName
protected System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Plac eHolder placeHolder
private void Page_Load(objec t sender, System.EventArg s e)
string templateString
@"<TABLE><TR><T D>Last Name:</TD><TD>{LastNam e}</TD></TR><TR><TD>Firs t Name:</TD><TD>{FirstNa me}</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>{Update} </TD></TR><TR><TD colspan=""2"">{ FullName}</TD></TR></TABLE>"
Template.Apply( placeHolder, panelTemplate, templateString )
#region Web Form Designer generated cod
override protected void OnInit(EventArg s e)
InitializeCompo nent()
base.OnInit(e)
private void InitializeCompo nent() {
this.Update.Cli ck += new System.EventHan dler(this.Updat e_Click)
this.Load += new System.EventHan dler(this.Page_ Load)
#endregio
private void Update_Click(ob ject sender, System.EventArg s e
FullName.Text = string.Format( "{0} {1}", FirstName.Text, LastName.Text )
public class Template
public static void Apply( PlaceHolder ph, Control pt, string template )
SortedList sl = new SortedList()
// Get the order that the controls appear in the templat
string unquoted = Unquote( template );
GetControlOrder ( pt.Controls, unquoted, sl )
int pos = 0
string t
LiteralControl lc
for ( int i = 0; i < sl.Count; i++ )
int index = (int)sl.GetKey( i)
Control c = (Control)sl.Get ByIndex(i)
t = unquoted.Substr ing( pos, index - pos )
pos = index + c.ID.Length + 2
lc = new LiteralControl( Quote( t ) )
ph.Controls.Add ( lc )
ph.Controls.Add ( c )
t = unquoted.Substr ing( pos )
lc = new LiteralControl( Quote( t ) )
ph.Controls.Add ( lc )
pt.Visible = false
private static void GetControlOrder ( ControlCollecti on cc, string template, SortedList sl )
foreach ( Control c in cc )
int i = template.IndexO f( string.Format( "{{{0}}}", c.ID ) )
if ( i != -1 )
sl[i] = c
GetControlOrder ( c.Controls, template, sl )
private static string Unquote( string t )
return t.Replace( "{{", "{{\t" ).Replace( "}}", "\t}}" )
private static string Quote( string t )
return t.Replace( "{{\t", "{{" ).Replace( "\t}}", "}}" )
