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Friendly Forest - Free Blogger Design XML template
Monday, 13 April 2009
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The design works with "new" blogger - ie: it's an XML template. Please ensure that you backup your widget data, as installing a new template will wipe/erase your current widget content.
- To download the xml template: click here (zip folder)
- Preview the site here
- Need help installing this? Click here
Labels: 2 column, animals, bird, blogger template, blogspot design, colourful, colours, giraffe, green, grey, images, seasonal, stripey, text header, vibrant, xml
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Orange Juice - free XML Blogger template
Friday, 12 December 2008
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The design works with "new" blogger - ie: it's an XML template. Please ensure that you backup your widget data, as installing a new template will wipe/erase your current widget content. The header image is by Gustavo Pedrosa on flickr.com.
- To download the xml template: click here (zip folder)
- Preview the site here
- Need help installing this? Click here
PS: If I go missing for a while, you'll know why:
I'll be popping out two boys in the next few weeks!
(hopefully not on Christmas day though!)
Labels: 2 column, bright, cute, girl, grey, illustration, orange, pretty, xml
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Swamp of Sadness - Free XML blogger template
Wednesday, 26 November 2008
You may have cried when Artax died in the Swamp of Sadness (yes, from the Neverending Story) - this one's for you, Artax. :-). I cried a lot.
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The design works with "new" blogger - ie: it's an XML template. Please ensure that you backup your widget data, as installing a new template will wipe/erase your current widget content.
This template is a bit more plain than my usual templates, but I like the dark lines of the background.
This template is a bit more plain than my usual templates, but I like the dark lines of the background.
- To download the xml template: click here (zip folder)
- Preview the site here
- Need help installing this? Click here
Labels: 2 column, black, black n white, blogger template, blogspot, blogspot design, dark, grey, patterned, stripey, white, xml
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Cookie Man - free XML blogger template
Wednesday, 12 November 2008
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- To download the xml template: click here (zip folder)
- Preview the site here
- Need help installing this? Click here
Labels: 2 column, blogger template, blogspot design, cookie, cool blog design, cute, free design, gingerbread, grey, red, sweet, xml
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Watch Me Fall -free XML blogger template
Monday, 27 October 2008
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The design works with "new" blogger - ie: it's an XML template. Please ensure that you backup your widget data, as installing a new template will wipe/erase your current widget content.
- To download the xml template: click here (zip folder)
- Preview the site here
- Need help installing this? Click here
Header image is by the delightful Everydaypants at flickr.com. xx
Labels: 2 column, blogger template, blogspot, blogspot design, blue, cute, delicate, fall, free blog design, fun, grey, illustration, light, neat, seasonal, trees, xml
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Halloween - free XML Blogger template
Sunday, 26 October 2008
Here's a simple, yet cute, Halloween template. Hope you like it...
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The design works with "new" blogger - ie: it's an XML template. Please ensure that you backup your widget data, as installing a new template will wipe/erase your current widget content.
- To download the xml template: click here (zip folder)
- Preview the site here
- Need help installing this? Click here
Labels: 2 column, bats, blogger template, blogspot, blogspot design, cute, dark, grey, halloween, moon, orange, seasonal, silhouette, xml
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Red Swirl Search - free XML blogger template
Monday, 18 August 2008
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- To download the xml template: click here (zip folder)
- Preview the site here
- Need help installing this? Click here
Labels: 2 column, grey, light, patterned, red, search bar, simple, white, wide, xml
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Pretty Grey - free XML template
Saturday, 16 August 2008
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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, blogspot design, classic, cute, delicate, grey, light, new blogger, simple, white, xml
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Classic Grey - free XML template
Thursday, 14 August 2008
I cannot for the life of me recall where I learnt to put this search bar in - I apologise for not being able to tell you -- this is one design I have had sitting around for the last 6 months. I finally got around to finishing it. I like it a lot - I think it's very classy without looking like any of my other templates. It may look odd with no description, but maybe that's just what I think.
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- To download the xml template: click here (zip folder)
- Preview the site here
- Need help installing this? Click here
Labels: 2 column, blue, classic, grey, masculine, patterned, search bar, simple, white, xml
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Spaceman - Free XML blog design
Tuesday, 27 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
Labels: blogger template, cute, dingbat, free blog design, green, grey, simple, space, text header, xml
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Green Fields - free XML blogger template
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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Retro Green - free XML blogger template
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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1950s Slumber Party - free XML blogger template
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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Petite Stars - free Blogger design XML
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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Party at my house! - DIY XML blogger template
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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I dreamed I was... - free blogger design (XML)
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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Candy Colored Dreams - free blogger design (XML)
Thursday, 31 January 2008
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- To download the xml template: click here (zip)
- Preview the site here
- Need help installing this? Click here
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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Drivin' to LA - free blogger template XML
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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Not now, I'm reading - free XML "new blogger" template
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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