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How to make your own Blogger template from scratch

Hello! Today I have chaos and power over the whole house! Wi-Fi, appeared shorter.

Sometimes it’s too lazy to sit at a computer table to watch the news, read Twitter, etc. But you need to be in trend (or just kill time)! Therefore, wi-fi for the whole house is what you need, especially since I previously had a tablet, so there is where to surf on the Internet!

Well, let's not waste time and let's install and configure the Huawei HG532e modem!

I’ll start with a review of the contents of the box that I received at the Ukrtelecom branch. Here, in fact, looks like a box from a modem.

Yes, made in China. But, practically, all the electronics are made in China, so I hope this modem will last me a long time.

A very useful brochure is the “Instructions for Use”.

And here is the most interesting - the contents of the box! What goes in there?
  1. Modem
  2. Power supply
  3. Splitter
  4. Telephone cable RJ-11 (2pcs.)
  5. Ethernet cable RJ-45
  6. User manual
  7. Disk
  8. Warranty card (it is not ...

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That's why I have prepared for you a new selection of cool themes for your site on the Blogspot platform.

Blogspot Template - Grid Plus

This modern, and most importantly free Blogger template is perfect for portal sites that have a lot of sections and all of them need to be given the same conditions. This is a great topic for news blogs. Recommend!

Fresh View - Template for Blogspot


This template has a very cool joke - its own slider. It looks very nice and with the help of it your website will be definitely remembered. I can not help but note the block of social profiles, where there is even a Vine service! Go try;)

Free Blogspot Template - Palki


By choosing this adaptive template, you definitely won’t put your wheels in wheels.
It is perfect for tech blogging or for creating a personal blog. Cool template!

Free Blogspot Template - Koenda


Very neat pattern in orange style. Here your text will be the focus of attention. I would recommend this topic for news sites. Give it a try.

Free Blogspot Template - Blog-News


Chic Blogspot template for those who want to change the design and make their blog much better. See how cool it looks! Very cool.

Free Blogspot Template - Honey


This template for a blogspot called Honey is suitable for a personal blog. Photos in this thread stand out very much. And look what a cool slider? I like it.

Free Blogspot Template - iPrime


Good design for a blog with a top menu and a cool block of popular posts. There is a block from Facebook, so I can confidently recommend it as a website design for startups or companies. That's real - it's better to see.

Free Blogspot Template - Button


Very minimalist pattern. The template is suitable for both notes and long stories. Despite the minimal amount of graphics, the theme is very stylish.

Free Blogspot Template - Meton


Cool and bright template. I really liked the Tags and Popular Entries blocks. And how not to mention the main page is very cool for a magazine blog. You have not downloaded yet?

Free Blogspot Template - WePress


If you have a game blog or you are a lettles player and you need a template - this is for you. A very bright and stylish template that screams so that you look at it in action.

Free Blogspot Template - Minimal


Good template for a personal blog. Are you a creative person and want to show it? Be sure to install this template and you will succeed.

Free Blogspot Template - Minima


Stylish flat design is perfect if you like to watch gadgets or new technologies. Stylish and cool!

Free Blogspot Template - Allure


A beautiful template for a photographer’s blog, fashion website or beauty blog. Great slider and top menu. And in general it looks very good.

Free Blogspot Template - Slate


A great template for the blog of a traveler or a person who loves nature. Light colors evoke this. It’s better to watch the demo rather than listen to me.

Free Blogspot Template - BlogPress


If your blog is about cinema or show business, then you need this template. A beautiful block with the latest news (above) immediately shows your site modern. Moreover, the template is adaptive.

Free Blogspot Template - Anime-Pink


I do not know what this topic is doing here, but it will come in handy for someone. Just watch the demo and make your own conclusion where this template can be applied. Especially if you are under 15

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No one likes to figure out what someone else did. It’s such nerves to customize a template downloaded somewhere to your taste and your needs. Every blogger, in my opinion, from time to time thought how cool it would be to cook up his own template. And I tell you - this is a very good idea! Today we will try to bring this idea to life quickly and easily.

  In this article, I’ll talk about everything that I learned while creating my template for the blog that you are currently reading. As often happens when dealing with web technologies, I have learned all the best things from English-language resources. I'm glad I learned more than HTML / CSS :).
  So, if you and I are going to do this, I suggest starting with these few preliminary steps:

  1. Create a new blog as a test blog and select a template Simple. On it we will learn first. You shouldn't try it right away on live blogs, as you can easily add clutter to it.
  2. Make a backup and upload a copy of the template to your disk (Template\u003e Backup / Restore) before we start digging into it. We need it as reference information.
  3. Go to the Design tab of your test blog and remove all widgets ( Profile, Archive, Lists ...), Besides Blog Posts. To remove widgets Heading  and Attributesclick Template\u003e Edit HTML  and using the search ( CTRL + F), find Header1. In the same line of code, delete the locked \u003d "true" parameter or change its value to locked \u003d "false". Do the same with Attributionby finding a line of code with Attribution1. Now you can remove these widgets directly from the layout on the Design tab. After that, they will disappear from your template layout. If this doesn’t work out this way (it happens), then don’t worry - when we change the code in the HTML editor to ours, they will also be deleted.
  4. Now that you have removed all possible widgets, create a new post. If you want, you can use ready-made text templates, for example from here Html Ipsum. They already have most of the HTML tags that are commonly used in blog posts. We created this fitting post and further it will be very useful to us in the design of our template.
  5. Yeah, and do not forget to set the privacy settings for your test blog - Settings\u003e Privacy: Not displayed on Blogger, Not crawled by search engines. If you are not going to use external testing applications on the blog (for example, subscription through Feedburner), you can also set permission for Blog readers - Personal - blog authors only.


Fig. 1 - Naked template after preliminary cleaning.

  What are tags for?   and ?

  Sections

  The section reserves a certain place in the template. Each section has opening and closing tags, it looks something like this:

Note!  A section can contain only widgets. To place additional code inside a section, divide it into two or more new sections.

  Widgets

  A widget is a single tag, which is essentially a placeholder for a specific place in the template and tells Blogger how it should be processed on the tab Page Elements.
  Here are some examples, one for the page title, one for the list, and one for the blog archive:


Fig. 2 - Explains how sections and widgets look in a Blogger page layout.


  And here is the easiest code to download as a Blogger template. It is based on a template. Simple.

<data:blog.pageTitle/>


  If you try to download this template without a tag   , then you get the following error message:

  There should be one and only one skin in the template, and we found: 0
  Blogger tells us that at least some styles should be present in the template. Also   cannot be empty, it must contain at least one tag   . Otherwise, we will again encounter an error:
  We did not find any section in your template. A template must have at least one b: section tag.
  Which means - "We did not find any sections in your template. There must be at least one section."

Install a clean Blogger template.

  Now it's time to download our most minimalistic template in the world. To do this, go to the "Template" tab and click " Change HTML". Clear the Blogger code editor field by placing the cursor in it and clicking CTRL + A and DELETE. Then copy the code from my example to the clipboard and paste it into the empty editor field. Click "Save Template." Now click " View Blog"!

Oops Empty page. What the hell?
  The thing is that since some time, Blogger no longer automatically creates a block with blog posts. We must now do this ourselves to see our post that we previously posted. Insert one more line of code with the widget of posts into our section:



Fig. 3 - In the editor, everything should look like this.


  Well, our blog after reloading the viewing page will look like this:



Fig. 4 - Design of our blog after the initial installation of the template.


  Ok, let's now create another section and place the widget with the header in it. We will do this using the following lines of code, inserting them immediately after the tag   , in front of our blog post section:


Do everything as in the picture.



Fig. 5 - Insert the section code with the header into the template.


  In order to fix a section in a specific sector of the Blogger layout, identifiers are used, for example id \u003d "header", id \u003d "main", etc.



Fig. 6 - Our layout after adding a new section "Header".


  Now we have the option " Add Gadget"and we can safely set the header of our blog:



Fig. 7 - Add a new widget for our header from the list of Blogger gadgets.


  Let's go to Blogger's HTML editor now and find our page title widget right below the tag . Note!: In the code editor on the left opposite the widget you will see a small black arrow. It collapses and expands a certain logical section of code. You can click on it and see the entire contents of the widget. This will come in handy later.

You can, as a precaution, to prevent the removal of the title, if we suddenly start changing something in the template from the hangover, set the header attribute locked to true.

Having read to this point, you probably already have an idea of \u200b\u200bhow the code works in the Blogger system and its main patterns. We create sections-sections in the template and specify their attributes. Then on the tab page’s layout page Design"we can add widgets using the" Add a gadget "button in the section that we need and which we previously created. Of course, we do not have to use the" Add Gadget", we can do this also manually, coding directly in the HTML code of our template.

For example, we want to add HTML / Javascript widget at the bottom of the message box. Let's do it easy and simple, add the code that creates a new widget (highlighted in blue) to the section with blog posts, below the posts widget:




  Now check the layout page. And what will we see? Our HTML / JavaScript  widget in place!



Fig. 8 - Our new HTML1 widget appeared in the layout of the template.


  You can remove the widget either manually or using the Blogger panel on the " Design".

Let's now take care of the remaining sections of our template. Typically, a template design has a header, menu, content block, sidebar and footer. Two of the list we already have. Add the rest now.

* Some notes regarding the installation of the sidebar section in the template.

Exploring carefully the pattern. Simple, we’ll notice that it doesn’t use a tag to create a sidebar.   . Another tag was used instead   prisoner inside the block

  . And near the end of the template code there is another tag   . It can be assumed that these tags systematize the layout of columns in the sidebar. Perhaps it generates a table based on the number of columns specified for the sidebar, which can be changed in the template designer. The following pieces of code from the template come up with such thoughts. Simple.


  And one more:




  We will not go into all these details with tags now.   because we’re just starting to experiment with the Blogger template. Perhaps I will study this topic in the future and make a separate post about it. In order not to complicate, we will make the sidebar and footer in one column. For peace of mind, I’ll need to say that it will only look like this in the " Layout"template. In reality, the design of the blog we will do as we want with the help of markup and CSS styles.

And now, after adding all the missing sections and the widgets we need, we have approximately the following code structure:




Fig. 10 - The final clean design of our Blogger template without the use of layout and styles.

A few more comments and all.

  • Be careful when creating new sections, keep track of which id identifiers to use. So, for example, when adding a menu section (navbar), use the id \u003d "nav" identifier, and not id \u003d "navbar", which is already used by the system to display the Blogger branded navbar at the very top of any page.
  • Using an invalid id id for widgets (eg id \u003d "Pagelist1" instead of id \u003d "PageList1") will generate an error.
  • For a better understanding of other types of Blogger widgets, dig into the code for standard templates. Or you can simply add them using the "Add Gadget" »HTML / JavaScript button, and then edit its attributes in the template code.
  • If you have several instances of widgets of the same type, make sure that each of them has its own distinct identifier - [widget type] [number] (eg HTML1, HTML2, HTML3, etc.).
  • If you use the "rubber" template for your blog, or are going to make it, instead of the mobile version of Blogger, then I suggest deleting the entire block   from tag   and replace it with the following code .

The results.

  Well, now we’ve figured out the most basic elements of the Blogger template — sections and widgets. To move further along the path of creating our own and unique blog design, we will need to master the use of layout markup and styles using HTML and CSS technologies. Believe me, this is not difficult and very exciting. Much more fun than what we did in this guide.
  Perhaps some of the points I have described are incomplete and you still have questions. Write in the comments if you managed to make your own template template and would like to continue to design an already finished version of your own theme for the blog.
  Stay tuned for more articles on this blog with detailed examples and step-by-step instructions. And in order not to miss the updates, subscribe by e-mail and become regular readers   Blogger Cafè. That's all for today.
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Blogger has become very popular, it is the first blogging service from Google. Blogger is a unique blogging platform that provides all the necessary features to create your own blog.

Every month, the number of templates for Blogger only increases, thanks to the community of designers. In this article, we have compiled some of the best responsive Blogger templates that have many great features and functionality. You can easily customize them to your interests, they will make your site beautiful and productive.

Amazin - Blogger Universal Template

Amazin - Universal, responsive template for Blogger. Amazing elegant design with unique automated features. This template extends the standard functionality of Blogger, contains a large number of plugins and widgets. To work with this template, you do not need programming knowledge or the help of third-party people, all widgets are integrated into the template itself, so setting up the template is not difficult. Amazin is suitable for a blog, magazine, news portal, gallery, applications and gaming site.

Fancymag


FancyMag - An adaptive magazine template for Blogger created by the FancyTheme team, with many new and exclusive features, designed to help newcomers, as well as professionals who want to create an amazing website, with FancyMag, you do not need to be a web designer or By the developer, you can simply read the documentation and create your own website based on this template.

Exelixis


Exelixis - Premium Blogger template with responsive design. Perfect for a business and personal blog. Design in contemporary style, with a beautiful color combination, SEO is optimized and built on the basis of popular trends in web design.

Puzzle


Puzzle - Premium blogger template  with responsive design, on the theme of the magazine. It has a design in a modern style and various color schemes. This will be a great choice for many types of magazines. Easy to install and configure, ideal for anyone who is just starting out or already has a blog.

Stonewall


StoneWall - Created with a focus on responsive content, designed for writers and journalists. Thanks to this template, you can enjoy articles and stories written on the site without any annoying factors. StoneWall is one of the most optimized templates, which makes it suitable for working on any device, whether it is a smartphone, tablet, laptop or desktop computer.

Magpress


Magpress - A modern, clean, responsive Blogger template in the Flat Design style that works best for a magazine, news, or blog. The template is designed in a special way, which allows you to easily change the color palette, font size and other design parameters of the site. MagPress differs not only in usability and beautiful design, but also in easy to use admin panel.

Oliver


Oliver - A versatile, responsive Blogger template. It has a full-screen, adaptive jQuery slider, with support for touch devices and a separate section for the blog. The horizontal drop-down menu also has compatibility with touch devices. Other interesting feature  of this template is infinite scroll support.

Photoland


Photoland - An adaptive Blogger template that is suitable for a site with photos, is very easy to use, ideal for beginners. This template combines two colors - black and white, the perfect solution for all blogs.

Logger


Logger - A simple, modern and professional template, ideal for creating a professional blog, a great choice for creating a personal blog. This template is fully adapted with many devices and optimized for search engines.

Cinderella


Cinderella - Premium Blogger template with responsive design. Perfect for a business and personal blog. Design in a modern style, with a beautiful color combination, has retro elements, SEO is optimized and built on the basis of popular trends in web design.

Gothica


Gothica - A beautifully designed, animated blog with a dark layout and excellent readability for Blogger. Comes with various additional features, such as - slider, widget panels, lightbox gallery.

Brand mag


Brand Mag - Premium Blogger template with responsive design, great for magazines. Has a design in a modern style, simple color combinations, clean and modern look, built on the basis of popular web design trends. A great choice for many types of magazines. Easily customizable, suitable for both beginner bloggers and those who already have their own blog.

SNews


SNEWS - The Most Effective Blogger Template For Your Magazine, either news portal. It has a large number of different positions for modules. For example, you can change the layout for a particular category, breadcrumbs, social widgets, article widgets that have many sorting options, and much more.

Crystal


Crystal - A simple, modern and professional template, ideal for creating a professional blog, the template allows you to publish your thoughts and information in an elegant way. You can start developing your website in a few minutes.

Verbose


Verbose - Designed for photographers and graphic designers. It has support for various fonts, color variations of text and background. You can easily add or remove a short post on any site page. The template is fully responsive.

My own portrait


My Own Portrait - Premium Blogger template with responsive design, suitable for portfolio sites. Design in the style of Masonry, has a simple color combination, a clean and modern look, SEO is optimized and built on the basis of popular trends in web design. Ideal for personal blog or business pages.

Slycore - Responsive Flatstrap Template for Blogger


Slycore - Universal, responsive template for Blogger. SEO optimized, rich design and very easy to use. It has many interesting features. It’s very easy to deploy on your site, you don’t have to set up HTML markup, your site will be on the Internet in a few minutes. Suitable for blog, magazine, photo gallery, audio-video gallery, applications and game site.

Flat news


Flat News - News Blogger template. Working with this template is very easy without affecting the code. Fully responsive with drag & drop.

Sevida


Sevida - Premium Blogger template with responsive design, suitable for blogging.

Stand mag


Stand - Premium Blogger template with responsive design, suitable for magazines. Design in a modern style, with a beautiful color combination, built on the basis of popular trends in web design. Easily customizable, ideal for both beginner bloggers and those who already have their own blog.

Gradually, the Blogspot community has risen to a much higher scale, and we see free Blogger templates being released without a pause.

Blogspot is the first CMS I used before access to others became more or less accessible due to limited resources then. Many sites give free lite versions of paid templates for us, and this is a boon for bloggers. The lite version is all you need to start your business, by the way, from scratch.

Most free blogger Templates  There are new products here, so download them for free and use, there will not be many similar to you. The templates are diverse, have a structure of two, three, four columns, all of them are here, although with a little effort and imagination we can change the look of the template completely.

2015 produced a huge release of themes for Blogspot. Below are the top 30 free blogger templates of 2015.

I will continue to update the theme of free templates for Blogspot, so subscribe and stay tuned. All topics for downloading the latest version at the time of publication.

Template for Blogger - Elegant

Theme with a slider on the Home page, and insets for widgets. The theme is optimized for viewing on mobile devices and declared SEO.

Demo | Download

As the name suggests, this template focuses on three columns and a large slider, as well as decent footer elements. You can use it as a personal blog, fashion, portfolio, etc.

Demo | Download


A blog for male or female bloggers and lovers of writing something interesting for their audience. Blogger custom HTML template, you can download for free.

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The theme for your personal blog will impress your visitors with a clean typography and beautiful design.

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A crystal clear personal blog for regular bloggers and enthusiast blogs. The free version has everything you need for a professional blog. Responsive one-column blog design and look good to attract visitors.

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Blogger Modern Template - BlogMag. The web is optimized for all handheld and desktop platforms. The template is significantly improved in typography and supports all media.

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Pink website for fashion blogs and related topics. Download the template for Blogspot Loveria for free. The template has a trendy two-column design for large blog articles.

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Another Blogger template is made for those who are interested in adding articles on a regular basis. The theme also provides full thumbnail support. A bold template layout is worth a try for your new site.

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Bright, colorful icons and the overall beauty of the template will keep you and your customers connected to your blog for a long time. This is a great blog template that you should have in your theme collection.

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The template is redone from the once popular WordPress theme HUEman. The theme is suitable for a magazine or news channel, it has numerous widgets and a triple layout of columns with social activity.

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Perk Misty is a flexible, elegant and multi-purpose modern Blogger template that comes in a light version with all the basic requirements for installing magazine-based sites.

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The Gagism blog theme has a responsive design and a beautiful three-column structure.

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Responsive template for a personal blog with two columns for each of the navigation menus on the left and right side panels.

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A simple two-column template for Blogger with good typography and artistic images. The sidebar and responsive layout will inspire everyone.

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Blogger style magazine template with clear blog posts, responsive design, content slider, social buttons, etc.

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The Dieting template, as the name suggests, is designed for nutritionists. The template has a responsive design, slider, etc.

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LepontoMag is a beautiful Blogger business template with 2 columns, 3 columns Footer, has Slider, top drop-down menu and social buttons.

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Blogger Educator template is a stylish theme designed for sites based on BlogSpot. Template for colleges, universities and other institutions who want to have an amazingly professional website with minimal costs.

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Responsive Blogger Vortex template - has high functionality and multimedia. Magazine type template designed for professional bloggers and webmasters. The template has some effective features and functions that will undoubtedly make you happier. Most importantly, this template looks different on different sizes. For example, check it on a computer, laptop, iPad and even smartphones. You will find slight differences, this is an excellent design.

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Blogger Fabric template is a simple and minimalistic fabric style theme that is pleasant with a unique style. A template with great typography that brings true beauty to the theme.

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Another Blogger XML Template. Very good template, I recommend.

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Old classic theme styles made for new generation monitors. The standard of two columns is interesting to see in such a composition.

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Two-column template for Blogger. Template with Left and Right Sidebars. The pattern has colors mainly white, black, gray and blue.

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The magazine template is very simple in design and is suitable for a site that is updated daily.

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Responsive Portfolio is a professionally designed template for your Blogger website with many useful features. Designed for those who want to showcase their portfolio. Includes the ability to display a carousel in jQuery. Naturally adaptive.

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Galauness premium Blogger template, clean and minimalist design, this theme can help you for many purposes.

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A blue and cool magazine-style template specifically for Blogger.

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K-44 White is probably one of the most beautiful Blogger templates available to us to date. The template has a massive series of unique features that bring top-level user interaction.

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Good movie website template

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