Think of a blog that appears in black and white with the text in the usual Arial and times new roman fonts. The reader will scroll the mouse straight to the right top corner to close the page and look for another one. The appearance of the page plays a major role in attracting web traffic. The simple way to make your blog attractive is by using templates which gives a standard appearance to all the pages of the blog. The basic and simple blog templates are available across various websites, through which one can preview the template and download it for free of cost. Few other websites provide yet more attractive blog templates from 3$ to 85$ which contains more number of flash features, images and other kind of striking features.
Checklist for selecting blog templates:
1. XML – the ready availability of XML source code along with template being downloaded eases the operation of applying the template to one’s blog.
2. Widgets – Templates which contain necessary or atleast two to three widgets can be preferred. Basic widgets like shout box, blog archive, share tool should be looked for in the template.
3. Columns – Choose the template which contains the number of columns as required for your blog. Two column and three column (Side-Main-Side) blogs are easily available.
4. Appearance – Choose the template which contains colours and fonts that well matches the blog content. Templates with less pictures and flash makes the page easy to load.
5. Compatibility – Compatibility of the template to the blogger site in which the blog posts are to be uploaded.
Best sites to choose blog templates:
1. http://freeskins.blogspot.com – Good range of 3 column templates
2. http://colorschemedesigner.com - online tool to choose appropriate colours for the template
3. http://www.ourblogtemplates.com - Best site to learn about XML structure of templates & editing templates
4. http://www.finalsense.com
5. http://www.blogsgonewild.net
6. http://www.bloggertemplatesfree.com
7. http://www.hobbitskull.com
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