Blogger just gotm awesome

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   ryankettposted 13 years ago

   Anybody played around with the standard blogger templates recently? You can effectively now layout your page however you want. You can change the width of columns, all sorts of stuff.
   
   I have just picked myself up an awesome domain name, and I am having a bit of fun
   
   I can seriously recommend heading over and seeing what you can create!

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      Michael Willisposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks Ryan. I have at times used blogger, but didn't care for the format. Sounds like the new changes you mention make it worth working with again.

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         ryankettposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         I stopped using it completely, because of the frustration around templates. You can effectively now create your own template, which is a godsend for those of us with limited techy knowledge!

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            Michael Willisposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            Wow, and it is so easy to use! I love it. Again, thanks for posting this.

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      2uesdayposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I really like the way you can pick a template and then adjust almost all of the colors to ones of your own choice. I like the way you can move the gadgets into a right or left sided column now. Not quite managed to figure out if I can change the images on the background yet if I want to.
      
      It is good that you are also able to add additional pages to the blog on there now.

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      psycheskinnerposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Blogger is a lot batter now with a simple tool that allows you to fix column naumber, width, color, font, add pages--very simple and flexible!  Unfortunately many of my older blogs are already on html templates that the new system can't work woth

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   liljen23posted 13 years ago

   Ryankett, thanks for the info.. I love Blogger.. Let me ask you a question, where did you purchase a domain name from?? Google??

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      ryankettposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Yes through Blogger, with auto renewal. I don't intend to move it anywhere, and their domains are cheap enough.

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         liljen23posted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Oh ok thanks, I think I am going to purchase a domain because my main focus is getting traffic to my blog but it is hard and with my own domain and the right keywords, I just know I will receive traffic.. I will be purchasing one real soon..

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   waynetposted 13 years ago

   Yes I like the new template designs that we can apply to our blogs over there and working through a web design course at the moment just to customize it how I want it.
   
   They look a hell of a lot better than the old templates...an update for the new digital age!

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   Shadesbreathposted 13 years ago

   If I have a domain name and NOTHING else, is there a way to somehow auto fill in?  LOL.  I've been paying for a domain for years, but have no page for it.  Or do you buy one through them, and it is like,  http/ :  blogger.com/MY DOMAIN sort of thing?

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   waynetposted 13 years ago

   You would just select an available name for example - shadesbreath.blogspot.com and I think you still have an option of adding a domain name to your blog and redirecting through it....
   
   Edit: yeah a custom domain name that you can point to your blog, it's in the publishing settings of your blogger account!!

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   WryLiltposted 13 years ago

   I left blogger because they don't have any easy way to arrange things in categories. Tags just don't cut it. This is why I like WP.

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      lrohnerposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      WryLilt-I totally know what you mean. I'm working with a new third-party template that features a horizontal menu with dropdown menus that can go to as many subcategories or sub sub subcategories as you need it to. It's just a matter of replicating some simple code, and then tagging your posts appropriately. It makes it super-easy to categorize and navigate then.

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         travelespressoposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Irhoner this sounds very interesting.  I've just bought my first domain and I want to switch my old blog over to a new template.  Can I do that?  I played around a little but then I got worried I'd mess everything up!

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            WryLiltposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            Sounds cool! Although I did have have some kind of category drop down from mygadgetshowcase. However it was complicated and just a small change made it difficult to work with.

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   Ivorwenposted 13 years ago

   I had just learned how to redesign the templates on blogger, make several columns and such, when they came out with the new design set up.  I think it is great that they simplified the process, and that the old templates are still available, to those who want them.

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