How to install custom template in blogspot for free

How to install custom template in blogspot for free
Hi, Guys today I'm going to tell you about how you can install custom blogger templates in your blogspot for free. This article covers all the information related to the this topic let's get started.

Blogspot is totally a free platform to create a blog which is hosted by Google itself. You can design your personal blog, Travel blog, Health blog at all you can create any niche blog in blogger for free. it doesn't cost you any charges. Everything you get in blogger is free except .com domain you used.
We know blogger is very lack in the term of features but if you are good at coding and have idea then you can do many more with blogger. In this post i am going to share how you can download and use the custom template(theme) in your blogger website for free. You can use any of desired theme for your blogger blog for free ?

Before we start the tutorial you must have thought that where get blogger custom template Don't worry let's have a look on how to download free custom template for free. There are many platform which provides the free and premium blogger template. If you don't have money to but premium theme you can use the same theme in free version. You can visit the following link to download the free blogger template.



Above mentioned link where you can download free template for free without any charges , if you want premium version you can buy with paypal easily.


How to install the custom template in blogspot ? 

Let's get started how you can install the the template download form the site above. If you don't have PC you can install it using mobile browser such as Google Chrome and other browser like safari etc. 

Step 1 : Download the template from above link and save it to somewhere in your PC. It comes with zip or some can be directly downloaded with .XML format. If you have .xml file then direct skip to the step 4.

Step 2 :  Open the folder where you downloaded the zip file of your desired template. Now extract it in the same folder and your file will get extracted and you will get some files you just have to look for .xml file  and you can find it in the extracted folder.

Step 3 : Now login to your blogger dashboard and Go to the theme below. If you are using older layout simply click on top right side restore/backup if you are using the newer layout of blogger then click on the top right 3 dot menu and click on restore theme.

For older version

For newer layout version


Step 4 : Now pop up box will appear and you must select and upload the your .xml format file that you extracted earlier in the box.



Step 5 : Now press on upload and your theme will be applied to your blog. If you did the right your theme will be uploaded. 

This is how you can upload the custom template in your blogger website. 

How to enable desktop view for mobile and small screen ?

If you did not turn the desktop view for mobile devices your theme will only applied to the desktop mode only so you must enable the desktop mode also for mobile devices for to do that follow the step below.

Step 1 : Go to the theme from blogger dashboard and click on the mobile setting page if you are using the older layout, if you are using newer layout click on 3 dot menu & click on the switch to second-generation classic theme.

For newer layout


For older layout


Step 2 : For newer layout no need further steps but For older layout tick on Yes view the desktop mode in mobile



Step 3 : Now save the theme and enjoy your custom blogger template has been successfully updated to your blog.

If you like to add more gadget in your blogger blog you can go to the Layout section  from dashboard and if you want to design the template you can go to the Theme section and click on CUSTOMISE. and you can design your body color,text-color, font-size ,sidebar and footer etc from there.

Note : before you proceed any steps please take backup of your current theme if anything wrong happen you can restore your theme back.

That'll all, If you are good at HTML ,CSS and JS or Jquery you can manually design your blog with coding From EDIT HTML. If you face any issue comment down.

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