Welcome to EMTB Series Part 3! EMTB stands for Earning Money Through Blogger, a series of post on 'Making Money Through Blogger', a Free Blogging platform which can be used to make money.
In my previous part i.e., part 2, we created our blog and changed some settings. Now in this part, I'm going to show you the way to upload a Free Blogger theme, adding gadgets and preparing your blog to write your first post.
OK, lets start!
STEP ONE: Uploading a Free Blogger Template
As we created our blog, now its time to upload a free template to it. For finding a Free blogger template, just Google search 'Free Blogger Templates'. And you will see many links to free templates for your blog.
Just choose the template which perfectly matches to your blog and the content you are going to post. Like, if you want to write about 'News', choose a 'News' related template or Magazine template etc. Or you can choose from templates which Blogger recommends.
Process to Upload a Template:
Unzip the template if it comes in Zipped file.
Open your blogs dashboard and look for 'Template' option and click on it.
After opening it, you will find an option 'Backup/Restore' at top-right side corner. Click on it.
You will see a dialog box like below screenshot. Click on 'Choose File', select your unzipped template (Look for .xml file) and then on 'Upload' button.
And that's it! Template will be uploaded and applied to your blog.
STEP TWO: Changing Layout and Adding Widgets
Now you can look at your new blog with new Free blogger template by clicking on 'View Blog'.
Its time to change layout to add widgets and to complete your blog to start posting.
To edit layout, click on 'Layout' option which right above 'Template' option. You will see the layout of your blog and it lets us to add widgets,
Now click on each edit option to add what you want at that place like for m blog I want to add social media icons at that place.
If you want to add HTML/Java scripts to the widget, Simply search for 'HTML/Java Scripts' after clicking on 'Edit' button and paste your code. This process is simple and there is no need to explain each option. If you have any doubt, please mail me or comment so that I can help you.
Process to Customize and to Edit HTML of Your Uploaded Template:
This is important! After setting up your layout, its time to customize or edit HTML to add some features.
Go to 'Template' option again and you will notice two options, one is 'Customize' and other one is 'Edit HTML'
Click on customize and look if your blogger template supports some customization's like background, Width, Layout etc. and choose option to do some changes in fonts, updating your social media profiles etc.
STEP THREE: Other Important Additions for Your Blog
Now, its time to add About, Contact pages.
Its easy to create About page but for adding 'Contact' page to a page, follow this tutorial from BloggerPlugins.
Adding 'Privacy Policy' and 'Terms of Services' are must for accepting for 'Google AdSense'. So to create them, please visit 'Bennadel', where you can generate Free Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
That's it! You are ready to post from now on wards.
CONCLUSION:
Uploading Template and editing it is a bit difficult. So, it takes time and requires some research when you needed help. So, be patient.
I've completed my 'PixtoShare' site with full steps which I discussed above. So, have a look at it.
If you have any doubts, please let me know.
