I'm testing the new blogger beta, and created a new site http://carlgalloway.blogspot.com to start the ball rolling. The first thing I noticed when I started the sign up process is that the beta version uses your Google account as your identity, which is awesome because my homepage is the customised Google page with all the feeds I subscribe to.
After playing with the site for a few minutes a couple of things occurred to me, the dashboard design looks somehow cleaner, perhaps a little less cluttered and more intuitive, the changes are small and all of the functionality that we've become used to is still there, but by changing the navigation colors slightly the whole design seems more pleasing. Also, that horrible publishing spinner that used to just sit there and haunt you while the site was being republished has gone. Yay!
If you've read the official announcement of the beta program at Blogger Buzz, or seen the virtual tour you'll know that labels are now available for blogger blogs, and I was really keen to try these out. Long time blogger users are going to love these, there's been a lot hype about this giving bloggers a category function similar to other blog engines such as Serendipity, but when you're creating or editing an entry they feel more like tags to me. I'd be very interested to see if Technorati actually picks them up. In fact I'll be running some tests on that over the next couple of weeks and report back when I know for sure. Read More
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Testing Blogger beta, I like it, its cleaner with more features
Friday, August 18. 2006
ceejay01 template for blogger released
Monday, August 14. 2006
ceejay01 for blogger
Installing ceejay01 on any blogspot account is quite easy, but you do need to include the URL of the images in the template file. Start by downloading ceejay01_blogger.zip, then create a new entry in your blog and upload all images to it. Write down the url's or each image because you will need this when you edit the template file. Save your entry as draft. You don't want to publish this entry because we're only using it to host our template images.
Next, edit your template file and simply paste the entire contents of ceejay01_blogger.txt into the edit box. Now, change the 'URL_TO_IMAGE' text to match the URL of the images. Save your template file and republish your blog.
Congratulations, you should now have your new template installed.
Chocolate Fudge template for Blogger
Saturday, August 12. 2006
Chocolate Fudge for Blogger
Installing Chocolate fudge on any blogspot account is quite easy, but you do need to include the URL of the images in the template file, and then you need to make a change to the settings for your account to make the post-footer work.
Start by downloading Chocolate_Fudge_Blogger.zip, then create a new entry in your blog and upload all images to it. Write down the url's or each image because you will need this when you edit the template file. Save your entry as draft. You don't want to publish this entry because we're only using it to host our template images.
Next, edit your template file and simply paste the entire contents of choc_fudge_template.txt into the edit box. Now, change the 'URL_TO_IMAGE' text to match the URL of the images. There are only 4, and they are relatively easy to find. The first is in the #banner style, then #leftcolumn, and #clearingdiv. The final image URL to be changed is within the HTML, and is the image for the feed icon. Save your template file and republish your blog.
Last, in Settings/Formatting of your blog, make sure 'Enable float alignment' is set to no. Congratulations, you should now have your new template installed.
Saturday, April 22. 2006
1204px for Blogger
In response to a comment from DimaS, switching the columns around is really easy. You need to edit you template and add three characters only, so don't be shy, give it a go. Find the lines
<!-- Begin content -->
<div id="content">
and replace with this
<!-- Begin content -->
<div id="contentalt">
I plan to continue developing this template, so input from blogspot users would be very welcome. A demo and instructions for using the template has been created. Download 1024px for Blogger.
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