Blogger Beta Templates and Widgets
Wednesday, April 25, 2007

I swear this would be the last time I change my blog's theme. I might change the header and colors a little bit, but this new blogger template would be my last.

If you're like me, meaning you've spent about a week searching, you probably know that there's not enough Blogger Beta templates around. The good ones are few and far in between. So here's a list of sites with templates that doesn't suck.

  • Gecko & Fly - They have some of the most decent Blogger Beta templates out. I'm using their Andreas08.
  • Blogcrowds - Worth the sign-up. A number of famous Old Blogger templates converted to Beta.
  • Final Sense - Not really my kind of templates, but I'm sure one could work something out of these.
And that's it. Now if you want to go DIY, you can find some help here:
But I'm guessing you already know that...

For useful beta blogger widgets:
  • Beautiful Beta Widgets - This should be your first stop. Just a few but almost all are must-have's.
  • Blogger Templates -Templates suck, Widgets cool. I'm using their Recent Comments and Search widgets.
  • phydeaux3 - Just found one from this dude, but he did a good job. Tag Cloud/Label Cloud.
  • WebWeaver's World - This guy's got a step-by-step on how to add a Most Popular Posts widget.
Cheers.

Posted byfaraday

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6 comments:

Anonymous said... April 28, 2007 at 8:50 AM  

rj, how do you insert adsense code just underneath the blog post title and right before the blog content? im also using andres08 but i can't insert adsense the way you do. i'd appreciate any ideas.

thanks!

ellaine

Anonymous said... April 28, 2007 at 6:22 PM  

hola ellaine. i believe i have mine set-up to appear before the post title and content... at least that is what i am seeing. anyways, i went head and searched mighty google and found this for ya:

http://bloggingsecret.blogspot.com/2006/11/ultimate-adsense-guide-insert-adsense.html

pretty good ad-spot, that! hope that helps..

Anonymous said... May 3, 2007 at 8:48 AM  

hello there rj,

im also using this same template, but im new to blogger. im trying to edit the html but it's pretty tough. how were you able to insert a graphic in your blog's header? because ive tried doing it through the Page Elements settings of blogger, but the graphic doesnt appear. any help is appreciated.

thanks

jaymee

Anonymous said... May 4, 2007 at 1:18 AM  

hola jaymee.

first, you'll need a header image. of course. it should be 760px x 110px. once you have that, upload it somewhere like www.imageshack.us. take note of the direct link it will give.

edit your html. i would suggest you copy and paste it first on notepad or something. then search for "#header" without the quotes. right under there you'll find "background: url". put the url of your image inside the (' ').

copy and paste back on your blogger. there ya go.

Anonymous said... May 5, 2007 at 9:18 AM  

hey, rj, thanks a million! you're such a doll!

jaymee

faraday said... May 7, 2007 at 1:06 AM  

hi jaymee.... no prob.

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