“Gossip Creative Blogger Template” Documentation by “VeeThemes”


Gossip

Created: 6/12/2014
By: VeeThemes
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Table of Contents

  1. Installation
  2. Setting timestamp
  3. Upload Logo
  4. Setting up the menu
  5. Enable Mobile Template
  6. Enable Full Feed
  7. Enable Search Preference
  8. Sidebar Social menu
  9. Editing Author Profile Below Posts
  10. Editing Author Profile Below Posts
  11. Sidebar Social Media Links
  12. Footer Newsletter

  1. Installation - top
  2. Now you have Staar Blogger Template. You Can Follow This Steps To Upload Your Blogger Template To Blogger Platform. First Login to your Blogger DashBoard by Using Your Google Username And Password from Here.

    Then follow these steps:

    1. On Blogger Dashboard Click Template.

    2. Click Backup/Restore button (Top Right).

    3. Click Choose ( Browse..) File button. Find where the “Mimes-blog-Blogger-Template.xml” file location.

    4. Then Click Upload.

    Note: Before Uploading This Template Mobile Blogger Template Must Enable to make Blogger Customize Work



  3. Setting timestamp - top

  4. It's Mandatory to set the timestamp as shown below otherwise template will not work perfectly




    You Can See that Header area have Social Icons Collection. To Edit Social Icon in this theme you can follow this step:

    1. On Blogger Dashbord Click Template

    2. Click Edit HTML

    3. Scroll down and Find this Code :

    4. if you don't find it, press Ctrl+F then type blog_top_Social_block and press enter you will find the below given code:


    <!-- blog_top_Social_block -->
    <div class='blog_social_block'>
    <ul class='clearfix'>
    <a href='http://www.google.com' target='_blank' title='Google+'><i class='fa fa-google-plus ct-transition'/></a>	
    <a href='http://www.twitter.com' target='_blank' title='Twitter'><i class='fa fa-twitter ct-transition'/></a>	
    <a href='http://www.facebook.com' target='_blank' title='Facebook'><i class='fa fa-facebook ct-transition'/></a>
    <a href='http://dribbble.com/' target='_blank' title='Dribbble'><i class='fa fa-dribbble ct-transition'/></a>
    </ul>
    </div>
    

    4. Change Links or # inside href with yours Social URL link



    Access your blog Layout > click Edit link on Header widget

    In Configure Header window, input you Blog Title and Blog Description. If you want to upload your image logo, make sure checked Instead of title and description, then click Choose File and locate your logo file. And click Save button to finish.


  5. Change the link or # inside href with yours URL link



  6. To Edit Main Menu in this theme you can follow this step:

    1. Open Blogger Dashbord & Click on Template
    2. Click and open Edit HTML
    3. To search (Navigation Menu Bar) press Ctrl+F and type blog_main_navigation_menu :


    4. <!-- blog_main_navigation_menu -->
      <div class='nav-menu'>
      <div class='ct-wrapper'>
      <ul class='clearfix'>
      <li><a href='/'>Home</a></li>
      <li><a href='/p/sample-page.html'>News</a></li>
      <li><a href='#'>Lifestyle</a></li>
      <li><a href='#'>Fashion</a></li>
      <li><a href='#'>Nature</a></li>
      <li><a href='#'>Health</a></li>
      <li><a href='#'>Travel</a></li>
      <li><a href='#'>Living</a></li>
      <li><a href='#'>Food</a></li>
      </ul>
      </div>
      </div>
      

    5. Change the link or # inside href with yours URL link


  7. Enable Mobile Template - top
  8. After you apply mobile version for this template, Advance Editor will be disabled. This is official bug of Blogger. So, please make sure, you used Advance Editor to change all settings you want before do this step.

    As default, Blogger will use its own template for you blog on mobile. So if you want to use Persona template on mobile devices, please enable it first.

    Access your Template menu and click on Gear button of Mobile template.
    In Choose mobile template window, check "No. Show desktop template on mobile devices." option, then click Save button.

  9. Enable Full Feed - top
  10. Access Settings menu and choose Other settings. Click drop-down list at Allow Blog Feed option, then choose Full. After that, click Save settings button at the top right corner.


    To improve your blog SEO, please enable Blogger Search Preferences. Access your Settings menu, choose Search preferences tab and click Edit link on Meta tags section


    Next, check Yes option, then type your Blog Description into the text field and click Save changes.



  11. editing Author Profile - top
  12. Open Html Editor and press Ctrl+F then type blog_post_author_profile and press enter you will see the code like below


    <!-- blog_post_author_profile -->    
    <div class="authorboxwrap">
    <div class="authorboxfull">
    <div class="avatar-container">
    <a href="">
    <img expr:alt="data:post.author" class="author_avatar" height="96" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pl6GZCgWOWw/VJvcvWLSgmI/AAAAAAAAAKc/gh6yOCkvLsY/s200-c/273729232775_01aa3f4729_o.jpg" width="96"/>
    </a>
    </div>
    <div class="author_description_container">
    <h4><a href="#" rel="author"><data:post.author/></a></h4>
    <p>
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Morbi eu sem ultrices, porttitor mi eu, euismod ante. Maecenas vitae velit dignissim velit rutrum gravida sit amet eget risus. Donec sit amet mollis nisi, nec commodo est.	        
    </p>
    <div class="authorsocial">
    <a class="" href="http://facebook.com/username" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-facebook"></i></a>
    <a class="" href="http://twitter.com/username" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a>
    <a class="" href="http://dribbble.com/username" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-dribbble"></i></a>
    <a class="" href="http://instagram.com/username" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-instagram"></i></a>
    <div class="clr"></div>
    </div>
    </div>
    </div>
    </div>
    

    1. Replace the author description with proper description about you.

    2. Replace the username with your social_media username





    1. Open Html Editor and press Ctrl+F then type sidebar_author_profile_widget and press enter you will see the code like below


    <!-- sidebar_author_profile_widget -->
    <div class='vt_sidebar_author_item'>
    <div class='image-wrap'>
    <img alt='VeeThemes' class='img-circle author_avatar img-responsive' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IyAQOrV8hjU/VKAX0fFveII/AAAAAAAAALo/QIdnUMZf8Js/s600-c/273729232775_01aa3f4729_o.jpg'/>
    <div class='social linear-3s'>
    <div class='social-inner'>
    <a href='//www.facebook.com/username'><i class='fa fa-facebook'/></a>
    <a href='//www.twitter.com/username'><i class='fa fa-twitter'/></a>
    <a href='//plus.google.com/username'><i class='fa fa-google-plus'/></a>
    <a href='//www.dribbble.com/username'><i class='fa fa-dribbble'/></a>
    </div>
    </div>
    </div>
    <h4 class='author_name'><a href='#'>Jane doe</a></h4>
    <p>In semper mi a metus aliquam condimentum. Donec a sapien vitae odio auctor gravida ac sit amet magna. Suspendisse bibendum porttitor lacinia.</p>
    </div>
    </div>
    

    1. Replace the author description with proper description about you.

    2. Replace the username with your social_media username




    1. Open HTML Editor and press Ctrl+F and type blog_footer_menu

    2. You'll find the code like below


    <!-- blog_footer_menu -->
    <div class='right footer_menu'>
    <ul class='blog_footer_menu'>
    <li><a href='/'>Home</a></li>
    <li><a href='#'>Conact</a></li>
    <li><a href='#'>About</a></li>
    <li><a href='#blog_header' id='smooth_scroll'>Top &#8593;</a></li>
    </ul>
    </div>
    

    3. Replace # after href with proper blog links





    1. Open Blogger Dashboard > HTML Editor and press Ctrl+F and type sidebar_social_media_links

    2. You'll find the code like below

    <!-- sidebar_social_media_links -->
    <div class='sidebar_social_icons'>
    <ul class='clearfix'>
    <li class='facebook-social'>
    <a href='http://www.facebook.com/username' target='_blank' title='Facebook'><i class='fa fa-facebook ct-transition'/></a>
    <span class='ct-counter' title='Fans'>19,701</span>
    </li>
    			
    <li class='twitter-social'>
    <a href='http://www.twitter.com/username' target='_blank' title='Twitter'><i class='fa fa-twitter ct-transition'/></a>
    <span class='ct-counter' title='Followers'>9,297</span>
    </li>
    									
    <li class='Linkedin-social'>
    <a href='http://www.linkedin.com/username' target='_blank' title='Linkedin'><i class='fa fa-linkedin ct-transition'/></a>
    <span class='ct-counter' title='Subscribers'>4,182</span>
    </li>
    <li class='pinterest-social'>
    <a href='http://www.pinterest.com/username' target='_blank' title='Pinterest'><i class='fa fa-pinterest ct-transition'/></a>
    <span class='ct-counter' title='Subscribers'>2,157</span>
    </li>
    
    <li class='rss-social'>
    <a href='#your feed link here' target='_blank' title='Rss'><i class='fa fa-rss ct-transition'/></a>
    <span class='ct-counter' title='Subscribers'>1,052</span>
    </li>
    			
    </ul>
    </div>
    

    Replace the highlighted words with you social media username and total counts



  13. Customizing Newsletter - top


  14. 1. Open HTml Editor and Press Ctrl+F and type blog_newsletter_widget

    2. You'll find the code like below


    <!-- blog_newsletter_widget -->
    <div id='blog_newsletter'>
    <h5>Subscribe Our Newsletter</h5>
    <p>Enter your email address below to subscribe to our newsletter.</p>
    
    <div class='input-append'>
    <form action='http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify' id='subscribe' method='post' onsubmit='window.open(&apos;http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=yourid&apos;, &apos;popupwindow&apos;, &apos;scrollbars=yes,width=550,height=520&apos;);return true' target='popupwindow'>
    <input name='uri' type='hidden' value='yourid'/>
    <input name='loc' type='hidden' value='en_US'/>
    <input id='subbox' name='email' onblur='if (this.value == &quot;&quot;) {this.value = &quot;Email address&quot;;}' onfocus='if (this.value == &quot;Email address&quot;) {this.value = &quot;&quot;}' type='text' value='Email address'/>
    <input id='subbutton' title='' type='submit' value='Subscribe'/>
    </form>
    </div>
    </div>
    

    Replace the highlighted word with your feedburner username id



 

Once again, thank you so much for purchasing this theme. As I said at the beginning, I'd be glad to help you if you have any questions relating to this theme. No guarantees, but I'll do my best to assist.

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