Mere eXperiences: A Three Column Sample Blogger Beta Template

Here is a sample three column template for Blogger beta. As it is very difficult to find templates for Blogger beta I have altered one of the two column Blogger templates and made it three column. Three column templates are very convenient for blogs with a large content required to be arranged in categories.

Below is the code for the type of template shown in the figure. A word of caution before you edit your template (in html mode), back up the whole template on a notepad. You can copy the code below and paste into your template editing area while working in html mode.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml' xmlns:b='http://www.google.com/2005/gml/b' xmlns:data='http://www.google.com/2005/gml/data' xmlns:expr='http://www.google.com/2005/gml/expr'> <head> <b:include data='blog' name='all-head-content'/> <title><data:blog.pageTitle/></title> <b:skin><![CDATA[ /* Variable definitions ==================== <Variable name="textcolor" description="Text Color" type="color" default="#333" value="#333333"> <Variable name="pagetitlecolor" description="Page Header Color" type="color" default="#FFF" value="#FFFFFF"> <Variable name="datecolor" description="Date Header Color" type="color" default="#f93" value="#ff9933"> <Variable name="titlecolor" description="Post Title Color" type="color" default="#f63" value="#ff6633"> <Variable name="footercolor" description="Post Footer Color" type="color" default="#999" value="#999999"> <Variable name="sidebartextcolor" description="sidebar Text Color" type="color" default="#999" value="#999999"> <Variable name="sidebarcolor" description="Sidebar Title Color" type="color" default="#666" value="#666666"> <Variable name="linkcolor" description="Link Color" type="color" default="#69c" value="#6699cc"> <Variable name="visitedlinkcolor" description="Visited Link Color" type="color" default="#666699" value="#666699"> <Variable name="bodyfont" description="Text Font" type="font" default="normal normal 100% Verdana, sans-serif" value="normal normal 100% Verdana, sans-serif"> <Variable name="pagetitlefont" description="Page Header Font" type="font" default="normal normal 100% 'Lucida Grande','Trebuchet MS'" value="normal normal 100% 'Lucida Grande','Trebuchet MS'"> <Variable name="titlefont" description="Post Title Font" type="font" default="normal bold 130% 'Lucida Grande','Trebuchet MS'" value="normal bold 130% 'Lucida Grande','Trebuchet MS'"> <Variable name="sidebarheaderfont" description="sidebar Title Font" type="font" default="normal bold 130% 'Lucida Grande','Trebuchet MS'" value="normal bold 130% 'Lucida Grande','Trebuchet MS'"> */ /* ---( page defaults )--- */ body { margin: 0; padding: 0; font-size: small; text-align: center; color: $textcolor; background: #e0e0e0; } blockquote { margin: 0 0 0 30px; padding: 10px 0 0 20px; font-size: 88%; line-height: 1.5em; color: #666; background: url(http://www.blogblog.com/tictac/quotes.gif) no-repeat top left; } blockquote p { margin-top: 0; } abbr, acronym { cursor: help; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px dotted; } code { color: #f63; } hr { display: none; } img { border: none; } /* unordered list style */ ul { list-style: none; margin-left: 10px; padding: 0; } li { list-style: none; padding-left: 14px; margin-bottom: 3px; background: url(http://www.blogblog.com/tictac/tictac_orange.gif) no-repeat 0 6px; } /* links */ a:link { color: $linkcolor; } a:visited { color: $visitedlinkcolor; } a:hover { color: #693; } a:active { color: #cc3333; text-decoration: none; } /* ---( layout structure )---*/ #outer-wrapper { width: 847px; margin: 0px auto 0; text-align: left; font: $bodyfont; background: url(http://prashant.nit.googlepages.com/tile.gif) repeat-y; } #content-wrapper { margin-left: 42px; /* to avoid the border image */ width: 763px; } #main { width: 450px; float:left; padding: 20px 0 20px 1em; line-height: 1.5em; word-wrap: break-word; /* fix for long text breaking rightbar float in IE */ overflow: hidden; /* fix for long non-text content breaking IE rightbar float */ } #rightbar { float: right; width: 150px; padding: 0 0px 0 0; font-size: 85%; line-height: 1.4em; color: $sidebartextcolor; background: e0e0e0; word-wrap: break-word; /* fix for long text breaking rightbar float in IE */ overflow: hidden; /* fix for long non-text content breaking IE rightbar float */ } #leftbar { float: left; width: 150px; padding: 0 0px 0 0; font-size: 85%; line-height: 1.4em; color: $sidebartextcolor; background: e0e0e0; word-wrap: break-word; /* fix for long text breaking rightbar float in IE */ overflow: hidden; /* fix for long non-text content breaking IE rightbar float */ } /* ---( header and site name )--- */ #header-wrapper { margin: 0; padding: 0; font: $pagetitlefont; background: #e0e0e0 url(http://www.blogblog.com/tictac/top_div.gif) no-repeat 0px 0px; } #header { margin: 0; padding: 25px 60px 35px 160px; color: $pagetitlecolor; background: url(http://www.blogblog.com/tictac/top_h1.gif) no-repeat bottom left; } #header h1 { font-size: 200%; text-shadow: #81A75B 2px 2px 2px; } #header h1 a { text-decoration: none; color: $pagetitlecolor; } #header h1 a:hover { color: #eee; } /* ---( main column )--- */ h2.date-header { margin-top: 0; padding-left: 14px; font-size: 90%; color: $datecolor; background: url(http://www.blogblog.com/tictac/date_icon.gif) no-repeat 0 50%; } .post h3 { margin-top: 0; font: $titlefont; letter-spacing: -1px; color: $titlecolor; } .post { margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; padding: 0 0 1.5em 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; } .post h3 a, .post h3 a:visited { color: $titlecolor; text-decoration: none; } .post-footer { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 14px; font-size: 88%; color: $footercolor; background: url(http://www.blogblog.com/tictac/tictac_grey.gif) no-repeat 0 8px; } .post img { padding: 6px; border-top: 1px solid #ddd; border-left: 1px solid #ddd; border-bottom: 1px solid #c0c0c0; border-right: 1px solid #c0c0c0; } .feed-links { clear: both; line-height: 2.5em; } #blog-pager-newer-link { float: left; } #blog-pager-older-link { float: right; } #blog-pager { text-align: center; } /* comment styles */ #comments { padding-top: 10px; font-size: 85%; line-height: 1.5em; color: #666; background: #eee url(http://www.blogblog.com/tictac/comments_curve.gif) no-repeat top left; } #comments h4 { margin: 20px 0 15px 0; padding: 8px 0 0 40px; font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 130%; color: #666; background: url(http://www.blogblog.com/tictac/bubbles.gif) no-repeat 10px 0; height: 29px !important; /* for most browsers */ height /**/:37px; /* for IE5/Win */ } #comments ul { margin-left: 0; } #comments li { background: none; padding-left: 0; } .comment-body { padding: 0 10px 0 25px; background: url(http://www.blogblog.com/tictac/tictac_orange.gif) no-repeat 10px 5px; } .comment-body p { margin-bottom: 0; } .comment-author { margin: 4px 0 0 0; padding: 0 10px 0 60px; color: #999; background: url(http://www.blogblog.com/tictac/comment_arrow.gif) no-repeat 44px 2px; } .comment-footer { border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding-bottom: 1em; } .deleted-comment { font-style:italic; color:gray; } /* ---( rightbar )--- */ .rightbar h2 { margin: 0 0 0 0; padding: 25px 0 0 40px; font: $sidebarheaderfont; color: $sidebarcolor; height: 32px; background: url(http://www.blogblog.com/tictac/sidebar_icon.gif) no-repeat 10px 15px; height: 32px !important; /* for most browsers */ height /**/:57px; /* for IE5/Win */ } .rightbar .widget { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 10px 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; } .rightbar li { background: url(http://www.blogblog.com/tictac/tictac_green.gif) no-repeat 0 5px; } .profile-textblock { clear: both; margin-left: 0; } .profile-img { float: left; margin: 0 5px 5px 0; border: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 4px; } /* ---( leftbar )--- */ .leftbar h2 { margin: 0 0 0 0; padding: 25px 0 0 40px; font: $sidebarheaderfont; color: $sidebarcolor; height: 32px; background: url(http://www.blogblog.com/tictac/sidebar_icon.gif) no-repeat 10px 15px; height: 32px !important; /* for most browsers */ height /**/:57px; /* for IE5/Win */ } .leftbar .widget { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 10px 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; } .leftbar li { background: url(http://www.blogblog.com/tictac/tictac_green.gif) no-repeat 0 5px; } /* ---( footer )--- */ .clear { /* to fix IE6 padding-top issue */ clear: both; } #footer-wrapper { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 9px 0; font-size: 85%; color: #ddd; background: url(http://www.blogblog.com/tictac/bottom_sill.gif) no-repeat bottom left; } #footer { margin: 0; padding: 20px 320px 20px 95px; background: url(http://www.blogblog.com/tictac/bottom_sash.gif) no-repeat top left; } /** Page structure tweaks for layout editor wireframe */ body#layout #outer-wrapper, body#layout #main, body#layout #rightbar { padding-top: 0; margin-top: 0; } body#layout #leftbar { padding-top: 0; margin-top: 0; } body#layout #outer-wrapper, body#layout #content-wrapper { width: 740px; } body#layout #rightbar { margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1em; } body#layout #leftbar { margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1em; } body#layout #header, body#layout #footer, body#layout #main { padding: 0; } body#layout #content-wrapper { margin: 0px; } ]]></b:skin> </head> <body> <div id='outer-wrapper'><div id='wrap2'>  <a href='#main'>skip to main </a> <a href='#rightbar'>skip to rightbar</a> <a href='#leftbar'>skip to leftbar</a> <div id='header-wrapper'> <b:section class='header' id='header' maxwidgets='1' showaddelement='no'> <b:widget id='Header1' locked='true' title='In the testing Phase (Header)' type='Header'/> </b:section> </div> <div id='content-wrapper'> <div id='leftbar-wrapper'> <b:section class='leftbar' id='leftbar' preferred='yes'> <b:widget id='Profile1' locked='false' title='About Me' type='Profile'/> <b:widget id='TextList1' locked='false' title='dsfdsf' type='TextList'/> <b:widget id='Image1' locked='false' title='Age is not a factor' type='Image'/> </b:section> <div id='main-wrapper'> <b:section class='main' id='main' showaddelement='no'> <b:widget id='Blog1' locked='true' title='Blog Posts' type='Blog'/> </b:section> <div id='rightbar-wrapper'> <b:section class='rightbar' id='rightbar' preferred='yes'> <b:widget id='TextList2' locked='false' title='list 1' type='TextList'/> <b:widget id='BlogArchive1' locked='false' title='Blog Archive' type='BlogArchive'/> </b:section> </div> </div> </div>  <div class='clear'> </div> </div>  <div id='footer-wrapper'> <b:section class='footer' id='footer'/> </div> </div></div>  </body> </html>

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