(Please note that all downloads come with a PDF of instructions on how to install)
Step 1:
Log into your Blogger account and click on ‘Design’:
Step 2:
Select the “DESIGN” tab and then from the Template page, click on the “Edit HTML” sub menu.
Step 3:
At the top of the page it says “Download Full Template” and advises you to download your current template (a good idea just in case something weird happens and you want to re-install your old template).
There is no need to do anything with this .xml file that you download, but it is better to be safe than sorry. Keep it somewhere safe on your computer.
Step 4:
Upload the template by “browsing” your computer for the .xml file (within the zip folder you downloaded called template.xml). Once you have browsed for this file, you have to click “upload”.
NOTE: There is no need to touch the big box of code underneath this (unless of course you know html/xml). You MUST upload the .XML file from your computer – trying to upload anything else will not work!
Step 5:
As of March 2010 changing your Blogger template ALLOWS you to keep your pre-existing widgets (it used to delete them!). Hooray! However, if your blog has widgets that your new template does not have, a window like this will display:
If you want to keep your widgets, click on “Keep Widgets” and if you want to delete everything you currently have and start anew, click “Delete Widgets”. Easy!