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 pale blue 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 Cool Blue 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 Cool Blue 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!

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!

As the title suggests, this template has a feminine pink theme (don't worry guys, both a blue and dark version are in the pipeline and will be available soon). 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 Girly 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 Girly 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!

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The Shinobi template features:

• Unique theme with rounded corners and ninja-style header.


• Inline comments on post pages, so readers can leave their comments without having to leave the page.


• Complementary label cloud.

Download the Shinobi Blogger Template (Zip File)

Included in the zip file are both the XML template and a help file with details of how the template can be installed and configured.

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

All images used in this template are hosted by Blogger Buster, so you do not need to upload them to your own servers. Feel free to modify this template as you wish. However, I do ask that the credits within the template itself remain intact. Please do not redistribute this template without a link back to the original author!

You can download the XML file for this template using the link below (this is contained within a zip file which you can save to your computer):

Download three column Tic Tac (green) template

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

All images are hosted by Blogger Buster so you do not need to upload them to your own servers. Feel free to modify this template as you wish; however I do ask that the author credits remain intact within the template. Please do not redistribute this template without a link back to Blogger Buster!

You can download this template using the link below. This is a zip file which contains the XML file for this template.

Download Three Column Tic Tac template (blue)

To use this in your blog, you should extract the XML file from the zip folder and save it to your computer. Then go to your Blogger dashboard, and click on Template>Edit HTML. Near the top of this page you will see a link where you can upload a new template from a location on your computer. Browse for the saved template file and click "upload". This will then install your new template in place of the old one.

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

All the images used in this template are hosted by Blogger Buster. You do not need to upload them to your own hosting providers.

You are free to modify this template as you wish, however I do ask that the author credits within the template itself remain in place. Please do not redistribute this template without a link back to Blogger Buster!