Monday, August 10, 2009

Create a Three Column Blogger Template


  • Log In
  • Layout
  • Edit HTML
  • Ctrl+F and search for: #header-wrapper {
  • Under it, change the width from 660px to 940px.
  • Next, press Ctrl+F and search for: #header .description {
  • Under it, change the max-width from 660px to 940px.
  • After that, press Ctrl+F and search for: #outer-wrapper {
  • Under it, change the width from 660px to 960px.
  • Now, press Ctrl+F and search for: #main-wrapper {
  • Change the below width from 410px to 500px.
  • Next, paste the following red text between the outer wrapper and the main wrapper so that it looks like this:

    #outer-wrapper {
    width: 940px;
    margin:0 auto;
    padding:10px;
    text-align:$startSide;
    font: $bodyfont;
    }


    #left-sidebar-wrapper {
    width: 220px;
    float: $startSide;
    word-wrap: break-word; /* fix for long text breaking sidebar float in IE */
    overflow: hidden; /* fix for long non-text content breaking IE sidebar float */
    }


    #main-wrapper {
    width: 500px;
    float: $startSide;
    word-wrap: break-word; /* fix for long text breaking sidebar float in IE */
    overflow: hidden; /* fix for long non-text content breaking IE sidebar float */
    }


  • After you've done that, Ctrl+F and search for: #footer {
  • Change the below width from 660px to 940px.
  • Now, press Ctrl+F and search for: <div id='main-wrapper'>
  • Directly above it, paste the following code:

    <div id='left-sidebar-wrapper'>
    <b:section class='sidebar' id='left-sidebar' preferred='yes'>
    <b:widget id='BloggerButton1' locked='false' title='' type='BloggerButton'/>
    </b:section>
    </div>


  • NOTE: YOU NOW HAVE A THREE COLUMN TEMPLATE. YOU CAN STOP HERE... OR YOU CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE YOUR COLUMNS NOT CRAMMED TOGETHER. MY ADVICE WOULD BE TO CONTINUE!

  • Finally, in order to to make your columns not crammed together, Ctrl+F and search for : #left-sidebar-wrapper {
  • Under it, change your code to match the following new code (changes are in red):

    #left-sidebar-wrapper {
    width: 185px;
    margin-right: 10px;
    margin-left: 5px;

    float: $startSide;
    word-wrap: break-word; /* fix for long text breaking sidebar float in IE */
    overflow: hidden; /* fix for long non-text content breaking IE sidebar float */
    }

    #main-wrapper {
    width: 500px;
    margin-right: 15px;
    margin-left: 15px;

    float: $startSide;
    word-wrap: break-word; /* fix for long text breaking sidebar float in IE */
    overflow: hidden; /* fix for long non-text content breaking IE sidebar float */
    }

    #sidebar-wrapper {
    width: 185px;
    margin-right: 5px;
    margin-left: 10px;

    float: $endSide;
    word-wrap: break-word; /* fix for long text breaking sidebar float in IE */
    overflow: hidden; /* fix for long non-text content breaking IE sidebar float */
    }

  • Save Template

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