Istallation help?

Having trouble installing? Make sure you read the instructions fully.

• Classic template installing help: click here - please note that this is how to install CLASSIC templates (classic templates come as a .txt file and you have to copy and paste the data into your "dashboard" area).
  
• XML (widget friendly) template installing help: click here - if installing an XML (or "new" template) please click there. Most of my newest templates are an .xml file (that has to be "uploaded") while the old ones are "classic"/html templates. Not sure which kind of template it is? Check the instructions on the post from which you downloaded the template!

General questions

"Will you design a custom blog for me?"
At this stage I have no time to do custom work but you can buy cheap, one-off blogger templates at www.acornglue.com. Hooray.

"I take great offense at your URL and you should be ashamed of yourself! Are you?"
No. Not at all. There's more to life than getting your knickers in a knot over a simple double entendre. I think it's cute and funny.

"I use a Mac and I'm having trouble with your "classic" or "old" Blogger templates!"
Mac's word pad thing is weird so if you try and open a "classic" template it will load the images within the word-pad application and you won't be able to copy & paste properly. I have a Mac too (so we're both cool) but to get just the plain text drag and drop the .txt file into Safari or Firefox and it will load just the text. Copy and paste this into the "template" section of your dashboard and viola!

"I don't know anything about the internet. What computer settings should I have ?"
I don't (like or) use Internet Explorer anymore, I use Firefox. A person shouldn't automatically assume that the internet browser that came with their computer is the best one for them. I like Firefox and I've been using it (and claiming it's worth) for many years. I also have a Mac, but there's nothing wrong with a PC.

Whatever browser you chose to use, you should always make sure that you have the most recent version - this will ensure your security and you'll be able to see websites the way they were meant to be seen. Older browsers often don't show websites properly.

"What about you? Who are you?"
I use: Photoshop CS (to edit images), Dreamweaver (to make websites), a macbook and Firefox. I like kittens, candy, retro anything and books about space. I also like toast, boys and photos of cakes.

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Here are the instructions for installing "new", "widget-friendly" or "XML" blogger templates.

Here's what you've gotta do:

Log into your Blogger account and click on "Layout"

Select the "Template" tab and then from the Template page, please click on the "Edit HTML" submenu.

At the top of this page it says "Backup/Restore Template" and advises you to download your current template (good idea, incase things go weird).

The next step is to upload the suckmylolly.com template you like by "browsing" your computer for the .xml file that you downloaded and clicking on "upload".

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Hi,
In all my blogger templates, I have put the code in for a favicon, although free hosting doesn't seem to like .ico files (icon files), so either:
1) you find your own place to host your favicon or
2) ask me very nicely and I might host it for you.

Every time I want to generate a favicon, I go to this page: Dynamic Drive, favicon generator. All you do is load an image and it will create a favicon .ico file for you (which you save to your computer and then upload to hosting somewhere on the internet).

So in the top of the code I provide you with, you'll see the following (minus the actual http address bits of course):

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Please note that this list will always be growing, so please come back again soon.

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The code has been removed. It's old skool (not XML) and full'o'faults. If you absolutely positively feel that you need this template, please email me: freebloggerdesigns@gmail.com

If there's something I like as much as photos of birthday cakes, it's cats! I love cats and kittens a lot! I was searching on Flickr for some Creative Common images of cats and I found some great art from Patti. Patti gave me permission to use her delightful image in my new blog design and I came up with the following design: Purple Katz.
Thank you Patti for such an awesome image: visit Patti's blog and Patti's photos.

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The code has been removed. It's old skool (not XML) and full'o'faults. If you absolutely positively feel that you need this template, please email me: freebloggerdesigns@gmail.com

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The code has been removed. It's old skool (not XML) and full'o'faults. If you absolutely positively feel that you need this template, please email me: freebloggerdesigns@gmail.com

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Hi! I hope you like my blogger templates.

My name is Sharnee and I started suckmylolly.com as a creative outlet. If I didn't design blogger templates for the public then I would probably be changing my own design every other day!

And besides... it's much more fun to share! (I believe that wholeheartedly). As you may have noticed, all my designs are released under Creative Commons 3.0 - worldwide - so that means that you can use them for whatever purpose you want and I don't mind one bit! I even don't mind if they're used for commercial purposes (just make sure you show me - because the ego is a beautiful thing). I also appreciate keeping the link back to me because it gets more people aware of my templates - the less generic in this world the better!

I never honestly thought that so many people would like my templates (and that really does fill me up with warm fuzzies). I like aesthetically pleasing things and I don't think a blog should be neglected - even if it may be perused by people in Google Reader.

There are also a lot of blog design templates out there that are made by... well I don't know who. Robots? I can promise that I make each and every one of these templates individually and it's not just a matter of slapping one new pic on a template and giving it a new name. Each one of my designs is made up of about 5 images that all piece together.

Anyway, that's all boring stuff.

I like:

• cats
• candy (strangely enough I don't enjoy the taste of sugary-candy but I LOVE the way it looks) - I do love chocolate though!
  
• birthday cakes from 1950s - 1980s
• retro images of motels
• boys
• toast
• Swimmer goods (Japanese)
• icanhascheezburger.com
• Christmas pudding
• confusing myself with the notion of time travel

If you like my designs and want to donate via paypal (all monies will be used for website hosting and other costs) then please do so by clicking here:

Thank you! Rest assured that I have about a million blogger designs in my head - so far about 100 have managed to escape.

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Hi,
Thanks for taking an interest in my designs! Below you'll find a step by step guide to installing these designs (these are instructions for "classic" templates).

• How on earth do I install these designs?
  Well now... it's not tricky.
  
  If you are using NEW BLOGGER Here's what you've gotta do:
  
  STEP 1: =======
  Log into your Blogger account and click on "Settings"
  
  
  STEP 2: =======
  Select the "Template" tab and then from the Template page, please click on the "Edit HTML" submenu.
  
  
  
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  STEP 3: =======
  At the bottom of the "Edit HTML" page (under the text box which is full of code), you will see a link: "Revert to Classic Template"
  
  
  
  (click for a larger view)
  
  
  A pop up window will open which says: "If you revert to your Classic Template, you will still be able to recover your current design. Click OK to revert".
  
  
  
  
  
  
  CLICK "OK"
  
  
  
  STEP 4: =======
  A page will then load (after you've clicked OK) which is another text box full of code.
  Please select all this text [either with your mouse or click CONTROL+A]
  
  DELETE ALL THIS TEXT
  
  
  
  
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  STEP 5: =======
  Open the .txt file which has the code for your new Blogger design.
  Select ALL this text [either with your mouse or click CONTROL+A]
  Copy this text [either using mouse, menu bar or CONTROL+C]
  
  
  STEP 6: =======
  Paste this text into the now empty text box [either by using menu or CONTROL+V]
  
  If you want to PREVIEW the design before you commit the changes, click PREVIEW.
  It will probably open a new window so you can check it.
  
  When you are ready to save it, go back to the previous window (where you just pasted the code) and click SAVE!
  
  
  DO NOT PANIC if things get weird because it's very easy to chose a generic design and start again from scratch.
  
  
  
  
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• How can I add my own links to the side of the design?
  Simple. From your Dashboard click on the "Template" area of your blog (the place where you first posted the code). You will then see a lot of html code. Scroll down the code until you see this (or something that looks very similar):
  
  
  

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PLEASE BE AWARE: that classic blogger designs are not compatible with "drag & drop" style widgets. If you want to add things to the side bar then you're going to have to edit the design yourself. You CAN add widgets but you will have to copy and paste the html/javascript code that is provided from wherever you got the widget from into the area of the code where you want the widget to be?
Don't know much about web design/html then I'd recommend that you use XML designs instead.

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Here are the instructions for installing "old" or "classic" blogger templates.
Most of my older designs are this format - when you downloaded the template you'll find a .txt file of the code you need to use.

Here's what you've gotta do:

Log into your Blogger account and click on "Settings"

Select the "Template" tab and then from the Template page, please click on the "Edit HTML" submenu.

(click for a larger view)

At the bottom of the "Edit HTML" page (under the text box which is full of code), you will see a link: "Revert to Classic Template"

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