Coffee & Cigarettes. How to Make Your OWN Background. This is my most favorite secret of all! We just updated the coding as of August 2012. It is now super EASY to apply the blog background you made! You can use almost any photo editing program to make your own backgrounds. I use Photoshop, but since that program can be a little pricey, there’s also programs like Gimp and Pixlr that are both free. Start with a new screen and make sure the sizes are as follows: Next, open up all of the elements and papers that you plan to use with your background.
These are the elements and papers I will be using for my project today: Next you need to arrange your papers on your background. Add any fun elements to your project…this is the fun part! This last step I will show you how to upload your cute background you made to your blog. Now lets put this code on your blog! Now click on ‘Layout’ on the left hand column. 30+ Great Resources for Blogger Templates. Blogger is one of the most popular hosted blogging platforms out there, but many people are still surprised when they learn you can customize the look of your blog well beyond the pre-built options the site offers. Finding these other templates can be a bit of a task, so we've come up with over 30 resources to help you find brand new designs, converted WordPress themes, people who will build unique custom templates, and more. What are you waiting for? Get out there and freshen up your blog!
What is your favorite resource for Blogger templates? Tell us in the comments. Free Templates 5ColumnTemplate.Blogspot.com - This site only offers one template with five variations, but it isn't every day you see a five column theme for any blogging platform, and it is actually pretty clean in presentation. AllBlogTools.com - A collection of over 100 templates from an assortment of a lot of smaller designers. Blogger-Templates.Deceblog.net - A small selection of unique themes for Blogger accounts. LeeLou Blog Layouts. Cottage blogs. May 30, 11 PM UPDATE: Thanks to everyone that participated in the 2nd Annual Cottage Charm Giveaway! Your offerings were all amazing and so very generous and I hope everyone had fun! As of right now, I'm no longer updating the giveaway participant list. Feel free to draw names for your giveaways as early or as late as you like on May 31st. Congratulations (in advance) to all 54 winners! (Click here or scroll down to view the "Cottage Charm Give Away" Participant List - Updated Daily Until 11 PM Central on May 30th, 2008) Last year I thought it would be fun to host a 'blogwide' cottage themed giveaway so that's exactly what we did!
We had over 40 participants to offer giveaways on their blogs and many, many more to sign up for the various giveaways. It's simple. Use your own definition of "Cottage Charm" for this giveaway- the possibilities are endless! And (2)Please link back to this post so that others may have an opportunity to learn about and participate in this giveaway. Blogger label cloud. Progress bars for blogging.
\n\n Here are some HTML/Javascript progress bars I whipped up for my wife, a knitter. I hope you find them useful, too. Instructions for most blog platforms are immediately below. Special instructions for "New Blogger" are at the far bottom of the page. If you have questions, email me at: matt AT smallish.com. Installation Instructions Skip this section if you're using the new "Blogger" interface. Copy all of the following (in the gray box) and paste it between the <head> and </head> tags in your template: That's it. How to use it You say you want to put a progress bar in your sidebar?
You can, of course customize the appearance of the progress bar. For instance, 200 pixels too wide? Cute! Green! "New Blogger" Installation Instructions Do not carry out any of the above instructions. In the next window, type "Works in Progress" (or whatever you want to call this section) in the "title" bar. Customizing The Bars And of course, you don't have to only show 50%. That should do it! Terms of Use.