BloggerBlogTemplates
Posted by Blogger Templateson
August 1, 2009
The Blogger Blog Templates blog is written by Blogger users, who provide
a useful compilation of some of the best free Blogger templates available
online. You use the simple links at the top of every page to filter templates by
number of columns, by selected colors, or by a variety of other criteria. The
site is easy to navigate and use, and each template includes a commentary
from the site’s authors.
To find free templates at the Blogger Templates site, shown in Figure 19-10,
scroll through the blog posts. Alternatively, you can use the navigation tabs
at the top of the page or the tags in the tag cloud (the series of keywords) at
the top of the page to narrow your search.
Always save and back up your existing template code before you replace it.
Read Chapter 7 for complete details on changing your Blogger template.
BlogCrowds
Posted by Blogger Templateson
July 31, 2009
The Blogcrowds site offers nearly 100 free Blogger templates. You can find
simple download instructions and demos, and the site’s categorization helps
you easily find the type of template you’re looking for. To find free Blogger
templates, click the Resources link from the top navigation page. Then click
the Blogger Templates link on the Resources page, shown in Figure 19-9, to
open the directory of Blogger templates.
JackBook
Posted by Blogger Templateson
July 31, 2009
The popular and well-known site JackBook is helpful for finding free Blogger
templates. Its downside is that it takes a while to navigate the list of templates
to find one you like, because you have to click each template listing
to view it. However, JackBook is also known for providing some of the most
popular Blogger templates, so it’s definitely a site that’s worth taking some
time to explore.
To find free Blogger templates on JackBook (shown in Figure 19-8), simply
visit the URL listed here, and then scroll through the list of links to find available
Blogger templates.
Blogger-Templates.Blogspot
Posted by Blogger Templateson
July 31, 2009
The popular Blogger-Templates site lets you find free Blogger templates, even
though it can be cumbersome to navigate and search. You can use the links
in the Browse Templates section of the right sidebar, shown in Figure 19-7, to
narrow your search, and you have a wide variety of designs to choose from.
All Blog Tools
Posted by Blogger Templateson
July 31, 2009
All Blog Tools has a goal to be the largest online source for free Blogger templates.
All designs are credited to the original designers, and the site makes
finding just the type of template you want very easy.
To view the free Blogger templates on this site, visit www.allblogtools.
com, and select Blogger Templates from the top navigation bar. Then simply
use the Browse by Category and Browse by Layout links in the sidebar shown
in Figure 19-6 to narrow your search, scroll through the design thumbnails,
and select each one to view a larger example, a demo, and design details.
Pyzam
Posted by Blogger Templateson
July 31, 2009
Pyzam.com offers a wide variety of blog template designs, MySpace layouts,
graphics, widgets, pictures, and much more, including free Blogger templates.
Prepare to spend some time searching the site because it offers more
than 1,000 free Blogger templates. Fortunately, you can search using the
handy categories available in the left sidebar. Thousands of keywords are
used to create categories on Pyzam.
To search the free Blogger templates offered on this site, shown in Figure
19-5, click the Blogger Templates link in the left sidebar. The sidebar expands
to reveal a variety of Blogger template categories to choose from. Select More
Categories from that list to display an alphabetical listing of all the keywords
used to categorize the Blogger templates available on the site.
BloggerBuster
Posted by Blogger Templateson
July 31, 2009
The Blogger Buster blog, written by Blogger user and designer Amanda
Fazani, also includes a list of free Blogger themes that she created. A longtime
Blogger user, Amanda creates templates from the fun and quirky design
to the serious and professional layout. You can also view demos of each of
Amanda’s Blogger template designs and find instructions to use each one.
To find free templates on Blogger Buster, simply select Templates from the
top navigation bar, as shown in Figure 19-4.
BlogFlux
Posted by Blogger Templateson
July 31, 2009
BlogFlux offers a blog theme directory with more than 130 free Blogger
templates available for download. Each template is displayed with a review
rating and an online demo, and the creation date is listed. You also see a link
to view the BlogFlux profile for the template designer.
To view the free Blogger templates available from BlogFlux, click the Blogger
link in the left column under the Blog Software heading, shown in Figure 19-3.
Then click through the Blogger template designs to find one you want to
download.
BTemplates
Posted by Blogger Templateson
July 30, 2009
BTemplates offers more than 450 free Blogger templates for download and
use without restrictions. The site is dedicated solely to providing Blogger
templates, so you aren’t bogged down by wading through WordPress or
other blogging platform templates. In the right sidebar of the BTemplates
Web site (see Figure 19-2), you can choose from a variety of categories to
narrow your search. For example, you can filter the Blogger templates by
number of columns or colors.
The free templates available at BTemplates are displayed with review information
and the creation date and number of downloads. Overall, the site is
easy to navigate and gives you lots of choices for free Blogger templates.
eBlogTemplates
Posted by Blogger Templateson
July 30, 2009
The eblog templates site provides a huge directory of Blogger templates that
you can download for free. Each free template is listed along with reviews,
live demos, statistics, download instructions, creation dates, and designer
information. You can sort the free Blogger templates by review rating or
download frequency. Chances are good that even the pickiest bloggers can
find templates they like from the more than 140 free Blogger templates.
To find the free templates, shown in Figure 19-1, just select the Blogger tab
from the top navigation bar. You can then click through the various pages
listing the free Blogger templates that are available for immediate download
to use on your blog.
