How to customize template in blogger?

My last post about 5 things to do right after creating new website or blog explains the most important steps you must take after you have launched new website or blog. Usually templates are designed with software or from experts of HTML, Java Scripts and CSS which is sometime difficult to understand for new blogger. This post will provides tricks about this problem how to customize the downloaded template according to your blog. It is very simple to download and upload new template on blogger.com but making it customized and giving the look of your own blog is little tricky.
how to customize the new template

Whenever we see a new template on a blog which is very eye catching we want it on our blog but someone has worked really hard on it to give this look. As a new  blogger it is very difficult to select blog templates from thousands of templates available on line for free. You cannot change the your basic theme of blog again and again it will decrease your readership and you will lose the traffic of your site. You have to make this decision very carefully and once you select a template for download and uploaded it on blogger.com now start thinking to customize it rather than again thinking to change it. Here are some important tricks for customizing the template.

1. Keep in contact with author and its website:

keep in contact with author Before you select a template and make decision of downloading a template make sure that you have added this website in your favourites or note down this website address on your note book for future visit. Always see the demo of template before downloading it will show how this template will be looking online and under this page read the comments of other peoples who already used this template on your blog here you will very important information about this template and it will help you to make your decision about this template. This is the best place to learn how to customize this template, how to change the menu, how to change the background colour, how to change font colour each and every thing is describe here. Keep this website visiting and reading the new comments or reply from the authors how he respond to some ones problems. So, in this way keep your contact with the publishers website and author because it is best source for this template to customize.

2. Keep the Downloaded folder in zip file and save it permanently:

Second tip is about the original contents of the templates keep it save in its original

form it will help you to find the things. Now if you want to change the header image simply open this folder and see the image which is on the top of your blog template.
Changing Header Image:
  • Right click on this image and select rename now copy this image name. 
  • Now open your blogger account and click on Setting tab than select Edit HTML (if you are using new interface select template from drop down see this picture ).
  • Restore your template before you change it  how to restore blog template at blogger click on this button at top of your screen when you open template page.
  • Press Ctrl+F from key board and paste the name of this image file in search box.
  • The place of image will be highlighted in front of you.
  • Simply change the image URL with your own image.
  • Click save template. 

3. Read the text file attached with template care fully:

when you download a blog template usually all quality templates provide read me or help text file in this zip folder. This include how to customize this template specifically for the downloaded template read it complete carefully you will be able to customize this template according to your desire.

4. How to change the main menu and drop down menu:

The basic thing counted in must change is the Main menu and drop down menus in this template and linking these menus with your page. It is very simple and easy to change a menu with and add title according to your own choice. Just follow these simple steps to apply the effects.
Changing the Main Menu and Drop Down menu

  • Go to blogger account and open the template just like step 3 in this post and restore your template.
  • For example you want to change the button title with Category.
  • Now open the edit template page and press Ctrl + F button from your keyboard to find the words from template. type category
  • Category button place will be highlighted now change this text with your own text
  • Behind this change # this symbol with your page URL.
  • Press save template button and you done. Similarly change all the titles and URLs of this simple template with your pages.


 5. Change the title and footer note:

Title is something appear at the top of the web browser and tells about your blog topic. It is very important to change because it is unique identification of your page. Footer are note at the bottom of your blog template this template is designed by, copyrights, or other names are written at this portion. It is recommended not to change the authors name and its website but you can change all there unwanted links and text from here. Use the same process of changing this text copy the text you want to change, go to your blogger edit template page and press Ctrl+F and paste this text here. The area will be highlighted now change it with your desired text and links. Save the template this is all you have to done.

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