One day while reading some of my favorite 'mommy blogs' I couldn't help but notice the beautiful templates some of the ladies used! When I decided to look around at templates I realized most women pay for them or download them from a designers site like here (she makes beautiful free templates!)
you will have to adjust the size of your added content. I used '12x12' digital paper images.
Press OK
Now click on the content on the template and drag it over to the right side.
now you have filled your template background and it should look like the image below
Now add your background where your posts will be shown. (choose a light background so it is easy to read your posts)
Enlarge content and center it as best as you can.
add whatever content you desire to 'dress up' your template.
I added digital elements such as ribbon on the sides of my center piece and flowers.
Change format to JPEG and quality to Very High.
You now need to upload your template online.
Now under resize my images to: click 1 megabyte file size and push save.
Now Sign into your blogger account. Select Layout tab and click on pick new template. Select the Minima template and click Save Template.
Now click Edit HTML under the Layout tab.(If you make a mistake during the next step just Select Layout tab and click on pick new template. Select the Minima template and click Save Template. This will restart our process.)
Press Ctrl+F on your keyboard, the find window will appear. Type 'body' in the find window.
Press enter the body tag should look like this:
body {
background:$bgcolor;
margin:0;
color:$textcolor;
font:x-small Georgia Serif;
font-size/* */:/**/small;
font-size: /**/small;
text-align: center;
}
Change the code to look like this:
body {
background:$bgcolor;
background-image: url('the address for this image');
background-position: center;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-attachment: fixed;
margin:0;
color:$textcolor;
font:x-small Georgia Serif;
font-size/* */:/**/small;
font-size: /**/small;
text-align: center;
}
You will find the address for the image by going to your photobucket album and moving your mouse over your photo. press Ctrl+C to copy the address.
now paste address where the text the address for this image is written in the code. Click preview to view what your blog will look like. Then Save Template
You blog will look like so..
Your Font may be hard to read, to change the font color and type click the Layout tab. then click Fonts and Colors. Scroll through the list to change font and color and you can preview them below. Click Save Changes when finished.
Please let me know how this worked, along with links to your blog! I would love to see your creations
