Changing the Look of your Blog

Blogging Tips - June 2006

Changing the look of your Blog (Including Title Banners)

June 26th 2006 07:30

You can change a large number of different aspects of your blog to suit the topic and your own aesthetic sensibilities.

A couple of different examples that illustrate what is possible can be found here, here and here.

First you need to login to my.orble.com and click on the "Theme" link under the appropriate blog. Here you can choose from any number of preconfigured themes.

You can tinker with any of these themes or make up your own from scratch by clicking on the "Advanced Settings" link. From here the best thing to do is have a play around with all the different settings and see what effect they have.

Title Banners

One of the most important things you can do is submit a high quality title image for your blog. This does require some skill with photoshop or some other photo editing software. You can upload your title image on your blog's "Settings" page.

Your title image should be no wider than 800px (pixels) and no taller than 200px. A good height is about 150px. You should save the image as either a JPEG (.jpg, .jpeg) or a GIF (.gif). GIF images are better for images which do not have photographic elements.

Once you have uploaded your title banner it may be off-center. To fix this go to your blog's "Theme" page, click on "Advanced Themes" and under the "Header Display Settings" section, set "Padding Left" to 0.

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Comment by Nathalie Cameron

December 2nd 2007 23:56

Hellena Handbasket

I guess my only complaint is that when you put it on the "less ads" selection it makes your blog all lop-sided. I like the blog in the center and the other stuff on the left and right sides. I don't care about making money from my blog so can you tell me how to make it look right with the less ads selected?

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December 3rd 2007 00:54

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At the moment that's not possible -- and you are the first person to request it!

Great idea though and I've put it on the todo list.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Jon.

Comment by Nathalie Cameron

December 3rd 2007 01:31

Hellena Handbasket

Really? Wow that surprises me! I betcha more have thought as such but assumed they had to accept it if they wanted less ads to appear

Thanks for your prompt reply!

Comment by Sandy Kumskov

January 24th 2008 03:41

Body Mad

Lovely. Graphic ready to go, but I'm not seeing where to upload it?

I'd also like to be able to put my blog in the centre and no ads in the text - would love to know when this is available. I don't care for the ads in my blog because they're all about dieting, and my blog is anti-diet - so it doesn't really work for me.

Comment by Harry

January 24th 2008 06:56

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Your title image is uploaded at the top of the "settings" page.

Sandy -- have you tried the "less ads" format?

Comment by Sandy Kumskov

January 24th 2008 07:02

Body Mad

Harry, thanks I just found it! I was in advanced settings, and it's in basic - too obvious for me, it seems

I'll have a go at less ads format, thanks

Comment by Anonymous

October 24th 2008 13:37

Re: Title Banners

That's great, but where do I find reasonably priced photo editing software to make the banner in the first place? The two free sites I tried didn't work in the end, and Photoshop is too damned expensive to buy on my budget.

NoaIzumi

Comment by Jill Browne

January 10th 2009 23:24

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How can I get thumbnail pics at the top of my blog, as in the second example?

http://www.cricketnews.com.au/

Actually I like this one

http://london.diarystar.co.uk/

even more.

Just can't see what to do to get that set up.

Thanks!

Comment by Bob Peryea

January 30th 2009 17:24

Cinema XYZ

I am also interested in the setting for the cricketnews.com.au blog. It would be perfect for my movie blog.

Thanks.

Bob

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