Free Blogger Templates - by Blogger Buster

The "Lament" template features:

• Web 2.0 style layout, with divided sidebar column and three footer columns for extra content


• Customized header background


• Favicon to match theme


• "Post-options" and "Related posts" on post pages


• Stylized calendar widget

You can take a look at the Lament Template demonstration blog to see this template in action.Please do take a look at the post pages to see how the post footer sections work too.

Download this template

You can download the XML file for this template below:

Download the "Lament" Template (Zip folder)

This download contains the XML file for you to upload to your blog, plus a help file and all images that are used in the template.

All images for this template are hosted by Blogger Buster, though if you prefer to have control over these images you can upload these to your own image host and edit the template accordingly.

Template code

Alternatively, you can copy the template code below and paste this into the Edit HTML area in your Blogger dashboard:

The calendar widget
This widget parses your date header to display the calendar icon. To ensure this works properly, you will need to change the settings for your date-header format in the Settings>Formatting section of your Blogger dashboard. The date header needs to be in yyyy-mm-dd format, like the example below:



It is only necessary to change this one setting, then everything else in this template should work just fine!

Using this template

This template is free to use, and you may customize the template in any way you wish. However, I do ask that the author details remain in the template itself, and that you do not redistribute this template without a link back to Blogger Buster. A link back to Blogger Buster is always appreciated!

As the title suggests, this template has a red and silver theme. It features a clean and simple layout, and very few images. Combined with a small javascript, this ensures the blog loads very quickly, and is able to deliver powerful new features which are not available in other templates I have created.

These features include:

• Fast page loading time


• Themed favicon already in place (see top left of the address bar)


• Integrated blog search form


• Web 2.0 style logo


• Navigation bar (which can be customized to suit your needs)


• Calendar widget


• Unique wide sidebar layout, featuring a combination of wide and dual narrow columns


• Three widgets available in the footer section


• Unique post footer sections, which include a "What next" section for email post links, social bookmarking and "add a comment"


• Related posts section also in post footer, to link to posts of the same label


• Author comment highlighting on post pages


• Rounded corners achieved by CSS instead of images

You can see the template in action on the Red/Silver Web 2.0 Template demonstration blog. Please do take a look at the post pages to see how the post footer sections work too.

Download this template

You can either download the full zip file for this template, which includes the XML template, plus all images and a help file, or copy and paste the code further down this page into the "edit HTML" section of your Blogger dashboard.

Download Red/Silver Web 2.0 Template (Zip folder)

This download contains the XML file for you to upload to your blog, plus a help file and all images that are used in the template.

Template code to copy and paste into the Edit HTML section of your Blogger dashboard:

All images for this template are hosted by Blogger Buster, though if you prefer to have control over these images you can upload these to your own image host and edit the template accordingly.

How to set up this template

This template will work without much modification, though there are two things you may want to change:

• The calendar widget
  This widget parses your date header to display the calendar icon. To ensure this works properly, you will need to change the settings for your date-header format in the Settings>Formatting section of your Blogger dashboard. The date header needs to be in yyyy-mm-dd format, like the example below:
  
  
  
  It is only necessary to change this one setting, then everything else in this template should work just fine!


• The navigation bar
  This is set up to feature links to your blog's home page (Home), an "about" page (About) and a contact page or link (Contact). In the default installation, I have been able to set up the "Home" link which points to your blog's front page. However, you will need to set up links to your About and Contact pages manually. You can also choose to change these links or add more links as required.
  
  The navigation bar is highlighted with comments in the template, and looks like this:
  

  <!-- This is the navbar section which you can edit to include your own links -->
  
  
  
  <div style='height: 40px; padding: 10px 0 0 0; margin: 3px 0 0 0;'>
  
  
  
  <!-- Home Page Link -->
  
  <a class='nav-section' expr:href='data:blog.url' style='color: #fff; text-decoration: none;'>Home</a>
  
  
  
  <!-- About link add your link here -->
  
  <a class='nav-section' href='#' style='color: #fff; text-decoration: none;'>About</a>
  
  
  
  <!-- Contact link add your link here -->
  
  <a class='nav-section' href='#' style='color: #fff; text-decoration: none;'>Contact</a></div>
  
  
  
  <!-- End navbar section -->
  

  
  Simply change the "#" for the links to point to your own posts/web pages, or copy the link style to create new links instead.

Using this template

This template is free to use, and you may customize the template in any way you wish. However, I do ask that the author details remain in the template itself, and that you do not redistribute this template without a link back to Blogger Buster. A link back to Blogger Buster is always appreciated!

This is a food themed template, featuring a complementary label cloud and customizable fonts. You can preview this template in action on the Gourmet Menu Demonstration Blog. All images are hosted by Blogger Buster, so you only need to install the XML template.

You can download the Gourmet Menu template using the link below. This download is a zip file, which also includes a help file to assist in customizing the template.

Download Gourmet Menu Template here

Alternatively you can copy the template code below and paste this into the Edit HTML section of your Blogger dashboard (ensure you have checked the "Expand widget templates" box):

You are free to modify this template as you wish. However, I do ask that you leave the credits intact within the XML template. Please do not redistribute this template without credit to the original author. A link back to Blogger Buster is always appreciated!

This template also features a complementary Label Cloud and AddThis buttons at the end of each post to enable your readers to add your posts to their favorite social bookmarking sites. You can see the Rounders 2 template in action on the demonstration blog.

To download the XML file for this template, please right click the link below and choose "Save As". You can then save the file to your computer and upload this to your Blogger dashboard from the Edit HTML page.

Download Rounders 2 three column template

Alternatively you can copy the template code below and paste this into the Edit HTML section of your Blogger dashboard (ensure you have checked the "Expand widget templates" box):

The "Butterfly" template features:

• Left and right sidebars


• Unique girly design and header background


• Animated butterfly in sidebar


• Customized AddThis social bookmark buttons in each post to match the template color scheme


• Butterfly styled dividers between each post


• Customizable colours, fonts, etc.


• Label cloud styled to match colour scheme

You can see the template in action here, and can download the full template below:

The zip file contains both the template XML file and all images needed to run the template. It also contains a help file to assist in uploading and using the template.

Download Butterfly Template (zip file)

Alternatively you can copy the template code below and paste this into the Edit HTML section in your Blogger dashboard:

You are free to modify the template, but please leave the author details within the XML template! A link back to Blogger Buster is always appreciated.