How to Use a Template to Create Multiple Blogs
The easiest way to use a template to create multiple blogs is to modify an existing basic blank template. After locating a basic template copy and paste the coding into a Notepad document, then it can be altered to suit the blog's specific content and uploaded to the blogging platform. Popular blogging websites that support blank templates are Blogger, WordPress and TypePad. The blank template uses both HTML and CSS.
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Instructions
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Click "Start" and click "All Programs." Click "Accessories" and click "Notepad" to open Notepad.
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Open a Web browser and go to the Web page with the template coding. Drag the mouse over the entire coding to highlight it. Right-click and select "Copy" from the drop-down menu.
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Position the mouse in the Notepad document. Click "Edit" and click "Paste." The blog template coding pastes into the Notepad document.
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Replace margins, padding, color choices, font choices and other personalized elements with "X." The coding looks similar to this:
#header {
width: Xpx;
margins: Xpx Xpx Xpx Xpx;
padding: Xpx Xpx Xpx Xpx;
font-family: X, serif;
font-size: Xpx;
color: #XXXXXX;
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Re-position sidebars and main content if applicable. Use "float: left/right;" to float a sidebar left or right of the main content.
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Replace text in the template with placeholder text. For example, use "Lorem ipsum" Latin text or "Sidebar text goes here."
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Insert the "DOCTYPE" coding at the top of the template. Type the "<body>" tag before the CSS styling and the "</body>" after the styling. Close the "</html>" tag at the very end of the template.
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Click "File" and click "Save As." Name the file with an XML extension like "blanktemplate.xml." Click the arrow next to "Save as Type," choose "All Files," then click "Save."
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Upload the template to the blogging platform. Go through the coding and change the "X's" to the personalized choices.
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Tips & Warnings
Save your template often throughout the design process. It may help to draw a picture of the basic template before beginning.
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