tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19566380257742431632011-07-02T04:28:33.169-04:00A blog destined to be a sample for a blogger template which is fully width adjustable rather than fixed width.JRnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956638025774243163.post-56694990924204398102009-01-07T16:22:00.003-05:002009-01-07T16:27:17.513-05:00Sorry to those who tried to use the template in the past weeks... Apparently there was a blogger change made which made my original template not work - but I fixed it now...<br />Please see the <a href="http://fullwidth.blogspot.com/2008/07/using-full-width-template-as-seen-on.html">prior post</a> and try it... comment here if you have any issues.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1956638025774243163-5669499092420439810?l=fullwidth.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JRnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956638025774243163.post-86128554626315503212008-07-01T23:08:00.001-04:002008-07-08T17:56:24.405-04:00If you like that "fill the window" feel for your blog, like the one you see here (or like the one I have on <a href="http://jrsays.com">my main blog</a>), you can get that too. I made some changes to a template, originally created by <a href="http://darrendelaye.com">Darren Delaye</a>, to make it full-width. There are also some some color adjustments, which you can re-adjust easily using the blogger dashboard...<br /><br />So, here's how you can use this template:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">STEP 1:</span><br /><a href="http://jrochelle.googlepages.com/full-width-template.xml">Download the template</a> to your local machine by clicking on this URL:<br /><a href="http://jrochelle.googlepages.com/full-width-template.xml">http://jrochelle.googlepages.com/full-width-template.xml</a><br />When prompted, save this file to place where you can find it again. On a Mac, it may automatically get downloaded to a "download" directory.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">STEP 2:</span> <br />Log in to blogger.com, go to your dashboard, and<br />Find the Blog you want to change and click the link labeled "Manage: Layout"<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">STEP 3:</span><br />You should be in the "Layout" tab in this window now... so choose the sub-tab labeled "Edit HTML"<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">STEP 4:</span><br />Under the "Backup / Restore Template" section, you'll see a place where you can upload a template from your local machine.... Click the "Browse" button to find the template you saved in Step 1. Once you return to this screen, Click the UPLOAD button.<br />NOTE - You might not be able to tell that it completed - but the new template should now show in the "Edit Template" section below the section where you just were...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">STEP 5:</span><br />Click the "SAVE TEMPLATE" button on the bottom - and you should get the message "Your changes have been saved. View Blog." That last part is a link to view your blog using the new template - so click that "View Blog" link!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">STEP 6:</span> <br />Go have your favorite beverage - come back and post about your new blogger template! <a href="http://jrsays.com">Let me know</a> if you have other ideas for enhancing this template - maybe I'll give it a go.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1956638025774243163-8612855462631550321?l=fullwidth.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JRnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956638025774243163.post-3282870704893767912008-06-30T23:06:00.000-04:002008-06-30T23:27:26.606-04:00This blog uses a slightly customized version of one of the blogger templates to make it stretch horizontally to use all the screen real estate. It's nice how all the blogger templates restrict the display to a fixed width... it looks elegant... and isn't distracting... but, I like to listen to the reader. If a reader widens their browser window, they don't want me refusing to widen my content...<br /><br />Maybe more importantly is the poor small screen user... who wants to read me in narrow form... I say, let the reader decide.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1956638025774243163-328287070489376791?l=fullwidth.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JRnoreply@blogger.com0