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Can anyone help me with blogger layouts?

Posted by carolynloveman • 7/11/07 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: backgrounds, blogger, Help, latouts

Hi Im new to blogging and I see some of you with some awsome layouts on blogger. Can someone tell me how you get those cool layouts on there. Iv'e tried and Im not getting anywhere.

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7/11/07

GFG

there are free blogger templates available...
do a search..
and modify them slowly ... let me know if u need help..
how do you like my drop down menu .. fishforfood.blogspot.com

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7/11/07

willow

... either create your own [yeah, right! certainly not my forte!] or look around for free templates, or if you're willing, you could pay for some custom design. I elect for the free ones and I tinker a little bit more on my own.

Some great free template resources for blogger:
1. finalsense.com/services/blog_templates/index.htm [tends not to support "blog description", only "blog header title"]
2. freetemplates.blogspot.com/
[I got lazy... look at the right sidebar under "other resource" and you'll find many more template sites]

good luck!

~willow~
noweepingallowed.blogspot.com/

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7/11/07

willow

p/s> then there are hacks you can use ... drop down menus as mentioned above, making your posts "peekaboo"... having an additional menu bar on the top of your page... there's a world of hacks and tweaks out there just waiting to be discovered! hackosphere.blogspot.com was a great starting point for me when trying to tweak some of my blogs.

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7/11/07

Witchywife

I had mine custom designed, for a very reasonable price... by "Blogs Gone Wild"

www.blogsgonewild.net/

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7/11/07

WanNo

Hi... visit my blog recipescollection.blogspot.com/ . if u like the layout... u can do it urself by refering tips-for-new-bloggers.blogspot.com/

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  willow
  
  that's a great resource, WanNo, thanx for sharing!
7/11/07

iluvmonkeys2

check out lemonade designs...she not only offers free templates but will also custom design for you FREE and she's awesome!

lemonadedesigns.blogspot.com/

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7/11/07

carolynloveman

ok so how do I do html stuff and where do I put it Iv'e tried it and it just covers up all my posts and everything. can someone be more specific? thanks for all your info you guys are great to share..

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7/11/07

Enlight

Do you want to add your own template or use one of bloggers template?

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7/11/07

willow

carolyn, you've got six blogs registered here at BC, and it looks like you've been able to tweak/add stuff to the headers and sidebars and such for all of the,m... so perhaps *you* need to be more specific? Which existing blog(s) do you, ummm, covet? or what specific features do you want to add?

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7/11/07

carolynloveman

The blogs that I have are from blogger they are the layouts they provide you with. I know how to add pics and such. Im talking about adding a layout of your choice and how to do that using blogger. I dont really understand how to edit the html and where to put it in the template.

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7/11/07

awannabe

These are "EASY" to use.
freeskins.blogspot.com/
I tweaked the chocolate beach layout by creating my own photo with the same diminsions, uploading it to photobucket.com and replacing the link in the code.

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7/11/07

carolynloveman

willow you sound kindof *snotty*.. If you dont wanna help than why do you respond to this. Im no computer master or such. Just thought some fellow bloggers could help out a little bit sorry for asking.....

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1. 7/11/07
  
  willow
  
  LMAO!!! I point you to two [plus directions to more] sources of templates, then add advice on where to look for hacks... your reply implied this wasn't what you were looking for, but your reply didn't shed much light on what it was you wanted either... so I asked you to clarify further, since with your 6 blogs you show you've got some sort of familiarity with tinkering with templates [to my mind, anyway!]... and this is being snotty? Umm, yeah,,,, whatever babe.
7/11/07

Linc4Justice

Blogskins.com has a directory of skins for the Blogger platform.

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7/11/07

kirewass

Carolynloveman: You can got to Bebo and create a slideshow for your header, for instance. Once you have created a slide show (well, that takes some time) it generates an HTML tag that can be cut and pasted. Bebo allows you to paste the slideshow as a widget into a Bebo profile page. Public slide shows seen on any Bebo page can be added to your own page.
www.slide.com/arrange?sk=0&tt=0&cy=be&th=0

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7/11/07

m38967

Hi---Carolyn: I know how you feel, as i too had a heck of time, changing my layout for my blogger blogs. I finally was able to figure it out and am happy to share how to do it.....with you. The free templates i have been tinkering with on my new Groovy Chicago blog....is Free Skins. Someone mentioned it earlier above. They have very nice templates and they guy who does them adds new ones pretty regularly. With these you just:

VIP: if you have widgets, you will lose them, you will have to re-add them after you download a new template.

1.) download the template
2.) extract all files, open the text file, and copy all contents
3.) go to the "layout", then the "edit html" section of blogger
4.) delete all the stuff on the html page
5.) paste what you copied from the text doc
6.) save

That's it. If you did it right, the new template will show up when you view your blog. Need more help? Let me know, shoot me a PM.

Missy.

p.s. see my blog below with the blue flowers free skin: (i just put it in yesterday)
groovychicago.blogspot.com/

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  neoauteur
  
  What's an elegant yet simple layout!
7/11/07

Sueblimely

If you check out my blog at sueblimely2.blogspot.com , Sueblimely Practicing the New Blogger, you will find a list of sites that provide new Blogger templates in the sidebar. You may find something on my site that helps you with your coding too. Please send me a message via comments or contact box if you would like to find out anything more specific as I like to tailor my content to what my readers need to know. I have more information about styling and coding on my main site, which applies to all blog platforms: sueblimelybt.blogspot.com - Sueblimely Discovering - Blogging

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7/11/07

carolynloveman

Thank you so much fellow bloggers Im gonna try some of your suggestions and I'll let you know how it pans out. You guys really helpful and thanks for sharing your info.

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7/11/07

jimbozs2000

ALOT OF IT IS AFTER YOU MAKE YOUR FIRST POST,GO TO THE CUSTOMIZE LINK,CLICK ON THE COLOR AND FONTS LINK AND START PLAYING WITH THE LOOK THATS RIGHT FOR YOUR BLOG.tHE TEMPLATES ARENT THAT GREAT WITH BLOGGER.BUT THE COLORS CAN REALLY MAKE IT STAND OUT,i ALLWAYS END UP USEING THE RED ON WHITE LAYOUT AND THEY LOOK PRETY GOOD.i HAVE ABOUT 10 BLOGS YOU CAN LOOK AT TO SEE WHAT I MEAN

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7/11/07

jimbozs2000

GO TO cooltext.com for some free headers fonts and buttons top notch and free.

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7/12/07

bloggingmix

Hi Carolyn,
I made an article about free resource where you can get templates you can easily implement on your blog. I'm assuming you're blogging with Blogger.com. Here's the link

www.bloggingmix.com/2007/06/cost-free-3-column-templates-for-new.html

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7/31/07

m38967

carolyn: did you ever get your blogger layout prob resolved?

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8/20/08

eXpertized

The best option is to find a free template for use on your blogger, Use this search engine to find one search-layouts-for-myspace-and.blogspot.com . Generally the templates/layouts will come with instructions, so follow them religiously and ask for their help if you can't get it to work yourself.

Need some free blog things? how about dropping by to zerodollarchallenge.blogspot.com

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