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    Your free eBook: The Cheats' Guide to Customizing Blogger templates

    January 30, 2008 32 Comments

    I'm really happy to be able to release my first eBook: The Cheats' Guide to Customizing Blogger Templates.

    Based on the original article published here, this eBook will offer you many options and examples to customize your existing Blogger template quickly and easily, whichever style of template you are using.!

    Read on for more information and to download this free eBook.

    Features of this eBook

    This eBook is much more comprehensive than the original online article, and features:

    • New examples of template customizations
    • An entire chapter about customizing stretch (fluid) templates
    • How to use buttons, banners and images
    • Many useful resources for template customization
    • An optional download folder containing all of the templates and images used in the eBook

    Format

    The Cheats' Guide to Customizing Blogger Templates eBook is available in PDF format.

    You can download Adobe Reader using the link below:

    License

    Creative Commons LicenseThe Cheat's Guide to Customizing Blogger Templates eBook is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License.

    This means that you are free to redistribute this eBook for non-commercial purposes, without modification, so long as you include a link to the original author.

    Download

    Here you can download the Cheats' Guide to Customizing Blogger Templates eBook and also the download folder which contains all of the templates and images used in the guide:

    Download the eBook (PDF format)

    Cheats' Guide downloads folder (templates, images, etc)

    Final words

    Please send me an email if you have any questions about the content or usage of this eBook, and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.

    If you've found The Cheats' Guide to be a useful read, why not help me spread the word so that others can find this too? It has taken much time and effort to complete this eBook, so I would really appreciate any and all publicity I can get!

    I would love to read your thoughts and opinions about this eBook, so please do leave your comments and suggestions below.

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    • Lizzie
      30 January 2008 19:21
       

      You rock! Thank you, Amanda! You are truly generous, and all of us novices really, really appreciate it.

    • Annabelle
      30 January 2008 20:48
       

      Hi, Amanda! I've just started reading your blog and I love it. Thank you so much for this book!! I just downloaded it and glanced through it but will read it thoroughly later. I'm redesigning my blog and was just thinking the other day that I wished that all the info I needed was in one place. And now it is thanks to you!!

    • DarkUFO
      30 January 2008 22:46
       

      Thanks Amanda, this is excellent. Congrats on your first but hopefully not last ebook :)

    • Nekki
      31 January 2008 02:56
       

      nice work,I like it.

    • Blog Tipz
      31 January 2008 04:43
       

      Despite being on WordPress, I think that it is a great guide and have written up a review of it on my blog (as my blog is about blogging in general). Information is organized very well unlike some other blogging resources.

      Thanks again for the great eBook!

    • Jim
      31 January 2008 09:11
       

      Congrats on finishing the eBook. It looks wonderful. I have no doubt this will become popular very quickly!

    • Fabler
      31 January 2008 10:05
       

      The ebook is truly very useful and awesome, thank you so much! Hats off for Amanda! ^.^

    • Conservative Belle
      31 January 2008 21:16
       

      Congrats on the new book! I have already downloaded it and have learned a couple of things.

      I'm using so many things from your site. I am creating a post today to link to your site to help other bloggers.

      Thanks, Amanda!

    • RHo
      01 February 2008 07:37
       

      hi there amanda, i've been a fan of your website since i discovered it. i love your posts and your tips. i just have one problem with my site. it's http://rhoroe.blogspot.com, its a music blog by the way. the problem is that when i view my blog on iexplorer, the design messed up, sidebar contents/widgets were centered along with the post entries. but when i view my blog on mozilla, everything is okay. can you help me with this? i've been trying to figure out the solution for weeks but i cant get any. thanks you so much. :)

    • Amanda
      01 February 2008 08:57
       

      For Rho:

      It seems there isn't enough room for the sidebar and the main posts column to display next to each other, which means the sidebar is pushed below your posts.

      Firstly I would try increasing the width of your outer-wrapper (this is currently set at 860px). If you increase the width to 880px or perhaps a little more, the sidebar should pop back into place.

      If this doesn't seem to work for you, feel free to send me your template code (my email is amanda [at] bloggerbuster [dot] com) and I'll take a look at the code for you.

      Thanks for stopping by!

    • Amanda
      01 February 2008 09:37
       

      For Lizzie: I'm so glad you enjoy this ebook! I did write this as a "beginners' guide" so it's great that this is working the way I planned.

      For Annabelle: Thanks for your comments :) The eBook became much longer than planned, though I'm happy to know you find it a comprehensive guide.

      For DarkUFO: I do have a follow-up planned which will include everything I'm writing about in the Blogger Template Design series (but with added extras, of course!). It will probably take much longer to get this next one published though, as this will be a "complete" guide!

      I have to admit that I was nervous about how this ebook would be received, so thank you all for your great feedback so far! You really give me incentive for writing my next one!

      For Nekki, Jim and Fabler: thank you so much for your kind comments! I enjoyed writing this book, so it makes my day to know that others enjoy reading this too :)

      For Blog Tipz: wow, thank you so much for the write-up about my ebook!! Your blog is really informative and I love the simplicity of your design.

      For Conservative Belle: I'm glad you've found this guide so informative. Thank you for writing about this!

    • Jake
      01 February 2008 20:43
       

      This is great - thank you so much for doing this. I've been a blogger for years but am new to Blogger itself. Cannot wait to jump in and start really creating my own layout!

    • template-godown
      02 February 2008 03:29
       

      hi amanda, just download your e-book.

      thank you for always upgrading my knowledge. :)

      and i just approved your entrecard ad. hey, also try projectwonderful.com.

    • Kay T
      02 February 2008 19:51
       

      Thanks Amanda. I came upon an answer you had posted to a question on blogger and then came here. The book looks great! I am a new blogger, but have found myself as the answer person for some fellow bloggers. Thanks again.

    • Liz
      07 February 2008 00:49
       

      Thank you so much for this ebook Amanda! I'm familiar with wordpress but not blogger and I was tired of using the default template I had found so using your information I finally customized my site. I'm sure I'll be back for some of your other hacks and tips. :)

    • zichi
      07 February 2008 10:51
       

      Thank you for the great blog, very useful and the Cheats Guide eBook. Today I came across a useful site for ebooks which I also publish about my art work.
      You probably know already, being ahead of the curve.
      Issuu Dot Com

    • Oktant
      10 February 2008 09:47
       

      Hi, Amanda.
      This is my first visit here.
      I'm really love this site and I'll come again and again:p
      Also thanks for "The Cheats' Guide" e-book.

    • Mattheous
      16 February 2008 00:03
       

      This eBook is great!

      But the codes for adding a Sidebar Heading background don't seem to work for me. I think it's the Scribe template acting up again...

    • Áurea
      16 February 2008 20:46
       

      Hello Amanda,
      I am a lady of a Brazilian blog who helps other bloggers to personalize his and I create templates, as well as the Blogger Buster.
      I would like knowing if I can postair in my blog his lessons translated to help the Brazilian bloggers.
      I Already translated his tutorial to put the date of the post in the form of calendar and quoted his blog like fountain, it is clear.
      With his authorization I will always be going to quote his blog as fountain and you like creator of the directions. I hardly will do the translation of English for the Portuguese.
      I wait for his answer.
      Very much obliged from now.

    • Il Gobb
      04 March 2008 14:03
       

      Gorgeous: I use many of your tweaks for my Talkin' Rapper (and one of your templates, too) and they all work nicely&smooooooooothly. Thanks... and all hail the BlogQueen ^_____^

    • André Queiroz
      04 March 2008 14:43
       

      Amanda, I LOVE U !

      Brazilian hugs.

    • Two Feathers
      04 March 2008 15:27
       

      I like the new look. Can't wait to read the eBook, just now downloaded it, and wanted to say thank you! I think this is
      THE site to subscribe to if you have a blogger blog. You are appreciated!

    • crownedthoughts
      21 March 2008 20:43
       

      Downloaded the e-book and it was really helpful! Thanks so much!!!

    • Babette
      22 March 2008 03:12
       

      Hi Amanda, I will be downloading your e-book. Thanks so much! I learned so much already just by reading your posts here. I cannot wait to go through your book. Thanks again :)

    • Rajeev Edmonds
      25 March 2008 12:19
       

      Hi Amanda,

      Your ebook about customizing blogger templates is awesome.

      I have given its link on the home page of my blog.

    • Amanda
      26 March 2008 10:51
       

      Thank you all for your comments about this ebook! I'm very happy to know this has been so helpful to you all and am inspired to write more like this in the future.

      Best wishes and thank you :)

      Amanda

    • Jess
      30 March 2008 06:44
       

      you're amazing! is there any way to stretch a background image (as opposed to the text) so that the text doesn't spil onto the darker portion of the image? check out my blog to see what i'm talking about. http://mindofamomma.blogspot.com

      thanks soo much!

    • Meliss
      08 April 2008 22:59
       

      Thank you so much for this guide, Amanda! I followed your instructions to tweak my template and it worked beautifully. I like that I can easily swap out my header and background texture whenever the whim hits me. Thank you for generously sharing your knowledge!!!

    • Samantha BAires
      10 April 2008 16:38
       

      Thank you so much for your e-book, I've just downloaded it. Many thanks for your tips, templates, tools,etc. I found your blog yesterday and it's been more than useful. I'm already spreading the word about your blog and your e-book.

      Samantha

    • Amanda
      11 April 2008 08:54
       

      For Meliss and Samantha: thank you both for stopping by to comment. I'm really happy to know my ebook and articles have been helpful for you.

      Please do let me know if there are any particular features or subjects you would like me to write about in the future.

      Best wishes,

      Amanda

    • shadrach
      25 April 2008 05:01
       

      Amanda, your tutorials have been extremely helpful. Thanks for all the work.

      On a minima lefty stretch, do you have an idea why my header image won't display? I followed your directions, but the original header is what still shows, not my custom design.

      check it out at http://unapologetic-apologist.blogspot.com

    • AdSense VS Chitika
      04 May 2008 05:18
       

      Excellent eBook! How many downloads have there been so far?