Need help designing Blogger template
LL921 (10 pencils) | Sat, 2005-09-03 18:17I am in desperate need of a new Blog makeover. I am not very talented when it comes to really complex HTML, so, I was wondering if anyone would help me, or at least give me a few pointers. What application (I run Mac) does everyone use to create blog interfaces. I usually use Dreamweaver for experimenting with websites, would that work? If you want to e-mail me personally then my e-mail address is: eval(unescape('%64%6f%63%75%6d%65%6e%74%2e%77%72%69%74%65%28%27%3c%61%20%68%72%65%66%3d%22%6d%61%69%6c%74%6f%3a%6c%2e%63%68%61%72%6c%65%73%2e%6c%69%74%74%6c%65%2e%39%32%31%40%67%6d%61%69%6c%2e%63%6f%6d%22%3e%6c%2e%63%68%61%72%6c%65%73%2e%6c%69%74%74%6c%65%2e%39%32%31%40%67%6d%61%69%6c%2e%63%6f%6d%3c%2f%61%3e%27%29%3b')). Thanks a lot.
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Well, blogger templates are html pages with embedded CSS styling. It's a bit hard to use Dreamweaver to create the templates, because the blogger template does not actually have any content, only references to load content into the template from a database. So the best way to do it is to hand code I guess. Start by changing bit by bit the template you're using and soon you will have a completely new template. If you get get stuck with anything jsut ask here.
I don't know much about designing blogs, but you can check here for some themes. This might work for you.
http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/
WordPress themes and templates are VERY different than blogger. You will get a page full of garbled crap if you try to use them with Blogger.
As Ivan and others have already said, the tags for most all blogs are very different from each other - for the most part they are not interchangable.
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I don't think there are any apps which help you create blog interfaces, because the tags are different from diaryland to blogger. Dreamweaver isn't pretty good 'cause you have to check the CSS by previewing regularly.
Also, as Ivan said, blogs are usually just references to load content, so you have to continually previewing so that the loaded content does not mess stuff up. Hand-coded is usually the best because WYSIWYG editors tend to mess your page up real quick.