So it appears that the changes I've made to the template, even though they show up when I check the template code, aren't going to show up here on the final page. Unless they do so when I publish this, though that seems doubtful.

Should it not show, I'll take it as a sign and move our wayward bloggers back into the normal rotation (not that any of you would have seen them move out of it). With my luck I'll change things back to the original format and then have the pages start showing up the way I've been trying to.