Blogger Blog Templates

Ads Theme Blogger Skin

Posted by Clyde On Tuesday, March 04, 2008 12 comments

Just as the name suggest this template helps you incorporate advertisements easily on your blog, it was created by Blogging Secrets and then ported by eblogtemplates to blogger.

So whats great about this theme? You will probably notice the sharp design and as the name of this template suggests this template puts the spot light on the advertisements it contains. This template allows you to have a 468*60 advertisement straight up in the header.

There is accommodation for three 125*125 ads in the sidebar as well as your usual skyscraper ads can be placed in the lower columns of the sidebar. An ad sense advertisement has also been placed on top of the blog posts which most templates allow you to, I suggest you place your ads in the post instead, they convert better there.

Apart from that this template features a navigational menu and a search bar in the same strip under the header. The search function does not have a go button as well which makes it look crisper. Above the three ad boxes in the sidebar you have the subscribe to links for your RSS feed and to subscribe your newsletter. It also has an add to technorati favorites button making your job easier.

Some other features to be noted are the built-in live traffic feed widget from Feedjit, a recent visitors widget for MyBlogLog and BlogCatalog users as well as a recent posts and comments widget in the sidebar.

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The Ambiru Blogger Template

Posted by Clyde On Tuesday, March 04, 2008 1 comments

The Ambiru single column template debuts our single column section on Blogger Templates. Yes its wonderful to have all four sections up in little more than a months time since we started this directory of blogger skins.

The Ambiru Blogger template was originally created by Gecko & Fly and then tweaked by Blog Crowds.

The specialty of this template is that its a single column template and its extremely narrow. This template has a long header which has a green image with strips on it that reminds you of the matrix binary code or a wooden finish.

There is a narrow black strip under the header image that contains the main navigational menu of the blog with a nice strong white font. Since the column is narrow there is a limitation to the amount of words you can fit into this navigational strip.

The footer is divided into two columns where you can have your profile or your link lists or any other page elements that you would like to have.

This template is good for a blog that will show case art or photography or anyone with some really great unique content, with nothing else at the sides to distract your viewers only tour content will get their attention.

If you think your content is good enough to handle this blog, then go ahead and try the the Ambiru blogger skin.

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Polaroid Blogger Template

Posted by Clyde On Monday, March 03, 2008 16 comments

This template was originally created by Adii for wordpress. Take a look at this one its quite unique and modern with a range of features that will thrill you.

The Polaroid wordpress template has been ported to blogger by eblogtemplates. Now take a look at the screen shot of the header area of the skin. The top right has the feed and comments rss subscription links, do not forget to put in your own feed URL here from the page elements menu. The header is absolutely unique with the ability of having an image in the center integrated in a Polaroid frame with two text boxes on either side of it.

You can probably have one box to describe your site and the other could be the about me. The blog has three colors so it doesn't look too glittery, a nice grey strip runs just below the header that has all the links required to browse through the main categories or pages of your site. These links can be changed to suit your requirements from the Edit Html section in your blogger dashboard. Search for these links and replace the # with the links you would like. You can also change the text like About Me etc.

<a
href='/'>HOME</a></li><li><a
href='#'>ABOUT ME</a></li><li><a
href='#'>ANOTHER PAGE</a></li>

The top of the right hand side bar has three 125*125 boxes which are perfect to host your advertisements or recommended money makers.

One very noticeable feature is the main column and the sidebars are equally proportionate, hence there is a lot of space in the sidebars. Under the three ad units your sidebar divides into two, where you can have either your link lists, recent comments and recent articles that come built in with this template. For the blog archives to display properly you will need to change the Archive Style from your page elements to Flat list as shown in the image below.

Just above the footer, you have your recent visitors list, that is already incorporated in the sidebar., where you can insert your Mybloglog code or your Blog catalog widget Below that is a flickr stream that is another beautiful feature of the Polaroid Blogger template.

The flickr photo stream code is shown below in the screenshot and the code is provided as well. I do hope you enjoy another beautiful template brought to you by blogger templates!

<a
href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/alankin/2213697421/'><img
alt='different paths' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2312/2213697421_6be21edcfa_s.jpg'/></a><a
href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/alankin/2213697413/'><img
alt='college campus lawn' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2399/2213697413_c30648a36a_s.jpg'/></a><a
href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/alankin/2213697411/'><img
alt='wires in front of sky' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2150/2213697411_96525d4022_s.jpg'/></a><a
href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/alankin/2213632473/'><img
alt='aerial perspective' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2215/2213632473_8cf8af1c7f_s.jpg'/></a><a
href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/alankin/2213632465/'><img
alt='clouds' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2043/2213632465_5ce3aa4813_s.jpg'/></a><a
href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/alankin/2213632461/'><img
alt='clouds over the highway' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2392/2213632461_96a8be9c06_s.jpg'/></a><a
href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/alankin/2214395424/'><img
alt='The Poultney Inn' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2253/2214395424_b9f11a18c0_s.jpg'/></a><a
href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/alankin/2214395422/'><img
alt='apartment for rent' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2133/2214395422_1aa98af39f_s.jpg'/></a>

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Neosapien Blogger Template

Posted by Clyde On Friday, February 29, 2008 9 comments

The Neosapien is an attractive template originally designed for wordpress by wpdesigner and ported to blogger by blog and web.

This is a nice template, although you might find the image to be rather big for your blog. It can be customized of course and replaced with your own header image.

If you have not yet noticed this template is a four column template. It has the main menu buttons above the header image, there is a small sidebar on the left. Its quite narrow, you can probably have your labels in there.

The sidebars on the right consists of one fat sidebar and one thinner one. If you see the template has one red stripe going across it, this feature is also repeated in the buttons above the header.

This template can be used by bloggers who have a lot of content to showcase. I feel if you could customize or move this blog to a higher resolution you would be able to make use of the space even better. You need to use the following code to modify the menu buttons in the header.

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dfTheme 2 Col Blogger Skin

Posted by Clyde On Thursday, February 28, 2008 0 comments

The dfTheme was brought to wordpress by Deziner Folio and then ported to blogger by Jack Book.

The dfTheme three column blogger template has been developed from this template. This two column template features the column on the right hand side and is similar in terms of the features these templates share. At the bottom left of the screen you have the little arrow that takes you to the top of the page again as well as the sleek semi transparent RSS button on the right, the blog post page has a lovely fold on the bottom left hand side as well.

Two Column dfTheme Dark Blogger Template Full Length

For the date to work in your blog posts you have to change the time stamp format to: Friday, February 25, 2008

The sidebar is divided into two parts, the top one is expandable while the bottom is not. So your archives etc. should be in the top part if you want to have expandable content in the bottom sidebar then you have to check the instructions on Jack book.

The footer once again consists of three columns capable of containing a huge amount of content, this template rocks and I will probably use it for my photo blog.

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dfTheme 3 Column Blogger Skin

Posted by Clyde On Thursday, February 28, 2008 8 comments

The dfTheme was brought to wordpress by Deziner Folio and then ported to blogger by Jack Book.

The 3 column dfTheme has been converted from original two column theme. If you take a look at the screenshot above the sidebars are on either side of the column. While in the screen shot below the blog has been customized so that both the sidebars are on the right.

What I like about this theme is that on the bottom left of the screen you have a tiny little arrow floating over there and with one click you can move to the top of the page again. The blog has a sleek semi transparent RSS button on the right, the blog post page has a lovely fold on the bottom left hand side.

The links in the sidebar etc are quite cool, basically a user cannot clearly read them unless there is a mouse hover, which makes it quite intriguing as the content does not really stand out unless the user particularly looks through it.

As for the footer, it consists of three columns so you can have a lot of stuff in it. This template rocks I will probably use the two column version of this template for my photo blog.

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