Theme customization is a way in which we change the design of our blog and make it responsive for all devices. Customizing the theme well increases the chances of Google AdSense approval for our blog.
All theme customization for bloggers:
Generally, the way to customize each theme is almost the same. There are some weights in each theme that are customized differently. But most of the way to customize the weight is the same. I will teach you how to customize the themes that most bloggers use for their blogger websites. We will learn how to customize News Plus Premium themes, after learning this you will be able to customize any theme by yourself. Just as we will customize the News Plus Premium theme, the customization process of Sora SEO 2 and Galaxy Premium theme is also the same.
News Plus Premium Blogging Theme:
Top navigation of News Plus Premium theme:
To customize it we will click on the Layout section in the blogger dashboard. Here we will get to see the weight of the top navigation. You have to click on the pencil icon of this weight and for the pages you want to add in the top navigation, delete the default pages in this navigation of the theme. Now you have to click on add new item and write the name of the new page and in the URL you have to copy and paste the URL of this page. In this way, you will add Home, About Us, Contact Us, Privacy Policy, and Disclaimer pages in the top navigation.
Top social icons in News Plus Premium theme:
Also, you have to click on the pencil icon, and to add the social media you want to add, you have to click on add new item write the name of this social media in small words and place the link. Just paste your profile link and save it. Similarly, to add another social media account, click again on add new item and do the same process and one by one all the profiles we want to add will be added and this weight will be saved. Add the profile link of your social account instead and save it.
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Design Main Menu of News Plus Premium theme:
We have Main Menu weight under top navigation and top social icons weight in the News Plus Premium theme. You have to click on edit and delete the existing pages and categories. After that, to add the home page, you have to click on add new item and instead of name, you have to write Home and instead of URL, you have to paste the URL of the front page of your website and click on save. After that, to add any category, you have to click on add new item and write the name of your category instead of the category name. Like Free Online Courses. After that, replace the URL with the label you want to add to the post. Open this label. Then copy its link and paste it instead of the URL of this category.
Now if you want to create a subcategory of Free Online Courses, then you will add a new item under the Free Online Courses Category, copy and paste the URL of the label you want to post in the URL, and replace the Name like this. Add name _sub category name. Similarly, if you want to create more sub-category of subcategories then you will write __sub-category name in the name.
News Plus Premium theme right sidebar customization:
In the Right Sidebar, you can add the weight of social links and save by adding links to your social profiles. Add the weight of the label and save it by turning on the number of posts shown on the label option. In this, you can add the weight of popular posts, random posts, or recent posts and you can set the number of posts in it so that so many posts are shown in recent, popular, or random post weight in the sidebar.
News Plus Premium theme hot post customization:
You will find this weight under the main menu weight. To show your posts in it, you have to click on its edit section, and in it, you can add recent, popular, or random posts. It will have Technology added by default, you just have to remove Technology and write recent in small letters here, and save. Now your recent posts will be shown in the weight of your hot post.
Left sidebar in News Plus Premium theme:
In it, we can give it any name by adding weight, and we will put the label of the posts we want to show in it. Then we will have the same posts shown here which we have given this label. Similarly, you can add as much weight as you want to the left sidebar.
Footer weight customization:
In this also you have to delete the already existing pages like top navigation. After that, to add new pages, click on add a new item, write the name of the page and paste the URL of this page in the URL section, and save it. Similarly, save all the pages you want to add. It has three weights of recent, random, and popular posts. You can set the number of posts by turning them ON.
Just like we customized this News Plus Premium theme, we will customize Galaxy Premium and Sora SEO 2 premium themes. Many other themes have the same custom, but there may be a slight difference.
FAQs related to theme customization:
How do I customize my Blogger theme?
Answer: Sign in to your Blogger account, navigate to the "Theme" section, and select "Customize" to alter your Blogger theme. You can change a lot of things here, like the layout, widgets, colors, and fonts.
Can I change the layout of my Blogger theme?
Answer: Absolutely, you can change the Blogger theme layout by choosing one of the options offered by the theme or by modifying it further with custom HTML and CSS.
Is it possible to change the fonts and colors of my Blogger theme?
Answer: Of course! You can use the Blogger dashboard customization options to make changes to the fonts and colors in your theme. To access these settings, go to the "Theme" section and click "Customize".
Can I add custom CSS to my Blogger theme?
Answer: Absolutely, you can further alter the look of your Blogger theme by adding custom CSS. To add your own CSS code, navigate to the "Theme" section of the Blogger dashboard, click "Customize," and then choose "Advanced".