SimplexNewsportal - renewed version

Here is the renewed version of my template SimplexNewsportal . It's a good template for magazine and newsportal . I tried my best to make it easier to install and use .
There are two file for this template ,one with Disqus comment system and the other not .I added images folder to template package ,so if you want ,you can host images yourself

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Here are steps for installing this template

1,Download template file .

2,If you want to use Disqus comment system
Open this template in a word editor and change the text in bold in this code

<script type='text/javascript'>
/* * * CONFIGURATION VARIABLES: EDIT BEFORE PASTING INTO YOUR WEBPAGE * * */
var disqus_shortname = &#39;simplexcelebs&#39;; // required: replace example with your forum shortname
// The following are highly recommended additional parameters. Remove the slashes in front to use.
// var disqus_identifier = &#39;unique_dynamic_id_1234&#39;;
// var disqus_url = &#39;http://example.com/permalink-to-page.html&#39;;
/* * * DON&#39;T EDIT BELOW THIS LINE * * */
(function() {
var dsq = document.createElement(&#39;script&#39;); dsq.type = &#39;text/javascript&#39;; dsq.async = true;
dsq.src = &#39;http://&#39; + disqus_shortname + &#39;.disqus.com/embed.js&#39;;
(document.getElementsByTagName(&#39;head&#39;)[0] || document.getElementsByTagName(&#39;body&#39;)[0]).appendChild(dsq);
})();
</script>

and this code

<div class='dsq-widget' id='recentcomments'>&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot; src=&quot;http://simplexenews.disqus.com/recent_comments_widget.js?num_items=5&amp;hide_avatars=0&amp;avatar_size=32&amp;excerpt_length=200&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</div>

to your Disqus shortname .This step is required . If you choose template file without Disqus ,you can skip this step .

3,Upload template to Blogger

4,To add logo


click on edit link in logo widget

add logo into widget content like this

5,To add  link to your social network

click on Subscribe widget

add link to your social network accounts.

6,To add items to menu

click on edit link in menu widget

add link to your categories

Link to category in blogspot has structure http://yourblog.blogspot.com/search/label/category name

7,To show content in headline widget

click on edit link in headline widget

add the name of category you want to show in this widget

8,To show content in feature content slider

click on edit link in feature content slider

add name of category you want to show in slider into widget content

9,Do the same for content left ,content right widgets .Just add a category name into widget content ,and recent posts in this category will be shown in widget's position in homepage .

10,Top ads,ads1 ,ads2 are widgets for advertisment . To add your ads

click on edit link

add your ad code into widget content .

11,You can add your own widgets if you want

12, To add a forum ,create a page (Go to Dashboard-Posting tab ->Edit Pages,click on new page) , name it "forum" and then paste the forum embeded code into page content (in Edit HTML mode)


After that , go to Dashboard -> Go to Design -> Edit HTML ,search for the text 'http://simplexnewsportal1.blogspot.com/p/forum.html'

and replace it with link to 'forum' page you've just created .There are 3 places need to change in total .
1st place

1st

2nd

2nd

3rd

3rd

After that ,save the changes .

13,To increase/decrease the number of post in each category ,go to Design ->edit HTML -> checked Expand widget templates ,and find these variables in template file :

numposts = 3;
numposts1 = 4;
numposts2 = 6;

try to change these values to what you need .
That's all for this template . I hope you like this re-newed version .