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- To download the xml template: click here (zip folder)
- Preview the site here
- Need help installing this? Click here
Labels: blogger template, cute, dingbat, free blog design, green, grey, simple, space, text header, xml
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Life is nicer with spice! Ditch that generic Blogger template and get something more original. ALL of the designs on suckmylolly.com are free! It's given to you under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Also please note my Terms & Conditions: here.
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Tuesday, 27 May 2008
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Tuesday, 20 May 2008
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- To download the xml template: click here (zip folder)
- Preview the site here
- Need help installing this? Click here
This is my favourite shade of green! I love it! Also, the background colour is customisable by clicking on the "Fonts & Colours" tab.
Enjoy..... xxx
Enjoy..... xxx
Labels: 3column, clean, cute, dark, flowers, green, grey, pretty, simple, xml
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Tuesday, 8 April 2008
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- To download the xml template: click here (zip)
- Preview the site here
- Need help installing this? Click here
Labels: blogger template, free blog design, green, grey, patterned, retro, xml
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Monday, 3 March 2008
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- Download the XML template: here (zip)
- Need help installing this? Click here
Please note that I have made my own header image and installed it under LAYOUT > PAGE ELEMENTS. You can do this too - as long as the header image has a background colour of white (to be seamless!) and is 720 pixels wide. Height isn't as important as width, so it doesn't matter how high. This design will come with a plain text header by default.
Make sure that you select the following if you want to replace your header with an image:
Make sure that you select the following if you want to replace your header with an image:
This is what I did (thinking it would be easier than replacing the image path in the code as I have been instructing in my recent designs - the jury's out - I think I prefer the other way as it allows you to be more precise and specific).
'tis cute though!
'tis cute though!
Labels: blogger template, blogspot design, blue, DIY, free blog design, grey, patterned, retro, simple, white, xml
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Saturday, 23 February 2008
The background in the header is a tiled pattern so I can't supply you with a blank header image for this one (but I intend on making it my future plan). Stay tuned for more designs soon - I plan to take into consideration all the ideas that my readers gave me a few posts ago.
In the mean time, here is a dark template with a star pattern in the header and footer.
In the mean time, here is a dark template with a star pattern in the header and footer.
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- Download the XML template: here (zip)
- View a live preview: here
- Need help installing this? Click here
Labels: black, blogspot design, cute, dark, grey, new blogger, simple, stars, xml
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Thursday, 21 February 2008
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This Blogger/Blogspot design is called "Party at my house!" and it's available under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
*** A few things ***
This blogger template is for those of you who are comfortable editing images and uploading them to the internet (and then replacing the image path). YOUR BLOG TITLE AND DESCRIPTION WILL NOT SHOW UP - this design is not interactive from your Blogger Dashboard.
The header image is a blank banner that you may do what you wish to:
Here is the image (see it's blank and ready for you):
Here is the image (see it's blank and ready for you):
click the image to view full size
and then right click and "Save Image As....."
(or download the zip file, it's in there too!)
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS:
"So, how is this different from your other designs?"It's not, really. I have just included the "blank" header image so you may edit it to include your blog title/description or any images you want. You don't have to edit any other images or change where they are hosted... just the header. If you do nothing and install it as presented in the zip file, it will look exactly the same as this page with "Blog Title Here" in the header image.
"WHY did you make this design like this?"
Two reasons really - one: I know that a lot of people want to customise their design a lot more (you can use any graphics editor to put your own text onto this banner and there are waaaay more font choices than the silly old internet can handle. DaFont: droolworthy!) and two: I just thought it would be more interesting - and things are definitely better when they're more interesting ;-)
"I don't want to edit my own header image! Can you please let me know how to make my title & description come through from Blogger?"
No. There is no way that your blog title and description is going to come through and actually "fit" well in the banner bit, so bad luck.
"What graphics program can I use to edit this image?"
I have Photoshop CS, but you can use any graphics program that allows you to open/edit a JPEG or GIF - which should be pretty much any graphics program. I have also included the (layered) photoshop file for those of the Photoshop persuasion.
"Ok, I made my own banner, now what?"
Now you'll have to upload it to some hosting on the internet. I host my files on photobucket.com (a free image hosting service) but there are more options out there.
Upload the file to the internet, then find the URL of the image.
Next, go to the "Layouts" >> "Edit HTML" section of your blog.
You will need to replace the original header image - seen on this page - to be your own.
Scroll down until you find the following image path:
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa231/free_blogger/HeaderTest.gif
hint: it's under this bit
/* ---( header and site name )--- */
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Replace the original image path with the newly created header image path that you've just uploaded to your own hosting. Make sure not to remove the brackets. Preview to check it's all ok and then save. Viola!
OK OK OK, gimme the template:
- Download the XML template: here (zip)
- View a live preview: here
- Need help installing this? Click here
Labels: blog header, blogger template, blogspot design, cute, DIY, editable, free blog design, green, grey, simple
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Friday, 15 February 2008
As I have just discovered, if you drink a hot cocoa and look at this design a lot, you may go into some kind of delicious sugar coma like I am right now. *sigh* I just love sweeties so much.
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- To download the xml template: click here (zip)
- Preview the site here
- Need help installing this? Click here
PS: Inner background grey hex colour is #CCCCCC (you might need to know that incase you're going to put widgets in).
Labels: blogspot design, cakes, free blog design, grey, ice cream, old book illustration, pink, redo, retro, xml
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Sunday, 10 February 2008
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- To download the xml template: click here (zip)
- Preview the site here
- Need help installing this? Click here
For example:
black & white:
or something more, ahem, colourful:
(the side bar backgrounds won't change to keep a little consistency with the header image - which is by Vlad Studio by the way. Beautiful!
Did you know that you are not limited to the colour choice that you are greeted with when you go to the "Edit Colours & Fonts" window. It's something that slightly annoys me, but it's a minor issue really. There are literally hundreds and hundreds of colours you can chose from.
Want to know how to do it? Just visit a hex colour page like this one or this one < that's better - and select your colour (it will look something like #FFFFFF - which is white). Then copy this code into the hex colour code box and viola - you have a colour not on automatic offer.
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Be careful not to enter two "#" characters or it won't work. Happy colouring!
Labels: 3column, basic design, blogger template, blogspot, changeable, free blog design, green, grey, plain, simple, xml, zen
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Saturday, 2 February 2008
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- To download the xml template: click here (zip)
- Preview the site here
- Need help installing this? Click here
Labels: blogger template, blogspot, blogspot design, cute, dark, flowers, free blog design, green, grey, header images, xml
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Thursday, 31 January 2008
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This is a re-doing of this design (classic), slightly altered - a bit funkier than the original and this time, your heading and description is visible. Looks best with the grey Blogger nav bar.
Labels: blogger template, colourful, free blog design, grey, new blogger, redo, retro, xml
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Wednesday, 23 January 2008
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Remember to back-up your widget data as installing a new template will erase them.
Labels: blogger template, boy, car, couple, cute, free blog design, girl, green, grey, love, night, xml
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Friday, 30 November 2007
Ok, I've made a another XML template which is pretty cute. There is room for your own description, but it's going to overlap the exclamation point (it doesn't look bad but I prefer it without). Also, this has a super cute pencil at the base of the entry! So cute!
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Note: If you have any widgets/data that you do not wish to lose in your sidebar please backup your data before uploading this - you may lose them!
- If you are currently using a template in "Classic Blogger"
you may have to go back to your Blogger dashboard and click on TEMPLATE >> CUSTOMISE DESIGN for it to work.
You will have to "upgrade your template" to upload the XML file.
It may ask you to chose a generic template first, but after doing this you can go to the below TEMPLATE screen and "upload a template from a file on your hard drive" - and it will work.
- If you are already using "new" Blogger:
then you should be able to upload this straight away - again, please back up your current template if you have data in the sidebar, as previously mentioned.
How to install:
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Click: download the Code (zip)
Click: download the Code (zip)
ps: if you have the "Edit Post" thingy set then it's going to appear that there are 2 pencils almost overlapping at the base of the entry. Don't worry, you're the only one who sees two pencils.
Labels: basic design, cute, free blog design, grey, new blogger, simple, white, xml
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Saturday, 17 November 2007
This is a slightly altered "Simple Fantasy" design, with some flowers added behind your title. The side bar is a slightly different colour also. Enjoy!
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Labels: blogger template, blogspot, cute, free blog design, grey, plain, simple, white
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Friday, 16 November 2007
Hi there! Hope you like this design. It's simple, classy and neat. Too neat and clean for me, mind you, but it's still really nice.
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Labels: classic, free blog design, grey, neat, plain, simple, white
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Wednesday, 19 September 2007
This design is inspired by a Hefner song. If you don't know who Hefner are (no, not Hugh Hefner, silly! Hefner the British band! Click here to watch live video). Gosh how I love that song!
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Labels: blue, grey, quote, simple, song, wide
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Monday, 6 August 2007
I like serpents (ok, not really) well at least I think they look pretty cool. I want to dedicate this design to my friend Chand who currently uses a generic blogger design - I have been trying for a very long time to get him to change his layout!
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I guess this design is a bit more "classic" than my regular ones, so I hope you like it. Let me know if you use it, I'd love to see how it goes for you. xx
Labels: blue, dark, free design, grey, monster
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Sunday, 5 August 2007
Simple layout, but a little bit fancier graphic. Burlesque is sexy.
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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
Labels: burlesque, free design, grey, white
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Ok, so I lied.
I got my macbook back this afternoon and I have a few days before I'm off on holiday (and a LOT of free time before), so here's another design... "Reach for the Stars".
I have tested it in Firefox and IE (Mac & PC friendly) and it looks fine!
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I really like this one. ok ok ok, so I know I say that about all of my designs. But I really do like this one. It's sweet like a cup of tea on a sunny Saturday morning - which is better than a cup of tea on a sunny Sunday morning by the way. Enjoy. or
I got my macbook back this afternoon and I have a few days before I'm off on holiday (and a LOT of free time before), so here's another design... "Reach for the Stars".
I have tested it in Firefox and IE (Mac & PC friendly) and it looks fine!
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I really like this one. ok ok ok, so I know I say that about all of my designs. But I really do like this one. It's sweet like a cup of tea on a sunny Saturday morning - which is better than a cup of tea on a sunny Sunday morning by the way. Enjoy.
Labels: cute, dark, free design, grey, pink
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