In comments in my blog,some of them asked me for a video template like BloggerTube . But I want to try a new way ,unlike BloggerTube . So here is my new template named SimplexTube . It's a template for personal blog , support video and video thumbnail ,not a video gallery .You can see the screenshot here
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How to install this template ?1,Download template . Because I uploaded all images to ImageShack and scripts to Google code ,so I don't included them in template package . ImageShack and Google code are unlimited bandwidth services at this time .2,Open template file (xml file ) in any word editor you have . Find this code<div style="float: right; width: 120px;" id="menutop">under this ,you will see a code as bellow :<div style="float: left; margin-right: 6px;">
<a target="_blank" title="Follow me on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/dinhquanghuy">
<img src="http://r.fm/r/corners/twitter.png"/>
</a>
</div>
<div style="float: left; margin-right: 6px;">
<a title="Digg me" target="_blank" href="">
<img src="http://r.fm/r/corners/digg.png"/>
</a>
</div>
<div style="float: left; margin-right: 6px;">
<a href="your link here" rel='external dofollow' target='_blank'>
<img src="http://r.fm/r/corners/su.png"/>
</a>
</div> change the text which I marked red to your social network account ( Twitter ,Digg,Stumble ...)After change ,save template .3,Upload template to Blogger .4,Go to Dashboard -> Layout -> Page Elements .you will see this screen
5, To Change the logo ,click on Edit and change the add the url of logo as structure bellow <img src="your logo url"/> 6,To add categories to menu ,click on menu widget and add link to each category in widget content .7,Page widget will show pages in your site automatically ,so you don't need to work with it .8,To add adverts ,click on Ads widget and paste your ads script (Adsense or your own ads ) in widget content .9,There's a category widget on the right sidebar ,click on edit and add link to your categories like what we do with menu widget .10,In other place where appear "add a widget" ,you can add any widget you like .How to useThis template has two sections ,Video and Blog . Video for showing videos ,and Blog for showing normal post ( like template SimplexPortfolio of mine )1,To create a video post ( mean a post with video and text description for that video ) ,post with structure bellow :your-youtube-video-url-endofvid
[starttext]
text description goes here
[endtext]
And label the post 'video'For example ,I want to create a video post with youtube video at this address : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5wfYPXAjl8 ,here is what I do :Go to Dashboard - > Posting ->New Postand enter post content like thishttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5wfYPXAjl8endofvid
[starttext]
Textdescription .....blah blah blah ...
[endtext]
add the label 'video' in Labels field .Click Publish Post . Ok ,we finish posting a new video to blog . You can see this post in homepage.2,To post a normal article ,go to Posting ->New Post and write your content as normal . But remember to add label 'blog' at Labels field . This label will mark post as normal blog post and it will show your post in Blog Post style ( Not Video Post style ).3,To show your post in slideshow at the top of homepage,add one more label 'feature' to the post .
That's the install instruction and how to use this template . At this time ,Simplextube template support only Youtube video ,so I will try to expand the range of supporting video service . I hope you like this template ,and remember to give me feedbacks .
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