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SimplexAuto - my Blogger template for Auto blog

Note : If your slider can't work ,you can download the fixed version with download link provided in this post ,or you can see here for solution  
 
Another template for you who want to make an blog on auto . It's also good for other niches (of course ^^ ) . Now let's take a look on screenshot and live demo



Live Demo | Download

How to install this template ?
1,Download this template . This template package contain only one xml file because I uploaded all images and javascript files to ImageShack and Google Code ,so you don't need to worry about bandwidth .
2,Upload template to Blogger .
3, Go to Page elements ,you will see this screen :

4,To add your own logo ,click on edit link in logo widget ,and paste your logo as this structure  :

<img src="your own logo url"/>
The best size for logo is 300x90 pixels .
5,To add your advert to the header ,click on edit link in Ads widget and paste your ads script .
The size for advert is 468x60 .
6,To add your categories to menubar ,click on edit on menu widget and add link to each category in your blog . For example ,link to a category (or label) in blogger look like this : http://yourblog.blogspot.com/search/label1 . So in menu widget

enter http://yourblog.blogspot.com/search/label1 in New Site URL field ,and enter ' label1 ' in New Site Name field . When you finish ,click on save .
7,Feature widget is the slider showed in homepage . To show posts in a category in slider ,click on edit in feature widget and add label of this category in widget content . For example ,you want to show posts in category ' label1 ' in slider in homepage ,click on edit link in feature widget and enter 'label1' in feature widget content .
8,Right ads widget is for ads which will be show in right sidebar ,you can click edit and add your ads script .
9,Blogroll and category widget you can do as menu widget .
10,There are many place in this template you can add your own widget ,so I think it will satisfy you .
How to use ?
This template support video post and normal blog post .
To post a video ,made this post as this structure :
your-youtube-video-link-endofvid
[starttext]
video description 
[endtext]
and add label video for your post.
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 Post
and enter post content like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5wfYPXAjl8endofvid
[starttext]
Textdescription .....blah blah blah ...
[endtext]
add the label 'video' in Labels field .
To make a blog post without video ,do as normal .
That's all .

I like this clean and minimalist ,but how about u? Please tell me what you think about this template?


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31 comments

  1. hi. i am confused with this instruction:

    "For example ,you want to show posts in category ' label1 ' in slider in homepage ,click on edit link in feature widget and enter 'label1' in feature widget content."

    i follow exactly what you said but nothing is appeared in slider. please tell me what to do. thanks!

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  2. yeah men..so confused about feature ....more explain please...

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  3. it's exactly as what I said . In the dashboard -> go to page elements -> click on edit link in feature widget . A new dialog appear for widget title and widget content . enter the label which you want to show posts in widget content . See this picture for detail : http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/3953/90433727.jpg
    I want to show 4 latest posts under category 'feature' in the slider ,so I entered label 'feature' in widget content . That's all .
    If you want to show 4 latest posts under others category ,you can enter that category (label) in this widget content as I did

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  4. Hi i love this template but was wondering how you could make the post more organized/neater he is an example how messy it is http://newnewtechknow.blogspot.com/2009/12/macbook-review.html all the writing is everywhere! and here is an example of a neat verion which i would like simple auto to look like http://tech----know.blogspot.com/2009/12/macbook-review.html thanks i hope you can help!

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  5. my blog posts are all messed up :S

    http://ofertas-freebiejeebies-pt.blogspot.com/

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  6. I want to remove the weekly video widget.
    Please help.

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  7. @Alex and Dav7 : go to Settings in Dashboard ,in Basic tab of Setting ,go down till you see options Select Post editor ,choose updated editor ,and click on Save setting . After this step ,your post editor is the updated version . Click on Posting tab in dashboard ,and go to edit posts tab . Choose the post that you want to edit , open it ,click on image ,a new tooltip for image option will appear ,you can choose one of the options for image ,from small size -original size ,large size ,and you can also choose option for aligning image ,from left to centre to right . In pages you sent me ,pls choose align to centre .
    This is the easiest way . And I really hope that it helpful to you .
    @JayDeep : to remove video widget ,open your template file and remove the code bellow :
    <div class="fullwidget">
    <a href="/search/label/video"><h3>Weekly video</h3></a>
    <div class="clear"></div>
    <div class="box">
    <ul>
    <script type="text/javascript">
    document.write(&quot;&lt;script src=\&quot;/feeds/posts/default/-/video?max-results=&quot;+numposts+&quot;&amp;orderby=published&amp;alt=json-in-script&amp;callback=showvideo\&quot;&gt;&lt;\/script&gt;&quot;);
    </script>
    </ul>
    </div>
    </div>

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  8. beautiful templates,thanks!
    muốn tạo thêm 3 cột ở footer thì làm sao hả bác?

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  9. Hi,,nice template,,and I really2 love it

    I want to ask you about how to post video from dailymotion and metacafe..
    in this template, I just can post video from youtube,,

    thanks for your attention,,
    good job

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  10. Hi...I would like to know how to switch from the compressed look on the slide show and the other pages to a normal view.

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  11. Please HELP!!

    Does anyone know how to change the compressed box to the original size on this template??

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  12. Excellent design, thanks for provide download

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  13. Fantastic! Just superb templates.
    Thanks for these resources.

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  14. Thank you for template againe very good, see DEMO here http://allahguideus.blogspot.com/

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  15. Thanks for provide download this template. its really good

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  16. Hi Great template... We love it!!!

    I just got a question...

    Images in youtube videos are auto-resized, how I can get rip-off of them??


    For images in the slide and all others pics displayed in the template:

    You should make them 536 px X 200 px it's works for me and auto-resize perfectly in all others boxes.

    But I got a Problem with youtube videos images any help it's appreciated^^

    Thnaks again for this great template!

    Regards^^

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  17. Dear nhamngahanh,
    Thank You for your wonderful template. My prob is I placed a 468x60 banner at its place but after saving, the banner position is not where it suppose to be.. please help. Thanks

    here is my site http://vonmirzudirladen.blogspot.com

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  18. i think it is just what i needed, thanks...

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  19. Hi.. Nice template but unfortunately my feature doesnt work so is my recent post and video. Kindly help.

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  20. This is my site, www.malaysianmostwantedbabes.blogspot.com

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  21. @blogbuster :Sorry but I don't find your Blog where Simplex Auto template installed .

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  22. Hi. I try install disqus comments in this template and i cant...

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  23. I wish you add the disqus system into such beautifull template :)

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  24. cara já tentei de tudo aqui mais não da certo o que você está dizendo no texto. Peço que me ajude abração

    aguardo !

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  25. Gracias por esta gran plantilla

    el tema es que no puedo ver las imágenes en el feature cuando sí que tiene http://espndeporte.blogspot.com/

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  26. I like this template. But in the homepage only shows 7 posts maximum. I want to show 10 posts but can not chane. Can you help me?
    Thank.

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  27. I think there is some problem with this theme.
    Could you please fix it?

    *already update the javascript

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    1. I didn't use it yet, just tested it.
      But you might take a look at your demo theme
      http://simplexauto.blogspot.com/

      The problem is the comment button not beside the post title.

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    2. oh,I see . Thanks for your comment .
      Just find this CSS code
      .comments {
      background: url("http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/8256/commentq.gif") no-repeat scroll 0 0 transparent;
      height: 33px;
      line-height: 26px;
      margin: 10px 0;
      text-align: center;
      width: 31px;
      }

      and replace it with

      .comments {
      background: url("http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/8256/commentq.gif") no-repeat scroll 0 0 transparent;
      clear: none;
      height: 33px;
      line-height: 26px;
      margin: 10px 0;
      text-align: center;
      width: 31px;
      }

      What is the reason ? It's very simple . Blogger team added a new 'threaded comment system' to blogger blogs . This comment system comes with some special CSS snipets . Unfortunately ,these CSS snipets which added by Blogger affected to existed CSS in template ( they have the same class name .comments ) . So what we do is very simple ,just add one CSS line to eliminating the affection of code added by Blogger team . See my live demo for result ^^

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    3. Thank you very much, I really appreciate it.

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