Written on May 31st, 2006 at 08:05 am by Darren Rowse
Free Blogger Templates
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“Where do I find Free Blogger Templates?”
I’m regularly asked by bloggers using different blog platforms where they can get nice designs for their blogs, usually for free. I’m a WordPress User and therefore know a few good spots for WP templates (here, here, here, here, here, here and here for starters) but one of the platforms I’m less familiar with that many blogs use is Blogger.com.
Gecko and Fly have a nice list of well designed Blogger Templates that I think I’ll be sending people to from now on. Most are designs imported in from WP designs that are quite unlike Blogger.com default designs.
Share your Free Blogger Templates below if you’ve got any good sources.
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103 Responses to “Free Blogger Templates”
CrazyKinux
May 31st, 2006 9:45 am
I recently redisgned my blog using PsycHo: Free Template Generator and I have to say I was very happy with the ease of use, customization capability of the generator. It even lets you save your work and retrieves it when you come back to the site (using cookies I believe). I used to have one of the generic Blogger template but had gotten tired of the look, and wanted a 3 column blog. PscHo worked like magic and I recommend it to anyone!
My redesigned blog: http://www.crazykinux.com
PsycHo: http://psyc.horm.org/
David “CrazyKinux” Perry
rob
May 31st, 2006 11:16 am
Nice David,
Drupal’s got a free theme generator too:
http://drupal.org/node/34324
bike guy
May 31st, 2006 11:58 am
Gecko and Fly is such a great find for blogger.com! I have searched for hours to find good blogger templates and never found Gecko and Fly. Thanks for posting that link.
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May 31st, 2006 6:23 pm
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Costa Fong
May 31st, 2006 6:46 pm
two great sites that offers free blogger templates are,
Caz Templates
and
pannasmontata templates
beautifully desined and very cool!
Arvind Satyanarayan
May 31st, 2006 8:43 pm
I’m not terribly impressed. The vast majority of the designs have been lifted directly from The Style Contest http://www.thestylecontest.com with absolutely no creditation to the designers who originally designed them - and whom I believe hold the copyrights to these designs.
Arvind Satyanarayan
May 31st, 2006 8:45 pm
Oops I didn’t notice, they do credit the designers on each style’s page. My mistake.
Arvind Satyanarayan
May 31st, 2006 9:01 pm
And this is why I should think first and comment later. I was looking at a completely different site to the one linked above. Many apologies!
Jesse Gardner
May 31st, 2006 9:35 pm
Not really sure how Kosher it is to claim originality when it’s not yours. Fly’s taking credit for Forest Green when it’s clearly Dave Shea’s work on a standard Movable Type template: http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/styles/library
ZMAng
June 1st, 2006 5:05 am
Jesse: I’m not sure whether this was a late addition, but Gecko and Fly clearly credits Six Apart for the original design for Forest Green.
John
June 1st, 2006 8:03 am
Another vote for PsycHo… Very cool, and easy to use.
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JDillio12
July 14th, 2006 8:55 am
I recently changed my blog layout with free blogger.com templates from some random website and it ended up fitting perfecty. I may within a few months switch to my own domain though depending on traffic, etc.
Jai
July 30th, 2006 12:36 am
Thats a good list of free blog layouts, that i am searching for a while.. thank u…
Carl Galloway
August 13th, 2006 3:53 pm
I’ve produced two blogger templates sofar, and plan to do more. My templates can be downloaded from http://www.carlgalloway.com/categories/22-Blogger-Templates
Rasel
August 24th, 2006 1:12 am
i have two blogger tempalate and i am intrested post this template in web. please tell me free hostintg site.
greg abel
September 3rd, 2006 2:51 am
Thanks for the tips and posts.
Greg
http://www.DiCaprioBengals.com
quicklode
September 14th, 2006 10:47 pm
Hi,
Like some of the commentors here, I also had a difficult job of finding a suitable template for my Blogger blog. I specifically wanted a 3-column layout of certain proportions. I downloaded a few but found that the headache of customizing them made me seriously consider creating my own from scratch (which I eventually did).
I had a play with the PsycHo tool mentioned above and I agree it is very very cool. But an automated template generator has a natural limit to the ‘degrees of freedom’ within which you can vary your design.
Some absolutely amazing templates designs are out there if you have the time to find them. Creative artwork, interesting color schemes and even animated templates! I decided to collect a few together .. then some more… then some more… and now the collection is at
http://blogger-templates-directory.blogspot.com
(note this a ’standard’ Blogger site hosted on Blogspot.. the template for it is my own… but it shows what can be done - check out the categories system.)
Designers rights are a BIG issue because templates are so easy to cut-and-paste. Having spent so long doing my own template, I realize how important it is that credit is properly given where it’s due. On Blogger Templates Directory ALL designer rights are respected and each designer has a profile page.
Contributors range from professionals to schoolkids (and I don’t need to tell you which are the most eye-grabbingly imaginative!).
Hmm, sorry I didn’t mean this post to be so long.
Cheers
quicklode
(ps. I’m having so much fun with the Directory that my main blog isn’t even ready yet! duh..)
hamdi
September 18th, 2006 3:52 pm
beautifully desined and very nice
Linux-box
December 5th, 2006 5:18 pm
http://blogger-templates.blogspot.com/
also have a nice collection of free Blogger templates.
Jonathan Dingman
December 10th, 2006 5:57 pm
That’s quite the collection of template links, they’re gonna come in handy for me in a few days….
Erik Robbins
January 5th, 2007 10:44 am
Darren,
I have ProBlogger and Living Room bookmarked. You’re doing a marvelous job. If you were to go my site, you would obviously see that I just started my career as a ProBlogger. Right now I’m focusing on template/design so that I can move to the most important part, CONTENT! CONTENT! CONTENT! Looking forward to reading your feeds daily.
Take care!
Erik Robbins
vikram
January 28th, 2007 2:24 am
i created my own template.If you to want that please mail me
here it is
http://freeglobe.blogpsot.com
TADDA
February 9th, 2007 7:37 am
i created my template. but, this bad i think….help me for good template
Beyond Sarajevo
March 19th, 2007 11:45 pm
“Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure all XML elements are closed properly.
XML error message: The content of elements must consist of well-formed character data or markup.”
I got this error when I copied the html of the gecko’s temple and paste into my blogger template.
Please help. Thanks
Lorelle VanFossen
March 20th, 2007 1:19 am
You will not get the help you need here. Begin by asking the author of the template and/or at the source of where you got it.
Blogger should have some form of support forum, too. So you can ask there, but the rule is usually to ask the author, source, and last on the forum.
Good luck.
hey
April 29th, 2007 3:46 pm
the main problem is after applying these good looking templates your sites serps look weird and that way can harm you if you are a professional blogger so do chk it.
Elque
May 9th, 2007 12:51 am
I’ve made a few free blogger templates (new version). All are 3-column templates, designed to be easily customized (colors and fonts) just from the layout page, and to fit nicely Adsense banners and any other ad banners. I just figured out how to make horizontal linkbars in the header and will include these linkbars in all newer templates. The list of templates is still growing…check at dzelque.blogspot.com
DragStar
May 21st, 2007 5:48 pm
hi all,
can anyone design for me a template based on my website design or even better..?
suray
May 29th, 2007 4:59 pm
Thanks for your tips! It is very valuable!
Bloggeroo
June 6th, 2007 6:44 am
I’ve created a clean 3-column Adsense-ready theme based on Nyoba 780, originally designed by Isnaini. Check it out!
You can demo and download the template here: http://clean3columnadsenseready.blogspot.com/
Blogstip
August 10th, 2007 11:22 am
This blog many many cool template
Love Guru
August 15th, 2007 7:14 pm
my blog is updated with new template…..
“FOR LOVE TIPS pls visit my blog and give suggestions”
Free Designs
August 28th, 2007 2:50 pm
Hi,
I like to design Blogger templates that are a little more lively and interesting than regular generic ones. I have about 40 designs in my archives. Lots of retro, lots of colour.
Check it out:
http://freebloggerdesigns.blogspot.com/
thanks!
ps: no really, they’re actually *interesting* designs
smithveg
September 2nd, 2007 3:56 pm
Darren, you are a Blogging master.
How do you make money if your are a full time blogging.?
Davinder
September 13th, 2007 5:13 pm
You can find more blogger templates resources here:
http://www.tothepc.com/archives/download-new-blogger-templates/
eBusiness Haven
September 17th, 2007 6:20 am
I actually just redesigned my blog over the weekend. I use wordpress, and I pretty much modified the default theme that came with it. If anyone needs any help with their layout, I’m always willing to help on my free time. =)
منتديات
September 17th, 2007 12:30 pm
thanx Darren for these links
why did you change your theme?
the older is better as i think
but this is very nice also and may be more professional:)
Bob
September 17th, 2007 3:41 pm
Setting up wordpress theme is hardwork. Its take so much time to browse through so many template just to find one that fixs and then you need to twit it somemore…
Larry Lam
September 18th, 2007 7:04 pm
Thanks for these tips everyone. We are looking to include a blog on our website and between Wordpress and Blogger, it sounds like Wordpress is a better choice in terms of template availability and flexibility. Do sound out your views if anyone happens to disagree. Cheers
sharnee
September 18th, 2007 8:43 pm
I went to Wordpress but came back to Blogger.
I like the fact that Blogger give you google sized image hosting (have to buy a premium membership for that in WP unless you have your own hosting which you’ll still have to pay for). I also like the ease in which Blogger can be plugged into your own URL (and then, if you change your mind, reversed again). I guess, in the end, I feel like I have more control when using Blogger.
Blogger templates are much easier than working with half a dozen php files (what a recipe for a total nightmare if you don’t know what you’re doing!). I really like the ease in which Blogger can be modified and think it’s pretty cheeky for WP to charge a free/simple user a fee to be able to modify their css or html.
So, Blogger have my vote. No doubt others with disagree with gusto but for me it’s definitely best.
Also, Blogger templates seriously don’t have to be boring –
(yes, I’m on a one-woman fight against boring Blog designs):
http://www.suckmylolly.com
xx
roffi
September 21st, 2007 12:44 am
Hi all! I just found a good website with blogger templates. Here is the link.
http://blogandweb.com/category/plantillas-blogger/
Enjoy!
Fresh Blogger Templates
September 24th, 2007 11:41 pm
Hey Darren,
I had such a hard time finding good templates for Blogger. However, I love many of the features included with the new Blogger Beta so I went ahead and just converted popular wordpress themes myself along with creating some of my own. I have received great feedback from those who have used my templates so I welcome the readers of your blog to check these out.
-Steve a.k.a Dafool
Gis
September 27th, 2007 11:50 pm
I have made a few templates basic but clean that id like to share :D
Check out
http://www.giselejaquenod.com/blog/
Gis
September 27th, 2007 11:50 pm
damn the address is missing the .ar
is http://www.giselejaquenod.com.ar/blog/
feelyou
September 30th, 2007 12:48 am
thank and if you like to add google adsense for you blogger
seee here http://adsensefacile.free.fr
Cyrus Nguyen
October 6th, 2007 11:42 pm
Free templates for wordpress blogs can be found at themes.wordpress.net Blogger templates can be found simply doing a search on google.
sangesh
October 9th, 2007 11:51 pm
The template which i have switched to is also quite unique one. you can check it out. I have not seen it in anyone else’s blog.
Demir
October 11th, 2007 1:49 am
thanks for these tips and those who share their templates.
Ashley Ryan
October 31st, 2007 2:25 pm
Blogger templates: that site seemed to redirect me to site upon site. Is anything shady happening with that?
delang
November 5th, 2007 11:44 pm
one of my old template before i change to new one.
You guys can get it http://delang-d.blogspot.com/2007/11/free-my-template-to-give-away.html
thanks.
Great Tips & How To Information
November 12th, 2007 4:11 am
Thanks for posting these links for templates! I will see if I can use any of them.
Great Tips & How To Information
November 12th, 2007 4:11 am
Thanks for posting these links for templates! I will see if I can use any of them.
N3r1
November 12th, 2007 8:04 pm
Thanks for posting these links for templates! I will see if I can use any of them.
V.E.CHANDRA
November 16th, 2007 1:05 am
There is a lot of things to learn on blogging and blogging is still in the beginning stage and I hope there will more to learn about it.
chloe
November 28th, 2007 11:20 pm
thanks for the link :).. those are nice templates
Tim
November 30th, 2007 3:22 pm
I for one have seen way too many ugly looking blogger templates and decided to compile my own list of probably thee best designed new blogger templates I have come across. which can be found at http://morefreethings.blogspot.com/2007/11/blogger-templates.html
This is merely my opinion you may think otherwise.
feri
December 5th, 2007 4:50 pm
Thanks for your free template, its very help me
Hafiz Dhanani
December 9th, 2007 5:34 am
I get completely turned off when I visit a blog with an ugly or hard to navigate template! If you use blogger, I’d recommend you get a template that is appealing to the eye, search engine optimized (to a certain extent), and has space for ads and subscribing to an rss feed.
Hafiz Dhanani
http://how-to-earn-cash-make-money-online.blogspot.com
alternativelungcancertreatment
December 12th, 2007 12:50 am
Definitely the Free Templates help us to save time and money. And, if the blogging is a tool that help us to give a better ranking to our pages….why not to use it?
Y. S
December 12th, 2007 1:31 am
I would love to get new templates other than the annoying blogger basic ones but I’m afraid they are not that reliable.
Would i face a lot of problems using them? Are they harder to manage? What would happen to the layout setting page and all that, would blogger adjust its self to the new template that i uploaded?
What is killing me is that the basic blogger template that I”m using is too @#$% tight! It makes it hard to read long posts. Is there a way to make the template any wider? through the HTML or something?
http://prep4md.blogspot.com/
One option i would love to have is the category buttons on the top of the blog ( like the ones on the top of this page ), can those be added to blogger?
Thanks for your time.
sarpras
December 19th, 2007 4:22 pm
Thanks for posting these links for templates. I am searching good templates for my blog http://www.articles2u.com
SeoTopper
December 20th, 2007 10:47 pm
Very Nice Templates.. “Awesome”
maquillage
December 21st, 2007 8:56 am
tres bon source merci
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Free Blog Templates
December 28th, 2007 4:39 pm
My company recently started a “quality” blog template site that hosts Blogger and WordPress templates. Our staff surfs the web in search of the best free blog templates and then adds them to our library.
We’re still in our growing stage but we’ll be ramping up in the next several months. For now, check us out and download all the templates you want!
~David
Rome
January 1st, 2008 12:24 am
http://jackbook.com/ has a number of templates converted from WordPress.
Thanks for this site. I also got to see more and good ones at that.
Motti Ben David
January 2nd, 2008 7:27 am
I’m new here and found my self reading for 2 hours in this site jumping from one post to another.
Love this blog and this post came just in time for me,
I’m searcing for a template a new blog I’m openning,
also like the some blogger templates found in some comments.
Good post.
Ken
January 3rd, 2008 1:21 am
there are a lot of different designs. thanks so much everyone. i was looking for also templates for kids. does anyone know gfunny ones?
Garg the Unzola
January 3rd, 2008 1:48 pm
I use Drivel because it is open source, and then blogspot.com’s default layouts. I believe you can edit the layouts, and I have done a bit of hardcore html editing.
My blog is not a big money maker, just a labour of love really.
http://necrofiles.blogspot.com
It is good to learn the basics of html anyway, I recommend w3c schools or webmonkey.
http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp
http://www.webmonkey.com/
LivingSouL
January 7th, 2008 4:16 am
You know what Darren? I HATE YOU SOOOOOOO MUCH! Because your website looks GREAT! I LOVE IT! Hehehe
Mine looks ok BUT doesn’t display right on IE… I Envy you…. Errrrrrr :D Can have your template? hehe
Check it out http://livingsoultech.blogspot.com
LenX
January 9th, 2008 4:18 am
Hi, I am hosting right now a blog that is really good in terms of content though design is weird at the most. I am looking for a great design for my blog.
Would you please visit my blog and comment on where I could find a good template for it, and also on how else I can improve the looks of the blog. Thank you.
My blog is located here:
http://www.lenxworld.blogspot.com
Lisa
January 10th, 2008 1:17 am
I found http://www.pyzam.com/bloggerlayouts
They have around 2000 templates and I have not a single issue with any of them. I found a template that fits me perfectly. I also downloaded several for later use. By far it is my favorite and most plentiful website for layouts to use on blogspot/blogger.
Dzelque
January 11th, 2008 2:17 pm
I have a number of Blogger template designs that you can get freely at my blog. Main features of the templates are that the designs are simple, flexible, and can be completely customized to your style from the Settings panel, without tweaking the CSS.
Check them out and see what you think. Maybe you can add some comments on how to improve it.
Airsoft Maniac
January 20th, 2008 2:03 am
At blogger.com you get a variety of choices, if you click on mine than you can see that I have a pretty good design considering that I never had to pay a penny. If you join blogger than you get to choose your own design from a list of 45 previewable templates.
patrick
January 21st, 2008 8:21 am
thx for the leads, i’ve been looking all over for some decent blog layouts
rubu
January 22nd, 2008 8:54 am
Definitely the Free Templates help us to save time and money.
Buddy
January 22nd, 2008 11:53 am
Blogger.com provides great templates at the perfect price; FREE!!
rubu
January 24th, 2008 3:36 am
It even lets you save your work and retrieves it when you come back to the site (using cookies I believe). I used to have one of the generic Blogger template but had gotten tired of the look, and wanted a 3 column blog.
joan
January 25th, 2008 6:33 am
I am trying to look for an adsense friendly template for my blog: http://www.scribbledthought.com
Can someone advise for a good template?
Thanks!
Aaron
January 26th, 2008 1:53 pm
When I signed up for my first blogger blog I could play with the template plenty. Now it’s inflexible and useless. Even template generators aren’t working. It’s almost impossible to get images into the template.
vet store
January 29th, 2008 3:52 am
no… they’re WP themes.
i hope you will write a list of “Free Joomla Templates” someday.
It will be so great for me….. :)
aram
January 30th, 2008 5:50 am
thx for the leads, i’ve been looking all prace wysokościowe malowanie dachów malowanie elewacji
Craig
February 6th, 2008 4:27 am
The Gecko and Fly sites indicate that they’ve ceased Blogger template development because of Blogger’s switch to XML. Can anyone comment on the likelihood of these classic templates becoming obsolete due to such changes? I’d like a nicer template, but don’t want to run the risk of crashing my blog.
Dan
February 8th, 2008 1:45 am
those who say blogger templates are great and perfect; yes you are right, but everybody has a different taste and blogger templates are so useless for many bloggers.
Sharnee
February 8th, 2008 11:21 am
I often wonder about if Blogger will cease the support of “classic” templates but I don’t think they will.
Reason: because those who have (external) hosting have to use “classic” mode and not new blogger and then “publish” the blog to their hosting. Of course this is different than just having a URL that is set to show your blogspot address (those people can use “new” blogger).
I posted it ages ago, but here it is again:
http://www.suckmylolly.com
Plenty of non generic blogger themes.
(sure the generic ones are OK, but they’re just SOOOOO boring)
Fery
February 12th, 2008 11:31 am
I still curious with the private rights issue dealing on the WP themes. It is allowed to edit other people design and then give it label as ourselves that created it?
Sadek Jake
February 20th, 2008 11:54 am
http://www.eblogtemplates.com/
this site has got awesome templates for both WP and blogger. It also includes instructions about getting the templates uploaded easily. I have come across a lot of templates, but those offerd here seems to be the bests.
and as an opinion, the gecko and fly was really mediocre.
thanks to all.
Pras
February 28th, 2008 6:27 am
hi, i have compiled a list of links from where we can get the free blogger templates of our choice. Go through the below link..
http://www.techsagar.com/2008/02/free-blogger-templates.html
And also suggest me if you know any other sites providing free blogger templates.
Free Flat Screen HDTV Free HD TV
March 3rd, 2008 4:22 pm
Personally I’ve always just used the basic “Minima” template and then modified it to fit the content.
I can’t decide if it’s better to modify the content to fit the design, or modify the design to fit the content…
Clyde Fernandes
March 4th, 2008 9:02 pm
http://bloggerblogtemplates.blogspot.com/ only the best blogger templates here :)
decha
March 8th, 2008 8:09 pm
Your site is good. Thanks for free themes.
Ishan De Silva
March 16th, 2008 11:37 pm
Uploading a different template after you have setup many widgets in a Blogger template can cause some of your widgets to lose. In such a situation, manually converting the existing template to 3 columns is the best option.
If anyone wants to understand the under the hood details of 3 column Blogger templates, I recommend the article series Blogger Three Column Templates Explained. This will give you the confidence to convert your template in to three columns on your own.
Tina in Women Health Medicine Site
March 17th, 2008 3:11 pm
nice template from you, hope there are more templates soon. Thanks
Orfej
April 14th, 2008 8:46 am
This is a lot of great free wordpress templates : http://parandroid.com/gallery/index.php?s=template
GW
April 18th, 2008 1:38 am
I find it really difficult to find a really good theme for wordpress. First off, as someone who has virtually no experience with wordpress I find it really difficult to judge if a certain theme is safe. Yes of course there’s themes from the source http://themes.wordpress.net/, which can’t get any safer, but they’re boring. I don’t have the experience and knowledge to check a theme’s code for unwanted codes and referrals. Secondly, there aren’t a lot of themes that have a modern feel. I really like for instance the gridlock theme, but then again, I have no idea if it’s safe or not. A lot of themes are either cool and masculine-looking or feminine and very suburban. Apparently, there’s no middle ground. I’m getting frustrated! I need a 3 column, widget and adsense ready, feminine yet cool and modern, safe and free theme for a fashionblog.
suresh
April 18th, 2008 10:28 pm
Good information and there is a lot of choice for word press blogs and the flexibility for blog spot is limited.
Any way good post and thank you.
Travian cheats
April 21st, 2008 6:33 am
Thanks for these free wonderful wp themes.
Części Nissan
April 25th, 2008 1:02 am
Thanks for these cool wp themes. I like it :)
Julie Francis
April 25th, 2008 11:54 pm
Looks like you’ve got the blogger templates covered but someone up there for a free joomla template site.
http://www.compassdesigns.net/joomla-library/free-joomla-templates/
DOTMEDOMAINS
April 28th, 2008 10:03 pm
Here’s the ultimate source for my blogger templates:
http://www.eblogtemplates.com
WP or Blogger? You might have a hard time choosing a template because they’re all great-looking.
Call Center Blogger
May 3rd, 2008 10:03 pm
Gosublogger.com provides some cool wp-theme converted into blogger templates.
For those who love the WP look but can’t let go of blogger/blogspot, http://www.gosublogger.com is worth a look!
Cheers!
Karthik Sridharan
May 10th, 2008 10:59 am
i am looking for blogger templates. i check with your collection. I need some more presentationable and professional too.
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