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How To Create Post Magazine Style in Blogger Blog

Usually all blogger default template are arranged in list style,while some bloggers specially those who run a News Paper, Magazine, fashion Blog have been looking for a way to style their Blogspot template to a Magazine and News paper style  template that display post summaries in home page with thumbnails, this kind of template very popular in day,their are many way to give your blog look as a magazine and fashion blog but this a best way to give your blog template layout magazine or news paper style,so in this post i will show you How To Create Magazine style Post in your blogger blog

 

Create Magazine Style Post in Your Template

To give your template magazine style look just follow these steps,before done any steps backup your template to backup your template loin your account>>Template >>Backup/Restore ,after you have download your template xml copy then click on the Edit HTML

  • Step #1

Click any where an your template html section and press CTR+F to find the below code

 <data:post.body/>

 

  • Step #2 Now Replace this line with below code  <data:post.body/>

 

<b:if cond=’data:blog.pageType != &quot;item&quot;’>
<b:if cond=’data:blog.pageType != &quot;static_page&quot;’>
<span class=’post-comment-link’>
<b:if cond=’data:blog.pageType != &quot;item&quot;’>
<b:if cond=’data:post.allowComments’>
<a class=’comment-link’ expr:href=’data:post.addCommentUrl’ expr:onclick=’data:post.addCommentOnclick’><data:post.numComments/></a></b:if></b:if></span>
<div expr:id=’&quot;summary&quot; + data:post.id’><data:post.body/></div>
<script type=’text/javascript’>createSummaryAndThumbundefined&quot;summary<data:post.id/>&quot;);</script>
<span class=’readmorebutton’ style=’float:right’><a expr:href=’data:post.url’>Continue Read &#187;</a></span></b:if></b:if>
<b:if cond=’data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;’><data:post.body/></b:if>
<b:if cond=’data:blog.pageType == &quot;static_page&quot;’>
<data:post.body/></b:if>

You can change Continue Read with your own text

  • Step #3 Now Find the below code to find it press CTR+F

 

 <b:include data=’post’ name=’post’/>

 

  • Step #4  Copy the below code and replace it with above lane

 

<b:if cond=’data:post.isFirstPost’>
<b:if cond=’data:blog.homepageUrl == data:blog.url’>
<div id=’first’>
<b:if cond=’data:post.title’>
<h3 class=’post-title entry-title’>
<b:if cond=’data:post.link’>
<a expr:href=’data:post.link’><data:post.title/></a>
<b:else/>
<b:if cond=’data:post.url’>
<a expr:href=’data:post.url’><data:post.title/></a>
<b:else/>
<data:post.title/>
</b:if>
</b:if>
</h3>
</b:if>
<div class=’first-body’>

<b:if cond=’data:blog.pageType != &quot;item&quot;’>
<b:if cond=’data:blog.pageType != &quot;static_page&quot;’>
<div expr:id=’&quot;summary1&quot; + data:post.id’><data:post.body/></div>
<script type=’text/javascript’>createSummaryAndThumb1undefined&quot;summary1<data:post.id/>&quot;);</script>
<span class=’post-comment-link’><b:if cond=’data:blog.pageType != &quot;item&quot;’><b:if cond=’data:post.allowComments’><a class=’comment-link’ expr:href=’data:post.addCommentUrl’ expr:onclick=’data:post.addCommentOnclick’><data:post.numComments/></a></b:if></b:if></span>
<span class=’readmorebutton’ style=’float:right’><a expr:href=’data:post.url’>Continue Read &#187;</a></span>
</b:if></b:if>
<b:if cond=’data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;’><data:post.body/></b:if>
<b:if cond=’data:blog.pageType == &quot;static_page&quot;’><data:post.body/></b:if>

</div>
</div>
<b:else/>
<b:include data=’post’ name=’post’/>
</b:if>
<b:else/>
<b:include data=’post’ name=’post’/>
</b:if>

You can change Continue Read with your own text

  • Step #6 Now Find  </head> tag to find it press CTR+F and copy the below code and past before/above the </head> tag

 

<script type=’text/javascript’>
posts_no_thumb_sum = 290;
posts_thumb_sum = 240;
img_thumb_height = 80;
img_thumb_width = 80;
first_no_thumb_sum = 600;
first_thumb_sum = 540;
img_thumb_height1 = 145;
img_thumb_width1 = 165;
</script>

<script type=’text/javascript’>
//<![CDATA[
function removeHtmlTagundefinedstrx,chop){
ifundefinedstrx.indexOfundefined”<“)!=-1)
{
var s = strx.splitundefined”<“);
forundefinedvar i=0;i<s.length;i++){
ifundefineds[i].indexOfundefined”>”)!=-1){
s[i] = s[i].substringundefineds[i].indexOfundefined”>”)+1,s[i].length);
}
}
strx = s.joinundefined””);
}
chop = undefinedchop < strx.length-1) ? chop : strx.length-2;
whileundefinedstrx.charAtundefinedchop-1)!=’ ‘ && strx.indexOfundefined’ ‘,chop)!=-1) chop++;
strx = strx.substringundefined0,chop-1);
return strx+’…’;
}

function createSummaryAndThumbundefinedpID){
var div = document.getElementByIdundefinedpID);
var imgtag = “”;
var img = div.getElementsByTagNameundefined”img”);
var summ = posts_no_thumb_sum;
ifundefinedimg.length>=1) {
imgtag = ‘<span class=”posts-thumb” style=”float:left;”><img src=”‘+img[0].src+'” width=”‘+img_thumb_width+’px” height=”‘+img_thumb_height+’px”/></span>’;
summ = posts_thumb_sum;
}

var summary = imgtag + ‘<div>’ + removeHtmlTagundefineddiv.innerHTML,summ) + ‘</div>’;
div.innerHTML = summary;
}

function createSummaryAndThumb1undefinedpID){
var div = document.getElementByIdundefinedpID);
var imgtag = “”;
var img = div.getElementsByTagNameundefined”img”);
var summ = first_no_thumb_sum;
ifundefinedimg.length>=1) {
imgtag = ‘<span class=”first-post-thumb” style=”float:left;”><img src=”‘+img[0].src+'” width=”‘+img_thumb_width1+’px” height=”‘+img_thumb_height1+’px”/></span>’;
summ = first_thumb_sum;
}

var summary1 = imgtag + ‘<div>’ + removeHtmlTagundefineddiv.innerHTML,summ) + ‘</div>’;
div.innerHTML = summary1;
}

//]]>
</script>

<b:if cond=’data:blog.pageType != &quot;static_page&quot;’>
<b:if cond=’data:blog.pageType != &quot;item&quot;’>
<style type=’text/css’>
.first-post-thumb {
margin-right: 10px;
border: 1px solid #fff;
-webkit-box-shadow: 2px 2px 5px rgbaundefined0,0,0,0.3);
-moz-box-shadow: 2px 2px 5px rgbaundefined0,0,0,0.3);
box-shadow: 2px 2px 5px rgbaundefined0,0,0,0.3);
}
.post-body img, .post-body .tr-caption-container, .Profile img, .Image img, .BlogList .item-thumbnail img {
background: none;
border: none;
box-shadow: none;
padding: 0;
}
#first { /* Styles for the First Post Container */
width: auto;
height: 250px;
float: left;
margin-bottom:10px;
background-color: #F4F4F4; /* background color for the first post */
border: 1px solid #E5E5E5; /* border for the first post */
}
.first-body { /* Style for the First Post summary */
color: #545454;
font-size: 13px;
text-align: justify;
padding: 5px 10px;
line-height:1.5em;
}
#first h3 a, #first h3 a:visited { /* Style for the First Post Title*/
border-bottom: 2px solid #DFDFDF;
color: #515151;
font-size: 20px;
display:block;
margin: 10px auto;
width: 95%;
font-size: 20px;
padding: 0px 0px 4px 0px;
font-weight: bold;
text-align:left;
line-height: 1.4em;
background: none;
}
#first h3 a:hover { /* Color on mouseover for the First Post Title */
color: #1061A1;
}
.post { /* Styles for the small posts container */
float:left;
margin-right: 10px;
width: 290px;
height: 210px;
padding: 0px 5px 5px 5px;
background: #FCFCFC; /* background color for the small posts */
border: 1px solid #E5E5E5; /* border for the small posts */
overflow: hidden;
}
.posts-thumb { /* Style for the small posts thumbnails */
margin-right: 5px;
background: #ddd;
padding: 3px 3px 0px;
border: 1px solid #C4C4C4;
border-radius: 4px;
}
h3.post-title a{ /* Style for the small posts titles */
font-size: 14px;
color: #747474;
background-color: #F4F4F4; /* Background color for the small posts titles */
width: 95%;
font-weight: bold;
font-family: ‘Arial Narrow’, sans-serif;
padding: 5px;
}
h3.post-title a:hover { /* Color on mouseover for the Small Posts Title */
color: #005B77;
}
h2.date-header { /* Hide the post date */
display:none;
}
.post-footer { display: none;}
h3.post-title {margin: 0px;}
.readmorebutton { margin-top: 5px;}

.readmorebutton a { /* Styles for the Read More link */
color: #767676;
border: 1px solid #E1E1E1;
background: #EAEAEA; /* Background color for the Read More link */
text-decoration:none;
padding: 3px 5px;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 11px;
}
.post-comment-link { /* Style for the comment bubble of posts below */
float: right;
display: inline;
margin: -35px 0px;
border: 1px solid #E1E1E1; /* border for the comment bubble */
background: #EAEAEA; /* background color for the comment bubble */
font-size: 11px;
position: relative;
-webkit-border-radius: 100px;
-moz-border-radius: 100px;
border-radius: 100px;
}
#first .post-comment-link { /* Style for the comment bubble of first post */
margin: -200px 10px;
}
.post-comment-link a{ /* Link color for the comments bubble*/
padding: 10px;
color: #6A6A6A;
text-decoration:none;
font-weight: bold;
}
#blog-pager {clear:both;}
</style>
</b:if>
</b:if>

Now Save your template and refresh your home page to see the result

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