How to Upload Free Blogger Templates

Blogs are a very popular thing to have and free blogger templates are in high demand. Uploading them sounds easy but there are a couple of things people get hung up on. Here are some tips.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Computer
• Blogger account
• Internet access

1. After you have set up your blogger account on your computer, you may want to choose a different blog template. Blogger templates have many forms and searching for free templates can be a bit tricky. First, know what you want. There are 2 column blogger templates, 3 column blogger templates, and even 4 column blogger templates. Once you know how many columns you would like you can narrow your search results by searching for it. There are two kinds of blogger templates that you will come across. You can determine one from the other by the file extension. Classic blogger is normally an html and the newer blogger templates are xml files. If you don't know the difference, look at your blog and the options you have. If you have the layout option then you have the most updated blogger and you will need the xml templates for your blog.

2. Once you have found the blogger template that you like, save your template file making sure that you know where you saved it to. It is best to have started a folder labeled "blog" or something similar to be able to retrieve your files easily.

3. Next, log into your blogger account and access your blog by clicking on layout. Click next on the "edit html" tab. Once there you will want to download your current blog template so that you can re-load it if something doesn't work.

4. When you have downloaded your current layout, click on the browse button to locate your new blogger template. Select it and click the upload button. To make sure it is what you want, click the preview button to see what your blog will look like. If the template looks the way you want it, save your new template and you are done. If not, you can click the clear edits button and go back to the way it was.

Tips & Warnings

• Always back-up your current blog template before saving a new layout!
• It is best to upload a new blogger template before you have added any widgets to your blog as blogger will delete any current widgets.
• If you already have widgets on your blog, an easy way to transfer them to your new blogger layout is to copy and label each one to a word document or word pad so that you can replace them once your new template is up.
• Do not save your new blogger template until you have previewed it first!

[techkran]

on 3/9/2009 http://techkran.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-to-upload-new-blogger-templates.htmlhere is a simple step by step tutorial for uploading new blogger templates

[techkran]

on 3/9/2009 here is a simple step by step tutorial for uploading new blogger templates

[WordWhizKid]

on 1/4/2009 Very helpful tips, thank you! 5*s!

[dallisonlee]

on 1/1/2009 This is the most timely tip I've read today! You must have been in my head b/c I've been wanting to change my blogger template for quite some time, so I will definitely follow your advice. Thanks! 5*