Archive for July, 2009

Viluxus – Free Blogger Template

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Viluxus is a deluxe template. It has a serious dark background which gives the template a professional spirit. Also it’s wide post area is great for photoblogging and portfolios. It is a very organized template, really neat.


Features:

  • Minimalistic
  • White, Gray
  • Highlighted Author Comments
  • Easy to customize
  • Custom Welcome Message feature
  • Fast Loading

Showcase Light – Free Premium Gallery Style Blogger Template

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Due to the success of Showcase, I got many great feedback on that type of template. I know that you guys like this kind of design, and some people like lighter colors than darker colors. That’s why I made Showcase Light, as nice as Showcase, but light!


Features:

  • Gallery Style
  • Well designed graphics
  • White / Light Gray / Blue
  • Custom comments, Blockquotes and Lists
  • Automatic Thumbnail
  • Clickable Thumbnails

Fix for the JavaScript File

Note: I have uploaded the javascript files for the thumbnails on a new server/
Just go to your Dashboard > Edit HTML. Click Expand Widget Templates, replace this line:

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1693834/javascript/summary-post.js

For this one:

http://bloggertuts.googlecode.com/files/summary-post.js

After doing that, look for this line:

<script type=’text/javascript’>createSummaryAndThumb(&quot;summary<data:post.id/>&quot;);</script>

And replace it for this one:

<script type=’text/javascript’>createSummaryAndThumb(&quot;summary<data:post.id/>&quot;,&quot;<data:post.url/>&quot;,&quot;<data:post.title/>&quot;);</script>

Save it and enjoy!

Credits: This fix was made possible by an awesome user of mine, Kelly Mesa from Kelly Studio.

Scrappy – Free Minimalistic Blogger Template

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Scrappy is a really neat Blogger template. It was designed in 3 small columns with a big space between them, which is a feature of minimal templates. It has not very much space for text, so It was designed for people who blogs from everywhere, even from the cellphone, and don’t have the time to write a lot, it’s called fast blogging, or blogging on the go.

How to make the jump breaks (“Read More…”) come before the “Labels” (tags) – Originally written by S✘M

Obligatory warning: Read first before attempting this nonsense. Copy and save the text, so you don’t come crying.

Go to “Layout” > “Edit HTML” > “Edit Template”

Check “Expand widget Templates”

In the box, find this:

<data:post.body/>
<span class='category'>

<data:postLabelsLabel/>
<b:loop values='data:post.labels' var='label'>
<a expr:href='data:label.url' rel='tag'><data:label.name/></a><b:if cond='data:label.isLast != &quot;true&quot;'>,</b:if>
</b:loop>

</span>
<div style='clear: both;'/> <!– clear for photos floats –>
</div>

<b:if cond='data:post.hasJumpLink'>
<div class='jump-link'>
<a expr:href='data:post.url + &quot;#more&quot;'><data:post.jumpText/></a>
</div>
</b:if>

Replace it with this:

<data:post.body/>
<b:if cond='data:post.hasJumpLink'>
<div class='jump-link'>
<a expr:href='data:post.url + &quot;#more&quot;'><data:post.jumpText/></a>
</div>
</b:if>
<span class='category'>

<data:postLabelsLabel/>
<b:loop values='data:post.labels' var='label'>
<a expr:href='data:label.url' rel='tag'><data:label.name/></a><b:if cond='data:label.isLast != &quot;true&quot;'>,</b:if>
</b:loop>

</span>
<div style='clear: both;'/> <!– clear for photos floats –>
</div>

Then buy Dante Araújo a beer because you’re done.

This tutorial was written by one of my awesome users.

Features:

  • Minimalistic
  • White, Clean
  • Stylish Links
  • Easy to customize
  • 3 Column
  • Fast Loading

Prometheus – Free Premium Blogger Template

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Prometheus is really a premium-like blogger template. It features a serius look, and a nice done magazine style. It’s good to show news or articles. I designed this template some time ago to sell it at themeforest.net, but I have decided to give it away for you guys, Enjoy.


Features:

  • Magazine Style
  • Automatic Thumbnail and “Gallery Style” Posting
  • Well designed graphics
  • Custom comments block
  • Easy-to-edit Navigation bar
  • Also author posts are highlighted
  • Easily changeable background

Blogger Quick Tips #1 – How to Show Your Twitter Updates on Your Blog

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

Based on a lot of really simple questions that I get every day from my users, I am now starting a new “section” on my blog called “Blogger Quick Tips”. Here I will make little tutorials, sometimes screencasts, to elucidate some easy quick tricks that can be easily done and improve your Blogger experience.

The first one is a quick screencast that will help you installing a simple twitter widget that works fine. It’s so simple that you guys don’t need any audio or even screen annotations. Enjoy it!