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Thursday, August 2, 2012

[Turns Tricks] How to add a new sidebar to Blogger template


How to add a new sidebar to a Blogger template is one of the most common questions between the users of the platform for blogs from Google. Adding a second sidebar varies in complexity according to the design in question, so, while some require only a few lines of CSS modification, others will need a total refurbishment that may make it more convenient to change the design.
Broadly speaking the process is as follows:
  1. Analyze the structure and style of the template.
  2. Adding a new editable area, ie the area to add new gadgets.
  3. Modify styles.
To follow this without issues this and any other tutorial that involves making changes in the structure of a blog or website is very advisable to know some html and CSS. So:

Analyze the structure and style of the template



For the majority of the templates, and specially Blogger ones, have a very similar structure, a header with title and description, a wrapper with the main column, a sidebar, and a footer with credits and some other information.