Free Blogger Templates

“Where do I find Free Blogger Templates?”

Most the Blogger user have this question in there mind, That from “Where do I find Free Blogger Templates?” And Blogger does not (currently) offer any three-column layouts. I really prefer this format as it helps us bloggers with lots of “extra” content able to compress it instead of leaving a never-ending column of elements.

I came across a number of web pages and blogs that have free three-column templates that are compatible with the new Blogger system.

Gecko&Fly – This site has a number of beautifully crafted Classic and Beta Blogger Template Designs for you to select from. There are still more classics than betas but it is great place to begin.

Hoctro’s Place – This blog site has a number of wonderful elements going for it. Hoctro has a good number of clever “hacks”, code helps, and custom widgets to check out. He also has 8 “ready-to-use” three-column templates that require almost no effort to get up and going on your blog. This guy is good!

Blogspot Templates – Contains both text only and graphical version of Blog templates. There are also instructions on how to use Blogger templates.

Blog Skins - A huge repository of user contributed template designs and blog skins for blogger, Movable Type, Xanga and Wordpress Blogs. Users can rate and comment on template designs.

Blogcrowds - This is mainly a forum for blog templates and helps. There is other stuff here as well. But one of the real gems is the three-column templates for the new Blogger that Stavanger has spun together. You must register first (free) to access them, but Stavanger’s work is well worth looking into if you need a three-column Blogger template. That’s where I found the new Blogger three-column code for Andreas04 template.

BeautifulBeta: Adding a second sidebar to your Blog – part 2 - This is actually a “standalone” post to walk you through manually adding a second sidebar to an existing Blogger template. It is very clear and the comments section has a great deal of additional discussion on the subject.

Blog U: Fluid 3 Column Blogger Template - Here is another great post that discusses how to change a “fixed” 3-column layout to a “fluid” one that changes according to each viewer’s screen size settings. It gets into some of the mechanics on how to pull it off and does a great job showing how all the element items work together. A good supplemental read on the subject is George Mikos’s post documenting his Blogger template in great detail.

Hopefully with a bit of research and a good measure of patience you can make a smooth transition to the new Blogger system.