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Ads Theme Template

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If you’re looking for a new Blogger template, you came at the right time. Hands down, this is the best template we’ve converted here at eBlog Templates. It’s a wonderful web 2.0 popular blog layout with some great built in ad spots (hence the template name) and features.

It’s either a two or 3 column template (you can change it on the fly) so you get the best of both worlds. This Blogger template is what I call a “powerhouse” template since almost all the features you need are already built in. On top of that, it’s quite easy to setup and makes your blog look like a professional site without much effort.

I predict this template will be a top template on this site within a few months, if not weeks. With the amount of effort that went into converting this template and attention to details, I sure hope you appreciate this free amazing new xml Blogger/Blogspot template.

Features Include

  • Two or Three right side columns which are easy to switch (default is three)
  • Three great location ad spots (header banner 468 x 60, three 125 x 125 buttons in sidebar, and a 468 x 60 AdSense banner above the first post)
  • Integrated Feedburner rss and subscribe via email sidebar module (also includes “add to favorites” Technorati link)
  • Built-in live traffic feed widget from FEEDJIT
  • Built-in MyBlogLog and BlogCatalog recent reader widgets
  • Dynamic tabs easily created by editing the link list widget
  • Search box without the need for a “go” button
  • Recent posts and comments widgets
  • Nicely designed individual blog post comments section
  • Properly setup Blogger layout editor

You can see from this screenshot that the actual editor is nicely setup so you don’t need to scroll or try and figure out how to click on the “edit” widget links. Most templates that you download make it tough to edit — not this one!

ads-theme-layout.jpg

This template does require some configuration in order to get it working as designed. Please follow the steps below if you’d like it to work properly. I also recommend backing up your existing template before changing just in case you run into any problems. You could also setup a new Blogger blog as a test area and try installing it there first.

Top Tabs Setup

When you first install this template the top tabs will not be visible which is normal. You’ll need to go into the Blogger page element layout editor and edit the “Top Tabs” widget. It’s a link list so just add whatever tabs you want. Don’t add a “Home” tab since it will automatically appear once you create and save the tab widget.

Header Ad Banner

The default banner is hardcoded into the template but will disappear when you add anything to this widget. It’s an HTML widget so you can put the banner ad code straight into this box. This widget can also be deleted if you don’t have a 468 x 60 and you’ll just be left with the black header. Here’s the default ad code if you want to use it as a model:

<a href="https://www.linkworth.com?a=10230" target="_blank">
<img src="https://www.linkworth.com/adm/affiliate_manager/affiliate_banners/bann-36.gif" border="0" />
</a>

FeedBurner RSS and Email Links

To get this section working you’ll first need to have a FeedBurner account. If you don’t already have one, please read the “How to Setup FeedBurner on Blogger” article and then come back. Another option is to just delete this widget if you’re not interested in knowing your subscriber count or allowing your readers an easy way to subscribe.

Once you’ve got your FeedBurner account, you’ll need to edit this template code and replace a few parts. Search your template code for the following line <!-- Replace Your RSS, RSS Email Subscription, and Technorati --> and then look right below that for the rss feed link.

https://feeds.feedburner.com/<strong>YOUR-FEED-NAME-HERE</strong> . Replace the text in red with your FeedBurner name (i.e. eBlogTemplates is ours)

Next we’ll need to update the subscribe via email link with your feed id. You’ll need to make sure to enable subscribe via email within FeedBurner otherwise this part won’t work.

https://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=YOUR-FEED-ID-HERE&loc=en_US

After you’ve changed both of these areas save your template and check to see if it works. If you’re having trouble finding your feed name or id, please read our article above or see FeedBurner’s help section to locate it.

125 x 125 Ad Section

These are the three ads in the right sidebar which you need to edit the template code to change. Search the template code for <!– Replace with your 125 x 125 ads –> and then look right below that for the three lines of ad code which are:

<a href="https://www.widgetbucks.com/home.page?referrer=7116002"><img src="https://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh92/eblogtemplates/adstheme/banner-widgetbucks.gif" border="0px" /></a>

<a href="https://www.linkworth.com/?a=10230"><img src="https://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh92/eblogtemplates/adstheme/banner-linkworth2.gif" border="0px" /></a>

<a href="https://www.text-link-ads.com/?ref=2164"><img src="https://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh92/eblogtemplates/ads/text_link_ads_F_125x125.gif" border="0px" /></a>

If you’ve got ads to place in here, then just paste the code into the template. I recommend signing up for your own Text Link Ads account and using them. Each referral you convert, you get $20 (or $25 I forget). If you don’t have ads to use, you can either leave our default ads or delete this widget altogether.

Recent Posts and Comments Widgets

This one is easy to setup since we’ve already written an entire article dedicated to this. Please see “How to Setup Recent Comments and Posts Widgets” to configure these two widgets.

Recent Readers Widget

You’ll need to have MyBlogLog and BlogCatalog accounts if you want to use this widget. The default widget will show the original author’s pictures so please either delete this widget or change the account ids to your own. Once you’ve setup these up, then edit the template code and search for <!-- Replace "2007112507294841" with your your mybloglog id --> and then replace the account numbers with yours.

Live Traffic Feed Widget

This is a really cool feature within this template and the best part is you don’t need to do anything to setup it up! There are some further options if you click on “options >>” on your actual blog page under the widget but that’s it.

You should now have the template all setup and ready to go. I hope you enjoy this beauty and please make sure to keep the footer links intact since numerous hours of my time and the original designer were put into making it. That’s all we ask for giving away this template! Enjoy!

Special thanks to Eric over at Blogging Secret for designing this wonderful template originally for WordPress.

Revision History

Update (3/3/08) – Per a couple requests and to make this template even more flexible, I’ve changed how underlined links are handled. You can now edit the underlined color via the Blogger “Fonts and Colors” section along with 10+ additional other color variables. Less work for you having to mess with the .css template code now.

Update (3/5/08) – Added in post author tags so you can toggle the “By Author Name” within the posts. Also compressed the css so the file is much slimmer and cleaner.

Update (3/14/08) – The individual posts Google AdSense code block was missing and has now been added to the template code.

Update (4/18/08) – Fixed layout screen so the two widgets aren’t overlapping.

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rey on Mar 16, 2008, 4:12 am  

heya dave..

im one of the first to experiment with the codes before the updated one so basically i got the original.

but anyway. i just found out that i cant edit my archive. like i cant do a drop down, hierarchy, nor add my calendar archieve tweak.. 🙁 any advice on this mate?..

cheers.


   
firdausbgn on Mar 16, 2008, 6:00 pm  

hi david..

thanks..


   
firdausbgn on Mar 16, 2008, 6:10 pm  

hai

can i use this templates to my other address blog site?

thanks..


   
iwan on Mar 17, 2008, 1:23 am  

Hai David thank for your template, but I have a problem with main post background colour. the view is different between internet explorer 6 browser , internet explorer 7 and mozila firefox. if we use internet explorer 6 browser main post background colour is black, if we use mozila firefox the main post background colour is seem with page wrap background colour, and than if we use internet explorer 7 the view is normal (no problem) and it’s the best view for me.

do you know what is the problem? pleas tell me.

thank you for your assist before.


   
Addy on Mar 17, 2008, 12:01 pm  

Hi,

First of all, your template looks great.I want to use it for my site.I want to the left side bar to be of width 525. and increase overall template width to account for that. I tried doing that , but when it increses the width of the left section, the layout is skewed, right column shift downwards…and big black strip occures in left hand side…

Let me know how to adjust width of the template and left side column…

Thanks,
Addy


   
David on Mar 17, 2008, 4:43 pm  

Addy, you’d have to also decrease the size of the right column to compensate for the 525 left side. You just need to keep tweaking it until it works.


   
bangun on Mar 17, 2008, 7:37 pm  

dear mr david…
in my templates, blog roll and recent readers element are lap join one to another.
could you help me…


   
Sara on Mar 17, 2008, 11:46 pm  

YOU ARE GREAT MAN.
You made my site look very good.
I Love it.

-Sara


   
sandra on Mar 18, 2008, 12:23 am  

hi

i got problem after uploading XMl file i cant see full layout. it is displaying only half layout why?

please tell me tha problem where and also how to do also please fast

From,
Sandra


   
hawee on Mar 18, 2008, 12:43 am  

template a real good but why margin text is not in justify ?


   
Addy on Mar 18, 2008, 6:29 am  

Hey David,

Thanks for quick reply. I’ll keep tweaking till I find a wide format.

Thanks,
Addy


   
Roman on Mar 19, 2008, 5:48 am  

Hello,
I’d liek to say that your website is the best I ahve ever seen. I am from Russia and despite I am not very good in english language I understand all because you always explain in very beautiful way.

Ok now is my question. Please help me. How I can add my own categories in categories section ( for example, money (8), travel (7) etc…) I don’ know how to do it…


   
Fei on Mar 19, 2008, 7:31 am  

Hi, the template really good, thanks.


   
David on Mar 19, 2008, 8:56 am  

Hi Roman, the categories are the same as labels so each new label you create will essentially be a new category. 🙂


   
GBlogger on Mar 20, 2008, 5:01 am  

Great template! I’m a few days into it after having downloaded it. For some reason, the date-stamp is not showing up above the posts. I checked the Blogger settings, and it is checked properly to show as day/date format — but it doesn’t appear! (I also don’t see that showing in the demo site that links off this page.) Will you please assist?


   
David on Mar 20, 2008, 11:56 pm  

GBlogger- You need to change it in your page elements layout screen. Click on the “edit” link for the blog posts widget. There you can choose which date/time format you want for each post.


   
GBlogger on Mar 21, 2008, 3:48 am  

David, thanks for following up — and sorry that I wasn’t clear. I saw your reply to a previous comment to try the Edit on the Blog Posts widget. I tried that, and the pop-up window shows that the date/time are checked with a particular format. But it doesn’t show up….. Thanks again for any help!


   
Agent 001 on Mar 21, 2008, 12:48 pm  

I am using it too.


   
akonuche on Mar 22, 2008, 7:34 pm  

I would like to know if there is any way to create or modify the body widget so that the entire post isn’t posted at once. If there was a way to edit it so that it can post a specific number of lines before ending with a link that says “Read More.”

Thanks!


   
David on Mar 22, 2008, 9:05 pm  

akonuche, Yes you can do that. It’s a blogger hack and you should read our article, How To Add The Blogger “Read More” Expandable Posts Link


   
jj on Mar 24, 2008, 12:25 pm  

Really nice template! But I would like it even more if you would replace those 3 small 125*125 adds buttons by two larger 250*250 buttons.


   
Vanessa on Mar 24, 2008, 1:47 pm  

Hi David,

Let me say first, the Ad Themes Template is a really great product addition to Blogger resources. I’ve tried a lot of templates before this but none was as easy to understand the code as this one or fun to work with. They are also so very adjustable and professional looking.

It was really frustrating at first, especially the thought of having to download an update. I just couldn’t 😯

As I learn the code and where things are its not frustrating to work with. The code is in simple enough language. I’m getting it.

Your instructions and interaction with the comments section has really helped me find the solutions for some of the problems just through comments and answers, so thanks a bunch!

I have a question. I would like to incorporate the three 125px ads again but don’t know how to make them work three across as they were originally. Can you help?

How did you make them position three across? I tried the absmiddle but I must be missing something they kept topping each other anyway. I want to use the add a page element this time instead of the HTML editor.

Thanks to all who made these Templates available to blogger blogs.


   
David on Mar 24, 2008, 5:40 pm  

Vanessa, if you’ve removed the default ads I recommend either setting up a new test blog, downloading the template again, and then loading it up. You can then reverse engineer it by viewing the source code or just copying the ad code block from the template code itself. You can also just view the ads theme demo link above and view the source if you just need the html part. Good luck!


   
andy on Mar 25, 2008, 8:26 pm  

I like this theme. I use it to my blog now.
best of the best


   
Kate on Mar 26, 2008, 2:34 am  

Hi,
Thanks for the template!
A couple of questions –
1.Is it possible to remove the underline from links in my posts/post headers, Google adsense etc? If so, how do i do this?
2.If i accidentally delete a page element exclusive to this template how do i add it back again?
3.Is it possible to change the sidebar background colour?
Many thanks.


   
Seiken on Mar 26, 2008, 3:49 am  

Greetings!!!

Your Ads Theme Template is great and a BIG Thank you for that. I also added a 3 column footer on the template.

I need your help, I encounter problem with the template.

Recently I discover an error in my page’s template and it seems only the first post is showing up in both IE and Opera.

In Firefox browser the template works fine but in IE and Opera theirs a problem.

My blog Url is: http://mindrelaxingideas.blogspot.com

Thanks


   
David on Mar 26, 2008, 6:49 am  

@Seiken I’m not sure what it could be since you’ve made some modifications to the default template. It could be any sort of thing so I’m not able to help you. Sorry.


   
Sean on Mar 26, 2008, 12:35 pm  

I’ve tried over and over to upload this template to blogger and when I go to the “Layout” section, the widgets are all screwed up. Some are hiding underneath others. Did Google incorporate another “fix”?


   
Kate on Mar 27, 2008, 2:50 am  

Hi,
I am really struggling to change my 125 x 125 ads. i have a 125 x 125 button code from Google adsense referrals and have just pasted it over one of the default ads in the html but only a blank space will appear – any suggestions? thanks.


   
David on Mar 27, 2008, 8:42 am  

Kate, Blogger is very picky about how javascript is inserted into your template. You’ll need to convert the adsense code into a different format before it will work. Try using our Google Ad Code Converter. You can also read more about it here.

Google ad code sometimes formats funny so trying to get it to fit in the 125×125 ad spots might be difficult. I honestly haven’t tried but at least the code converter will get the ads to display…then you can worry about the formatting. 🙂


   
deejay on Mar 27, 2008, 10:53 pm  

david, can you help me how to put linklist/link that will open in a new window. just like what i did in old blogger using target=”_blank”.


   
sactyr on Mar 30, 2008, 12:56 am  

hey david.. firstly your template rocks big time!! Its so pleasant to the eye.. thank you so much!!

I have two questions though:

1) How do I get dates to work on my recent posts? My recent comments have dates though.

2)My email button and the quick edit button are missing, how do install them back?

Thank you so much David!!


   
japa on Mar 30, 2008, 4:26 am  

guys can some one help me out i just uploaded the template and i have a small problem with search box the default text remains there i have to manually delete it can u help me out
and where in mybloglog can i find my id??plz reply fast buddy


   
sactyr on Mar 30, 2008, 8:24 pm  

hey japa, i can help u out with your mybloglog id. First log into your mybloglog account. Go to your profile, then click on your site’s name, then click on its settings. Your myblogid will be displayed on the address bar. It usually starts with 200….

cheers.


   
japa on Mar 30, 2008, 9:53 pm  

@sactyr
thanx for the help got it..
i am looking for the search box help the text is staying there i have to manually delte it to search
if u can solve it out i would be thankful


   
dgsinclair on Mar 31, 2008, 1:08 pm  

When I try to save this template in blogger, i get the following error message:

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 document type declaration for root element type “html” must end with ‘>’.

HELP!


   
Ade on Mar 31, 2008, 6:08 pm  

David:
Let me first say that I love this template. I thank you for all of your hard work to create it for Blogger.

For whatever reason however, the following is not in my template to get the feedburner on my site going:

Do you have any suggestions? I thank you in advance.


   
Ade on Mar 31, 2008, 6:09 pm  

**I forgot to copy what it is that’s missing from my template. : )


   
Ade on Mar 31, 2008, 6:10 pm  

**hmm…OK. It’s not showing up….

The part that says replace your rss, rss emaiml subscription and technorati…that part is missing. Sorry for the multiple posts.


   
David on Mar 31, 2008, 7:39 pm  

Ade, make sure you check the “Show Widget Elements” checkbox in your Blogger template code window before looking for the code.


   
Ade on Apr 1, 2008, 5:56 am  

David:

My silly self didn’t think of that until after making my multiple posts. Thanks for your quick response.


   
Peter on Apr 1, 2008, 6:54 am  

Thanks for the great template! I’m very happy!

My blog looks great, don’t you think?


   
David on Apr 1, 2008, 7:32 am  

Peter, very nice color combination. You are representing Sweden! 🙂


   
danielle on Apr 1, 2008, 1:49 pm  

RE: I AM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM SOMEONE POSTED ABOUT YESTERDAY….ANY ADVICE?????

When I try to save this template in blogger, i get the following error message:

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 document type declaration for root element type “html” must end with ‘>’.

HELP!


   
Sasa on Apr 1, 2008, 2:03 pm  

Where do I change the ‘posting title’ to another font? I tried to find it in the html code….thought I had it…changed it…and it messed up my whole layout. So, I had to reinstall it…and start over. Please help me.

Thanks
Sasa


   
Sasa on Apr 1, 2008, 2:05 pm  

Is there anyway I am able to implement the same type of ‘comments’ with the bubble on this site in the template above in blogger.com?
Thanks
Alexandra


   
Sasa on Apr 1, 2008, 2:28 pm  

How do I get the “recent comments’ widget to work? Please help….


   
sasa on Apr 1, 2008, 3:08 pm  

Hey all,
I need help….notsure if it is the template or blogger.com. After implementing the top taps…my whole background changed to a blue color and it looks as the table/cell borders are showing as well. How do I fix this?
Thanks
sasa


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